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Dick Powell as Marlowe.My favorite fictional detectives are the erudite, snobbish Philo Vance and the sarcastic, sly Philip Marlowe. Both have been the subject of numerous films, but with middling results. Marlowe has been played by an unusual assortment of actors that includes Humphrey Bogart, Robe read more

“You don’t love me. You just think I’m some kind of animal you trapped.” Forgive me if you disagree, but Marnie has wrapped around it the full confidence of Alfred Hitchcock with all his trick and thematic ideas. Its use of visuals to cue the action. The intensity of both co read more

It's early in the 1937 holiday season, and if you're Selznick International, you feel you have a winner on your hands in Carole Lombard's Technicolor comedy "Nothing Sacred." It's done quite well at the Manhattan showplace, Radio City Music Hall, so you promote it with a two-page trade spread:The pu read more

Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – The Unique Career of Theda Bara With her pale makeup, thick black hair, and large eyes rimmed heavily with black makeup, she was – and is – one of the most iconic actresses of the silent era. Her image as a screen “vamp” is still fairly well known, read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Career Girl” read more

Suzanne’s Career (La carriere de Suzanne) Directed by Eric Rohmer Written by Eric Rohmer 1963/France Les Films du Losange First viewing/FilmStruck A fan girl rekindles her love affair with Rohmer from near the beginning. Bertrand is a reserved and serious young first year pharmacy student. read more

As of today, it has been seven years since Elizabeth Taylor left us. In remembrance of this unique actress and humanitarian, I am spotlighting one of her lesser known films, Night Watch (1973). This single horror entry in Taylor's resume was long unavailable until its release on DVD from Warner Arch read more

Robert Mitchum is extremely moving in The Yakuza (1974), a modern noir directed by Sydney Pollack, and one of the star's late career triumphs. This elegantly melancholy film is now available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive. Mitchum is Harry Kilmer, a former private eye who is summoned to Tokyo by fo read more

Film composer Bernard Herrmann is mostly known for a film that he originally disliked. “When we left the screening of ‘Psycho,’ he said, ‘Wasn’t that the biggest piece of crap you’ve ever seen?’” said the film composer’s eldest daughter, Dorothy Herrmann. “Daddy had no use for Psycho read more

  Rochelle Hudson, born March 6, 1916 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was a film and television actress whose career spanned four decades from the 1930s through the 1960s. She was named a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1931 along with future Hollywood stars Joan Blondell, Constance Cummings, Frances Dee, and read more

Elisha Cook, Jr. was an American character actor whose acting career spanned more than 60 years with roles in films such as “The Maltese Falcon” (1941), “The Big Sleep” (1946) and “Shane” (1953).     Elisha Cook was born December 26, 1903 in San Franci read more

Today, I'm writing about the silent film career of one of old Hollywood's great canine stars, the original Rin Tin Tin. Here's Rinty in one of the many signed autographs that were distributed by his owner, Lee Duncan.  This article is part of The Silent Cinema Blogathon hosted by In the Good read more

Aug 16 Posted by aaronwest Subscribe in iTunes Here Or listen here to it here: For other apps or mobile devices, try this link. Or direct download/listen to the MP3. Timeline: 0:00 – Intro: Introductions, Housekeeping, Criterion News. 25:00 – My Life as a Dog discussion 1:00 – Lasse Hallströ read more

Aug 16 Posted by aaronwest Subscribe in iTunes Here Or listen here to it here: For other apps or mobile devices, try this link. Or direct download/listen to the MP3. Timeline: 0:00 – Intro: Introductions, Housekeeping, Criterion News. 25:00 – My Life as a Dog discussion 1:00 – Lasse Hallströ read more

Aug 16 Posted by aaronwest Subscribe in iTunes Here Or listen here to it here: For other apps or mobile devices, try this link. Or direct download/listen to the MP3. Timeline: 0:00 – Intro: Introductions, Housekeeping, Criterion News. 25:00 – My Life as a Dog discussion 1:00 – Lasse Hallströ read more

Since I've had my own gray hair and wrinkles, producers have been willing to recognize me as a character actor.  There was a long spell in Hollywood where I appeared in nothing but bad romantic comedies. They were 'dress suit roles.' Acting talent didn't matter. The important thing was to have read more

Amy Schumer’s hilarious skit about discrimination against middle-aged women in Hollywood has me wondering about Mae West. It’s true that modern films imply that women aren’t attractive enough past their 40s to be worthy of sex onscreen. But Mae West starred in Sextette in 1978; th read more

Amy Schumer’s hilarious skit about discrimination against middle-aged women in Hollywood has me wondering about Mae West. It’s true that modern films imply that women aren’t attractive enough past their 40s to be worthy of sex onscreen. But Mae West starred in Sextette in 1978; th read more

Footnote to '50s Career Girls & Marriage After my last post, I came across some interesting tidbits about working women in the 1950s. The info was too good to let pass, especially since we just explored career women in 1950s movies. According to two books I have been jumping between, married read more

Frank Lackteen   Frank Lackteen, what can one say about a man with nearly two-hundred (albeit, many uncredited roles and extra work) celluloid appearances? So, I will begin at his beginning, because his beginnings molded his film future. He was born Mohammed Hassan Lackteen, in Labanon, 1897. H read more