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Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and The Scandal That Changed Hollywood Greg Merritt Chicago Review Press, 2013 My introduction to Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was via a magazine feature about Hollywood scandals. Through that I learned that the silent screen read more

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer by B. James Gladstone ISBN 9781613745793 Hardcover 352 pages Chicago Review Press May 2013 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's “... Bautzer’s legacy is the way he created a public image read more

Here's a Carole Lombard portrait that tends to be overlooked for some unknown reason. It was made for MGM in 1934 -- almost certainly related to the only film she made there, "The Gay Bride" -- and its photographer was someone who several years before had worked there, but was now freelancing (and h read more

To everyone from me and Cecil B. DeMille a hearty welcome! This post is in celebration of the 79th anniversary of the premiere of Lux Radio Theater on October 14, 1934. Following is information on Lux Radio Theater as noted on The Radio Hall of Fame site with some details and images added by me: read more

Room 1219 The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood by Greg Merritt Hardcover - 440 pages ISBN 9781613747926 Chicago Review Press September 2013 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powells "He is forever the life of the party, forever read more

The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon hosted by Diana and Connie, the Metzinger Sisters, at Silver Scenes is underway.  Classic film bloggers will never be accused of not having great imaginations!  Check out the amazing movies that never were yet should have been. CHARLIE CHAN IN HOLLYW read more

Fox’s Technicolor Tinseltown retrospective is by no means one of the most significant pictures to come out in 1939, but Hollywood Cavalcade has its charms as a sentimental tribute to the silent film era. Like the later - and much better - MGM musical, Singin’ in the Rain (1952), this sto read more

Musical Mob (1934): o filme que escandalizaria Hollywood Tenho certeza de que você, leitor, não conhece o filme de 1934 “Musical Mob”. E o motivo é louco e simples: este filme não existe e nunca existiu. Antes que algum desavisado vá procurar enlouquecidamente por uma cópia read more

Next week I'll be in Savannah, GA, for the 2013 meeting of the Popular Culture Association in the South (PCAS). It's a great time to see friends and hear papers about literature, film, and television as well as anything else that falls under the very broad umbrella of popular culture. This year my read more

Next week I'll be in Savannah, GA, for the 2013 meeting of the Popular Culture Association in the South (PCAS). It's a great time to see friends and hear papers about literature, film, and television as well as anything else that falls under the very broad umbrella of popular culture. This year my read more

Next week I'll be in Savannah, GA, for the 2013 meeting of the Popular Culture Association in the South (PCAS). It's a great time to see friends and hear papers about literature, film, and television as well as anything else that falls under the very broad umbrella of popular culture. This year my read more

I’ve mentioned before about my appreciation for filmed on-location books.  There’s something engaging about reading where something was filmed and knowing you can go visit it.  Considering my location, I generally stick to reading location books set in California, but decided to venture read more

Marion Davies and real-life director King Vidor in a scene from “Show People.” For many decades, Hollywood has been fascinated with movies about movies. Ranging from the highest celebrations of Hollywood stardom (Singin’ In the Rain) to analyses of the most terrible tragedies of t read more

She gave Elvis his first on-screen kiss. Roles in “Courtship of Eddie’s Father” and “The Ticklish Affair” that later went to Shirley Jones were originally offered to her. Her career began in 1957 with the film “Loving You” along side Elvis Presley and ended in 1963 with the film “Come read more

If you’ve been a long-time reader you’re aware of my enjoyment for a good Hollywood conspiracy theory.  I’m a sucker for books involving the tragic life of celebrities and I’ve covered a few on here (most recently, my look at Pier Angeli: A Fragile Life).  After reading the read more

Having been seriously under the weather this week with wisdom tooth woes, I haven't been watching many movies, but I have been reading Stuart Kaminsky's Toby Peters mysteries. They're the perfect light reading for summer or sick days, especially for a classic movie fan. If you aren't familiar with read more

Having been seriously under the weather this week with wisdom tooth woes, I haven't been watching many movies, but I have been reading Stuart Kaminsky's Toby Peters mysteries. They're the perfect light reading for summer or sick days, especially for a classic movie fan. If you aren't familiar with read more

Having been seriously under the weather this week with wisdom tooth woes, I haven't been watching many movies, but I have been reading Stuart Kaminsky's Toby Peters mysteries. They're the perfect light reading for summer or sick days, especially for a classic movie fan. If you aren't familiar with read more

  Going Hollywood (1933) is just the sort of bizarre musical that needs to be seen to be believed. The plot is definitely not the reason to watch it. You need to see this film for the amazing musical numbers. Early 20th century music is under-appreciated in my opinion. Get acquainted with so read more

Both are on virtually everyone's list of iconic blondes, right up there with Marilyn Monroe. Like Monroe, they left us much too soon. Both were beloved in the film community, were contemporaries and became friends. But a photo of both Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow has proven tantalizingly hard to f read more