“Some Kind of a Man,” revisited: the end of the Orson Welles Blogathon.
Let's visit the highlights of the second half of the Orson Welles Blogathon, with stellar contributions by insightful movie bloggers.
The battle begins: Follow the Great Trans-Pacific history bloggers’ chess match!
I have challenged Robert Horvat to a chess match that will play out at virtually a global distance. Who will prevail?
The Ghost Blimp of Daly City: The mystery of the L-8.
Two guys vanished from an out-of-control blimp drifting over California. What happened?
The forbidden disappearing island: The decline and fall of Midway Atoll.
Midway Island entered the history books as a result of a famous World War II battle. Now it's exiting history thanks to climate change.
The history of Warner Brothers in 12 films, Part I: the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s.
The first decades of the Warner Brothers story shine with classic movie musicals, historical epics and gangster pictures.
A testament to human stupidity: The sad fate of the S.S. Normandie.
How a series of utterly boneheaded decisions turned the most beautiful ship ever created into a pathetic junk heap in New York Harbor.
Boston’s tragic inferno: The Cocoanut Grove Fire of 1942.
The worst nightclub fire in U.S. history was a tragic combination of bad luck and poor judgment.
A jazzy interlude: “I’ve Heard That Song Before” by Harry James. [audio/video]
I've had this very old song in my head for several days now, not knowing precisely who performed it or how old it [...]
Battle L.A.: the night the Japanese raided California. Or did they?
Seventy-two years ago tonight, on February 24, 1942, air raid sirens began to wail across southern California. Air raid wardens quickly rushed to their posts [...]
How Ironbottom Sound got its name: the Battle of Tassafaronga.
There is a stretch of water off the Pacific island of Guadalcanal that's officially called Savo Sound, but it has another unofficial name: Ironbottom Sound. [...]