As Serge Bromberg pointed out, he is engaged not only in the business of restoring films, but also of restoring audiences. The catalogue of his Lobster Films is superb, constantly swelling with newly restored titles, and Bromberg shares them with zeal. He was an entertaining host throughout the TCM Classic Film Festival weekend. The […]
TCM Classic Film Festival
TCM Classic Film Festival: The Legendary Costume Design of Travis Banton, with Mae West in I’m No Angel
The Legendary Costumes of Travis Banton… featuring I’m No Angel, Nothing Sacred, and The Scarlett Empress. Introduction: The TCM Classic Film Festival is known for screening rare, formerly out of print, and all-time classic movies for an over-eager crowd of festival attendees. People come from all over the country to […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: Clara Bow In ‘Call Her Savage’ (1932)
One of my favorite screenings at last year’s TCM Classic Film Festival was Clara Bow in Hoop-La (1933), restored by MOMA at the urging of Bow biographer David Stenn. Stenn was on hand again this year to present Bow in Call Her Savage (1932), and to explain a bit about its background. The irrepressible Bow […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: La Retour De Flamme – 3D Rarities
Head honcho of Lobster Films, Serge Bromberg is an avid collector and preserver of film, and happily for the rest of us, he is also an enthusiastic exhibitor. He came to the TCM Classic Film Festival this year with a fascinating program of short experiments and showcases for various stereoscopic filming techniques, dating all the […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: Cover Girl (1944)
The TCM Classic Film Festival presentation of Cover Girl (1944) was special because, as festival godhead Robert Osborne declared in his typically informed and engaging introduction, it was the one screening for which he had allowed time in his busy schedule to watch in its entirety (it was some pressing matter, no doubt, that demanded […]