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When her cousin Henry dies in a car accident soon after inheriting Crowhaven Farm, Maggie Porter becomes the estate's new owner. She and her husband Ben move to the rural New England property. He hopes to find success as a painter and Maggie accepts a position as a legal secretary to the town's hand read more

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

And not just any book, but Michelle Morgan's new biography of Carole Lombard? Now you can -- and it's autographed by the author herself.As she says:"My author copies of Carole Lombard have arrived at last! Whoopee!! To celebrate, I am giving away a signed copy on Facebook... All you have to do to be read more

And not just any book, but Michelle Morgan's new biography of Carole Lombard? Now you can -- and it's autographed by the author herself.As she says:"My author copies of Carole Lombard have arrived at last! Whoopee!! To celebrate, I am giving away a signed copy on Facebook... All you have to do to be read more

The skies opened up over San Francisco on Saturday evening, October 15, and the rains poured down. Though this deluge complicated our trek from dinner at Alta restaurant on Market Street to Davies Symphony Hall on Grove, drenching weather was not so discouraging that it prevented a full house audien read more

The skies opened up over San Francisco on Saturday evening, October 15, and the rains poured down. Though this deluge complicated our trek from dinner at Alta restaurant on Market Street to Davies Symphony Hall on Grove, drenching weather was not so discouraging that it prevented a full house audien read more

The skies opened up over San Francisco on Saturday evening, October 15, and the rains poured down. Though this deluge complicated our trek from dinner at Alta restaurant on Market Street to Davies Symphony Hall on Grove, drenching weather was not so discouraging that it prevented a full house audien read more

A “CLASSIC” QUIZ Answer Key Thanks to all for joining the fun! Now for the long-awaited answers! Here are the questions again: Name the actor who won two Academy Awards for playing the same character in the same film in the same year. The actress who played the title role in the Broadway play Clau read more

The Mummy (1932), starring Boris Karloff, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Helen Twelvetrees, Audrey Hepburn, and William Gargan. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on cult movies and Universal Pictures horror films. So read more

For this week's (belated) entry into my Franchot & Politics series, I'd like to share with you some biographical sketches on the political figures of Franchot's maternal family. Franchot's grandfather and great grandfather held Republican seats in the Senate and Congress, respectively. Franchot' read more

Slapstick à brasileira / Slapstick, Brazilian style "Nem Sansão, Nem Dalila" (1954) Trago verdades: os melhores cursos online sobre cinema são oferecidos pelo TCM em parceria com a Ball State University. Depois do grande sucesso e da maravilhosa experiência de aprendizagem em 2015 com read more

Cocteau: A Life Claude Arnaud Originally published: Gallimard, 2003 English translation by Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell: Yale University Press, 2016 Jean Cocteau never quite fit in with the human race. Lost in fairy land fantasies and opium reveries, with even his hair refusing to part right read more

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1131/It-s-a-Great-Feeling/#tcmarcp-335145  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. This movie about movies is a cameo festival! Stars and Warner Bros. personnel pop up in guest appearances throughout the film, hence the “Guest Stars Galore” embl read more

Sullivan’s Travels: “There’s always a girl in the picture” The posters for Sullivan’s Travelsemphasize “The Girl.” Preston Sturges was one writer-director who could make fun of the American public and their conventions without insulting them. Even wh read more

This is part of the CMBA Fall Blogathon: Hollywood on Hollywood! Check out all entries! If "Merton of the Movies" isn't the first spoof of Hollywood, it comes close. Harry Leon Wilson's 1919 novel about a naive small-town clerk who goes to Hollywood with a correspondence course in film acting read more

This is part of the CMBA Fall Blogathon: Hollywood on Hollywood! Check out all entries! If "Merton of the Movies" isn't the first spoof of Hollywood, it comes close. Harry Leon Wilson's 1919 novel about a naive small-town clerk who goes to Hollywood with a correspondence course in film acting read more

Just when I thought I couldn't get any luckier, Carol from The Old Hollywood Garden nominated me for my second Sunshine Blogger Award! Thank you, Carol! It was very sweet of you! Once again, the rules are this: - Answer the 11 questions posed by the blog that nominated you. - Nominate 11 other blog read more

A “CLASSIC” QUIZ Test Your Knowledge of Hollywood’s Golden Age Stars A Big Thank You to authors James Bawden and Ron Miller of Conversations with Classic Film Stars for putting together this fun little quiz for us! Test your ‘Classic Knowledge’ by answering these fun questions read more

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Rita Hayworth, Paul Muni, and Glenda Farrell. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on fictional pre read more