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The Gay Divorcee airs tonight on TCM as part of its  month-long tribute to Fred Astaire Watching a console TV for long stretches from the living room floor and a distance of not more than a few feet was a good part of a typical day for most tots of my era. Much of what we watched was “ read more

The first movie where I saw Jean Harlow was Red Dust (1932). I’d heard of Harlow, certainly, and knew of her reputation as a platinum blonde, but I’d never seen a single performance. And what an introduction this was. For the first five minutes of the movie, it’s all rugged male and jungle, complete read more

CMBA Film Passion 101 Blogathon: THE WOMEN (1939) Labels: blogathon, CMBA Film Passion 101 blogathon, George Cukor, Hedda Hopper, Marjorie Main, Mary Boland, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, The Women (1939), Virginia Weidler This post is written in conjunction with the Classic Movi read more

This post is written in conjunction with the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) Film Passion 101 Blogathon. Old movies were a natural part of my childhood. My parents have always enjoyed classic films, so I grew up with AMC, Turner Classic Movies, and movies from our own VHS collection. My mothe read more

CMBA Film Passion 101 Blogathon: THE WOMEN (1939) This post is written in conjunction with the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) Film Passion 101 Blogathon. Old movies were a natural part of my childhood. My parents have always enjoyed classic films, so I grew up with AMC, Turner Clas read more

Nov 30 Posted by aaronwest Some friends have been putting together year lists of their favorite 20 films. They give about a 2-3 week deadline for each year, and count down a decade at a time. Since I have some downtime, I’ve jumped in with a 2011 list. From here we’ll go next to 1994, t read more

Nov 30 Posted by aaronwest Some friends have been putting together year lists of their favorite 20 films. They give about a 2-3 week deadline for each year, and count down a decade at a time. Since I have some downtime, I’ve jumped in with a 2011 list. From here we’ll go next to 1994, t read more

The famous tale of Cyrano de Bergerac is lavishly adapted for the silent screen, complete with stencil color. The story has been lifted so many times for romantic comedies that it almost needs no introduction: Cyrano, brilliant but marred by an outlandishly large nose, loves the beautiful Roxane. read more

Nov 30 Posted by aaronwest Some friends have been putting together year lists of their favorite 20 films. They give about a 2-3 week deadline for each year, and count down a decade at a time. Since I have some downtime, I’ve jumped in with a 2011 list. From here we’ll go next to 1994, t read more

I do not believe there is anyone out there that doesn’t admire Audrey Hepburn, if only a little.  Some perhaps know her best as the spunky ‘Liza Doolittle, the cockney flower-girl often heard twittering a happy tune. For others, her name conjures up a crystalline image of a young lady wa read more

I recently saw a PSA entitled “What if Straight Were Gay?” However, a piece that short doesn’t have the time to take the facts and reverse the players. This 20-minute short does and it thinks of virtually everything. This film is not rated by the MPAA or any other body so far as I read more

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w read more

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w read more

For the past five years, the Classic Film & TV Cafe has published a list of holiday gift ideas recommended by our staff. Click here to view previous years' recommendations. After each gift idea below, we have included the retail price in U.S. currency. Please note that--with a little web researc read more

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w read more

When I was an au pair in England last year, I had a really deep conversation with the bright little 10-year-old boy I was taking care of. As a fellow blogger, Louis couldn’t understand how I could find enough feministy film stuff to write about. read more

  Film Buffs: The Next Generation It has been my goal for the last couple of years to introduce Classic Films to my sons Ben and Alex. This isn’t being done to them against their will. They are very willing to watch these films, but this doesn’t mean that all of the movies have been a success. read more

This long-lost John Ford film centers on a boarding house that is home to assorted stage actors, comedians and stuntmen. When one of their own gets asked to perform Hamlet in London, the boarding house gang is thrilled and sends him off joyously. But how will they react when success goes to his hea read more

Since he’s a past honoree of the Lifetime Achievement Award, and all around great, I like to feature Werner Herzog whenever possible. It’s a short but effective PSA and mind you we’ve all seen many of them and in the wrong hands they’re overwrought. Here it’s simple, ef read more

A real rarity for Chaney fans: Our beloved monster plays a straightforward leading man. Lon Chaney and Betty Blythe are a pair of Canadian lovebirds who must flee when he is framed for murder. Lewis Stone plays the Mountie charged with bringing Chaney to justice. And he won’t give up because read more