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San Francisco's Coit Tower bathed in Giants orange on Sunday night  (photo by Luanne Dietz, SF Chronicle) One of the best-known tunes from Damn Yankees (the 1955 Broadway hit and 1958 movie) is the catchy number "Heart," and it goes like this: You've gotta have heart All you really need is read more

San Francisco's Coit Tower bathed in Giants orange on Sunday night  (photo by Luanne Dietz, SF Chronicle) One of the best-known tunes from Damn Yankees (the 1955 Broadway hit and 1958 movie) is the catchy number "Heart," and it goes like this: You've gotta have heart All you really need is read more

San Francisco's Coit Tower bathed in Giants orange on Sunday night  (photo by Luanne Dietz, SF Chronicle) One of the best-known tunes from Damn Yankees (the 1955 Broadway hit and 1958 movie) is the catchy number "Heart," and it goes like this: You've gotta have heart All you really need is read more

For some reason I appear to be out of sync with the films I’ve picked for Halloween and it always pains me when I simply say “eh it was okay” about a film in general.  Angel Heart came highly recommended to me from friends who said “You love Faust-like movies, you’ll lo read more

Bob Ross remixed by Symphony of Science’s John Boswell, aka melodysheep, for PBS Digital Studios. Share this:FacebookTwitterPinterestTumblrRedditStumbleUponDiggEmailLike this:Like3 bloggers like this. read more

D.W. Griffith’s The Mothering Heart was released on June 21, 1913. You can never ever go wrong with the incomparable Lillian Gish. A pregnant wife (Lillian Gish) is deserted by her husband (Walter Miller) and must give birth alone. After the baby is born, it dies. Meanwhile, the woman who the read more

D.W. Griffith’s The Mothering Heart was released on June 21, 1913. You can never ever go wrong with the incomparable Lillian Gish. A pregnant wife (Lillian Gish) is deserted by her husband (Walter Miller) and must give birth alone. After the baby is born, it dies. Meanwhile, the woman who the read more

Garbo Laughs is co-hosting the second annual Queer Film Blogathon starting today and running through June 22. This post, a snapshot of the life and career of composer/lyricist Jack Lawrence, is my contribution to the event. Click here for a link to more information and participating blogs. ~ read more

Garbo Laughs is co-hosting the second annual Queer Film Blogathon starting today and running through June 22. This post, a snapshot of the life and career of composer/lyricist Jack Lawrence, is my contribution to the event. Click here for a link to more information and participating blogs. ~ read more

Garbo Laughs is co-hosting the second annual Queer Film Blogathon starting today and running through June 22. This post, a snapshot of the life and career of composer/lyricist Jack Lawrence, is my contribution to the event. Click here for a link to more information and participating blogs. ~ read more

I have a dilemma. I profess to love movies. Many interests in my life have come and gone with varying degrees of passion, but my love of film has never wavered. It crept into my heart at an early age and remains strong to this day. But I have this little problem.... Richard Haydn - one of my favor read more

In the spirit of honoring the Academy Awards, this review will focus on Bridges’ Oscar winning role, rather than the entire film.  This seems more appropriate for an Oscar focused blog, especially since Crazy Heart is a film driven and focused on Bridges’ performance.  In the film, Jeff Bridge read more

After I completed the last article on That Touch of Mink, I was surprised to learn that Doris Day is actually just about to release her first album in 17 years.  Entitled My Heart, it is a collection of favorite songs that she recorded over that time.  With her singing career often su read more

Light the candles and let the streamers fly. Thrilling Days of Yesteryear is the host for a blogathon party celebrating 50 years of The Dick Van Dyke Show aka “Rob” as in “Are we watching Rob?”, “Is Rob on?” “Which Rob is it today?”When a series i read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Quincy M.E. is a TV show starring Jack Klugman as the title character. It aired from 1976 to 1983 and is well-known as the antecedent to the popular CSI and forensic TV shows of today. It' read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The Odd Couple was a television series that aired from 1970 to 1975 and starred Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix. The original story was a Neil Simon play that was performed read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Jack Klugman has a minor role a good Jewish cop in the non-Tony Rome/Frank Sinatra film The Detective (1968). He plays Officer Dave Schoenstein, whom besides Sinatra's Detective Joe Le read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Day of Wine and Roses (1962) was directed by Blake Edwards and stars Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. Lemmon plays Joe Clay, a public relations man whose job is to make rich clients happy. Even read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. 12 Angry Men (1957) is a very ambiguous film and it's open to many interpretations. On one hot summer day in the 1950s, 12 jurors meet in a room to come to a verdict in a murder trial. Ev read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I am in the throws of a heartfelt crush with Jack Klugman. My what a fine actor. What a great smile. What a lifespan! Jack Klugman is still with us at the ripe age of 89. And he has work read more