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Kirk Douglas will do anything for a headline in Ace in the Hole. If you’ve got a hankering for a hefty dose of film noir, you can get your fix on Thursday, March 14th by tuning in to TCM. From the evening – when the noirish shadows first start rolling in – to the morning’s wee hours on Friday, read more

It’s getting to be that time of year again–when film fans from around the globe descend on Hollywood Boulevard to attend the TCM Classic Film Festival, a classic Hollywood celebration of epic proportions. This will be the 10th year of this highly anticipated festival, held between Apri read more

“If I were a cop, and not a very bright cop at that, I’d say that your story was as phony as a three dollar bill.” The quality of a film can usually be gauged by a few key elements. A quality director? A capable writer? A cast of talented actors? If the answer is yes to most of, if read more

Carole Lombard and Robert Riskin, a Hollywood couple that almost was, are shown at an event with a Hollywood couple that became legendary -- Irving Thalberg, left, next to wife Norma Shearer. Years later, screenwriter Riskin married a renowned actress, Fay Wray:We've been discussing Riskin and Wray read more

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 FASHION IN FILM OF TCMFF 2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Guest speaker Woman's Club of Hollywood Hollywood, CA Tickets are $10 in advance through Eventbrite and $15 at the door the day of the talk The theme of the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is Follow You read more

Film Noir classic “Mystery Street” to screen at Glessner House Museum March 29 The film noir classic Mystery Street (1950) will screen at Glessner House Museum, 1800 S. Prairie Ave., on March 29 at 7 p.m. The screening is part of the Glessner House’s birthday celebration read more

This was a bittersweet month in podcast listening, with the delight of new discoveries and raucous memories and the sadness of a great loss to the classic film community. Here's what moved me. Podcast titles link to the episodes: NitrateVille Radio Episode 35 Serge Bromberg on Méliès and More read more

My hotel room is reserved, my plane tickets are purchased, and my traveling companion (my older daughter is going this year!) is secured . . . so you know what that means! Time for another installment in my ongoing series about the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival! Now that we’re into 2019, the read more

This is Carole Lombard's RKO portrait CL-264, from "They Knew What They Wanted." No, not really. Her character in the 1940 drama, Amy, dressed like this......and this......and this:Hardly the glamour type, right?Getting back to the vintage portrait of Mrs. Gable at the top, it's 8" x 10", single-wei read more

Oh, Hitchcock, good old Hitchcock. What would be The Wonderful World of Cinema without any discussions about his films? Well, it’s been a long time since we didn’t have one and Maddy’s Third Hitchcock Blogathon that she is hosting on her blog Maddy Loves Her Classic Films seems to read more

The Robots in Film Blogathon runs from January 25th to 27th. It is hosted by our esteemed friends at The Midnight Drive-In and Hamlette's Soliloquy. Click HERE or HERE to enjoy these imaginative characters in movies and television. Get Smart (1965-1970) is the genius television sitcom crea read more

Carole Lombard was closer to 16 than 17 when she modeled this wedding gown on the Fox Studios lot for the 1925 film "Marriage In Transit." Here's the pic in full:Lombard wore the gown during the film, as another still shows:She later disparaged the movie -- or at least her performance in it -- and w read more

**spoilers*** I was afraid to watch The Long Goodbye. It’s a favorite book, so much so that I starting drinking gimlets for a couple years, even though I hate gin*. It was an odd affectation. Even I knew drinking a grandpa concoction wouldn’t impress anyone, and would only mystify barten read more

**spoilers*** I was afraid to watch The Long Goodbye. It’s a favorite book, so much so that I starting drinking gimlets for a couple years, even though I hate gin*. It was an odd affectation. Even I knew drinking a grandpa concoction wouldn’t impress anyone, and would only mystify barten read more

To see my favorite film discoveries of 2018, check out my guest post at Brian Sauer's lovely recommendation site Rupert Pupkin Speaks. It's always a pleasure to submit to Brian's various themed series. I highly recommend you follow him, though I must warn you: your "to-watch" list will expand a grea read more

I dug deep into some podcast archives this month as I explored a few new-to-me shows. Here are five episodes that I found especially interesting: Documenteers F For Fake with Tyler Mahan Coe Episode 56 12/6/18 Host Bob Sham and guest Tyler Mahan Coe (host of podcasts Cocaine and Rhinestones and read more

In the interest of diversifying my offerings on A Classic Movie Blog, I didn’t review as many books in 2018 as I have in previous years. However, much of what I did read inspired me and in many cases greatly expanded my film knowledge. These are the works that stuck with me. I have excerp read more

10 More Classic Film Noirs for the Holidays Novelist Douglas Coupland once said that “Christmas makes everything twice as sad.” His quote may have stemmed from a place of tender melancholy, but here at CMH’s Film Noir section, we’d like to apply it to the lushes and low-lifes that inhabit the read more

Off track yet again.  Clearly I do not find the mid-60’s the most inspiring time for cinema.  Never fear, I will finish 1965 by the end of the year.  But this list was so tempting!  Documentaries About Movies.  Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) Directed by Craig McCall  Fanta read more

Unless you subscribe to their DVD plan, Netflix doesn’t offer a lot of classic films. However, when it comes to documentaries of interest to those who love the golden age of movies, it’s a different story. I’ve found several interesting flicks on the service, some of them even prod read more