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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 to friends, family and ac read more

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 to friends, family and ac read more

2014 is the year A Person in the Dark celebrates films about my favorite place - Hollywood! SOULS FOR SALE By 1923, Hollywood had already established itself as the capitol of glamour, dreams, scandal and sin. William Desmond Taylor had been murdered and the Arbuckle scandal cast a great shad read more

Judy Garland, one of the most prominent and visible legends of Hollywood cinema. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked those it considered to be the top 50 screen legends–25 male, 25 female–actors whom they considered to have had a considerable impact on our film culture and the c read more

"Today we're going to take a short spin three blocks west of Rodeo Drive and head on over to Roxbury Drive to catch a glimpse of the beautiful English tudor home of James Stewart..... 918 North Roxbury Drive "Coming up on the right you'll see the house. The ivy-covered home is accented with a w read more

Feel free to listen to this tune as you read: Love comes in many forms and opposites attract- Paula Abdul even said so in her music video with the singing cat. However, sometimes people marry who just don’t quite seem to fit. Here are a few examples of some odd Hollywood couples.  Apparently, these read more

" We're going to take a short spin three blocks west of Rodeo Drive and head on over to Roxbury Drive to catch a glimpse of the beautiful English tudor home of James Stewart..... 918 North Roxbury Drive " Coming up on the right you'll see the house. The ivy-covered home is accented with a wide read more

"Today we're going to take a short spin three blocks west of Rodeo Drive and head on over to Roxbury Drive to catch a glimpse of the beautiful English tudor home of James Stewart..... 918 North Roxbury Drive "Coming up on the right you'll see the house. The ivy-covered home is accented with a w read more

"Today we're going to take a short spin three blocks west of Rodeo Drive and head on over to Roxbury Drive to catch a glimpse of the beautiful English tudor home of James Stewart..... 918 North Roxbury Drive "Coming up on the right you'll see the house. The ivy-covered home is accented with a w read more

Following is a guest post by Pamela Fallon Thornley for the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon.  You can follow Pam on Twitter at @fallonthornley . ♦ The first Academy Award ceremonies I was able to watch fully, was the 54th Ceremonies in 1982, on March 29th.  I know this because I was 14 years old and read more

On the surface, The Phantom of Hollywood, a TV movie from 1974, may seem like it’d only appeal to the most devoted of B-horror aficionados. A retelling of The Phantom of the Opera, the film has plenty of inventive killings and questionable dialogue to satisfy those viewers, but it also holds read more

Remembering Shirley Temple: From "Kid in Hollywood" to International Ambassador Labels: Shirley Temple Black Shirley Temple was only four years old when she made her first short picture for Universal Studios in 1932. She was featured in several shorts between 1932 and '34 with a grou read more

Remembering Shirley Temple: From "Kid in Hollywood" to International Ambassador Labels: Shirley Temple Black Shirley Temple was only four years old when she made her first short picture for Universal Studios in 1932. She was featured in several shorts between 1932 and '34 with a grou read more

Four years ago today, The Hollywood Revue was launched!  It feels like I was just working on a post for my first blogaversary, it’s hard to believe I’m already writing my fourth post like this. Over the past year, I had a wonderful time with my annual events like 30 Days of Pre-Codes and read more

2014 is the year A Person in the Dark celebrates films about my favorite place - Hollywood! Singin' in the Rain When "Singin' in the Rain" was released in 1952, silent films had been a thing of the past for only 24 years or so. Probably more than half of those in the audience remembered them read more

As has been the case in years past I will here look at some of the issues plaguing the Best Foreign Language Film nomination process at the Oscars. Since this year I am touching on a large array of interrelated topics I thought it best to post my thoughts in a series. To read the introductory post o read more

I’d like to start 2014 with a throwback. All the way back in 2012, when I started (or rather restarted) We Recycle Movies, the blog was reborn with a trio of reviews of the various versions of A Star Is Born (1937, 1954, and 1976, respectively). At the time, I remarked that they were all based on read more

Some longtime readers of this site may recall an entry from June 2010, regarding a report that a psychic in Michigan told actress Emma Roberts (right) that she was the reincarnation of Carole Lombard (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/313663.html). I'm not sure if Emma still believes that, but si read more

Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939 Mark A. Vieira Release Date: December 10, 2013 Running Press Softcover, 224 pages Every classic film fan has his/her own favorite decade, a span of time which they wholeheartedly believe produced the greatest movies of all time. (Personally, I gravitate read more

At the end of November, we did a salute to CBS' famed Columbia Square complex where Carole Lombard occasionally appeared; now, let's do likewise for the other major radio network at the time, NBC. A few months after CBS opened its new West Coast broadcast home, NBC followed suit, and it was noted on read more