Cinema Scholars

Early Years

Gladys Marie Smith was born in Toronto on April 8, 1892, the daughter of John, the son of English Methodists, and Charlotte, an Irish Catholic. Young Gladys was baptized in the Methodist faith as an infant. This was at the behest of her father’s family. Four years later, she was again baptized. This time, as a Catholic, while under the care of her...

Introduction

Brandon Routh traded in his superhero cape a long time ago and has enjoyed recent success on the small screen and indie offerings. The likeable actor, famously known for his role in Superman Returns, recently sat down with Cinema Scholars’ own Glen Dower to promote his new film, Out of Order!

Introduction

Certain movies seem to grow in reputation with every passing decade. Carol Reed’s The Third Man is one of those films. Released in 1949, it regularly appears on lists of the greatest British films ever made, one of the finest examples of film noir, and a showcase for one of cinema’s most memorable performances by Orson W...

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Grab your six-demon bag and buckle up in the Porkchop Express, because it’s time to join Cinema Scholars to celebrate the cinematic miracle that is Big Trouble in Little China. In July 1986, the American box office was a landscape defined by muscle-bound actors. Sylvester Stallone was dispatching goons and scissoring piz...

Introduction

When DC Comics introduced Supergirl in 1959, she wasn’t simply conceived as a female version of Superman. She was created during a period when ownership questions surrounding Superboy made it important for DC to expand the Superman family with characters the company fully controlled. More import...