RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Snowtime Serenade (1949; originally released as Jingle Belles, 1941)

It’s not often The Shining meets Tony the Tiger meets The Grinch meets hipster drum solos, but this week, they all do meet up for a delicious hot cocoa and a rockin’ sing-along around the fire at a 1940’s Timberline Lodge.

And, that, my friends, is where Raider/Contributor Phil Oppenheim takes over…

Picture the Timberline Lodge in December, with its famous drifting snowbank reaching up to the second story windows. 

The Timberline Lodge, 1941
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New Behind the Scenes Footage of “Leverage” Premiere

As the Season 4 premiere of “Leverage” approaches, more and more photos and video footage is coming online to promote the premiere.  This year the premiere episode takes place up on top of a mountain.  The real mountain was Oregon’s Mt. Hood and in February, Mt. Hood gets A LOT of snow.  During the shoot, the cast and crew endured an even bigger than normal snowfall but after enduring the elements, it’s apparent that they got a great premiere episode.

This week Entertainment Weekly’s website is featuring some behind the scenes footage from the show featuring Mt. Continue reading... “New Behind the Scenes Footage of “Leverage” Premiere”