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One year, one film: 1950 The film: The Tall Target, dir. Anthony Mann starring Dick Powell and Paula Raymond Rating: Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE (Image via Caftan Woman)A soon-to-be-President, a suspicious cop, an assassination plot: these are the key elements of the tale told b read more

The Other California Film History Most vintage movie fans know about southern California’s motion picture heritage and the region’s outstanding museums dedicated to preserving film history. Relatively few of those fans, however, know about the unique role northern California played in mo read more

One year, one film: 1950 The film: In a Lonely Place, dir. Nicholas Ray starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame Rating: Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE (Image via Doctor Macro) In a Lonely Place is a film I haven’t watched in years (something I need to remedy!), but it’s read more

Day Two #France On Film Recap 09 Saturday Jan 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in Blogathon, Cinema, France ≈ 7 Comments Tags#FranceonFilm, Blogathon Darling Readers, on the second day of the France On Film Blogathon, t read more

Today is day one of the wonderful France on Film Blogathon, hosted by Summer over at Serendipitous Anachronisms. The film I will be writing about is 8 Femmes, a French dark mystery comedy. According to Wikipedia, the plot of the film is “At an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950 read more

The France on Film Blogathon is here, FINALLY!!!! 08 Friday Jan 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in Blogathon, Cinema, France ≈ 46 Comments Tags#FranceonFilm, Blogathon My darling readers, the long awaited day is here, read more

Day One #France On Film Recap 08 Friday Jan 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in Blogathon, Cinema, France ≈ 5 Comments Tags#FranceonFilm, Blogathon The main list is located here if you want to link the event, link to th read more

This is my entry in the France on Film Blogathon, hosted by Serendipitous Anachronisms. Click HERE for the full roster of all things oo la la!  I write this entry with a special ache of the heart. Paris is the one destination that never disappointed me and more than lived up to my lofty imag read more

Phyllis Haver (January 6, 1899 – November 19, 1960) was an American actress of the silent film era.   Haver was born January 6, 1899 in Douglass, Kansas. When she was a child her family moved to Los Angeles, California, then a city of less than half a million people. Haver attended Los Angeles read more

Castle introduces the movie. Best known for fanciful gimmicks like "Emergo" (a skeleton on a wire that flew over audiences), producer-director William Castle also made some very good suspense films. Two of his finest, Homicidal and Strait-Jacket were produced in the 1960s and are relatively gimmick read more

Christmas has come and gone, a new year arriving today. Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating last night… but not too much fun, eh? Here in the movie blogosphere, a new month means it’s time to take a look at the past month in viewing… so let’s get to it! Ne read more

As we ring in the new year, let's count down Classic Reel Girl's top 5 Film Finds of 2015. 5) Lured (1947) - Why you should see it: Lucille Ball.  Her presence elevates every film in which she appears (at least in all those that I have viewed thus far). Be forewarned that the plot begins read more

I enjoyed the eclectic mix of film books that I read this year, from bios and a memoir to an entire volume dedicated to one film, and yet another about a film that was never even finished. While I know that Sinatra was best known for his singing, I had to include him, because Kaplan covered the lege read more

Guardian angels can come in many forms, and in the film “We’re No Angels” (1955), help arrives from three convicts. Early Christmas Eve, Joseph (Humphrey Bogart), Albert (Aldo Ray), Jules (Peter Ustinov) and Adolf the poisonous snake, escape from prison on French colonial Devil’s Island read more

I don’t know how crazy I am. Guess you’ll be the judge of that. When I walk around in my travels, I tend to notice things that remind me of classic films. My first immediate Rorschach reaction is a classic film. Here are a couple of examples of that association. Do they make you think of read more

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952). This Paramount Pictures musical was a last attempt to turn popular singer Dinah Shore into a movie star. She had appeared previously in films with Danny Kaye (Up in Arms) and Randolph Scott (Belle of the Yukon). This one pairs her with Alan Young, who was t read more

Special does not do service to the accomplishments and the staying power of Miracle on 34th Street; as the measuring-tape said of Mary Poppins, “practically perfect in every way,” so too are the celluloid triumphs of this 1947, summer blockbuster, produced by 20th Century-Fox. The apex that Miracle read more

Special does not do service to the accomplishments and the staying power of Miracle on 34th Street; as the measuring-tape said of Mary Poppins, “practically perfect in every way,” so too are the celluloid triumphs of this 1947, summer blockbuster, produced by 20th Century-Fox. The apex that Miracle read more

Special does not do service to the accomplishments and the staying power of Miracle on 34th Street; as the measuring-tape said of Mary Poppins, “practically perfect in every way,” so too are the celluloid triumphs of this 1947, summer blockbuster, produced by 20th Century-Fox. The apex that Miracle read more

The same year Peggy Ann Garner performed her award winning role in “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” the 13-year-old actress found herself in a coming of age comedy, “Junior Miss” (1945). Similar to “And So They Were Married” (1936), Christmas is merely a backdrop to adolescent antics in “Junior read more