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Karen of shadowsandsatin is hosting a celebratory blogathon in honour of the 100th birthday of Mr. Kirk Douglas, and we've all been invited.  To join the party, click HERE. I always think of A Letter to Three Wives as an elegant movie. Certainly, it is not elegant in the idea that we are peer read more

Tippi: A Memoir Tippi Hedren with Lindsay Harrison William Morrow, 2016 Though she's made her living acting, performing has never been the center of Tippi Hedren's existence. Most famous for the two movies she made with Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), those experiences were br read more

  Agnes Moore in All That Heaven Allows A Silent Desperation  “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” The quote’s probably Henry Thoreau most famous and lies at the center of Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows. Like much of Douglas Sirk’s “greatest hits,” the film read more

What is it about those films of the 1930’s that makes movie fans all over the world open their hearts and willingly step into a unique place and time all its own? No matter how much time passes or how the world changes, these films continue to speak to a universal longing that spans cultures a read more

From Here to Eternity (1953) is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Agnes Moorehead, Judy Davis, and Myrna Loy. Plus, they are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks and featuring a night movies with s read more

For armchair travel via time machine, there's no beating James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalks. From 1930 to 1954, this prolific producer filmed hundreds of Technicolor shorts all over the globe. I missed seeing the first two Warner Archive volumes of these fascinating little films, but very much enjo read more

"Gorgeous George" and "The Torso" were just a few of the many nicknames of hunky actor George O'Brien throughout the 1920s and 1930s. And very fitting titles these were. Not only was George a charismatic actor, but he boasted one of the finest physiques in Hollywood. Clothing looked unnatural on him read more

So much Carole Lombard stuff is happening, it's getting hard for me to keep up -- and that doesn't include Michelle Morgan's new biography "Carole Lombard: Twentieth Century Star," of which I hope to have a review up in a few days. (I will say at the outset it's very good.)But it's not all that's go read more

So much Carole Lombard stuff is happening, it's getting hard for me to keep up -- and that doesn't include Michelle Morgan's new biography "Carole Lombard: Twentieth Century Star," of which I hope to have a review up in a few days. (I will say at the outset it's very good.)But it's not all that's go read more

Director Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, I Confess (1952), starring Anne Baxter and Montgomery Clift, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like the Gloria Grahame and Myrna Loy. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on Christmas movie read more

Happy birthday, John Stevens. Born John Daugherty Stephens on today’s date in 1919, Steve Brodie took his screen name from the real-life New York saloon keeper who claimed to have survived an 1886 leap into the East River from the Brooklyn Bridge. The name change helped to jumpstart his fledgl read more

My romantic comedy "Stand Tall!" is in the running for a $250 prize in the Thanksgiving best screenplay contest at IndieWise, part of the IndustryBOOST competition.You only have a few hours to help -- the deadline is 8:30 p.m. Pacific/11:30 p.m. Eastern, a bit more than 15 hours from when I typed th read more

My romantic comedy "Stand Tall!" is in the running for a $250 prize in the Thanksgiving best screenplay contest at IndieWise, part of the IndustryBOOST competition.You only have a few hours to help -- the deadline is 8:30 p.m. Pacific/11:30 p.m. Eastern, a bit more than 15 hours from when I typed th read more

Hollywood Divided: The 1950s Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist Kevin Brianton University Press of Kentucky, 2016 On October 22, 1950, over 500 members of the Screen Directors Guild met late into the night at the Beverly Hills Hotel. It was a special meeting, called to d read more

See you in a week! On November 21, 2016 By CarolIn Uncategorized Hello everyone! So, I won’t be posting anything for about a week or so (be back on the 29th) ’cause I’m going on a cruise to Cuba WOOHOO! So excited!!! I’ll miss yo read more

Motion Picture Studio Directory And Trade Annual 1918   Gilbert Warrenton, noted cinematographer, who according to film-historian Kevin Brownlow (many others agree as well), was a principal exponent of the moving camera and the ‘German’ style in Hollywood. Warrenton was considered shoulder read more

TCM is showing seven films starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like the Marx Brothers, Eleanor Powell, and Dustin Hoffman. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on documentaries and movies about zany families. So, without further ad read more

Motion Picture Studio Directory And Trade Annual 1918   Gilbert Warrenton, noted cinematographer, who according to film-historian Kevin Brownlow (many others agree as well), was a principal exponent of the moving camera and the ‘German’ style in Hollywood. Warrenton was considered shoulder read more

The International Photographer November 1931   John William Leezer was born in Keokuk, Iowa, on May 1, 1876, he was an intelligent, thoughtful man with his attentions directed toward the artistic rather than just the functional; he stood 5-feet-8-and-a-half-inches tall, stout boned, a youthful read more

The International Photographer November 1931   John William Leezer was born in Keokuk, Iowa, on May 1, 1876, he was an intelligent, thoughtful man with his attentions directed toward the artistic rather than just the functional; he stood 5-feet-8-and-a-half-inches tall, stout boned, a youthful read more