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Dr. Seuss's The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953). Musical/fantasy. The only film ever written by Dr. Seuss. Directed by Roy Rowland, with many uncredited takes directed by producer Stanley Kramer. 1953 Academy Award nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture Made in 1953. The film was re-rel read more

One of my favorite things about the annual TCM Classic Film Festival is meeting and interacting with the talented people who bring the channel to life. In addition to impromptu chats at screenings and during communal events at the Roosevelt Hotel, two scheduled events gave passholders and credential read more

  Turner Classic Movies Festival Day Three: Saturday, April 27 To Sir, With Love with Lulu Interview and Performance (Chinese Multiplex): I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I was when To Sir, With Love was added to the film schedule — and the appearance of Lulu, well, outsid read more

It recently occurred to me that though one could think of many moments to associate with almost any film, especially one you particularly enjoy. Some films have that one iconic moment or element that stick in your mind, in some cases whether you saw them or not. For some of these films it’s a read more

This is the third of my transcripts for the Press Conference that happened on Wednesday April 24th, 2013 at the TCM Classic Film Festival. This was a Q&A with Charles Tabesh, Senior VP of Programming, and Genevieve McGillicuddy, Managing Director of the festival. I tried to be as thorough as p read more

TCM Festival Day Two: Friday, April 26 The Night of the Hunter (Egyptian Theater): Charles Laughton’s directorial debut, and an interesting choice for me given that I enjoy mostly ‘light-hearted’ fare — but I couldn’t resist the thought of seeing such a bold and iconic read more

This year's TCM Classic Film Festival took over Hollywood April 25th through the 28th and, as always, opening day was a rush of events.  There are so many, in fact, that seeing movies does not really enter my schedule this early in the festival.  It was even more the case this ye read more

Turner Classic Movies Film Festival Day One: April 25th So, where do I begin? This was my first ever TCM Film Festival — and I wish it wasn’t over! But that said, although it is over, I have wonderful memories to share and I’ve met some marvelous classic movie fans who I now happi read more

Reblogged from Comet Over Hollywood: Hello there everyone! Here's an update on the Children in Film Blogathon coming up May 24 through May 26. Here are the blogs participating so far:  Comet Over Hollywood- Review of Dickie Moore’s book “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (And Don’t Have Sex or Take read more

This is the second of my transcripts for the Press Conference that happened on Wednesday April 24th, 2013 at the TCM Classic Film Festival. I tried to be as thorough as possible but there is some paraphrasing along with some quoting. It's not word-for-word but as close as I can get to it. Note t read more

Hello there everyone! Here’s an update on the Children in Film Blogathon coming up May 24 through May 26. Here are the blogs participating so far:  Comet Over Hollywood- Review of Dickie Moore’s book “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (And Don’t Have Sex or Take the Car) My Love of Old Hollywood- read more

On April 25-28, 2013, I did something that, in the not too distant past, I never really believed I’d ever do – I attended the Turner Classic Movie Festival in Los Angeles, California. Now in its fourth year, this year’s classic film event featured more than 80 films, including silents, documentaries read more

Reginald Denny stars as a hypochondriac whose condition is being exploited by a trio of loansharks. Mary Astor is the pretty nurse who inspires Denny to try to be healthy– and just may be able to save him from bankruptcy. This is my contribution to the Mary Astor Blogathon, hosted by Silver S read more

This post is my contribution to the Mary Astor Blogathon, sponsored by Tales of the Easily Distracted, and Silver Screenings. Please take a look at the other blog contributions participating in this Blogathon. Once again Mary Astor, landed the part of the woman with the shad read more

Dry Martini (1928) Status: Missing and presumed lost Mary Astor signed on with Fox and her first effort was Dry Martini, which co-starred Matt Moore. From descriptions, this film sounds like a last gasp of the 1920′s style. A wild father and his equally wild daughter (Mary Astor) are trying t read more

The Sea Wolf (1913) Status: Missing and presumed lost In 1913, Jack London was a white hot author in 1913. Only a few years removed from his three biggest successes (White Fang, The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf), it was natural that film-makers would want to adapt his rugged adventures to the read more

Lina Basquette (April 19, 1907 - September 30, 1994) was an actress known for her troubled personal life and nine marriages, as her more than 75 years in entertainment beginning in the silent film era. After the death of her father, her mother married dance director Ernest Belcher and she read more

It’s like Disney World for classic film fans. Rushing from place to place and waiting in lines for entertainment. Robert Osborne introducing “Desert Song” (Comet Over Hollywood/Jessica Pickens) Turner Classics Movie’s Robert Osborne could be considered the “Walt Disney” of the read more

It was just after noon on a spring Sunday, and I was chatting with a fellow cineaste outside Film Forum, the Downtown Manhattan movie mecca. “KID AUTO RACES? That’s Chaplin’s first short,” I said. “Well, it’s the first one where he was in the tramp costume,” my fellow film fan corrected read more

John Barrymore takes on the role of the great lover. Raised to be a libertine, Don Juan romances his way across Europe until he ends up in Rome and runs into something completely different: a nice girl (Mary Astor). Unfortunately, she is promised in marriage to a Borgia. I think a little action is read more