The South Korean box office saw a surge in activity during the weekend of May 1–3, as high-profile international sequels drove audience turnout. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” claimed the top spot in its opening weekend, earning $3.8 million from 575,467 […]
Move over Spielberg. My friends and I used to write screenplays, pick out costumes and shoot themed 8mm movies back in the 60's. The kid playing Pixie man is Bill. He's a very talented musician now, working with the likes of his friend Jon Anderson (from YES). I sent him the file and he added a soundtrack to it. This was in the days of James Bond, Man from UNCLE, Batman, Mission Impossible, and Marvel comics.
Vintage Spanish collector's card. Reclam Films, Mallorca. Card 5 of 6. Scene from Les larmes du pardon (René Leprince; Ferdinand Zecca, Pathé Frères 1914), starring Gabriel Signoret (here on the left) and Gabrielle Robinne.
Gabriel Signoret aka Signoret (1878 - 1937) was a French actor and director who played in some 85 films, mostly silent ones.
Vintage French collector's card. Scene from L'Exode des fées (Gaston Velle, Pathé Frères 1911). Velle also scripted the film.
Plot: The fairies, having enchanted the childhoods of past generations, have turned their backs on today’s youth—positive and skeptical. Paul, who doesn’t believe in fairy tales, tries to destroy the enthusiastic faith of his little sister Jeanne, who loves to read them. The fairies, scorned, leave the earth; but they will no longer send children their beautiful dreams of yesteryear, and Paul, plagued by terrible nightmares, recalls those he had spoken ill of. And Melusine, Morgane, Urgèle, Viviane, the White Lady, witches, sylphs, and wood spirits return to fill the peaceful nights and joyful evenings of little children with happy dreams.
The R-rated pic about a girl who returns to her family after being kidnapped years earlier in Egypt opened in third place domestically with $13.5 million. New offerings at the specialty box office include Anne Hathaway's 'Mother Mary.'
A long-lost 19th-century film featuring what is believed to be the first on-screen robot has been restored after being discovered in an old trunk in Michigan.
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