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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

Author and film blogger, Jacqueline T. Lynch has recently released a collection of articles from her blog, Another Old Movie Blog, in her latest book entitled Movies in Our Time: Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century available to purchase at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. This hef read more

Author and film blogger, Jacqueline T. Lynch has recently released a collection of articles from her blog, Another Old Movie Blog, in her latest book entitled Movies in Our Time: Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century available to purchase at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. This hef read more

Author and film blogger, Jacqueline T. Lynch has recently released a collection of articles from her blog, Another Old Movie Blog, in her latest book entitled Movies in Our Time: Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century available to purchase at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. This hef read more

Author and film blogger, Jacqueline T. Lynch has recently released a collection of articles from her blog, Another Old Movie Blog, in her latest book entitled Movies in Our Time: Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century available to purchase at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. This hef read more

George Arthur Gray was considered and expert on child psychology, a magazine writer and author;[1] Gray was announced as the new assistant manager of serial publicity for Pathé, in March of 1919.[2] By 1928 Gray had been named West Coast Scenario Editor;[3] 1924 saw the release of the ten-chapter-p read more

George Arthur Gray was considered and expert on child psychology, a magazine writer and author;[1] Gray was announced as the new assistant manager of serial publicity for Pathé, in March of 1919.[2] By 1928 Gray had been named West Coast Scenario Editor;[3] 1924 saw the release of the ten-chapter-p read more

George Arthur Gray was considered and expert on child psychology, a magazine writer and author;[1] Gray was announced as the new assistant manager of serial publicity for Pathé, in March of 1919.[2] By 1928 Gray had been named West Coast Scenario Editor;[3] 1924 saw the release of the ten-chapter-p read more

Personalities: The homes of Old Hollywood StarsPut personality in your home Carole Lombard at home Bill Haines helped Carole Lombard decorate her house. He said, "If you are considering doing a house or room to fit your personality, it is advisable to look at yourself in the mirror and see what read more

Since my slavish devotion to Lina Lamont is well known to anyone who might have stumbled by here in the past, I simply had to include Singin’ in the Rain as part of the Hooray for Hollywood series. I can’t help viewing this film as a musical counterpoin read more

Not a bad place to spend eternity, eh? It was the best of times, it was the best of times. As if the Turner Classic Movies film festival of 2014 weren’t already a mind-blowingly awesome experience on its own, I topped off this year’s now-annual visit to Los Angeles with a super-cool tour of the read more

1930's & 40's Men's Fashions in Movies: Hollywood male film stars rebelled against high wardrobe costs Dial M for MurderRobert Cummings and Grace Kelly;Maybe they looked at her dressbut he wanted to look great, too. "Next time you see Robert Cummings on screen in his underwear, it might be read more

Readers, it has been an unusually busy month! I apologize profusely for my lack of posts over the past 2 weeks, but between various film-related projects and trying to work to fund them, I have been lax with my blogging. But I am back, and ready to dive back in with another installment of Treasur read more

As we did last July 4th (when we opened with another flag-flying photo of Carole Lombard at the Indiana state capital), let's celebrate Independence Day, classic Hollywood style. Here are several patriotic pics from stars of the era.Last year, we ran a shot promoting July 4 showing Thelma Todd in, o read more

Happy 4th of July Hollywood style! James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy Rita Hayworth Ann Sheridan   Piper Laurie Marilyn Monroe Mae West Thelma Todd read more

Here is a very charming curio from 1926. As noted in the caption, the map of Hollywood is consciously old fashioned and it is quite cute too, I might add. It is quite interesting to see who made the cut and got mentioned on the map by name. I live in California and I have never seen a leaping tuna. read more

"Here we come to one of the most famous of movie star homes - the ranch shared by Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard from 1939 -1942....  4525 Petitt Street, Encino "The spacious nine-room white brick and wood ranch was nicknamed "The House of Two Gables" when the couple moved in. Wh read more

"Here we come to one of the most famous of movie star homes - the ranch shared by Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard from 1939 -1942....  4525 Petitt Street, Encino "The spacious nine-room white brick and wood ranch was nicknamed "The House of Two Gables" when the couple moved in. Wh read more

"Here we come to one of the most famous of movie star homes - the ranch shared by Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard from 1939 -1942....  4525 Petitt Street, Encino "The spacious nine-room white brick and wood ranch was nicknamed "The House of Two Gables" when the couple moved in. Wh read more

"Here we come to one of the most famous of movie star homes - the ranch shared by Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard from 1939 -1942....  4525 Petitt Street, Encino "The spacious nine-room white brick and wood ranch was nicknamed "The House of Two Gables" when the couple moved in. Wh read more