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Comet Over Hollywood is covering the Turner Classic Film Festival for my third year this week. The festival runs from Thursday, March 26, through Sunday, March 30. I arrived in Los Angeles, CA, by way of North Carolina on Tuesday for the sixth annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Once again, read more

Introducing TCM’s Social Producers… As you might have guessed based on my last blog post, there’s something extra special going on this year at the TCM Classic Film Festival! This year, TCM has put together a crew of Social Producers (including yours truly) that will be running lot read more

One year, one film: 1929 The film: Glorifying the American Girl, dir. John Harkrider & Millard Webb starring Mary Eaton, Edward Crandall, Dan Healy Rating: Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE (Image via art.com) Glorifying the American Girl was one of my favorite discoveries of 2014, an read more

Golden Age Movie Quiz Questions part two of two It was the roaring twenties. Movies were silent and still pretty much of a  Louise Brooks Gallery Wrapped Canvas novelty. Twenties Hollywood had its share of gossip and scandal as well as glitz and glamor. Here are more questions from the T read more

That's because word came out today that a "medical procedure" will prevent Robert Osborne from taking part in next week's event in Hollywood. (When I don't run a photo of Carole Lombard with my first shot -- a policy I've followed for several years now -- you know it's big news.) I caught some of la read more

Turner Classic Movies announced today on Twitter and Facebook that primetime host Robert Osborne, the face of the network since its launch in 1994, will not attend the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood next week, due to a “medical procedure.” In a letter from the 82-year-old host read more

A classic film book haul! This was bound to happen sooner or later. I recently un-hauled some classic film books from my collection and it was only a matter of time before I logged on to the Chapters/Indigo website and proceeded to fill those empty spaces on my bookshelf with other tomes I'v read more

That's because word came out today that a "medical procedure" will prevent Robert Osborne from taking part in next week's event in Hollywood. (When I don't run a photo of Carole Lombard with my first shot -- a policy I've followed for several years now -- you know it's big news.) I caught some of la read more

The TCM Classic Film Festival, going on its sixth consecutive year later this month, is known for its devoted following and a large, dedicated staff that keeps a monumental event running seamlessly from start to finish. Classic Hollywood guests, behind-the-scenes film programmers and prominent on- read more

Celebrating the TCM Classic Film Festival with Some Fun Giveaways! CMH is very happy to say that we’ll be giving away LOTs of prizes during the TCM Classic Film Festival next week — to fans at the festival AND to FANs AT HOME!!!   Here’s what we’re going to do… Througho read more

The good news for Carole Lombard fans: "My Man Godfrey" is part of the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood next week, playing at 10 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at the Chinese Multiplex House 1. The bad news for me: I won't be able to make it.If you haven't heard much from me about this year's fe read more

The good news for Carole Lombard fans: "My Man Godfrey" is part of the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood next week, playing at 10 p.m. Thursday, March 26 at the Chinese Multiplex House 1. The bad news for me: I won't be able to make it.If you haven't heard much from me about this year's fe read more

It’s that time of year, where classic film fans from all over the world come together in Los Angeles in celebration of celluloid. After covering my first TCM Classic Film Festival last year, I’ve been eagerly counting down the days until my return. This year, in conjunction with TCM them read more

I’m delighted to be heading to the TCM Film Festival once again this year, marking my third official trip to the fest—and second year with all the access that a coveted Classic pass provides! This year’s theme is “History According to Hollywood,” which, at another festival, read more

My classic film non-favourites Audrey Hepburn I'd hate to come off sounding like a Negative Nelly, but there are some things about classic film that I cannot stand ('hate' is too strong of a word to use here). I'll start with the obvious ones ... The Players: Grace Kelly Audrey Hepburn Mic read more

  New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1923 Survival status of Good-Bye, Girls, is unknown according to Silent Era.com. More than twenty-five years later the film was still around, when in 1950 the Fox Film Corporation renewed the copyright of the silent feature.[1]  The premiere read more

Thanks to Movies, Silently and Flicker Alley for hosting the Blogathon! Despite what Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) might have lead you to believe, Bolshevism did not destroy the Russian sense of humor. Although the “message” of The House on Trubnaya (1928) (aka The House on Trubnaya read more

  New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1923 Survival status of Good-Bye, Girls, is unknown according to Silent Era.com. More than twenty-five years later the film was still around, when in 1950 the Fox Film Corporation renewed the copyright of the silent feature.[1]  The premiere read more

Thanks to Movies, Silently and Flicker Alley for hosting the Blogathon! Despite what Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) might have lead you to believe, Bolshevism did not destroy the Russian sense of humor. Although the “message” of The House on Trubnaya (1928) (aka The House on Trubnaya read more

It is once again that beautiful, horrible time of year when the TCM Classic Film Festival schedule is released! Like many film fans, I found it difficult to tear myself away from this page yesterday, as I delighted and agonized over the offerings for TCMFF 2015. There's been a lot of controversy th read more