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We’re  Celebrating Noirvember with a Film Noir DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway! CMH will be celebrating Noirvember all month long with a ‘fun fatale’ Film Noir giveaway! Thanks to Kino Lorber, we’ll be giving away EIGHT Film Noir Classics (winners’ choice from the list below) via read more

Things are all so close in this year's edition of the Lombard Cup with a three way tie for 1st place between Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy and Ingrid Bergman with 5 and 1/2 points each through 8 matches. Let's keep the excitement going with another set of matches, this time featuring the actresses 2nd fav read more

Australian classic film superfan John Sambuco spent the day of September 27 as a special international guest in the TCM Studios in Atlanta. Sambuco had been on an extended visit to the U.S.A. during the month of September, and when TCM staff heard he would be in Atlanta, he was invited to spend the read more

Here we go with the next set of matches in the 2016 Lombard Cup..the 3rd most Favorite Film roles of the actresses that are competing. Polls will open thru Thursday evening. Good luck to everyone! MATCH 1 The 2016 Lombard Cup: Which film role do you like more? MATCH 2 The 2016 read more

The second set of matches for the 4th favorite film roles of the actresses competing in the 2016 Lombard Cup are now underway. Vote on your faves through Sunday afternoon. Here are the match-ups: MATCH 1 The 2016 Lombard Cup: Which film role do you like more? MATCH 2 Th read more

Tuesday, November 8th THE STYLE ESSENTIALS: HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM 1950s 6:30 pm - 8:00 pmGuest speakerAnnenberg Beach House Santa Monica, CA If you love style in the movies, you are invited to learn all about THE STYLE ESSENTIALS: HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM in an extensive 6-part s read more

What time is it? Time for another installment of the 2016 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival: Even More Adventures in Paradise! And today’s installment covers one of my most memorable experiences – an interview with Angela Lansbury, followed by her Oscar-nominated performance in The Manchuria read more

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GOSSIP What Legendary Movie Stars Said about Each Other Part Four of a Four-Part Series The dominant musical movie star of the “golden age” surely was Bing Crosby, but not all his co-stars were big fans, most especially Dorothy Lamour, his leading lady in the highly popular series read more

Halloween film series at Daystar Center starting October 8 with “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” The Chicago Film Club’s Halloween series begins with a screening of the classic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) Saturday October 8, 2016 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St. All movies read more

Abracadabra, ala kazam!  Look into my crystal ball....watch closely as beloved films of the golden age suddenly change before your very eyes, and sparkling new imaginary films rise before you. Poof!! With a wave of Madame Lasagna's hand and a generous sprinkling of pixie dust tossed into your f read more

“It’ll be getting dark soon. I hate the thought of spending the night with an empty revolver.” Robert Mitchum, the owner of the sleepiest eyes in Hollywood, was arrested for smoking marijuana in 1948. The scandal shocked few within the industry, but for the reefer-fearing public, t read more

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GOSSIP What Legendary Movie Stars Said about Each Other Part Three of a Four-Part Series Melvyn Douglas, who first co-starred with Greta Garbo in As You Desire Me [1932], remembered her as “icy and distant.” He also said she had no flair for comedy and believes it was her “humorles read more

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GOSSIP What Legendary Movie Stars Said about Each Other Part Two of a Four-Part Series Though two-time Oscar winner Spencer Tracy is widely regarded as one of the acting greats of the “golden age,” not all of his co-stars were so keen on him. For instance, Melvyn Douglas complain read more

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GOSSIP What Legendary Movie Stars Said about Each Other Part One of a Four-Part Series Most movie fans who love the classic films of Hollywood’s “golden age,” probably have a pretty good idea what film scholars and movie critics think of the great stars of that era because read more

“Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era”  Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our  “Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era” Giveaway Contest! This read more

I recently gave another presentation on iconic 1940s fashion in film, and every time I do this talk I declare 1946 to be the second greatest year in film history. Of course 1939 has long been regarded the best - completely justified with movie premieres that included Gone with the Wind, The Wiz read more

Halloween is right around the corner and I want your input on which ghosts and ghouls we’ll be looking at. I’ve included a poll at the bottom but don’t hesitate to include other suggestions. Take Our Poll Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commentin read more

Book Review: "LIFE Film Noir: 75 Years of the Greatest Crime Films" When someone tweeted the cover of LIFE Film Noir: 75 Years of the Greatest Crime Films, I had to go out and buy it. After all it had Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney on the cover! What it is is a 96-page glorified magazine with ne read more

“Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era”  Book Giveaway via Twitter Okay, it’s time for our next book giveaway! CMH will be giving away FOUR COPIES of  “Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden read more

Vaudeville 101 in Club TCM. Now that TCM has announced its dates for the 2017 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (April 6-9, 2017), I thought this was an ideal time to offer up another installment in my year-long look at the 2016 event. (What – I didn’t mention that I was plan to write about the read more