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I recently revisited A Run for Your Money after many years. It was with some trepidation that I approached this movie as I was sharing it with my daughter, Janet. Would it be as delightful as remembered? It was, and my memory was unusually accurate for such a long absence. In the post-WW2 period E read more

I recently revisited A Run for Your Money after many years. It was with some trepidation that I approached this movie as I was sharing it with my daughter, Janet. Would it be as delightful as remembered? It was, and my memory was unusually accurate for such a long absence. In the post-WW2 period E read more

More proof that America's collective classic movie IQ has considerably diminished.I understand this photo of Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery was the introductory clue for an answer/question on tonight's episode of the popular game show "Jeopardy!", where Lombard has frequently been used as a so read more

More proof that America's collective classic movie IQ has considerably diminished.I understand this photo of Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery was the introductory clue for an answer/question on tonight's episode of the popular game show "Jeopardy!", where Lombard has frequently been used as a so read more

This is a post I never wanted to write. Death is inevitable, but for those of us who entrench ourselves in the classic film world are even more aware of it. The people we love have been dead for years or are old enough that prepping for their demise is a constant fear. TCM fans live on the edge of a read more

It was Thursday, April 25, 2013, and I had just flown into Los Angeles from North Carolina for my first Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival. My first glimpse of Robert Osborne in person in 2013 (Comet Over Hollywood/Jessica P) I was excited, tired and scared. It was my first solo plane trip read more

I’m proud and honored to be the very first guest on Cinema Shame, a new podcast where movie lovers talk about iconic films they haven’t seen — and why. You may recognize host Jay Patrick from his work as the evil mastermind behind the James Bond Social Media Project and as moderator of read more

Where Eagles Dare (1968), starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing a week of films featuring star-of-the-month Richard Burton. Plus, they are showing movies from women filmmakers and African-American star Dorothy Da read more

Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus Directed by Charles Barton Written by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh from a novel by James Otis Kaler 1960/USA Walt Disney Productions Netflix rental For some reason, circus movies and anything with a chimpanzee have never appealed to me.  That said, this is read more

vt Les Anarchistes; vt Bonnot’s Gang France / 86 minutes / color plus some bw / Intermondia, Kinesis, Mega, Valoria Dir: Philippe Fourastié Pr: Jean-Paul Guibert Scr: Jean Pierre Beaurenaut, Pierre Fabre, Rémo Forlani, Philippe Fourastié, Marcel Jullian Cine: Alain Levent Cast: Jacques Brel, Bruno read more

For those of you planning th be at the Billy Wilder Theater on Friday for the premiere of the restored 35mm print of the Carole Lombard-Gary Cooper 1931 film, "I Take This Woman," a UCLA Archive official reports it will air second, following the 7:30 p.m. showing of Ernst Lubitsch's famed "Trouble i read more

For those of you planning th be at the Billy Wilder Theater on Friday for the premiere of the restored 35mm print of the Carole Lombard-Gary Cooper 1931 film, "I Take This Woman," a UCLA Archive official reports it will air second, following the 7:30 p.m. showing of Ernst Lubitsch's famed "Trouble i read more

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962), starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, is one of the Oscar-winning movies airing on TCM this week. TCM is wrapping up its annual 31 Days of Oscar film festival this week. This year's festival will present Academy Award winning and nominated films in alphab read more

Today, I'm taking a tour through Oscar couture from 1929-1969. The article includes Audrey Hepburn's Givenchy gown that she wore to the 1954 ceremony. FYI: The best way to read this article is to scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the full screen button (the button with four arrows pointi read more

Last Friday, we alerted you that one of Carole Lombard's most rarely-seen movies, her 1931 Paramount vehicle "I Take This Woman" with Gary Cooper, will be shown Friday, March 3 at the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood as part of UCLA's Festival of Preservation (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/85 read more

Last Friday, we alerted you that one of Carole Lombard's most rarely-seen movies, her 1931 Paramount vehicle "I Take This Woman" with Gary Cooper, will be shown Friday, March 3 at the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood as part of UCLA's Festival of Preservation (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/85 read more

I must be the last person on the planet to realize that Sidney Poitier is 90 today. Happy birthday to the great man! I was thinking to myself that it was a shame he made so few movies of noirish interest, but then I went and checked in my Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir and discovered there read more

The Quiet Man (1952), starring Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne, is one of the Oscar-winning movies airing on TCM this week. TCM is continuing its annual 31 Days of Oscar film festival this week. This year's festival will present Academy Award winning and nominated films in alphabetical order. Thi read more

Bad Day at Black Rock opens with a startling long shot of a train shooting through the desert like an angry centipede. There is a feeling of recklessness to the image, as if the hurtling Streamliner could go off the rails from the aggression of its momentum. From that first jarring moment, there is read more

Hey there! I’m so happy to announce that The Golden Boy Blogathon: a William Holden Celebration will be back again this year! William Holden is my second favourite actor and I truly enjoyed celebrating him via this blog last year. It was quite a success and everybody wrote marvellous pieces! read more