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Film Noir Festival at Hollywood Legion Theater Looks to Make July a Little More Shadowy
Film Noir Festival at Hollywood Legion Theater Looks to Make July a Little More Shadowy
Alan K. Rode will be joined by fellow Film Noir Foundation leader Eddie Muller for three days of classics and rarities, including Nightmare Alley and Mildred Pierce.
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Sunshine and
noir are antithetical, as probably anyone who knows even a word of French could tell you. Sunshine and film noir, nearly as much so. Yet summer’s here and the time is right for skulking in the murderously foggy streets, thanks to a three-day festival of vintage ’40s and ’50s crime dramas being presented this weekend at the newly reopened Hollywood Legion Theater by the Film Noir Foundation.
Here Are the 19th Annual Rondo Award Winners!
Congratulations to all of our friends and peers who made 2020 such a wonderful year for horror!
Dread Central are humbled and also honored to have received an
Honorable Mention for
Honorable Mention for his
Congratulations to everyone who contributes to making the horror scene a true community! 2020 was a hell of a year, but the incredible efforts of our friends and peers in the genre did more than merely help us endure. It truly was an amazing year for horror!
Here’s a breif rundown to this year’s Rondos, followed by the full list of winners.
The True Story Behind The Bride Of Frankenstein United Archives/Getty Images
In 1923, Universal Studios became Hollywood s reigning house of horror with
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring makeup effects legend Lon Chaney. The studio followed the success of Chaney s take on Victor Hugo s novel with another macabre masterpiece starring the man of a thousand faces.
The Phantom of the Opera, released in 1925, had audiences fainting in the aisles thanks to Chaney s performance as Erik, the disfigured madman of the Paris Opera. With Chaney s talents and the vision of production head Carl Laemmle, Jr., Universal was on its way to a 33-year horror dynasty.