Category Archives: From the Vaults

From the Vaults: ‘The Penalty’ (1920)

Posted on July 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

Here's an experiment for you long-suffering readers: Take your legs and fold them underneath you, so you're sitting on your feet. How's that feel? Now, keeping your feet where they are, hop down on the floor and walk around on … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Brides of Dracula’ (1960)

Posted on July 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

We continue last week's gore theme with, at last, a Hammer Films selection! Hammer is, of course, the British production company known for its high-gothic horror films, made between the 1950s and 1970s, and often involving elaborate costumes, lots of … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Inferno’ (1980)

Posted on June 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

OK, here's where I alienate all you nice "His Girl Friday" fans from last week; sorry. This week's movie does not have Cary Grant, but it does have a man being eaten alive by rats! "Inferno" is the second in … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘His Girl Friday’ (1940)

Posted on June 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

I once read an excellent book about single life that included this recipe for depression: “Go out and rent a movie with Cary Grant in it, come back and put the kettle on.” This advice has never failed me. You … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Why Change Your Wife?’ (1920)

Posted on June 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

For Mary and all the other silent-film aficionados out there, we return triumphantly to 1920 this week! Cecil B. DeMille's tremendously entertaining "Why Change Your Wife?" is one of a slew of romantic comedies he made around this time, following … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘First Spaceship on Venus’ (1960)

Posted on June 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

Well, "First Spaceship on Venus" is quite the odd little movie: a vintage space epic filmed in East Germany and co-produced with Poland. It features an international team of characters and a strong anti-nuclear message! Released in German as "Der … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Mummy’s Hand’ (1940)

Posted on May 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

Back to vintage horror this week, with a classic from the Universal vaults… although "The Mummy's Hand" is more of a remake (or re-imagining!) of the 1932 classic "The Mummy" starring Boris Karloff. Not quite a sequel but definitely not … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 25, 1960

Posted on May 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 25, 1960: Paul Coates has a great story today – and I’m not going to spoil it with a summary. You’ll just have to read it for yourself.

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From the Vaults: ‘Superman II’ (1980)

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sorry to be late this week! I got into the spirit of a new decade and started playing Pac-Man over on Google's homepage and, well, 16 hours later…. We veer almost too close to modern times for comfort this week! … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Crimes at the Dark House’ (1940)

Posted on May 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

We have commenter Fibber McGee to thank for this week's movie. Also, I have a new boyfriend, and his name is Tod Slaughter! (Both of those are real names! Oh, OK… Tod's real first name was Norman…) I read Wilkie … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Mark of Zorro’ (1920)

Posted on May 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

OK, people, let's swash some buckles; I finally got around to Zorro this week. (And this will probably be my last 1920 film for a while. Larry advises he's moving on from there. Upcoming reviews will focus on films from … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Black Sunday’ (1960)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

I'm so sorry: I know last week I promised Zorro, and I had the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks movie all cued up and ready to go. But there was a full moon out, and Mario Bava's "Black Sunday" had just showed … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Dr. Cyclops’ (1940)

Posted on April 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

Well, this was just nowhere near as bad as I expected! Of course, it's difficult to be bored when the movie is only 77 minutes long. Larry discovered an ad for "Dr. Cyclops" in the Daily Mirror files and gave … Continue reading →

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From The Vaults: ’13 Ghosts’ (1960)

Posted on April 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

Oh William Castle, I love you so. I cannot resist your theatrical gimmicks, even when they hopelessly slow the pacing of your movie. I adore your lengthy and unnecessarily elaborate introductions. I cherish your perfect jump scares. I want to … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘Way Down East’ (1920)

Posted on April 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

Five years after “Birth of a Nation,” D.W. Griffith directed this five-hankie melodrama based on a hugely popular stage play. If you're fond of rambling 19th century novels or four-week 1970s TV miniseries, with tragic heroines and broad casts of … Continue reading →

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From The Vaults: ‘The Virgin Spring’ (1960)

Posted on April 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

This continues to be the only Ingmar Bergman movie I have seen… I have a slew of them in my Netflix queue, but this one got prioritized mainly because it was the basis for Wes Craven's 1972 classic, “Last House … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Golem’ (1920)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

Actually, this is the second sequel to Paul Wegener's “The Golem” (1915), now lost. In that movie, the golem – a mythical clay creature built and brought to life by Jewish rabbis – is brought back to life in modern … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Wasp Woman’ (1960*)

Posted on March 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

Note: Larry is posting items from 1920 and 1960 this year, and I will be watching movies from those years and writing about them, alternating weeks. This week is 1960's turn. And I owe you people something of an apology, … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Last of the Mohicans’ (1920)

Posted on March 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

Note: Larry's Daily Mirror posts this year focus on clips from 1920 and 1960, so I will be watching movies from those years and writing about them on alternate weeks. After last week’s post on Roger Corman’s “The Little Shop … Continue reading →

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From the Vaults: ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’ (1960)

Posted on March 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

Note: Since we began in 2007,  the Daily Mirror has wanted to provide posts about historic films, but like the rest of the DM, we wanted to make it a unique, personal view. We found a fresh, original voice in … Continue reading →

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