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A few ways for Yoo to collect 'Mrs. Smith'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 19, 2020
I'm not quite certain how to explain, or define, this photo of Carole Lombard with her "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star, Robert Montgomery, or their director, Alfred Hitchcock. Is Hitch playing another of his fabled "mind games" with actors?Whatever, Carole was at her most glamorous in this atypical (for read more
All this for a nickel
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 18, 2020
The very thought of a movie magazine selling for a nickel is mind-blowing by current inflated standards, but the April 1937 issue of Hollywood magazine did that and more...even giving you an exquisite color cover photo of Carole Lombard in the process. Close-ups show that photographically, it's the read more
Scent of a star: Was this Carole's favorite perfume?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 16, 2020
Since no photos of Carole Lombard dancing at the legendary Cocoanut Grove are known to exist. we'll do with this facsimile of her as the title character of the 1928 Mack Sennett two-reeler "The Campus Vamp." Now imagine being at that fictional collegiate party...what perfume might Carole, still in h read more
On Blu-ray: Robert Mitchum in a Film-Noir on the Range Blood on the Moon (1948)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 15, 2020
The moody, fatalistic feel of Blood on the Moon (1948) is unusual for a western, if not unheard of in the genre. Its noirish story of double-crosses and turf battles could be transported to rain-slicked city streets with little change, the plot points as well-suited to urban organized crime as cattl read more
Musical Monday: A Swingin’ Summer (1965)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 13, 2020
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: A Swingin’ Summer read more
Seven Things to Know About I.A.L. Diamond
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 13, 2020
1. Beginning with Love in the Afternoon (1957), I.A.L. Diamond wrote twelve movies with Billy Wilder over a period of 25 years. Their biggest hits included Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), One, Two, Three (1961), and The Fortune Cookie (1966). Diamond and Wilder won an A read more
She's a 'goddess,' all right
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 11, 2020
Carole Lombard never said she was a goddess; she merely looked like one. And that ethereal image is honored in a new decoration available at etsy.The "quote" is completed on the back side:Two close-ups of the front:It's part of a series called "Microscopic Affirmations" -- altered microscope slides, read more
Monsters and Matinees: ‘The Blob’ is based on a what?!
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on Jul 11, 2020
‘The Blob’ is based on a what?!
“Do you know the movie The Blob, Aunt Toni?”
I’ve never heard a sweeter question than that one recently asked by my 11-year-old niece, Grace.
As classic movie
fans, we all hope to inspire younger generations to discover classic f read more
The Stooge (1952): A Martin & Lewis Biopic?
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 9, 2020
If the story holds, Jerry Lewis named The Stooge among his favorites of the work he did during his famed partnership with Dean Martin. This was the sole reason for watching it and this is probably the most effective lens in considering what to make of it. The plot itself follows a show business nar read more
A Perry Mason Primer
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 9, 2020
Warren William as Perry.
Raymond Burr will always be Perry Mason for millions of mystery fans, but Erle Stanley Gardner’s lawyer hit the big screen twenty years before the long-running TV series.
Warren William was a sharp-witted, gourmet-minded Mason in four Warner Bros. films, beginning wi read more
Edward G. Robinson lives in a "House of Strangers"
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jul 9, 2020
Edward G. Robinson lives in a "House of Strangers"
House of Strangers (1949) is a film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte. The cinematography was by Milton R. Krasner (Scarlet Street 1945).
Richard Conte (sitting), Paul Val read more
The Unpopular Opinions of a Film Addict
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 8, 2020
This type of content is very popular (!) on YouTube channels, and I thought I would take it on WordPress for a (hopefully) fun article. Hey, I’m not claiming that I’m reinventing the wheel and that nobody has ever done that on their blog before (actually, I’m sure tons of people h read more
A book details the mysterious life of a Lombard tennis pal
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 8, 2020
Carole Lombard lived for less than one-third of a century, but the people she not only met, but influenced over that brief span are remarkable. One of them has been profiled in a biography published this spring, a book that not only celebrates, but re-evaluates her life.Tennis champion Alice Marble read more
Even without Lombard, a starry summer's in sight
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 7, 2020
Good news for Claudette Colbert fans, bad news for Carole Lombard's. In a vote conducted by the fan site TCMBacklot.com, Colbert defeated Lombard in a runoff to gain a slot in this August's Turner Classic Movies annual extravaganza, "Summer Under The Stars."Carole last participated in SUTS in 2014. read more
A Black Sheep and a Young Burl Ives
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 6, 2020
Bobby Driscoll as Jeremiah.
Young Jeremiah Kincaid lives in a small Indiana town at the turn of the century--the kind of place where the train passing through is the highlight of the day for a youngster. One of those trains changes Jeremiah's life when it stops so that Dan Patch, the champion race read more
Lombard on lists, and a 'nurse's' masked reminder
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 1, 2020
Actress Maria Tura (Carole Lombard) is having an affair with Polish pilot Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack, top), much to the chagrin of her egotistical actor husband Joseph Tura (Jack Benny, bottom) in "To Be Or Not To Be," Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 dark comedy classic and the last film Lombard would m read more
A walk down "Scarlet Street" with Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jul 1, 2020
A walk down "Scarlet Street" with Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea
Scarlet Street (1945) is a film noir directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Walter Wanger, cinematography by Milton Krasner, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea.
With the critical and bo read more
Back, 'Flirt'-atious, and with a 'Tall' trailer
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jun 29, 2020
"Carole & Co." is back, after an unexpected 10-day absence not of my own making. What happened? My laptop went kaput -- and unlike pre-coronavirus days, when I could go to a public library or senior center only blocks away, none of us have that option. So I ordered a new model which arrived today; s read more
Frasier (1993) s02e10 – Burying a Grudge
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 24, 2020
David Lloyd wrote a John Mahoney-centric episode last season so he seems the right fit for this episode, which is about Mahoney having to bury the hatchet with his ex-partner and best friend, Lincoln Kilpatrick, as both men have long retired and experiencing health issues. David Lloyd is father of read more
It’s Always Fair Weather (1955): A Musical For The TV Age
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jun 23, 2020
Conventional wisdom tells us you don’t make a musical quite like this. It’s a bit of a nostalgia piece and already it seems like American was ready to move on with life after WWIII. It’s relatively straightforward to assume that It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) was a harbinge read more