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Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000). Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, as Gretchen Young. At confirmation, she took the name Michaela. She and her family moved to Hollywood when she w read more

Well now the holidays are over (boo!). Pretty Clever Film Gal transformed the yule tide season into one mega Bond-a-thon. In late November, I had never seen a single Bond movie. Now I only 5 titles plus Skyfall left.  As a matter of fact I holidayed so hard it’s almost a relief to get back to read more

Well now the holidays are over (boo!). Pretty Clever Film Gal transformed the yule tide season into one mega Bond-a-thon. In late November, I had never seen a single Bond movie. Now I only 5 titles plus Skyfall left.  As a matter of fact I holidayed so hard it’s almost a relief to get back to read more

According to IMDb, Abraham Lincoln has been portrayed in movies and television shows over 300 times, by everyone from Henry Fonda (1939′s Young Mr. Lincoln) to Louis C.K. (the 2012 season of Saturday Night Live).  Add to that the countless number of less-than-professional portrayals of the read more

Wow, over 50 films watched this month!  Christmas forced me to see at least 25, but with New Year’s, my surgery, and the need to finish up films to craft my year-end lists, I ended up seeing several films in one day over the span of the month.  As I did with November, I’ll be going back read more

Take a look Hildy...we won..no kidding! The Favorite Screwball Film tourney came to an end yesterday and my favorite film of all time, His Girl Friday won it all. As a number two seed, Friday had to overcome a slew of top films including three number one seeds in It Happened One Night, My Man G read more

This is a short film by Jim Henson as orginally presented on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Here’s some insight from Open Culture: Not having grown up during the Muppets’ first and highest wave of popularity, I’ve always wondered how something like The Muppet Show could possibly have read more

The two semi-final matches were very close but in the end, two Cary Grant films edged out two William Powell films to set up an all Cary Grant final match in the favorite screwball film tourney. Overall top seed Bringing Up Baby beat The Thin Man 13-10 while 2nd seed His Girl Friday slid by the oth read more

Lissy Arna (20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She performed in 62 films between 1915 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film The Squeaker, which was directed by Martin Fric and Karel Lamač. She Entered films in German silents and entered U.S. films in 1930. read more

I could very easily always pick a Looney Tunes short. I love Rabbit of Seville but saw a link wherein True Classics offers some brilliant insight: Rabbit of Seville is the brainchild of director Chuck Jones, writer Michael Maltese, and frequent Warner Bros. composer Carl Stalling. Stalling was, on o read more

It’s that time of year again… Today, the Library of Congress selected 25 films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. These cinematic treasures represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking. “Established by Congress in 1989, the National Film read more

Products Mentioned 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mills Brothers Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection The Bride Walks Out (1936) Red Dust (1932)  Love In The Rough (1930)  A Lady Of Chance (1928) Hol read more

Lee Montgomery in Burnt Offerings one of my favorite older films of 2011. (United Artists) UPDATE: Due to the strong focus I give to 2012 titles in late November and December, this list of possibilities is virtually complete. It will be whittled down and written up for posting in early January! This read more

If you’re like me and you absolutely couldn’t stand the new version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice that was foisted upon us than have a gander below at the original intent. Minus the introduction which I believe is from the rehash Fantasia 2000, it is without dialogue. It is wordless read more

May Allison (June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989). Violet eyed, Allison made her living on the Broadway stage before her screen debut was in the film, A Fool There Was(1915), with Theda Bara.  Please click here to learn more about the film: A fool There Was.. Please click here to watch t read more

I made the somewhat arbitrary holiday season resolution to NOT watch A Christmas Story. Why? By my rough, back-of-the-envelope calculations I’ve seen this movie at least 28 times, but accounting for years with multiple viewings in one season, probably more like 34, maybe as many as 38. So I&# read more

I made the somewhat arbitrary holiday season resolution to NOT watch A Christmas Story. Why? By my rough, back-of-the-envelope calculations I’ve seen this movie at least 28 times, but accounting for years with multiple viewings in one season, probably more like 34, maybe as many as 38. So I&# read more

A lot more closer matches this round as three of them were decided by 5 points or less. Two of the three top seeds rolled to easy victories, none more so than It Happened One Night Night. It hammered Merrily We Live 46-1. And Live just picked up that single vote on Thursday after 4 days of tourney read more

Three of the eight matches are so close that you couldn't shine a light between them. The other five matches are starting to separate the leaders from their competitors. My Man Godfrey leads The Awful Truth 23-19. The Lady Eve leads My Favorite Wife 21-19. And the closest match is going on between read more

Of all the actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Noel Francis (1906-59) was certainly one of them. Noel Francis Madison Not to be confused with Noel Madison, who was a guy, Noel Francis was an attractive blonde with a winsome expression. She had been a dancer on Broadway, appearing in the Zieg read more