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Next April, we will celebrate the wonderful William Holden’s centenary. And, as you know, I’m a big fan of him and want to make things big for the occasion. So, I invite you all to participate The Third Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Centenary Celebration! This year, things will read more

While watching War for the Planet of the Apes I found myself wondering: When did Woody Harrelson become one of our most interesting working actors? I mean, even from his early days on Cheers it was obvious that he was talented, but recently he has become one of those actors whose movies I will seek read more

Not many people around today can say they knew Carole Lombard, but one who does turns 104 today.Congratulations to Mary Carlisle, whom I believe is the last of the WAMPAS "baby stars" still with us (1932). The following year, she was Bing Crosby's leading lady in "College Humor" at Paramount (where read more

This past Christmas my son got me a Mill Creek box set called Awesomely Cheesy Movies. 100 movies on 24 disks, it’s actually a combination of two of their earlier released sets, “The Swinging Seventies”, and “The Excellent Eighties”. For those of you who may not be fam read more

As 1957 turned into 1958. Carole Lombard found her way back to theaters, roughly 16 years after her death. For that, thank Robert Youngson and his silent comedy compilation "The Golden Age of Comedy," where he collected several two-reelers (such as Lombard's "Run, Girl, Run" from Mack Sennett).Young read more

TCM is kicking off 31 Days of Oscar with Swing Time (1936). The musical starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire will air at 8 p.m. Thursday. TCM's annual 31 Days of Oscar programming is one of the highlights of the year for old Hollywood fans. This year's lineup is organized according to category read more

"Love Before Breakfast" is one of those Carole Lombard films where her talent for comedy, unleashed to the world in 1934's "Twentieth Century" and confirmed in the following year's "Hands Across the Table," is on full display -- but it's evident that the rest of the world hadn't yet caught up to her read more

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy. read more

I'm certain that sometime in the past, we've noted the existence of this remarkable Carole Lombard portrait, where she literally keeps it under her hat -- man-style millinery Carole carries off quite well. It's Paramount p1202-1620.Who took it? Staff photographer William Walling. We know because it' read more

The great Katharine Hepburn began her illustrious career with A Bill of Divorcement (1932). She plays the daughter of a man (John Barrymore) who returns to his family after being institutionalized for several years. No actor in the annals of old Hollywood history had a career quite like Katharine read more

Seeing this image of Carole Lombard -- especially at this time of year -- understandably causes many of her fans to cringe. Yet it should be remembered that when this photo was taken in 1935, Lombard (perhaps inspired by fellow actress Ruth Chatterton, a noted aviatrix) briefly took up flying. While read more

vt Laura US / 43 minutes / bw / CBS Dir: John Brahm Pr: Otto Lang Scr: Mel Dinelli Story: Laura (1943) by Vera Caspary Cine: Lloyd Ahern Cast: George Sanders, Dana Wynter, Robert Stack, Scott Forbes, Johnny Washbrook, Gloria Clark, Gordon Wynne, Robert Williams, Harry Carter. Done as an episode of read more

There's all sorts of Carole Lombard memorabilia out there, and today, we've uncovered another item. It has to do with her 1931 Paramount film "Up Pops the Devil," co-starring Norman Foster (shown above)...and the item is something that I've never heard of before.What is it, you ask? Well, here's wha read more

After the contemplation that accompanies every Jan. 16 for Carole Lombard fans, it's time to return to more optimistic fare; I sense Carole herself wouldn't want it any other way.Above is a sign made for Lombard's one-week publicity stint at Selznick International Studios in July 1938. Not only did read more

The Heiress (1949), starring Olivia de Havilland, is airing Tuesday night on TCM. TCM is airing a lineup of films about The Gilded Age on Tuesday that includes classics The Heiress (1949) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). There's also a great lineup of survival movies on Friday night and thre read more

One of my all-time favorite films is 1985’s Tampopo directed by Juzo Itami and starring his wife Nobuko Miyamoto which I have written about here and here. In 1987 the pair teamed again for a new movie, A Taxing Woman. Now one might think that having taken on the task of turning the search for read more

I just watched The Post, and as usual with a Steven Spielberg film, I was thoroughly enjoying it, hoping, “Maybe he’s avoided it this time!” And then WHAM! There it is: The schmaltzy, on-the-nose scenes and/or musical selections that undo the magic he has so skillfully woven. And read more

I just watched The Post, and as usual with a Steven Spielberg film, I was thoroughly enjoying it, hoping, “Maybe he’s avoided it this time!” And then WHAM! There it is: The schmaltzy, on-the-nose scenes and/or musical selections that undo the magic he has so skillfully woven. And read more

Vaudeville in a Can The prime motivation for the Warner Bros in pursuing Vitaphone and sound films had little to do with actors talking on the screen.  Harry Warner was quoted as saying “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” In actuality, the effort and the huge investment was driven by a busines read more

Nearly 5 1/2 years ago we ran that early Carole Lombard Paramount photo, p1202-25, as an example of the vast collection (more than 250,000 stills) of memorabilia expert extraordinaire Lester Glassner, who died in 2009 (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/529026.html). Now, I've come across another read more