The Stars of Public Domain is created as an adjunct to my "old" site, "Meanwhile ... Back at the Ranch," which primarily deals with westerns and chapter serials. Here, I shall delve into other typical B movie genres such as gangster thrillers, horror flicks, juvenile delinquent fare, and (yuck!) even musicals. As the blog title implies, I shall mainly discuss those lowly, but occasionally quite lovely, little movies from obscure poverty row companies, or even more mainstream fare that for often quite complicated reasons no longer is in copyright.
PD after a film title denotes that it is in public domain
The films discussed in this blog are rated in the context of their time, budget and genre. None of these little fillums is a work of great art, but some are certainly worth discovering when you have seen the classics a hundred or so times already.
My ratings:
* = yuck!
** = okay but certainly nothing special
*** = fine! Worth watching on a rainy afternoon.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Natalie Moorhead, who appears in my book "Vixens, Floozies and Molls" (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1999 & 2004), or, as my friend Tony Slide called the tome, "Fag Hags of Hollywood."
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Mary Brian (1906-2002)
"The Sweetest Girl in Pictures," Mary Brian is today best known for two public domain titles, The Front Page (1931) and the British release The Amazing Adventure (1935).
Photo: Mary Brian and the author in Studio City 1994.
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