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Having Wonderful Crime (1945, A. Edward Sutherland)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 1, 2019
Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more
Having Wonderful Crime (1945, A. Edward Sutherland)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 1, 2019
Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more
Having Wonderful Crime (1945, A. Edward Sutherland)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 1, 2019
Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more
Carole, Clark and a cafe paint a pretty picture
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 31, 2018
If New Year's Eve is celebrated in Hollywood heaven, one thinks Carole Lombard and Clark Gable will party somewhere (is there an afterlife Brown Derby?). Then again, the Gables might want to welcome 2019 in a more casual manner, as many of us certainly will.Perhaps they'll head here:Welcome to the F read more
Turning Back the Clock: A Tribute to the Best Time Travel Movies
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 30, 2018
I have always been intrigued by the concept of time travel. The end of the year seems like an appropriate time to list my picks for best time travel films and then learn what Cafe readers have to say about the subject. Starting from the top:
Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell.
1. Time After read more
'Silver Screen,' June 1935: A star and his horse
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 26, 2018
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable enjoyed going to the races, and this day after Christmas marks the traditional southern California opening day for the picturesque Santa Anita thoroughbred track.Carole and Clark loved horses......but did you know Gable once owned a racing thoroughbred? The filly was n read more
Vênus, a Deusa do Amor (1948) / One Touch of Venus (1948)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Dec 24, 2018
Vênus, a Deusa do Amor (1948) / One Touch of Venus (1948) Há muitas atrizes do cinema clássico que poderiam ser chamadas de deusas – atrizes demais para citar aqui. Mas foram poucas que de fato interpretaram deusas nas telas. Uma delas foi Rita Hayworth em “Quando os Deuses Amam& read more
A Christmas Carole and a nostalgic menu
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 24, 2018
Yesterday's entry dealt with Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount, "True Confession," which hit many U.S. theaters in December 1937. That month, the studio ran this alluring image of Lombard in many trade papers:"Fa-la-la-la-la," indeed.We regularly write about the legendary nightspots in Holly read more
Closing out '37 with a 'Confession' in the UK
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 23, 2018
All things considered, 1937 was probably the peak year of Carole Lombard as movie draw. (From 1939 on, she'd chiefly be viewed as Mrs. Clark Gable, something she full well understood.) It began with the Silver Screen cover in January '37, fresh off the success of "My Man Godfrey," and close to year' read more
Western RoundUp: A Trio of Wyatt Earp Westerns
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on Dec 22, 2018
Western RoundUp: A Trio of Wyatt Earp Westerns
Real-life Western lawman Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) has been portrayed in countless films over the years. The stories always take a fair amount of dramatic license, but Earp’s legend was such that his name and incidents from his life were a seemingly read more
Before 'Breakfast,' Universal had a 'Dinner'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 21, 2018
Many fans know Carole Lombard made two films for Universal, both in 1936 -- "My Man Godfrey," of course, and her first, "Love Before Breakfast" (shown above, with Cesar Romero). But did you know "Breakfast" initially had a different title, one also food-related? Here's proof:This is from a 1936 adva read more
Drink up! After Repeal, Carole serves up a recipe
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 20, 2018
Carole Lombard and then-husband William Powell enjoy a drink with actor Ernest Truex and his wife at Agua Caliente, Mexico in January 1933. It was something none of them could legally do in the States at the time because of a little thing called Prohibition (aka the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Consti read more
A Couple with Herschell Gordon Lewis
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Dec 18, 2018
Color Me Blood Red Written and Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis USA/1975 First viewing/Netflix rental Thus is the third in Lewis’s “Blood Trilogy”, following “Blood Feast” and “Two Thousand Maniacs”. In this one, a painter is criticized for his drab color schemes until he read more
Athene Seyler - A Commander of Comedy
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 16, 2018
The first time I saw character actress Athene Seyler she was examining a dead specimen of a man-eating plant from outer space under a microscope. She was doing this with her customary aplomb under the watchful eye of Mrs. Peel in "Man-Eater of Surrey Green", a classic episode of The Avenge read more
George Bancroft: What a Star, What a Character!
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Dec 16, 2018
Big, blustery George Bancroft was in his mid-40s when he became a film star, breaking out in 1927 with a linchpin performance as mob boss "Bull Weed" in Underworld, Josef von Sternberg's prototypical gangster film. Bancroft was third-billed under dependably wooden Clive Brook, fluttery leading lady read more
Carole goes 'high-hat,' and you can win a book
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 16, 2018
What's gotten in to Carole Lombard? Generally the unassuming sort, she here looks to be enjoying a night at the opera channeling her inner Margaret Dumont. (Carole and first husband William Powell enjoyed opera at least once, although this 1933 pic of them with Gloria Swanson and husband Michael Far read more
What A Character! blogathon: That beleaguered paterfamilias, Eugene Pallette
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 15, 2018
Every character actor dreams of landing a role as career-defining as that given` a lead, and in 1936 Eugene Pallette did just that in "My Man Godfrey." As businessman Alexander Bullock -- the lone note of sanity in a scatterbrained but wealthy Park Avenue family -- he wins our sympathy, as he's clan read more
What a Character! Blogathon – Charles McGraw
The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Dec 14, 2018
What a Character! Blogathon – Charles McGraw
On December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized
There are tough guys, there are bad guys, and then there is Charles McGraw, the toughest, baddest, most terrifying of them all. With his r read more
WHAT A CHARACTER! BLOGATHON: The Villainy of Jack Lambert
Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 14, 2018
It's time for the 7th annual What a Character! blogathon hosted by Paula's Cinema Club, Outspoken and Freckled and Once Upon a Screen. Thank you Paula, Kellee, and Aurora! Look for the contributions posted on December 14, 15 and 16.
Jack Lambert
April 13, 1920 - February 18, 2002
When som read more
The Miracle of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Dec 14, 2018
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" wasn't intentionally created to be timeless, but because of its simplicity and sincerity, timeless it is. Miraculously, it avoids every cliche associated with children's animation and is a perfect blending of music, words and images that clearly conveys one man's vision a read more