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Out and About - Taking a Tour of Historic Bullocks Willshire
GlamAmor Posted by on Aug 8, 2019
In 1994, the Southwestern Law School purchased the landmark Bullocks Wilshire department store. Instead of tearing down the building or gutting its interior - which is far too often the case with developers in Los Angeles - Dean Leigh H. Taylor worked with preservationists to painstakingly restore t read more
'Lux' flux: The Smiths are bumped by a 'Stand-In'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 8, 2019
This is how we expect to see David and Ann Smith (Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard) -- as a bickering couple really to rip into each other. (You'd be too, if you just discovered that a bizarre legal technicality has rendered their marriage null and void, enabling Ann to throw David out of the Ma read more
A fashionable time travel trip
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 7, 2019
Carole Lombard looks her usual stylish self in this 1939 fan magazine photo promoting her upcoming film "The Kind Men Marry" (a title soon altered to "In Name Only"). But note who designed it and where it came from -- a tag from a suit supplies the answer:It's the legendary "Irene" (Irene Lentz Gibb read more
A Dama de Espadas (1949 / The Queen of Spades (1949)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Aug 3, 2019
A Dama de Espadas (1949 / The Queen of Spades (1949) ESTA CRÍTICA CONTÉM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS Ver um filme que é elogiado pela maioria dos críticos e também por diretores como Martin Scorsese e Wes Anderson é como fazer uma aposta segura. A obra-prima britânica de read more
A 'Supernatural' Rainbow on the South Side
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 2, 2019
Carole Lombard's "enthusiasm" for the hokum that is "Supernatural" is made apparent in this seance scene, where she probably wishes some magic could transport her to a place other than the Paramount lot. Perhaps a few blocks north on Gower Street to Columbia, where Harry Cohn's one-time Poverty Row read more
Ride the High Country (1962): A Sam Peckinpah Western
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 31, 2019
Admittedly at times, I fall into the trap of getting so caught up in the context of a film and its history I miss out on elements of the experience. However, when I watched Ride the High Country it didn’t feel like I was getting distracted by how this story pertained to others — at leas read more
Writing a Book on FILM NOIR STYLE!
GlamAmor Posted by on Jul 29, 2019
I'm very excited to announce that I am writing a book on Film Noir Style!
The book will celebrate some of the genre's most influential films and stars of the 1940s as well as examining the historical context of the time. The clip above is a not so subtle clue that Gilda (1946) will likely b read more
'New' p1202s worth a look
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 29, 2019
Huh? What are "p1202s," you ask? As many Carole Lombard fans know, p1202 was the "player number" she was assigned by Paramount after she signed a contract with the studio in 1930, used for publicity stills not necessarily associated with Paramount films she was making. Above, the one that started it read more
Malden and Fraciscus Try to Solve a Cat O' Nine Tails
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 28, 2019
Karl Malden as Arno.
If you've never seen an Italian giallo film--and have an aversion to movie violence--then Dario Argento's The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) just might be your cup of tea. It's not a prototypical example of the genre (see Argento's later Deep Red), but it will give you a taste of the read more
It's time for 'Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 26, 2019
Imagine seeing Carole Lombard and Clark Gable in an adjoining car in Hollywood some 80 years ago, and that you were a fan equipped with a camera. Your resume might be this -- a casual image catching both stars in a jovial mood. "Yeah, it's us," they might tell you before going on their merry way.Thi read more
Favorite Western Films - A Photo Collection
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 22, 2019
Legends of Western Cinema Week is taking place right now and since we love westerns, it was very difficult to decide which film/actor to write about for the event. We'll be taking part by contributing western reviews of two favorites: Tribute to a Bad Man ( 1956 ) and Gun Glory ( 1956 ).....but, sin read more
LEGENDS OF WESTERN CINEMA WEEK 2019: Post 1, A History of Westerns on this Blog
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jul 21, 2019
The LEGENDS OF WESTERN CINEMA WEEK is an online celebration running from July 21 - 27. It is hosted by Heidi of Along the Brandywine, Olivia of Meanwhile, in Rivendell and Hamlette's Soliloquy.
"Do you love western movies? Do you like western movies? Do you kind of fondly tolerate western m read more
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – The Kid (1921)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Jul 18, 2019
Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – The Kid (1921) Of all the Charlie Chaplin masterpieces we can name–and from Easy Street (1917) to Modern Times (1936), there’s quite a few–one feature is perhaps extra special: The Kid (1921). One of Chaplin’s earliest features, it’s certainly read more
Lots of Lombard for a little price (and a worthy cause)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 16, 2019
"Twentieth Century," Carole Lombard's first comedic masterpiece, hasn't been issued on DVD since 2005. So how'd you like to own it, and 10 other Lombard films, for less than its original price? You can -- and benefit a good cause in the process.Look at what's available on eBay:You have "Twentieth Ce read more
A String of Beads (1954 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 14, 2019
US / 25 minutes / bw / Everest, CBS Dir: William Cameron Menzies Pr: William Frye, Ronald Colman Scr: Don Ettlinger Story: “Pearls” (1927 in Hearst’s International Combined with Cosmopolitan; vt “A String of Beads”) by W. Somerset Maugham Cine: George E. Diskant Cast: Angela Lansbury, Ronald read more
Ladies, a show of hands
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 12, 2019
Carole Lombard's hands are in the forefront of this image, a reminder that her glamour arsenal had far more than face and figure. Need further convincing? Check out this, from the June 1933 issue of Modern Screen:But attractive hands aren't the only thing linking the three actresses pictured on that read more
A fiery, massive, largely silent disaster
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 9, 2019
It was 82 years ago today that part of Carole Lombard died, slightly more than 4 1/2 years before she actually did. This "death" didn't occur on a rugged Nevada mountainside, but in a small New Jersey town where she had far more than 21 fellow victims.We're referring to a fire in Little Ferry, N.J., read more
The Boatniks (1970): A Balboa Island Sit-Com
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 6, 2019
I won’t make any pretense that The Boatniks is a great movie by any means but surely it speaks to some favorable quality when you enjoy something for its sheer goofiness, a certain sense of nostalgia, and the overall familiarity that pervades the material. Yes, it’s a long sitcom episod read more
More than “just a film”: The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 5, 2019
John Frankenheimer is one of those movie directors whose films, I feel, are so unique, that I couldn’t compare them with the work of anybody else. He fits, I believe, in the category of those “authors”. But it’s subtle and you have to look at them with a lot of reflexions. read more
The China Syndrome—More Than a Conspiracy Thriller
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 4, 2019
Jane Fonda as Kimberly.
Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda), an ambitious reporter for an L.A. television station, wants to be a serious journalist. Instead, her condescending boss has given her “puff pieces”—stories about singing telegrams and tiger birthday parties at the zoo. Another r read more