Another Old Movie Blog

My non-fiction book,  CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II  -- is avai...

Stand Up and Cheer (1934) is a morale-boosting movie about…morale boosting…during the worst years of the Great Depression.  Whether it actu...

Twenty-four years is a generation, and it is yesterday.  We pause to reflect and remember. Photo Library of Congress collection, public doma...

One Good Turn (1931) shows the pluck, the kindness, and the good humor needed to forge on during the Great Depression, all qualities that w...

Tomorrow, Ann Blyth, one of the last remaining figures from Hollywood's Golden Age, will celebrate her 97th birthday. Ten years ago, I p...

Modern Times (1936) says goodbye to The Little Tramp and hello to a brave new world. Charlie Chaplin takes aim at the horrors of industrial...