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You can't talk about the 1932 film "What Price Hollywood?" without dishing some Hollywood dirt -- that the plot, for instance, was inspired by the real-life marriage of rising star Colleen Moore and producer John McCormick, or that Lowell Sherman based his portrayal of dipsomaniac director Max Carey read more

You can't talk about the 1932 film "What Price Hollywood?" without dishing some Hollywood dirt -- that the plot, for instance, was inspired by the real-life marriage of rising star Colleen Moore and producer John McCormick, or that Lowell Sherman based his portrayal of dipsomaniac director Max Carey read more

Today’s book review is from a Hollywood insider whose name might not ring a bell.  In general Hollywood agent Richard Gregson is known for one thing: being the first husband (overlooked by the glossy second husband Robert Wagner) of actress Natalie Wood.  Sadly, this is not all that defines read more

Sidney Poitier and The Civil Rights Movement in Hollywood This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. A full day of Sidney Poitier films will air on TCM on August 7. From the time Sidn read more

Sidney Poitier and The Civil Rights Movement in Hollywood Labels: blogathon, Sidney Poitier, Summer Under the Stars Blogathon This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. A full day read more

From the time Sidney Poitier first stepped in front of the camera in 1950, he drastically altered the racial paradigm of Hollywood films. Poitier came to represent the changes implemented by the Civil Rights movement. As an actor, Poitier’s role in the Civil Rights movement was to “desegregate the read more

Hollywood the damned: the sordid tales of Hollywood's greatest legends. This is not the first time I've come across the sensationalist stories of the Hollywood of yesteryear.  When one has been a fan of classic film as long as I have, one is bound to come across stories such as this read more

Back with another edition of Old Hollywood Book Reviews: Knocking them back two books at a time (I doubt this will last long).  It should be interesting to see if the lovely Natalie of In the Mood  reads this as she is a huge fan of the actress in question today.  Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman read more

Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood was on my TCM Top Twelve back in May.  Here we are at the tail-end of July and I finally watched it and boy is this one of the better documentaries I’ve seen in a while, particularly on TCM.  It’s an 80 minute, comprehensive documentary focused entire read more

Old Hollywood Book Reviews looks at a recent book detailing one of the great directors Alfred Hitchcock.  Spellbound By Beauty by Donald Spoto is interesting in all fervant rants that have been unleashed on its Amazon page.  I’ve read (and own) quite a few of Spoto’s books and I don&# read more

I’m reviewing all five films in the Forbidden Hollywood volume two box set:  Review of Night Nurse Thou Shalt Not is a 2008 TCM documentary and DVD supplement on the Forbidden Hollywood volume two collection.  I don’t generally watch DVD features, especially not on movies I rent consider read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Only Saturday July 7th, 2012, I married my best friend and the love of my life Carlos. The wedding was officiated by my good friend Mark Zero. We had our wedding at The Hen read more

If you have an interest in silent film, Kevin Brownlow and David Gill’s thirteen-part documentary series Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film is essential viewing.  This series truly is a treat for silent film fans.  It’s very insightful, has a great narration by James read more

I posted this a while ago… but I can’t recommend Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film enough. It’s a crying shame that this series isn’t more widely available. Judging by the number of Google searches that bring peeps to PCF, there seems to some demand. At an read more

I posted this a while ago… but I can’t recommend Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film enough. It’s a crying shame that this series isn’t more widely available. Judging by the number of Google searches that bring peeps to PCF, there seems to some demand. At an read more

Precode films are not only enjoyable, but educational. Several ladies of the early talkies have taught me alot about life and how to behave. Here are my top five: 1) No Matter What, Try and Have Fun Teacher: Mae West (who else) When: "Im No Angel" (1933) Mae West is all about having fun. Even as, read more

Precode films are not only enjoyable, but educational. Several ladies of the early talkies have taught me alot about life and how to behave. Here are my top five: 1) No Matter What, Try and Have Fun Teacher: Mae West (who else) When: "Im No Angel" (1933) Mae West is all about having fun. Even as, read more

Feminist personas of classic Hollywood come in many shapes and sizes. Some, like the great Katharine Hepburn, found profound new ways to represent strong women on the big screen. Others more subtly broke new ground in their private lives. There is no set way to define a feminist icon, but there are read more

Feminist Star Personas of Classic Hollywood (other than Katharine Hepburn) http://feministguidetohollywood.blogspot.com/ Feminist personas of classic Hollywood come in many shapes and sizes. Some, like the great Katharine Hepburn, found profound new ways to represent strong women on the big read more

Feminist Star Personas of Classic Hollywood (other than Katharine Hepburn) Labels: Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, contest, Diana Rigg, Feminism, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Lucille Ball, Mae West, Mary Wickes, Myrna Loy, Persona/Star Text, Rosalind Russell, Shirley Temple Black read more