Roy Seawright – Hal Roach Studios Resident Wizard
One of the least known among todays special effect circles would have to be Roy Seawright...
Saboteur
Alfred Hitchcocks' "SABOTEUR" (1942) remains one of my favourite Hitchcock thrillers...
The Red Shoes
I'd always put off looking at this film as it never seemed to appeal to me...
Rebecca
Cosgrove recieved Oscar nominations for "GWTW" (1939), "REBECCA" (1940), "PRIDE OF THE YANKEES" (1942)...
Duel in the Sun
As I have a large amount of great matte shot material from many Selznick productions...
The Burning of Atlanta
Matte painter Jack Shaw did glass shots for Willis O'Brien on the Oscar winning "Mighty Joe Young"...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Eleven
It's been a while since I posted one of these enormous retrospectives...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Ten
Greetings fellow matte painting and traditional special effects fans. I'm back with yet another mammoth blog post...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Nine
It's been a while, and a few loyal and long time dedicated Matte Shot readers...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Eight
Greetings to all who are particularly partial to the long lost era of traditional, hand painted mattes...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Seven
Welcome fans and devotees of old school mattes, models and clever trick photography...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Six
Hello again friends and olde timey matte and trick shot enthusiasts. It's that time again...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Five
Hi friends... it's autumn here now and the season is turning a different colour 'down under'...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Four
Shouldn't we all be living like 'The Jetsons' (a cool futuristic Hanna-Barbera cartoon)...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Three
Hello there folks. I know it's been an eternity since one of these substantial blog posts...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part Two
Hi Guys and Gals.... it's matte magic time once again, with a healthy round up of films and genres...
Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part One
Boy oh boy, you haven't seen a site like this one...well, maybe you have but I haven't...so impressed with it...