Silent Film Actor William Haddock Was Born Here
A pioneering Portsmouth movie director almost lost to history
The Most Horrifying Film Ever Made
“Mark of the Devil” guaranteed to upset your stomach
“Reefer Madness” Closed Civic Cinema in 1947
Originally titled "Tell Your Children," this melodrama was funded by a religious group
Cowboy Frank of the Lost North End
Sifting through the archives
Jesse James: From Outlaw to Make-Believe Movie Hero
Murdering rebel resurrected as sympathetic cinema protagonist
Cinema Cowboy Tom Mix at Fort Constitution
He appeared in almost 300 films
Media Mogul Monopolized Movies in 1915
A future NH governor took control of all give downtown Portsmouth cinemas
Humphrey Bogart and the Portsmouth Navy Prison Legend
It's easy to confuse reality with movies.
“March of Time” Redefined Broadcast News
Louis de Rochemont newsreels used fakery to dramatize facts
Spencer Tracy Steers the Mayflower in 1952
Romance and a possible suicide aboard the Hollywood Mayflower in 1952
Why I Hate Fake Pirates
They evoke a spirit of the past that never happened and teach us nothing
“Weight of Water” Film Bombed, But is Still Worth Watching
The 1873 Smuttynose murders were too complex for the novel or film