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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Striking image from the last Harold Lloyd (official site) silent film, Speedy. This silent is aptly titled with Lloyd’s real life nickname. A film print of Speedy will be screened in the middle of October at the 2008 Flanders International Film Festival-Ghent (more details).

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Two days in a row with archival images from films from 1927! Today we have this classic from Fritz Lang and count me in as being one of the incredibly excited to see the original version of the film (whenever that lands in the next several months in the form of video or otherwise). July 2008 has certainly been an exciting times for fans of this film.

Related Coverage:
::: “Rediscovered”! Metropolis. (GreenCine Daily)

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Launching today are two new features. This image from the Buster Keaton classic, The General kicks this off!

Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Each day I will be posting vintage movie images from the cinema past. Images will cover cinema back to the early years, spaghetti western, classic, french new wave, science fiction, westerns, war, film noir and more. Be sure to check back each day for a new dose of cinema greatness!

New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Each day I will be posting a movie image from a current or upcoming film.

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Like most of the films von Stroheim made during his directorial career, which scarcely lasted a decade, “Greed” is a triumph of ultra-realism. Philosophically, it is witheringly wise in its view of humanity’s capacity for folly; thematically, it represents a still-relevant cautionary tale about the fragility of the American dream.

- Todd McCarthy on Greed

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Zasu Pitts is Trina, Gibson Gowland is McTeague and Hughie Mack is Mr. Heise.

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Rex Lease and Joan Crawford in the 1928 western, The Law of the Range. This is a very rare image and at a glance it might not be easy to recognize this is Joan Crawford in the image.

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