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The countdown has begun. Turner Classic Movies has announced the dates for the next installment of the hugely popular TCM Classic Film Festival: April 25 – 28, 2013 in Hollywood. The Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. will once again serve as TCMFF command central, home to the “Club TCM& read more

She appeared in more Best Picture winners - five - than any other performer, and if you have a favorite studio picture made between 1923 and 1964, there's a fairly good chance she's in it.  It's probably safe to say that in sheer number of titles - well more than 700 - she's the most prolific a read more

She appeared in more Best Picture winners - five - than any other performer, and if you have a favorite studio picture made between 1923 and 1964, there's a fairly good chance she's in it.  It's probably safe to say that in sheer number of titles - well more than 700 - she's the most prolific a read more

Ask the average person about Lupe Vélez and you’ll probably be met with a blank stare. But query those same folks as to whether or not they’ve heard of the classic film star who “drowned in the toilet,” and they’ll likely perk up with smirking recognition. We have Kenneth Anger’s book Hollywood read more

I adore coffee table books!  I had to say that and preface why Jaws: Memories From Martha’s Vineyard is both the best and most diverse of the coffee table books out there.  I know friends like to display their books and show how snooty they are (I’m generalizing) but I’d be happy read more

    Two weeks ago I reviewed the Veronica Lake biography Peekaboo that sought to tell the “true” story of Lake’s life by way of her estranged mother Constance Marinos.  You can read my review of it here but suffice to  say I doubted everything author Jeff Lenburg said read more

“For me, the real ‘Classic Era’ in Hollywood was the mid-1930s until about 1959,” host Robert Osborne said at the third annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April. Coincidentally, those years also bookend the period during which the Motion Picture Production Code – and by extension, the Catholic read more

Another edition of Old Hollywood Book reviews and this time I’ll be looking at an upcoming biography about one of Hollywood’s unsung actors and I’m not saying he’s unsung as in “not recognized,” just seemingly on the outskirts of full Hollywood stardom.  Writer Ma read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Classic Hollywood Style by Caroline Young October 2012 224 pages Hardcover ISBN 9780711233751 Frances Lincoln I cannot tell you how many times someone has come up to me to tell me that read more

It’s shocking and sad to me that there are only two biographies written about legendary icon Veronica Lake.  Both books are out-of-date and heavily disputed.  I wonder what one needs to go on a quest to write a biography because I’d definitely take up the cause to write an honest and tho read more

Late August/early September can only mean one thing — back to school season.  If you’re still in school, I’m sure you’ve either already had your first day back or it’s coming up very soon.  I’m sure plenty of people out there are taking their first film theory cl read more

For those of us who love the style of the Golden Age of Hollywood, our imaginations run wild at the thought of the studios' costume design departments.  Designing giants such as Adrian and Helen Rose at MGM and Travis Banton and Edith Head at Paramount had lavish salons where they saw thei read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I promised in my post about my Art Deco & Classic Hollywood themed wedding that I would post some professional pictures when I got them. Here are a few (or a lot!). Photographs are cou read more

The marriage of Carole Lombard and William Powell (shown here in a photo by Warners' Elmer Fryer, taken not long after Powell left Paramount) was nearing its first anniversary when Picture Play sent Laura Ellsworth Fitch to interview the woman the magazine still steadfastly referred to as "Carol." T read more

This week’s installment of Old Hollywood Book Reviews looks at a biography everyone should go out and read!  I’ve given a few books unanimous praise but this one gets a pass all the way around.  Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes by Matthew Kennedy is a must-read for fans of Blondell read more

Book Review: Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews by Carl Rollyson The University Press of Mississippi, 2012 Dana Andrews was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars during the mid-1940s to early 1950s. A basically decent man, Andrews struggled with alcoholism for de read more

Book Review: Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews by Carl Rollyson The University Press of Mississippi, 2012 Dana Andrews was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars during the mid-1940s to early 1950s. A basically decent man, Andrews struggled with alcoholism for de read more

It’s been awhile since I’ve discussed anything Marilyn Monroe related.  I guess after all that time spent in my Month with Marilyn that mad this blog what it is today I was burned out on the blonde bombshell.  We return to look at her in an amazingly factual biography that should be t read more

It's been quite a while since this blog has looked at the twists and turns of casting from Broadway to Hollywood.  A recent screening on TCM of Tod Browning's 1928 thriller West of Zanzibar prompted this look at a two extraordinary actors. Lon Chaney April 1, 1883 - August 26, 1930 Lon read more

I don’t often praise books right out the gate but you should go out and buy today’s book.  Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause is one of the most comprehensive books I’ve read not only detailing the making of a film, but discussing the film’ read more