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Creepy Classics presents Frankenstein!

Eric Veillette

Creepy Classics Returns on March 25, 7pm! The Revue’s examination of early sound horror films continues with Boris Karloff’s defining performance in James Whale’s Frankenstein! In 1931, two indisputable horror classics were released. While Tod Browning’s Dracula (shown here in November) may have thrilled audiences, it was James Whale’s Frankenstein that truly frightened them. The film even began with a disclaimer spoken by one of its stars, Edward Van Sloan. It’s a stark, gothic affair, drawing parallels to the German expressionist films of the previous decade.  Boris Karloff, gaunt, ghostly and cadaverous thanks to Jack Pierce’s masterful makeup, played the … Continue reading Creepy Classics presents Frankenstein!

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Classics From The Vault presents Joan Crawford in “Rain”

Eric Veillette

by Eric Veillette In its continuing efforts to offer specialty programming, Toronto’s Revue Cinema, NOW Magazine’s favourite rep cinema, presents Classics From The Vault, a new series featuring little-seen classics from the 1930s and 1940s. Screening Wednesday, Nov. 18 (7 p.m.) is director Lewis Milestone’s Rain (1932). Set in the South Pacific, it features rising star Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, a tough-talking, hard-drinking prostitute who spells certain destruction for a missionary (Walter Huston) seeking to redeem her soul. This was the second film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s short story, the first being Sadie Thompson (1928), a silent starring … Continue reading Classics From The Vault presents Joan Crawford in “Rain”