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Robert Newton and Celia Johnson head the cast in David Lean’s “This Happy Breed” This Happy Breed (1944) is a British drama directed by David Lean and starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, and John Mills. The screenplay is by Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, an read more

If you want to stump anyone with a rare film title, just mention A View from Pompey's Head ( 1955 ). This title was added to my To Watch list when I was in my teens and it was nearly ten years before I finally tracked down a copy to watch. It's quite a good film about a lawyer who returns to his hom read more

Publisher: Beach Lane Books Release Date: September 20, 2022 A Conversation with Jeanne Walker Harvey Beach Lane Books is about to release an unusual new children’s book entitled “Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head.” The book (which is recommended for young read more

Claire Trevor and John Wayne head the cast of “Stagecoach” Stagecoach (1939) is an American Western classic directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. The film was produced by Walter Wanger Productions and the cinematography was by Bert Glennon (Young Mr. read more

Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O’Hara head the cast in “How Green Was My Valley” How Green Was My Valley (1941) was an American drama film directed by John Ford and starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, and Roddy McDowall. It is based on the b read more

On Tuesday, June 30, Susan Claassen and I joined forces once again to do An Afternoon with Edith Head for the National Arts Club! It was such an honor to work with the iconic cultural institution, which boasts more than 120 years of history and continues to do so much to promote the arts. The event read more

Sunday, May 15, 2020 GlamAmor-ous Conversations: Susan Claassen as Edith Head Online 4 pm - 5:30 pm PT (7 pm - 8:30 pm ET) Tickets are $15 - click here to register through Zoom Have you ever wanted to experience what it was like during the Golden Age of Hollywood and learn the style s read more

Maybe it’s just knowing Logan Lerman started in a YA franchise attempt (he was Percy Jackson) or because he’s got the dagger in his hand during the awesome opening titles every episode, but I wasn’t expecting him to have a whole “I feel super-guilty about killing these Nazis who are trying to read more

I wasn’t expecting much from Don’t Lose Your Head (Gerald Thomas, 1967). To me, it felt as if it was going to be one of these nice but somehow forgettable Carry Ons. That was mostly because the film is not necessarily the most famous or the most talked-about of the series, just one amon read more

Dangerous to Know Renee Patrick Forge, 2017 This is a mystery for those who think that cocktails, and conversation, should sparkle. Set in late 1930s Hollywood, when the word Hitler sent a chill down many a spine, and David O. Selznick was about to set his version of Atlanta aflame, it is set in a read more

The Head  Directed by Victor Trivas Written by Victor Trivas 1959/West Germany Rapid Film First viewing/Netflix rental This film represents the absolute nadir in the career of the great French actor, Michel Simon. Dr. Ood is mad, completely mad.  He learns that Prof. Dr. Abel (Simon) has succeede read more

We all know movie stars sometimes let the lights and glamour swell their heads, but Turf cigarettes thought they would literally show the Hollywood stars with big heads on one of their trading card series called "Film Stars". They are actually quite amusing, so we thought we'd share some of these ca read more

We all know movie stars sometimes let the lights and glamour swell their heads, but Turf cigarettes thought they would literally show the Hollywood stars with big heads on one of their trading card series called "Film Stars". They are actually quite amusing, so we thought we'd share some of these ca read more

We all know movie stars sometimes let the lights and glamour swell their heads, but Turf cigarettes thought they would literally show the Hollywood stars with big heads on one of their trading card series called "Film Stars". They are actually quite amusing, so we thought we'd share some of these ca read more

Get-TV unveiled yesterday a new Monday night variety show line-up that kicks off October 12th with The Judy Garland Show at 8pm (ET ), Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway at 9pm, and The Merv Griffin Show at 10pm.  The Judy Garland Show originally aired in 1963 on CBS, but due to stiff read more

Get-TV unveiled yesterday a new Monday night variety show line-up that kicks off October 12th with The Judy Garland Show at 8pm, Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway at 9pm, and The Merv Griffin Show at 10pm.  The Judy Garland Show originally aired in 1963 on CBS, but due to stiff compe read more

Get-TV unveiled yesterday a new Monday night variety show line-up that kicks off October 12th with The Judy Garland Show at 8pm (ET ), Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway at 9pm, and The Merv Griffin Show at 10pm.  The Judy Garland Show originally aired in 1963 on CBS, but due to stiff read more

At the turn of the twentieth century, photographer Edward S. Curtis made his name documenting Native Americans, striving to preserve memories of a culture that he saw slipping away. Feeling these static images were not enough to capture the richness of native life, he turned to the new medium of fil read more

Today we learn of the death of June Fairchild, free-wheeling starlet of the 1960s and ’70s whose promising career never quite materialized. Her only film with Timothy (they don’t appear on-screen together, unfortunately) was Bob Rafelson‘s Head (1968), the notorious vehicle for The read more

Today is the birthday of my amazing hubby Byron, so in his honor I let him choose today’s pic. It’s Lord High ‘n Low again from Bob Rafelson‘s Head (1968). “BOYS……… Don’t you ever – but never – make fun of no cripple.” Wise adv read more