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You Stepped Out of a Dream: Madeleine Carroll
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 25, 2015
This is my entry in the Madeleine Carroll Blogathon hosted by the lovely ladies at Tales of the Easily Distracted and Silver Screenings. Click Here to read more about the beauteous Miss Madeleine.
Many years ago I had a friend named John. John was an elderly gentleman who grew up poor in the read more
The Worst Movies I've Seen In A Theater
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 24, 2015
I have to say that when it comes to bad experiences at the movies, I haven't had too many of them. I've turned plenty of movies off while watching them on television, but I've never actually walked out of a theater before a movie has finished playing. I think that says more about my cheapness than m read more
A Plea to the Academy: Consider East Coast Bed Times
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 24, 2015
I have read a number of suggestions for improving the Oscars broadcast, but one solution I rarely hear would increase your viewership instantly: Move the ceremony at least an hour and a half earlier. I realize that this is a Hollywood event, that it’s meant to be at night. But after all, the broadc read more
A Plea to the Academy: Consider East Coast Bed Times
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 24, 2015
I have read a number of suggestions for improving the Oscars broadcast, but one solution I rarely hear would increase your viewership instantly: Move the ceremony at least an hour and a half earlier. I realize that this is a Hollywood event, that it’s meant to be at night. But after all, the broadc read more
The Worst Movies I've Seen In A Theater
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 24, 2015
I have to say that when it comes to bad experiences at the movies, I haven't had too many of them. I've turned plenty of movies off while watching them on television, but I've never actually walked out of a theater before a movie has finished playing. I think that says more about my cheapness than m read more
For Lombard and Barrymore, what a ride
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 24, 2015
The (figurative) train ride "Twentieth Century" wasn't an altogether new experience for John Barrymore; he long had been accustomed to getting good reviews (even if some weren't quite as universal as what he received here). But for Carole Lombard, used to being considered little more than a clothesh read more
Hollywood A Celebration of American Silent Film
Timeless Hollywood Posted by Michele on Feb 20, 2015
Hollywood: A Celebration of American Silent Film is a comprehensive documentary on the silent era. It was directed by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill with narration by James Mason. It was released in 1980 by Thames Television with each 13-part episode lasting approximately 50 minutes. 1. The Pioneers read more
o/t: a starred review in SLJ
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Feb 20, 2015
I really don’t want this site to get clogged up with o/t posts about my other books, but it’s a busy few weeks for me at the moment, in that a couple of books are coming out in quick succession. So please bear with me . . . The YA book of mine on critical thinking that’s being pub read more
A picture palace, UK style
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 20, 2015
It's mid-August 1933, and Carole Lombard stands on the steps of the courthouse in Carson City, Nev., as she gets a divorce from William Powell. And as Hollywood columnists attempted to figure out whom her next husband might be, little did they -- or she, for that matter -- know the answer could be f read more
Silent Film Music Podcast by Ben Model – A MUST!
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Feb 18, 2015
Ben Model fell in love with silent movies as a kid. It was only natural then that he should enroll in New York University years later to study filmmaking. It was during his time as a student at NYU that he noticed and was bothered by the fact that the silent films shown in his classes bombed read more
Announcing “A Touch of Stardust” Giveaway Contest in March
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Feb 17, 2015
“A Touch of Stardust” – Book Giveaway! Starts March 2 – March 31 Just thought it would be ‘fittin’ to announce our March Book Giveaway today because our prize, “A Touch of Stardust” by best-selling author Kate Alcott (and incidentally Ben Mankiewicz’s stepmother), read more
Book Review: Carole Lombard Lives on in A Touch of Stardust
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 16, 2015
A Touch of Stardust: A Novel
Kate Alcott
Double Day
Release Date: 2/17/15
I approached A Touch of Stardust with caution, because I am always wary of novels that fictionalize the lives of my movie idols. As Carole Lombard and Clark Gable are among my first silver screen loves, I felt especially on g read more
A Walk on the Neo-Noir Side: The Last Seduction (1994)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 14, 2015
About 15 minutes after I started watching The Last Seduction (1994), I found myself thinking how familiar it felt – so “noir-esque,” if you will. And after just a single viewing, it became my favorite neo-noir. The film stars Linda Fiorentino, whom I’d never seen before and have read more
A John Mills musical
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Feb 13, 2015
I’ve just reviewed an early musical starring John Mills, Car of Dreams , released in 1935, over at my British movies blog. Anyone interested is very welcome to take a look! This is the first in a planned series about films starring this great actor. read more
Love Songs: Mary's A Grand Old Name
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Feb 13, 2015
This week's love song is Mary's A Grand Old Name from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
Mary's A Grand Old Name was one of the biggest hit songs written by legendary Broadway showman George M. Cohan.
Cohan wrote Mary's A Grand Old Name for one of his most popular shows, Forty-five Minutes from read more
Wearing a cloche hat without 'Virtue'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 13, 2015
Carole Lombard may have portrayed a reformed streetwalker in the 1932 film "Virtue," but we never see her "turning tricks"; indeed, our first view of her character Mae is aboard a commuter train where she'll be shipped off to Danbury, Conn., but she gets off at the 125th Street station in upper Manh read more
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 12, 2015
A Midsummer Night’s Sex
Comedy (Woody Allen, 1982)
A wacky inventor and his
wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in
the 1900s countryside.
With a series
of masterpieces like Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Stardust Memories in the late 1970’s and ea read more
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 11, 2015
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (“Nagaya shinshiroku”) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Tadao Ikeda and Yasujirô Ozu 1947/Japan Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Hulu Plus Ozu sets his first post-War film in a Tokyo where residents live on the margins, scrounging for everyday items read more
Some photos on a Sunday afternoon
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 10, 2015
When I moved to southern California last year, my friend Carole Sampeck of The Carole Lombard Archive congratulated me on coming out to the West Coast, noting I now could see areas she knew through her eyes (even if I had to re-imagine such sights some 75, 80 or 90 years earlier).Sunday, I did a bit read more
“What You Have Here Is A Paltry Ghost” – Here’s The First Trailer For The New Poltergeist Remake
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Feb 8, 2015
I’m going to skip the usual “but do we really need it?” commentary on this Poltergeist remake, because the obvious answer is “no”. As far as I’m concerned the original has about as perfect a blend of both creepiness and jump scare as you’re going to find, an read more