«That’s he – that’s Valentino»
The new Czar of Hollywood
«That’s he – that’s Valentino.» - The new Czar of Hollywood: crispra.substack.com/p/thats-he-t...
11.11.2025 06:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
«The script is inane, vacuous, pompous, unreal, unbelievable – and dull»
Joe Swerling, the man who knew how to take a story and tell it
«The script is inane, vacuous, pompous, unreal, unbelievable – and dull» - Joe Swerling, the man who knew how to take a story and tell it crispra.substack.com/p/the-script...
03.11.2025 13:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Freedom of censorship
What was «obscene, indecent, inhuman, sacrilegious, likely to incite to crime» in 1915?
Freedom of censorship - What was «obscene, indecent, inhuman, sacrilegious, likely to incite to crime» in 1915? crispra.substack.com/p/freedom-of...
27.10.2025 10:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
«Garbo was man, woman and child.»
Sunday brunch at John Gilbert’s
«Garbo was man, woman and child.» - Sunday brunch at John Gilbert’s crispra.substack.com/p/garbo-was-...
20.10.2025 16:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
«The first man on either side of the water to be hired for no other purpose than to write pictures.»
The birth of screenwriting
«The first man on either side of the water to be hired for no other purpose than to write pictures.» - The birth of screenwriting: crispra.substack.com/p/the-first-...
13.10.2025 14:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A stick in front of the screen
Asta Nielsen, Danish Actress in America
A stick in front of the screen - Asta Nielsen, Danish Actress in America
crispra.substack.com/p/a-stick-in...
06.10.2025 12:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A great way to have fun and get paid for it
Roscoe «Fatty» Arbuckle and Mabel Normand's knack for talent
A great way to have fun and get paid for it
Roscoe «Fatty» Arbuckle and Mabel Normand's knack for talent - crispra.substack.com/p/a-great-wa...
29.09.2025 13:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fritz Lang during the shooting of Metropolis, 1926. (Collection de la Cinemathèque française).
24.09.2025 04:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
All the screens in the Universe are awaiting you
Abel Gance's battle cry and the first day of filming «Napoléon»
All the screens in the universe are awaiting you -
Abel Gance's battle cry and the first day of filming «Napoléon»: crispra.substack.com/p/all-the-sc...
22.09.2025 11:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A sick actress, a boa-constrictor and a dress that wouldn’t fit -
Just another day in the production office (1914): crispra.substack.com/p/a-sick-act...
08.09.2025 11:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A very proper, soft-spoken young woman
Anne Bauchens, the DeMille brothers and the art of cutting pictures
A very proper, soft-spoken young woman - Anne Bauchens, the DeMille brothers and the art of cutting pictures: crispra.substack.com/p/a-very-pro...
03.09.2025 09:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I knew Fitzgerald very well in person
David O. Selznick, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, a biography and «Gone With the Wind»
I knew Fitzgerald very well in person - David O. Selznick, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, a biography and «Gone With the Wind» crispra.substack.com/p/i-knew-fit...
29.08.2025 10:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Literary Secret Service: How to find a good story: crispra.substack.com/p/the-litera...
20.08.2025 10:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No laughs, no money
Dreiser, Sennett and jokes
No laughs, no money - Dreiser, Sennett and jokes crispra.substack.com/p/no-laughs-...
15.08.2025 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The canny German - Carl Laemmle, Larry Cohn and «Traffic in Souls»; crispra.substack.com/p/the-canny-...
08.08.2025 12:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Perhaps a little cutting
Louis B. Mayer, his family and the previews
Perhaps a little cutting - Louis B. Mayer, his family and the previews: crispra.substack.com/p/perhaps-a-...
03.08.2025 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Most sorry to have to say no
Selznick, Brown and «Gone with the Wind»
Most sorry to have to say no - Selznick, Brown and «Gone with the Wind»: crispra.substack.com/p/most-sorry...
03.08.2025 14:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A parable of modern anxiety
Melodrama and early cinema
A parable of modern anxiety: Melodrama and early cinema crispra.substack.com/p/a-parable-...
