Lewis MilestoneNo doubt you recognize the names of great directors when you hear them: Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Francis Ford Coppola. These guys are househ...

Maxwell Anderson, Del Andrews, George Abbott, C. Gardner SullivanHow many writers does it take to screw in a light blub? Four: one to screw in the light bulb and three to provide editorial notes on...

Universal StudiosImagine you're 21 years old and your father finally thinks you're responsible enough for the keys—not to the family car, but to the family movie studio. You mess this one up, and...

Reels on Reels on Reels of Real...FilmDo not adjust your television sets! All Quiet hasn't been the victim of pan-and-scan, and fiddling with your settings won't get rid of those scratchy lines you...

Well, Lack ThereofDespite the name, silent films were often anything but silent. In the really early years, theaters would employ piano players to provide accompaniment for the film. As the medium...

All Quiet on the Western Front was released in the early days of cinema, and fandoms didn't exist back then like they do today. No one went to conventions cosplaying as Himmelstoss, and if you aske...