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A TCM Viewer's Guide for the Week of Dec. 18, 2017

Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Dec 17, 2017

It wouldn't be Christmas Eve without Christmas in Connecticut (1945) on TCM. The romantic comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan is part of Sunday's all-day lineup of Christmas movies. TCM is airing a weekend filled with holiday classics, including TCM fan favorites The Bishop's Wife read more

What a Character! Blogathon – Edward Everett Horton

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Dec 16, 2017

What a Character! Blogathon – Edward Everett Horton On December 16, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized Edward Everett Horton. So immensely popular amongst Classic Hollywood buffs, I had to write his name in the sign-up for the blogathon as quickly as read more

'What A Character!' blogathon: Nat Pendleton

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 16, 2017

Early last month, I announced plans to participate in this year's "What A Character!" blogathon, designed to honor the foot soldiers of film (and TV) acting -- the supporting players who helped make Carole Lombard and other stars shine. I did so several years ago, honoring Walter Connolly (http://ca read more

WHAT A CHARACTER! blogathon: John Alexander

Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 15, 2017

Outspoken and Freckled, Once Upon a Screen, and Paula's Cinema Club host the What a Character! blogathon for the 6th year. The tributes run from December 15 to 17.  Day 1 entries  Day 2 entries  Day 3 entries John Alexander November 29, 1897 - July 13, 1982 You were distrac read more

Henry Stephenson - A Lovable Old Gent

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 15, 2017

Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken and Freckled, and Paula's Cinema Club have once again teamed up to host the fabulous What a Character! Blogathon giving us film fans a chance to gush about those unsung heroes of the silver screen - character actors. What would classics such as Gone with the Wind b read more

WHAT A CHARACTER! blogathon: John Alexander

Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 15, 2017

Outspoken and Freckled, Once Upon a Screen, and Paula's Cinema Club host the What a Character! blogathon for the 6th year. The tributes run from December 15 to 17. John Alexander November 29, 1897 - July 13, 1982 You were distracted while watching a film and turned away to admonish or adm read more

The car may be gone, but Jean's exhibit lives on (for a while)

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 15, 2017

We traditionally open each Carole & Co. entry with an image of Carole Lombard associated with its subject, and so we do here. But this pic, from the July 1935 Radio Mirror, frankly doesn't do justice to either Carole or the other woman pictured. (The men in this 1934 pic are, from left, Walter Winch read more

The What A Character Blogathon: Michael Ripper

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Dec 14, 2017

The What A Character Blogathon gives me the perfect opportunity to discuss one of my favorite movie supporting players--the English actor Michael Ripper (1913-2000). Anyone who is a huge fan of Hammer Films (such as myself) can't help but smile whenever Michael Ripper shows up on the screen. The fi read more

A mouse buys a Fox; what's next?

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 14, 2017

The 1930 western "The Arizona Kid" is the only surviving link of Carole Lombard, shown with Warner Baxter, to the Fox film studio (as a teenage starlet, she appeared in several now-lost silents there in the mid-1920s). She never worked for Walt Disney, but attended "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs," t read more

Reginald Denny: What a Character!

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 14, 2017

This is my entry in the What a Character! Blogathon hosted by the enchanting trio of Aurora at Once Upon a Screen, Kellee at Outspoken and Freckled, and Paula at Paula's Cinema Club. Click here to check out more of the characters who make movies great. Frank Crawley will not get the girl - ever read more

A belated birthday present

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 13, 2017

Above is a stylish Carole Lombard pic, Paramount p1202-1167, from late 1935 or early '36. Below is a GIF of Carole that I had promised to run on Oct. 6, the 109th anniversary of her birth, but never got around to installing. So here it is, better late than never...four minutes and 10 seconds of asso read more

Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945, Wallace Fox), Chapter 10: A Double-Cross Backfires

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 11, 2017

Brenda Starr is rallying in its last third–A Double-Cross Backfires is a solid serial chapter. Sure, Joan Woodbury gets interviewing and kidnapped duty, but there’s some good action and some actual suspense. The chapter opens in Marion Burns’s house–rigged for her psychic scam–and no one except read more

A TCM Viewer's Guide for the week of Dec. 11, 2017

Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Dec 10, 2017

The classic Christmas movie The Bishop's Wife (1947), starring Cary Grant and Loretta Young, is airing Sunday on TCM. TCM is airing a weekend filled with holiday classics, including TCM fan favorite The Bishop's Wife (1947). There's also a great lineup of Debbie Reynolds' movies and two days of f read more

A Lombard bio, right on 'Target'

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 9, 2017

Want to learn more about Carole Lombard? Of course you do. Now there's a way to do it, at a reasonable price.Michelle Morgan's bio "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star" (for which I assisted in research) is now available via eBay from Target -- that's right, the Minnesota-based department store c read more

A Woman’s Vengeance (1948)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 9, 2017

US / 96 minutes / bw / Universal–International Dir & Pr: Zoltan Korda Scr: Aldous Huxley Story: “The Gioconda Smile” (1921 in Mortal Coils) by Aldous Huxley Cine: Russell Metty Cast: Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Humphreys, Hugh French, read more

Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World (1963)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Dec 6, 2017

Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World Directed by Shirley Clarke WGBH First viewing/Netflix rental     A reminder of a time when poetry and politics could meet and of a great American poet. This film was completed just before the poet Robert Frost died at the age of 88 in 1 read more

A Long Time Till Dawn (1953, Richard Dunlap)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 6, 2017

A Long Time Till Dawn is usually able to keep disbelief completely suspended. It’s a television play and Rod Serling’s teleplay is more ambitious than the budget or the constraints of the medium. Most of the sets are interiors and fine–a diner, a living room, a bedroom. They can e read more

Boosting a real-life protege

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 6, 2017

Among the many things that make "My Man Godfrey" a screwball masterpiece that delights viewers more than 80 years after its initial release is the premise that Carole Lombard's character, dizzy Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock, intends to make William Powell's Godfrey -- ostensibly a "forgotten read more

Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945, Wallace Fox), Chapter 4: A Ghost Walks

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 5, 2017

Unfortunately, most of A Ghost Walks is missing. What remains–some audio, a couple stills–isn’t really enough to sustain the narrative. After the cliffhanger resolution (not too noisy and apparently not injurious to Joan Woodbury), there’s some treading water while cops Kane Richmond and Joe read more

A TCM Viewer's Guide for the Week of Dec. 4, 2017

Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Dec 4, 2017

A Christmas Carol (1951) starring Alastair Sim is one of the holiday classics airing on TCM this week. TCM is starting out December with a weekend filled with holiday classics, including two versions of A Christmas Carol. There's also a great lineup of boxing movies, and two days of films from st read more
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