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Stagecoach (1939), starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne, is one of the old Hollywood favorites airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Judy Garland, Sophia Loren, and Glenn Ford.  Plus, they are featuring films from director John Ford and German cinem read more

Fresh from the New York stage and with only one film (The Wiser Sex with Claudette Colbert) under his belt, Franchot Tone was assigned the role of Ronnie in the 1933 war drama Today We Live. The leading lady of the picture would be Joan Crawford, flapper-turned-dramatic actress, who was well-respect read more

Citizen Kane: A Flimmaker's Journey Harlan Lebo Thomas Dunne Books Release Date April 26 I had luck as no one had; afterwards, I had the worst luck in the history of cinema. But that is in the order of things. I had to pay for having had the best luck in the history of cinema. Never has a man been read more

D.O.A. is a wonderful example of a gimmick having nowhere to go. Edmond O’Brien is a small town accountant who decides to spend a week in San Francisco drinking and carousing (leaving girlfriend and secretary Pamela Britton back home). Out of the blue, he gets poisoned and has to solve his ow read more

Safety Last! (1923), starring Harold Lloyd, is one of the old Hollywood favorites airing on TCM this week.  This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Judy Garland, Jack Lemmon, and Lionel Barrymore.  Plus, they are featuring films about blondes and the Ziegfeld Follies. So, read more

As I type, someone’s systematically going through every movie entry on this site and, as far as I can judge from the speed with which this is happening, not reading the pieces but downloading them. Could I remind that individual that the material on this site is copyright. If you’re doin read more

I know it's unkind to assume that a hardworking actress is simply being herself on the screen, but I've always felt that way about Marion Davies. Perhaps it is because I knew a lot more about her personality, and her popularity in Hollywood, before I saw her in a movie. She was never going to be an read more

If anyone should know how to make  real Godzilla movie, it should be Toho. And it looks like they do. Here’s the new poster: And the new international trailer: Now all we need is a firm US release date.   read more

Oh TCM. First there's the agony of waiting for you to release the schedule for the TCM Classic Film Festival, then there's the continued agony of deciding what to see. But I'll take the latter. As Mae West once quipped, too much of a good thing can be wonderful. This is my first pass at deciding wh read more

I feel wonderfuly blessed as I’ve been honoured with a 4th Liebster Award by my friend Anna from Defiant Success! So, of course I want to thank her for nominating me! When you receive a Liebster Award, you have to answer the 11 questions asked by the blog who nominated you and then say 11 thi read more

We need a little cheering up hereabouts, and who better to take on that daunting task than birthday girl, the heavenly Miss Ann Miller? We catch her here, indomitable and not even tapping, on Merv. She starts with a fragment of Mame, as if to set the mise en scène, and then segues into a number tha read more

Just what is going on at the Brown Derby and other various Hollywood locations in 1939? Some of my fiends on Facebook at FlickChick's Movie Playground are taking turns writing a portion of the story. It's anybody's guess how it all will turn out. Entries are posted weekly.  Please join us on read more

On the Town (1949), starring Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, and Gene Kelly, is one of the old Hollywood favorites airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Judy Garland, Ann Miller, and Lionel Barrymore.  Plus, they are featuring films about saloons and s read more

Is DRACULA A.D. 1972 one of the best Hammer films ever made? Maybe not....but it's one of the most entertaining. The movie has taken quite a bit of critical drubbing over the years, but many Hammer fans now accept and even appreciate A.D. 1972's goofy mixture of Gothic horror and pseudo-mod trapping read more

UK-US / 93 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir: Guy Hamilton Pr: Ivan Foxwell Scr: Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton, Ivan Foxwell Story: The Megstone Plot (1956) by Andrew Garve Cine: John Wilcox Cast: James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Ernest Clark, Duncan Lamont, Percy read more

On the surface, my Pre-Code crazy pick for this month doesn’t seem to have a whole heck of a lot of pre-Codiness going on. A Farewell to Arms (1932), based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway and starring Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper, tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers – an American ambulan read more

 “Classic Movies and More” YouTube Show: Episode 4 We are very pleased to share our next “Classic Movies and More” episode today — a brief interview with Fort Lee Film Commission’s Tom Meyers about the birth of motion pictures in Fort Lee NJ… ….. And for more information read more

When I first became a classic film devotee, I had just gotten to junior high school, more specifically the seventh grade. Going from the snug comfort of elementary school to the uncertain territory of junior high was like a form of culture shock -- the rules were looser yet stricter, the teachers we read more

Apr 1 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron are joined by Michele Rosenthal, professional illustrator and Criterion fan artist. She’s also a Criterion fan, but approaches the label from a different angle compared to most collectors. We talk to her about her process, passion, and dedication, and read more

Apr 1 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron are joined by Michele Rosenthal, professional illustrator and Criterion fan artist. She’s also a Criterion fan, but approaches the label from a different angle compared to most collectors. We talk to her about her process, passion, and dedication, and read more