03.08.2025 14:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The kino cannot do other than represent facts
... however uncomplimentary the facts may be, or seem.
The kino cannot do other than represent facts
... however uncomplimentary the facts may be, or seem. crispra.substack.com/p/the-kino-c...
27.07.2025 10:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
«What is he, a dumbbell?» - When Samuel Goldwyn hired a Nobel prize. crispra.substack.com/p/what-is-he...
26.07.2025 08:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A criminal injustice
Darryl F. Zanuck, John Ford and Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion
A criminal injustice - Darryl F. Zanuck, John Ford and Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion crispra.substack.com/p/a-criminal...
24.07.2025 12:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Margaret Booth owns your negative: The editing queen of MGM crispra.substack.com/p/margaret-b...
23.07.2025 12:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mack Sennett, the oddity
The taste of «the average working guy»
Mack Sennett, the oddity: crispra.substack.com/p/mack-senne...
15.07.2025 10:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let's watch 1914 and see: crispra.substack.com/p/lets-watch...
13.07.2025 10:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
writer + wife + mom ♡ ͏life with multiple sclerosis ♡ THE MEMORY OF BORROWED BOOKS (Sourcebooks Landmark, Fall 2026) ♡ rep: amanda wooden at sbr media
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/meganderson.writes
Movie watcher, novice crocheter. Don't high hat me!
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A casa do cinema clássico!
Desde 2017 promovendo a difusão dos clássicos do cinema. Democratização da cultura. Acesso livre e facilitado à arte cinematográfica.
avid reader, cinephile, theater and opera lover, artist wrangler
Poet, writer, translator (UY poetry), comics. Pitt Poetry Series, Fieldmouse Press, etc. Editor, Wisconsin Poetry Series, UW Press. Emerita CW Prof, UW-Madison, Rep Gail Hochman. Graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL, WaPo 10 Best Graphic Novel 2024
Silent film nerd, ex-archivist 🎞️ and professional photographer 📷 in Bologna, Italy.
https://linktr.ee/silentvalerio
https://www.valeriogrecophotography.com/
Mainly painting, photography, then art and culture in general
Medieval Murder Maps give insights into violence and justice in late medieval London, York, and Oxford.
medievalmurdermap.co.uk
Non-conforming. Probably an alien. Secular humanism, agnostic.
🧑🏻🎨 painter..
Human and non-human animal rights. Ⓥ
Author cinema! 🎬📽 Jacques Tati !
Ingridmoov on Letterboxd📽️
FIV+ internet cat 🐟animal rescue fan 🐠 spay and neuter your pets
https://linktr.ee/fishtopher
Okrahamblone Cat A/K/A GONZOtheghoast.
Certified 97.64% goode.
Brothur to @charliebrowntc.bsky.social
Tips for treets: https://ko-fi.com/gonzothebiggkid
My Wares: https://www.redbubble.com/people/charliebrowntc
See also: https://linktr.ee/gonzotheghoast
Sugar, Spice, Smudge and Saja, and occasionally guest animals and humans.
She/her. 3 raccoons in a trench coat. Homer’s human. Not affiliated with any rescue, just sharing some of the wonderful cats available for adoption.
Frank and Joe, brothers and besties from Halifax, Nova Scotia
These guys are not AI, they're just weirdos (complimentary)
iM a girl cat who loves naps and my dAde. jUst a fuzzy problem that lives in your house.
Cats!! Here from #CatsOfTwitter , same @
Be the good human your pet thinks you are. #catchatbookclub, #Hedgewatch, retired from running marathon runner w multiple sclerosis , author: A Rose Blooms at Golden Fork on Amazon.
website: www.rewindliveslow.com
🐾 names Cat...Charlie Cat 🐾
judging one human at a time😼
🐾 also turning water bowl over is best fun 😸
#AdoptDontShop
🌊🌊 #resist 🐸
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted " ~ Aesop
