Shine

'Moonshine' - Made the Legal Way

Mention the word 'moonshine' to most Americans and it will conjure up images of clandestine, illegal liquor production in rural backwoods. The term is believed to be a reference to the work many moonshiners did in the dark of night. Even now, law officers say, some still make and sell hard liquor illegally. Over the years, the cat-and-mouse contest between law officers and so-called bootleggers has become the stuff of folklore.

But one producer has pioneered a very different business model - a legal one. Malcolm Brown traveled to the small distillery in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia, where they pride themselves on their homemade corn whiskey.

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Running Moonshine On Highway 9

Retro Rockabilly Music Video! Very cool movie footage from the 1950's. Hot rods, chicken racing, cops chasing juvenile delinquents and even an Atom Bomb drop! A real story of action and drama that you just can't miss! Original soundtrack "Running Moonshine On Highway 9" by Jeff O's Retro Music - www.jeffosretromusic.com

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Moonshine starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton

This is an unfinished fragment made in May 1918 by Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. I liked the stillness of the landscape, and how it contrasts with the frenetic performances of Keaton, Arbuckle, Al St. John and Alice Lake. I'm always a sucker for a good gag, and this film seems to move from one to the next without overmuch concern for plot. For the sake of useless trivia this seems to be the first film to pack twenty people into a late model car, only to send them off into the woods. It's a fun watch.