Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)
Oct
26
1936
A distraught Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy ) in the sheriff's office. DP: Joseph Ruttenberg.
“We know what year it is, don't we?”
Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)
Aug
15
1927
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An elderly lady complains from her train compartment to a newspaper salesman on the platform: “This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927”. DPs: Lee Garmes & James Wong Howe.
Takes place between August 15 and August 19, 1927
– Mrs. Haggerty speaking to her dog
“You'll go under like all the others.”
White Woman (Stuart Walker, 1933)
Aug
1
Horace H. Prin (Laughton) and Judith Denning (Lombard) in a promotional photo. DP: Harry Fischbeck.
– Judith Denning
“That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty.”
Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)
Jun
16
Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito.
– Danny Kean
“Stand by, there's trouble coming soon.”
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934)
Mar
21
Abbott (Peter Lorre). DP: Curt Courant.
– Bob Lawrence
Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)
Feb
27
A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.
“You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?”
Murders in the Zoo (A. Edward Sutherland, 1933)
Feb
20
A couple walks into a room, only to discover a lifeless man and a headless snake. DP: Ernest Haller.
– Eric Gorman
大佛廻國 [Daibutsu kaikoku / The Great Buddha Arrival] (Yoshirō Edamasa, 1934)
Dec
22
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Buddha takes a holiday. A gigantic Buddha statue rests his hand on a multi-story building in possibly Kyoto. In front and sprawling out are multiple small wooden establishments with people in kimono and several bicycles in front of them. A tram, the only thing that suggests the 20th century, can be seen almost off-screen. (via). DPs: Haruzo Ando & Harumi Machii.
Something tall*
In this very early kaiju moving picture, Buddha returns and goes on a sightseeing trip through Japan.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.
“Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime.”
Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938/1969)
Dec
18
Las Posadas
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Exuberant dancers at the children's party.
A festive child for Las Posadas
– Joseph Cornell
Children of all ages are entertained by a menagerie of dancers, acrobats, talented fauna and bobbing apples in this exhilarating found-footage party. Part of The Children's Trilogy, together with Cotillion (c. 1938/1969) and The Midnight Party (c. 1938/1969).
Jean: Are you bored?
Juliette: Oh, no.
Jean: Don't worry. There'll be places to see.
Juliette: Riverbanks.
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
Dec
16
on a river
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Juliette (Dita Parlo) in her bridal dress walks the cover of her husband's river barge L'Atalante. A steam barge putputs by (via). DP: Boris Kaufman.
Set on a river*
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.