Cliff Aliperti's Blog: Immortal Ephemera, page 10

Still Doing Stuff – Daily Movie Bios; Bi-Weekly Vids; ‘Free’ Reads; Etc.

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

I guess burnout is real. But that's probably a bit strong for what's really just a change of pace.

First up, and more on this below, I do videos now. Well, I've started doing videos. They're about the old movie cards and collectibles that are the basis of this site. The third one—an introduction to the series—posted Saturday. Here it is:

More on this towards the bottom of the post. The videos are the first thing that I wa...

Black Friday Sale at Immortal Ephemera eBay Store

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

This mailing is an alert for collectors: sorry to go all salesy if that's not you, but I know a few of you are signed up to hear about the cards and collectibles.

If you're not, here a few interesting links featuring articles you may have missed ... I hope they distract you from reporting this as spam:

Glenda Farrell Biography
King Kong in New York, March 1933
The Centenarians (Updated again to reflect Norman Lloyd's 104th...

Interview with Ricardo Cortez Biographer Dan Van Neste

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal EphemeraIntroduction

Dan Van Neste returns to Immortal Ephemera to talk about his most recent book, The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez, published in 2017 by BearManor Media.

You can purchase The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez in variety of formats (Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Nook, PDF eBook) from all major retailers, the publisher, and even the author himself.

Dan has long been a...

Exit Plan (2018, Eric Terzo) … Wait—2018?

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Don't worry, Immortal Ephemera isn't going modern. I'm sticking to pre-1960 releases, except ...

The huge exception of Exit Plan.

Co-written, produced, and directed by Eric Terzo, who doubles as my brother-in-law, Exit Plan is an 8-minute short that has recently been accepted to the 2018 New York Short Film Festival. (Congrats again, bro!)

Exit Plan is playing during the Festival's Short Block 12 at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, No...

Movie Centenarians Updated as Baby Peggy Joins the List

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Ever since I first put together my Movie Centenarians page in 2013, updating it with new members to the club has been one of my most enjoyable tasks.

How could you not smile when adding a new name to a list of people who have reached age one hundred?

Well, as you're probably aware, a new member joins the list today, Diana Serra Cary, born October 29, 1918, and best known as Baby Peggy or Baby Peggy Montgomery from her fil...

New Collectible Checklist & Gallery: 1935 Ardath Scenes from Big Films

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

The new review that follows runs pretty long, so I wanted to link to the new gallery up top for those who are interested.

The new checklist includes 100 cards, all of which are shown in the gallery.

Click here to visit the 1935 Ardath "Scenes from Big Films" page.

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The Story of Temple Drake (1933) – Paramount Adapts Faulkner’s Sanctuary

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Above: Trade advertisement for The Shame of Temple Drake, Motion Picture Herald, February 25, 1933.

I hate issuing a "spoiler alert" for something that's been around so long, but specifics and key plot points for both William Faulkner's 1931 novel and Paramount's 1933 film adaptation are mentioned, compared, and contrasted throughout this article.

If you’re at all familiar with the source material, it’s hard to believe thi...

3 New Collectible Galleries Posted to the Site

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Hope you've been well. This is one of those "it's been awhile" type posts (Happy New Year! Yeah, it's been that long), but with a bit of new content attached—3 brand new collectibles galleries! Well, one of the three is an updated gallery, but when I update a page proclaiming "last updated: 2005," I don't feel too bad calling it "new."

As that last line alludes, I've been around awhile, and while the Immortal Ephemera site...

Remember the Night (1940) Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

This article first appeared just over one year ago in Classic Movie Monthly #4 for Kindle (no longer available). While there were only small changes to the text, most of the images (including all screen captures) are new to this post.

Remember the Night is more parts romance or comedy than Christmas movie, but the spirit of the holiday season is as much premise and theme as it is setting in this January 1940 Paramount rele...

The Wolf Man (1941), Lon Chaney Jr., and the Universal Horror Legacy

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

This article originally appeared just over one year ago in Classic Movie Monthly #2 for Kindle. Most of the images (all of the screen captures) are new to this post.

Talk about bad timing. The Wolf Man was released five days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The press viewed it a few days earlier at a December 9 Universal preview, and like most horror films the immediate critical reception was typically either s...