Category Archives: Films

‘Hit & Stay’ looks to Catonsville Nine and beyond

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Tom Warner

Documentary Screening at Maryland Film Festival tells of seminal 1968 anti-war protest, peace movement it helped spawn By Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun (May 8, 2013) Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a … Continue reading →

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The movies are a mission for Baltimore’s George Figgs

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Tom Warner

Getting people to watch movies the right way – in the dark, on a big screen, with an audience – is far from impossible, says RetroFest programmer By Chris Kaltenbach (Baltimore Sun, November 17, 2012) Downloading movies and watching them on a … Continue reading →

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“Chubby” from The Little Rascals Gets a Headstone After 76 Years

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Emma O’Connor (Time, 11/12/2012) Our Gang, the short-film series better known as The Little Rascals, starred dozens of child actors who skated through the hilarious antics of growing up in the Great Depression era. While their adventures were wholly fictional, … Continue reading →

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Bengies Drive-In awarded $838,000 in suit against Royal Farms

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Jury agrees that lights interfere with theater; store attorney says appeal is likely By Chris Kaltenbach (The Baltimore Sun 6/29/2012) A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury awarded the owner of the Bengies Drive-In $838,000 Friday morning, agreeing with his contention … Continue reading →

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Chubby from ‘Our Gang’ Falls Ill, 1935

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Scott Huffines

“Norman Chaney, child movie star, is mysteriously ill in a Baltimore hospital with a glandular ailment which cut short his movie career two and a half years ago. Chaney, known as “Chubby” in “Our Gang” pictures, at 17 is four … Continue reading →

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