Thread by @willmckinley

#NowWatching William A. Wellman's BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928) w/ Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen

Music composed and performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

on @KLStudioClassic Blu-ray

#NowWatching William A. Wellman's BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928)

Again. This time w/ @thomas_gladysz commentary.

on @KLStudioClassic Blu-ray.

Wallace Beery shows up 30 minutes into BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928), a film in which he's given top billing.

His king-of-the-hobos character is so matter of fact in his menace to Louse Brooks' character, it's almost startling.

#BeggarsOfLife

#NowWatching William A. Wellman's BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928)

Again. This time w/ William Wellman Jr. commentary

on @KLStudioClassic Blu-ray

NowWatching Paul Henreid's A WOMAN'S DEVOTION (1956) w/ Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule on @KinoLorber Blu-ray

Paul Henreid's A WOMAN'S DEVOTION (1956) looks gorgeous in a new 4K scan on @KinoLorber Blu-ray

Shot in widescreen (1.85) and Trucolor, It's the glossiest Republic Pictures release I've seen.

It's also 100% #FilmNoir.

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There are many similarities betw A WOMAN'S DEVOTION (1956) + IN A LONELY PLACE (1950): off-screen murder, war veteran suspect, tenacious investigator, supportive-but-questioning woman

LONELY does it better, and Ralph Meeker is no Bogart, but A WOMAN'S DEVOTION is worth a look.

It's time to pull out the big guns.

#NowWatching Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton's THE HIGH SIGN (1921) on @KinoLorber Blu-ray

#BusterKeaton #TheHighSign

#NowWatching Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton's ONE WEEK (1920) on @KinoLorber Blu-ray

#BusterKeaton #OneWeek

#NowWatching Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton's CONVICT 13 (1920) on @KinoLorber Blu-ray

#BusterKeaton #Convict13

#NowWatching Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton's THE SCARECROW (1920) on @KinoLorber Blu-ray

#BusterKeaton #Convict13

This sequence from THE SCARECROW (1920) w/ #BusterKeaton is just as inventive, fresh, and funny as it was 100(!) years ago

Physicality is always key to the gags in #BusterKeaton films, but his athleticism is really on display in his early solo shorts.