Just in case you kids out there were wanting some advice on how to be more popular. I know this is a high priority in my life and figured it was for you too. And really, what's changed since 1947 anyway? Certainly you can't beat...
LGM film club
This must be the first filmed fashion show in sound, Kitty Gordon's fashion show from 1928. Fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bQhDhwAaQk0
I was reading the obituary today for Jack Geiger, the socially minded doctor who put his expertise to use in order to solve poverty. It's really fascinating. In 1970, a.
Since it is Betty Friedan day here at LGM, let's watch in her action tonight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LwwzRDvkpsc
Long before Laurel & Hardy were a famous comedy duo, Stan Laurel had quite the silent film career. He's not at the Chaplin/Keaton/Lloyd level, but his films can be quite.
I realized I had never heard W.E.B. DuBois' voice. So while this is an audio recording rather than a film, I am making his 1960 speech, "Socialism and the American.
I've always gotten a certain amusement about the banality of corn. I am not the only person who feels this way. If you watch Conan O'Brien written episodes of The Simpsons, back 8 decades ago when the show was good, there are a number of...
Imagine a different world. It's one where Republicans nominated Barry Goldwater in 1964. He gets crushed by Lyndon Johnson. And.....the Republican Party learns that promoting crypto-fascist white nationalists is a.
This 17 minute film is a slice of life from Tokyo in 1966. Nothing incredibly profound here, but a good look at home life, manufacturing, markets, etc. And there's plenty.
Watching footage of nuclear tests is, for me as it is for many people, absolutely gripping. It's utterly horrible of course. But there's also a devastating awful beauty of that much power with that much destruction happening at once. Thus, it's time to watch this...
Dance is not really my thing, but it is of course an important art form so tonight's Film Club selection is this 1951 recording of Balanchine's ballet La Valse, which.
A colleague suggested the "Remember My Forgotten Man" song and dance sequence from Gold Diggers of 1933 as a LGM Film Club entry. It's so great and powerful, though for.