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  In one way or another I have always been attracted to minutia, tidbits, and trivial knowledge not just concerning one sphere, but anything or anyone that came into my field of vision. The true obsession began with my first World Almanac, published by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and read more

Beryl Mercer   Beryl Mercer was born in Seville, Spain on August 13, 1882 (her family moved to England when she was two[1]), to Edward Sheppard Mercer (a diplomat attached to the Spanish Embassy in London, in the 1880’s) and Beryl Effie Martin Montague-Mercer (a concert singer in England, leadi read more

Beryl Mercer   Beryl Mercer was born in Seville, Spain on August 13, 1882 (her family moved to England when she was two[1]), to Edward Sheppard Mercer (a diplomat attached to the Spanish Embassy in London, in the 1880’s) and Beryl Effie Martin Montague-Mercer (a concert singer in England, leadi read more

Beryl Mercer   Beryl Mercer was born in Seville, Spain on August 13, 1882 (her family moved to England when she was two[1]), to Edward Sheppard Mercer (a diplomat attached to the Spanish Embassy in London, in the 1880’s) and Beryl Effie Martin Montague-Mercer (a concert singer in England, leadi read more

By the time director Frank Capra had come to the project of “It’s a Wonderful Life” he had already mastered the ability to tell a warm-hearted tale, with films such as: The Miracle Woman, 1931, American Madness, 1932, Lady for a Day, 1933, It Happened One Night, 1934, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936, read more

By the time director Frank Capra had come to the project of “It’s a Wonderful Life” he had already mastered the ability to tell a warm-hearted tale, with films such as: The Miracle Woman, 1931, American Madness, 1932, Lady for a Day, 1933, It Happened One Night, 1934, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936, read more

A Lifestyle Clash: Rock vs. Glamour Typical Me: Black Milk Clothing leggings, AllSaints treads, & a black leather bag I'm going to ask you a question in the hopes that you can clear something up for me ... How is it possible that someone who grew up having Korn as their favourite band read more

By the time director Frank Capra had come to the project of “It’s a Wonderful Life” he had already mastered the ability to tell a warm-hearted tale, with films such as: The Miracle Woman, 1931, American Madness, 1932, Lady for a Day, 1933, It Happened One Night, 1934, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936, read more

It’s time for me to let you know who are my 10 favourite actresses of all time. 1- Audrey Hepburn 2- Grace Kelly 3- Ingrid Bergman 4- Joan Fontaine 5- Katharine Hepburn 6- Jean Simmons 7- Vivien Leigh 8- Donna Reed 9- Teresa Wright 10- Margaret Lockwood read more

By Fritzi Kramer on December 3, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review William S. Hart’s first feature film is also a real corker. He plays a bandit who decides to trade it all in for an honest life but who soon realizes that going straight is a lot harder than it looks. After some misadv read more

Carole Lombard wore that dress for "No Man Of Her Own" in 1932, and when it came up for auction a few years ago, its background was proven through a tag (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/348873.html):Another item of Lombard clothing, this time a suit, has surfaced for Friday and Saturday's "Icon read more

We continue our look at classic Christmas songs with Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was one of three songs written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin for the MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis (the other two songs are Th read more

By Fritzi Kramer on December 2, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month December of 2014 is a significant month for fans of western star William S. Hart. His first feature was released a century ago this month and he was born one hundred and fifty years ago. I couldn’t let this milestone month pass without read more

The affection Carole Lombard and other classic Hollywood stars felt for cats is profiled in a new book, the latest tome on the film industry's fondness for felines.Several books on Hollywood cats have been issued over the years, but this one's official title is "Hollywood Cats: Photographs From the read more

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A Tree is a Tree King Vidor Longmans, Green and Co., UK, 1954 (Originally published in the US, 1952) I've never been able to understand why King Vidor remains an admired, but still strangely unsung director. His films are legendary: The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Hallelujah (1929), The C read more

By Fritzi Kramer on December 1, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Ugh. Parties. Not a fan. This is because, a) I would rather be watching silent movies or reading a book and b) there is always someone who designates themselves the Fun Police and then proceeds to shame guests into playing Apples to Apples. ( read more

Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd We’re giving away two more books this week via Twitter! Well, we had two lucky winners last week, but we’ve still got lots more books to giveaway! That said, we’re giving away TWO more BOOKs this week too! Here’s read more

When it comes to pre-Code films, such as "Virtue" (1932, above, where Carole Lombard is shown with Shirley Grey), there traditionally have been two schools of thought:* Even after the Production Code was established in 1930, immigrant producers, with few if any civic ties to mainstream Protestant Am read more

The hairstyle Carole Lombard is wearing makes it very likely this photo was taken for Pathe Pictures in the late 1920s (probably by William E. Thomas), when her first name was publicly known as "Carol." She's holding a cigarette between her fingers, wearing a gown with a thin strap whose shade nearl read more