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Sometimes holiday family gatherings can be awkward, if not disastrous. One cinematic example of an unhappy Thanksgiving is in “Giant” (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson. The film follows Bick (Hudson) and Leslie (Taylor) and their life as cattle ranchers in Tex read more

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w read more

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w read more

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w read more

Where were classic movies made? Most people will say “California!” while few will answer that the industry started in New York and New Jersey. But did you know that Colorado was the setting for dozens of films during the early silent era? Hollywood of the Rockies:Colorado, the West & read more

On November 25, 1947 ten men were found guilty of contempt of Congress by the House Un-American Activities Committee. ♦ The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, was formed in 1938 to investigate allegations of communist activity in the coun read more

With the recent announcement of a potential sequel to Taxi Driver a It’s A Wonderful Life 2 scheduled for 2015 and the serial remakes, sequels, prequels, etc. Added to that the superheroes series birthing every week featuring more and more CGI special effects, similar stories. This gives le read more

We're off on another bus tour again! This time the Silver Scenes bus is taking us past the beautiful Tudor estate of that delectably debonair actor Warner Baxter. With his rugged masculine face Ohio-born Baxter became a star in the early 1920s in silent pictures such as The Great Gatsby and... "Hol read more

We're off on another bus tour again! This time the Silver Scenes bus is taking us past the beautiful Tudor estate of that delectably debonair actor Warner Baxter. With his rugged masculine face Ohio-born Baxter became a star in the early 1920s in silent pictures such as The Great Gatsby and... "Hol read more

We're off on another bus tour again! This time the Silver Scenes bus is taking us past the beautiful Tudor estate of that delectably debonair actor Warner Baxter. With his rugged masculine face Ohio-born Baxter became a star in the early 1920s in silent pictures such as The Great Gatsby and... "Hol read more

We're off on another bus tour again! This time the Silver Scenes bus is taking us past the beautiful Tudor estate of that delectably debonair actor Warner Baxter. With his rugged masculine face Ohio-born Baxter became a star in the early 1920s in silent pictures such as The Great Gatsby and... "Hol read more

Nice pic of Carole Lombard, and why shouldn't it be? It was taken by George Hurrell, the Hollywood still photographer who added his own special element to the genre, using light and shadow to revolutionize the art. On Tuesday (11/12/13), a book commemorating Hurrell's contributions is scheduled for read more

For every glossy Hollywood portrait we admire in magazines, we have George Hurrell to thank. The revered American photographer is touted by many as the man who invented the celebrity glamour shot — seductive black-and-white imagery that brought out a little extra something in all of his subje read more

Yesterday afternoon I received a copy of this beautiful book in the mail, and I haven’t been able to put it down since. With a release slated for next week, George Hurrell’s Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992 is a gigantic book packed full of magnificent photos from this legendary read more

Welcome to another installment of Silents in Talkies. In this series, I review sound movies that are either about the silent era or that incorporate silent films into their story. I will review the film itself and then briefly discuss whether the film helped or harmed public perception of the sile read more

HepGIF: Even before Hollywood, Miss Hepburn loved to dress up for the camera Labels: Heptoid, Ludlow Ogden Smith This home movie was made by Katharine Hepburn's husband, Ludlow "Luddy" Ogden Smith during the first years of their marriage, before Hollywood, fame, professional makeup read more

This home movie was made by Katharine Hepburn’s husband, Ludlow “Luddy” Ogden Smith during the first years of their marriage, before Hollywood, fame, professional makeup artists, and costume designers came on the scene. Miss Hepburn would have been in her early 20s at the time. She read more

HepGIF: Even before Hollywood, Miss Hepburn loved to dress up for the camera This home movie was made by Katharine Hepburn's husband, Ludlow "Luddy" Ogden Smith during the first years of their marriage, before Hollywood, fame, professional makeup artists, and costume designers came on the scen read more

Happy Halloween from Comet Over Hollywood! This week’s video discusses: -My Louise Brooks costume based on the lost silent film “Now We’re in the Air” (1927) -My favorite horror film-which is limited, because I am too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror films -And I sing a read more

Happy Halloween, everyone!  Halloween just wouldn’t be complete without a few ghost stories, right?  So for the sake of getting into the Halloween spirit, here are a few ghost stories featuring some familiar characters.  If these stories are to be believed, if you’re in the right place read more