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Just for Fun: Classic Hollywood Costume Parties  Although not all of the below photos are from Halloween celebrations, here are some fun photos of legendary Hollywood stars decked out in all their regalia for tinsel town costume parties… Rita Hayworth and Pinky Tomlin ….. Gary Cooper and read more

Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema Anne Helen Petersen Penguin/Plume, 2014 Scandals of Classic Hollywood is not as scandalous as the sensational cover would have you believe, but it succeeds in its own way. Instead of titillating with the read more

  Classic Movie Halloween Pin-Ups, PR and More… Shirley Temple ….. Veronica Lake ….. Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane (Arsenic and Old Lace) ….. Judy Garland ….. Mary Pickford ….. Ava Gardner ….. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ….. Ann Miller ….. Y read more

Saying “I Do” Hollywood style! Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Joan Crawford 1929 James & Gloria Steward 1949 Buster Keaton & Natalie Talmadge 1921 Jayne Mansfield & Mickey Hargitay 1958 Mary Pickford & Buddy Rogers 1937 William Powell & Carole Lombard Roy Rogers & Da read more

Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood William J. Mann Harper, 2014 I love this book. It reads like a novel, but everything, from the words spoken to the color of the wallpaper is true. Just check the thirty pages of tidily referenced notes at the end of the book. When T read more

The Hollywood Homes Tour was temporarily cancelled the last few weeks owing to motor trouble, but now the bus is fixed and revving to go and Al, our driver, is here to tell all the passengers where the bus will be taking them next.  357 Rt. 109, Sandwich, New Hampshire "Hello everybody! read more

The Hollywood Homes Tour was temporarily cancelled the last few weeks owing to motor trouble, but now the bus is fixed and revving to go and Al, our driver, is here to tell all the passengers where the bus will be taking them next.  357 Rt. 109, Sandwich, New Hampshire "Hello everybody! read more

The Hollywood Homes Tour was temporarily cancelled the last few weeks owing to motor trouble, but now the bus is fixed and revving to go and Al, our driver, is here to tell all the passengers where the bus will be taking them next.  357 Rt. 109, Sandwich, New Hampshire "Hello everybody! read more

The Hollywood Homes Tour was temporarily cancelled the last few weeks owing to motor trouble, but now the bus is fixed and revving to go and Al, our driver, is here to tell all the passengers where the bus will be taking them next.  357 Rt. 109, Sandwich, New Hampshire "Hello everybody! read more

10 Tips for Your Old Hollywood Celebrity Fancy Dress Party,See the stars themselves In the Golden Age of Hollywood they threw some amazing parties and that definitely included fancy dress parties. Here are some tips, some things to think about when planning your party whether it be at Halloween or read more

Recently I have found myself more often then not deciding what film to watch and somewhat randomly choosing to watch a foreign language film. However, if I actually think about it, maybe this inclination is not so random at all. In the year 2014 we waited the first 6 months for the summer blockbuste read more

Recently I have found myself more often then not deciding what film to watch and somewhat randomly choosing to watch a foreign language film. However, if I actually think about it, maybe this inclination is not so random at all. In the year 2014 we waited the first 6 months for the summer blockbuste read more

Being a classic film fan can be a lonely experience. When I discovered old movies in the late 1970s, like any kid with a new toy, I wanted to share it, talk about it on the playground, show off my skillz (we didn’t randomly add z’s to words back then, but you get my point). Sadly, none read more

The decade of the ’40s has always been my favorite as far as classic movies are concerned.  In my opinion you just can’t beat the quality of films produced en masse to match audience attendance, which reached its peak in that decade.  However, when I stop to consider the 1930s and the read more

The decade of the ’40s has always been my favorite as far as classic movies are concerned.  In my opinion you just can’t beat the quality of films produced en masse to match audience attendance, which reached its peak in that decade.  However, when I stop to consider the 1930s and the read more

Book Look! 11 Pre-Code Hollywood Movie Histories by Cliff Aliperti I must mention pre-Codes at least three times a week on this blog (and that makes perfect sense considering I post on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). So basically I pretty much mention pre-Codes in every single post. If yo read more

Carole Lombard poses with (from left) co-star Fred MacMurray, director Mitchell Leisen and Paramount mogul Adolph Zukor on the set of the 1937 musical "Swing High, Swing Low." If any or all of them were zapped into the Hollywood of 2014, they might appreciate many of the technical advances that dazz read more

Cancel your Saturday night plans, because I’ll be guest co-hosting the inaugural episode of Hollywood Time Machine with Alicia Mayer live tonight at 9 p.m. (ET) on L.A. Talk Radio. Guests include Victoria Wilson, author of A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel True 1907-1940, Steve Anderson from read more

Sep 5 Posted by aaronwest The Scarlet Empress This semester I am taking a graduate Film Studies class about the Classical Hollywood period, mostly from the early sound movies until just beyond the end of the studio system. Even though I’ve seen my share of Classic Hollywood films, they are not read more

Sep 5 Posted by aaronwest The Scarlet Empress This semester I am taking a graduate Film Studies class about the Classical Hollywood period, mostly from the early sound movies until just beyond the end of the studio system. Even though I’ve seen my share of Classic Hollywood films, they are not read more