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Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the motion picture legend, Angela Lansbury, the notable actress who is primarily remembered for her memorable portrayal of Jessica Fletcher in the long running television series, Murder She Wrote. Angela Bridget Lansbury, made her star-studded debut read more

Tuesday, October 6th marked the 107th anniversary of the birth of Carole Lombard, the famed motion picture actress who marked an ounce of distinction in Hollywood with her inimitable flair for screwball comedy that later earned her the nickname of the Queen Of Screwball. In the years following her read more

Christmas comes early this year for classic movie buffs, courtesy of 20th Century Fox. On Thursday night at the New York Film Festival, Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos announced that the studio will celebrate its centenary this year by making 100 classic movies available to buy or rent digitally in read more

Happy Walter Pidgeon’s Birthday, Movie Nerds! September 23, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson doing the normal people stuff. I must wish a happy birthday to one of my many fake dead husbands, today. Even though he was married to R read more

Today is Lauren Bacall’s birthday. She has had a long and prestigious career in film and she is surely missed. One of my favorite films of hers is How To Marry a Millionaire, also starring Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable. Of course, this film is great because Marilyn is in it, but Lauren brin read more

This post is part of “The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon”, hosted by my good friend Virginie from The Wonderful World Of Cinema. Click here to read the other articles being exhibited during the event. Happy 100th Birthday Ingrid. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ing read more

It was six months ago tomorrow that we announced a sale on a handsome 6" x 10" flyer for Carole Lombard's Technicolor comedy "Nothing Sacred", placed into the program for the Southern Cal-UCLA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Dec. 4, 1937 (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/76 read more

It was six months ago tomorrow that we announced a sale on a handsome 6" x 10" flyer for Carole Lombard's Technicolor comedy "Nothing Sacred", placed into the program for the Southern Cal-UCLA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Dec. 4, 1937 (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/76 read more

Happy Gene Raymond’s Birthday! August 13, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Today, we celebrate Gene’s 107th birthday with some more of Gene, in his own words. To me, it looks as if his marriage was his proudest accomplishment, too, ju read more

Happy Birthday (Yesterday)! August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante To begin our Sunday With Loretta, here is a pic shared from the LY facebook page. It’s Mama Loretta with baby Chris Lewis, whose birthday was yesterday. We shall have more of the f read more

Happy Birthday (Today)! August 2, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MYRNA LOY!!! (But it’s still Sunday With Loretta, so……) Remember that time that Arthur Hornblow Jr., Eddie Sutherland, and Jean Negulesco shot a neighbor’s pet peaco read more

Carole Lombard and Kristin Chenoweth may be separated by several decades, and that Kristin is renowned for her singing and Carole had to be prodded into vocalizing (only in "Swing High, Swing Low," at the insistence of director Mitchell Leisen, did Lombard actually sing on screen rather than be dubb read more

Carole Lombard and Kristin Chenoweth may be separated by several decades, and that Kristin is renowned for her singing and Carole had to be prodded into vocalizing (only in "Swing High, Swing Low," at the insistence of director Mitchell Leisen, did Lombard actually sing on screen rather than be dubb read more

This month continues TCM’s Summer of Darkness series that airs every Friday night. I have been glued to my TV every Friday night to watch some of my favorite stars in my favorite film noirs. My favorite classic film group, Classic Film Chat, is having Film Noir as their theme for the month. Th read more

That's Carole Lombard with her kid (that's the term used to refer to baby goats). Like Carole, I've never had an actual child (although as a male, I'd merely sire the "kid" -- you women do the difficult part of giving birth). However, I consider myself the parent, of sorts, of Carole & Co., which to read more

That's Carole Lombard with her kid (that's the term used to refer to baby goats). Like Carole, I've never had an actual child (although as a male, I'd merely sire the "kid" -- you women do the difficult part of giving birth). However, I consider myself the parent, of sorts, of Carole & Co., which to read more

It's that time of year again.  Time to celebrate Bing Crosby's birthday.  Whether the reference book designates May 2nd or 3rd in 1903, let's bake that cake, listen to those records and watch those movies. East Side of Heaven released in 1939 was another one of Bing's personally produce read more

Virginia Lea Gregg was born March 6, 1916 to Edward Gregg and Dewey Todd, in Harrisburg, Illinois. Her family moved to California when Ms. Gregg was but eleven; first to Long Beach in 1927 and then to Pasadena in 1929. At Pasadena City College she majored in dramatics. Beginning in 1934 (she was e read more

Virginia Lea Gregg was born March 6, 1916 to Edward Gregg and Dewey Todd, in Harrisburg, Illinois. Her family moved to California when Ms. Gregg was but eleven; first to Long Beach in 1927 and then to Pasadena in 1929. At Pasadena City College she majored in dramatics. Beginning in 1934 (she was e read more

Virginia Lea Gregg was born March 6, 1916 to Edward Gregg and Dewey Todd, in Harrisburg, Illinois. Her family moved to California when Ms. Gregg was but eleven; first to Long Beach in 1927 and then to Pasadena in 1929. At Pasadena City College she majored in dramatics. Beginning in 1934 (she was e read more