MovieMaker Magazine

2 days ago | moviemaker.com | Tim Molloy

if you think classic black and white movies are dull, we hope this list will change your mind. The next time a CGI movie makes you sigh with its lack of style and verve, you’ll feel especially awed by The General, a silent black and white movie masterpiece that pretty much epitomes the concept of pulling out all the stops. Buster Keaton’s character helping the Confederate Army hasn’t aged well. Everything else has.

2 days ago | moviemaker.com | Tim Molloy

These prison movies are captivating. Get it? Some of the best movies are actually movies about life on the outside, where the prison represents the mental traps imposed on us by society, or our own fears. Other prison movies are about very real prisons, built for the deserving and innocent alike.

5 days ago | moviemaker.com | Tim Molloy

Here are 12 films about the adult entertainment industry that don’t sugarcoat a thing. Of course, it’s hard to generalize about a multibillion-dollar industry that has existed nearly as long as film itself, headquartered for decades in the San Fernando Valley over the Hollywood Hills from the mainstream Hollywood studios.

1 week ago | moviemaker.com | Tim Molloy

Here are some Airplane behind the scenes stories we think you’ll enjoy. Airplane! almost didn’t take off. Studios didn’t initially see the potential of the the script for a disaster movie takeoff, which played the comedy completely straight in a way you had to see to understand. It was also crucial to cast Ted Hays and Julie Hagerty as romantic leads the audience would stay invested in despite the absurdity all around them.

1 week ago | moviemaker.com | Tim Molloy

Here are 13 actors who held their breath underwater for an extraordinarily long time. Because the most exclusive club in Hollywood is only accessible through the pool. Esther Williams was a competitive swimmer and actress beloved for a run of films, starting in the mid-1940s, that highlighted her ability to perform gorgeously choreographed routines — often underwater — in films like Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) and Dangerous When Wet (1953).