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Book Look! Hollywood Dreams Made Real: Irving Thalberg & the Rise of MGM by Mark A. Vieira Well, I'm happy to tell you all that this book is another winner from one of my favourite film authors, Mr. Mark A. Vieira. The man's only disappointed me once - please, let's not re-live that experien read more

  BFFs: The Best Friends (Forever) of Classic Hollywood Everybody needs a friend. It’s true, where would we be without our friends, especially our Best ones? BFFs (or Best Friends Forever) are so important, so necessary to life that they even get their own day dedicated to them: Today! So, to read more

William Haines and Jimmy Shields with Jean Harlow, William Powell, and friends. In 1933, a young and successful actor lost his job in Hollywood. His name had been featured in many wildly popular hits in the 1920s, and his appeal was so great that he had been one of the lucky ones to make the transi read more

By the mid-thirties, Carole Lombard had gained a reputation for style, and many women who saw her films (pretty much women throughout the world) sought to emulate her. No wonder Hollywood Pattern, a division of Conde Nast, regularly used her among the stars on its pattern packages -- not so much for read more

Above is a group portrait of Carole Lombard and 16 other Paramount notables which ran in the July 1931 Photoplay. It's an intriguing mix of stars alongside her -- one genuine legend (Gary Cooper), a few other long-term stars (Kay Francis, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Oakie), and many who achieved only fleeti read more

Classic film fans worldwide are aware of the influence the year 1939 on film had with the release of Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, and The Women; and those are just the ultra-legendary ones!  Mark Vieira is well-regarded for his movies, and the illuminating images accompanying th read more

By now I’m sure you’ve heard TCM has named Rock Hudson its Star of the Month for June.  The network will air 22 films in which the “most popular star on the planet in the late ’50s and early ’60s,” as described by Robert Osborne, appeared in.  Among the films sche read more

Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows by Ken LaZebnik Kelly's Cove Press ISBN: 9780989166447 Paperback March 2014 Hollywood Digs seeks to do what an archaeologist does when excavating a site: dig up material and put it into the context of human history. Film and television writer Ken LaZebnik read more

Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American stage and film actress who preferred working on the stage, making only sixteen movies during her Hollywood career.   Margaret Sullavan was born May 16, 1909 in Norfolk, Virginia to Cornelius Sullavan, a wealthy stockbrok read more

The lovely ladies of Hollywood's Silent Era have some serious panache with headbands, scarves, turbans, tiaras--and just about any  other accessory that makes those faces even more fabulous.  Join Crème de la Crème as we take a peek:    Ravishing in Red:  read more

  Lynn Baggett (May 10, 1923 – March 22, 1960) was a little known ill-fated actress who had roles in twenty-four movies during her brief ten year Hollywood career.     Lynn Baggett was born on May 10, 1923 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. Baggett was discovered by a top Warner Brothers read more

“Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.” Those are words spoken by Hedda Hopper, popular gossip columnist during Hollywood’s golden age who would have celebrated her 124th birth read more

In 1967, the American art scene was in the midst of dramatic change. Film, in particular, experienced a drastic upheaval as the money-making formula once considered tried-and-true for Hollywood’s major studio system was rapidly diminishing as audiences began to embrace the emergence of indie read more

Carlos, Robby and Me On our first full day on our recent trip, Carlos and I headed out to the Warner Bros. to meet up with our friend Robby from Dear Old Hollywood. Robby works for WB and very generously offered to give us a personal tour of the lot. Last year, Carlos and I had gone on a VIP tou read more

James Best in The Cimarron Kid (1952). He said he always died in his movies. Known for his role as Roscoe P. Coltrane on “Dukes of Hazzard,” I interviewed actor James Best last week about his Hollywood career. Best came to Shelby, NC last week to the Don Gibson Theatre with his one man show, “ read more

In a scene cut from the original theatrical release, Barbara Stanwyck breaks a beer bottle over the head of a man trying to assault her. When discussing classic film with those who may have little knowledge of its history, a common grievance I hear is that people take issue with the contrived story read more

Classic Film Aficionados Born Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Friday, December 10th, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Victor McLaglen (a former boxer) was an adventurer at heart, never satisfied with the norm, and in some way seeking fodder for future stories that he might relay read more

Classic Film Aficionados Born Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Friday, December 10th, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Victor McLaglen (a former boxer) was an adventurer at heart, never satisfied with the norm, and in some way seeking fodder for future stories that he might relay read more

Originally posted on Classic Film Aficionados: Born Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen on Friday, December 10th, 1886 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Victor McLaglen (a former boxer) was an adventurer at heart, never satisfied with the norm, and in some way seeking fodder for future stories read more

A FIRST-TIMER'S NOTES ON THE 2014 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL  Mid-day Thursday, April 10, as I waited for my repeatedly delayed flight to depart SFO for Burbank, I had to admit to myself that I'd made a miscalculation in planning my trip to the TCM Classic Film Festival.  I'd known for a read more