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It Happened in Hollywood (1937, Harry Lachman)
The Stop Button Posted by on Mar 2, 2019
It Happened in Hollywood is very nearly a success, which is surprising since most of the film is entirely mediocre. There’s a great lead performance from Richard Dix, as a silent movie cowboy who can’t make it in talkies (though, to be fair, the one bombed screen-test scene was more used to comment read more
Exclusive Interview with Victoria Riskin, author of “Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir”
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Feb 26, 2019
Exclusive Interview with Victoria Riskin,
Daughter of Fay Wray and Robert Riskin about her new book
“Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir”
I’m so excited to say that Victoria Riskin’s new book “Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir” is available read more
You're Invited! FASHION IN FILM OF TCMFF 2019 at Woman's Club of Hollywood 4/9
GlamAmor Posted by on Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
FASHION IN FILM OF TCMFF 2019
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Guest speaker
Woman's Club of Hollywood
Hollywood, CA
Tickets are $10 in advance through Eventbrite and $15 at the door the day of the talk
The theme of the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is Follow You read more
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir – AUTOGRAPHED Book Giveaway (now through Mar 30)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Feb 24, 2019
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir A Very Special Autographed Book Giveaway! I am so pleased to announce a very special giveaway this month! Plus a Blogathon and an Exclusive Interview too! But more about those later… CMH will be giving away TEN AUTOGRAPHED COPIES of Fay Wray read more
And the Oscar Goes To...Old Hollywood Style
GlamAmor Posted by on Feb 14, 2019
Every year, my friends Aurora of Once Upon a Screen, Kellee of Outspoken & Freckled, and Paula of Paula's Cinema Club host a blogathon in conjunction with Turner Classic Movie's 31 Days of Oscar. Their 2019 blogathon runs February 22-24, and I encourage everyone to check out the wide array read more
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story – Book Giveaway (Facebook/Blog Nov/Dec)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jan 20, 2019
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University read more
Let's get small! Restoring classic Hollywood in miniature
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jan 2, 2019
Not the most glamorous photo of Carole Lombard by a long shot -- she's got something on her mind, and she's clearly not in the best of moods -- but the Hollywood street she's walking on sometime in the late 1930s is being re-created.In miniature, that is.Truth be told, this reproduction, depicting H read more
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story – Book Giveaway (January)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Dec 30, 2018
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
We have Five Books to Give Away via Twitter or this Blog
“The legacy of stuntwomen in the film industry is finally getting a comprehensive telling“” — Los Angeles Magazine
And now for our first giveaway contest in 2019! And we’re read more
TCM NYC Tour: Hollywood Ain't Got Nuthin' on the Big Apple
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 1, 2018
Okay, we all know Hollywood is king when it comes to classic films, but New York City's not too shabby. As proof, TCM offers a swell tour of the city I love best (but TCM - if you're listening - how about a Paris TCM tour? I'll be the first to sign on!).
This was my second time on the tour read more
California Fires Are Burning Hollywood History
Backlots Posted by Lara on Nov 10, 2018
Image of the Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles, courtesy of ABC7 New York As I write this post, I’m looking out the window into a haze of smoke, blowing down to the Bay Area from the Camp Fire in Chico. California is fighting several severe wildfires right now, and as of this writing, the entire ci read more
Book Review--The Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, Antiwar, and Black Power Movements
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 9, 2018
The Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, Antiwar, and Black Power Movements
Kristen Hoerl
University Press of Mississippi, 2018
It’s been a turbulent few years in the world and while movies can be a great escape from the chaos, they can also provide a revealing window into t read more
Bullitt (1968) Turns 50: Reflections on a New Hollywood Trend-Setter
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Oct 5, 2018
The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, famously known for decades as Grauman’s, is the most historic of movie palaces world-wide, and one of the most magnificent. Famed for its lavish “Oriental” décor, its klieg light-lit Old Hollywood movie premieres, and its hand- and footprint-st read more
Secrets of a Hollywood Hostess
The Baz Posted by Neve on Sep 12, 2018
Basil and Ouida relaxing at home. read more
In Theaters--Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 22, 2018
From the 1940s until the 1980s Scotty Bowers was the man Hollywood turned to for sexual satisfaction. Be it from himself or the men and women he arranged to service Tinsel Town’s randiest residents, for decades he made a living as a bartender, but built a life offering pleasure just for the jo read more
The 3rd Annual Hollywood Auction This Sunday
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 21, 2018
Tomorrow night, beginning at 8pm EST, Silverbanks Pictures will be hosting its third annual Hollywood Auction on eBay. For those of you who are not regular readers of Silver Scenes, Silverbanks Pictures is my sister and my home-based business, specializing in classic movie photos and other memo read more
Book Review--Leonard Maltin's Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 14, 2018
Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom
Leonard Maltin
Good Knight Books, 2018
Before the movie guidebooks, television review gig, and thriving podcast, film critic Leonard Maltin was a teenage cinema fanatic living in New York City. There he had access to archives, rare fi read more
The ‘Other King of Hollywood” King Vidor
Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on Jul 3, 2018
The style of Director King Vidor has fascinated in the way he handles story and actors. Vidor had a long career beginning in 1913 all the way up to 1980 in a variety of genres yet always with a way of making actors and story fit well against a large backdrop such as modern society or rural life read more
Hollywood Home Tour: Dick Powell & June Allyson
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 30, 2018
After the Hollywood Home Tour bus broke down last season due to mechanical errors, the tour was canceled until further notice, but I'm happy to report it has been repaired and is ready to set off once again. Our bus driver, Al, will tell you more about where the Greyhound will be heading this summer read more
Universal Announces More Silent Film Restorations, Hollywood Reporter Doesn’t Know What Silent Films Are
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Jun 11, 2018
At a recent screening of their restoration of the 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs, Universal announced that it will be continuing its silent movie restoration project (first announced in 2015) by restoring another ten silent films over the next few years. This is, of course, welcome news to film read more
GOING HOLLYWOOD (1933)
Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on Jun 5, 2018
Its summer time (IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME made in 1949) and that means a song in some people’s hearts so why not enjoy a Hollywood musical. Take a spin through the 1937 Raoul Walsh directed GOING HOLLYWOOD. The one and only Bing Crosby and Marion Davies are featured along read more