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 One of my annual outings is attending the Monster Bash Conference held in Western Pennsylvania. Ron Adams (the head honcho of the festivities) and his hard-working staff do a fantastic job, and the weekend is filled with fun and classic horror/sci-fi fan camaraderie. This recent Monster B read more

This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association Screen Debuts and Last Hurrahs Blogathon. Click here for more memorable firsts and lasts.Cagney and the grapefruit make one last joint appearanceSeason is an interesting word. It can mean to add flavor to something, or it can define a period of read more

Book Review: “From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir” Title: From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film NoirBy: Alain Silver and James UrsiniPublisher: Running Press – Turner Classic MoviesISBN: 978 read more

Benny Hill done it, that's who! Before the famed English comedian made a name for himself on television as the star of The Benny Hill Show, he made this fast-moving farce playing a detective who sets out to capture enemy agents bent on destroying England with a weather-making machine. Hill star read more

As someone always looking to find new classic horror films to watch, I like to take time early in the year to look back at what our favorite genre was like in the early days of cinema. Going back 100 years is always a good place to look. Overall, the 1920s gave us timeless horror films from Germa read more

‘It Might As Well Be Spring’ from State Fair (1945) On January 13, 2024 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from en.kinorium.com 2024 is here! And it’s cold. Cold, very bitterly cold. January – March is just torture where I live, s read more

The more I see William Talman, the more I like him. That is, the more I see him outside of a courtroom with Perry Mason. That’s where I first met this actor and first grew to view him with equal parts dislike and disdain. But boy, his film noir performances are a whole ‘nother thing. One of his read more

I was fascinated with It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) long, long before I ever saw it. I came across a picture of the film’s poster on the Internet, was immediately drawn to it, and printed out a copy, where it decorated my work cubicle for several years. That was in the mid-2000s. I didn’t get read more

Today we have a real treat to share! A few months ago I stumbled upon a great website called Mockingbird Lane where a cinema-loving woman named Marina Coates shares her love of architecture and design....especially set designs found in films and television series. Two great features of the site are read more

There is a store for just about everything online. A few days ago I was thinking how interesting it would be to track down an original menu from a Hollywood studio commissary and, after doing a quick online search, came across this gem of a business: Vintage Menu Art. Someone already took the t read more

Recently ReMind Magazine posted an article about the famous Partridge Family and Bewitched house sets being demolished at Columbia Ranch. We are sharing the article below, which came from their website, www.remindmagazine.com. Check it out! https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/1845/iconic-tv- read more

Check out this wonderful clip from a rare color episode of The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1960 ) featuring Sally Ann Howes and Howard Keel singing "Tonight" from the Broadway musical West Side Story. Two beautiful actors with beautiful voices.  read more

  When Ed Sullivan says "here is something you won't forget" it means you are in for a special treat indeed. This man saw so many talented top-notch entertainers in his days as a variety show host, but he thought 16-year-old Karen Wyman's debut performance of "Why Can't I Walk Away?" ( from the read more

Service comedies almost feel like a rite of passage for comedy teams, and it’s no different with this early success from Abbott and Costello. Against their hijinks, there’s a blatantly obvious love triangle (Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee, and Alan Curtis) meant to lend some balance to the dram read more

We have a special treat to share with you today: Mary Costa performing The Ukrainian Carol ( set to words ) on Bing Crosby's The Sounds of Christmas television special filmed in 1970. The lovely opera singer is best known for providing the voice of Aurora in Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty ( 1959 ), b read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Let’s Face It (1943) – read more

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers! We hope you are having a wonderful day and counting all of your blessings. There is so much we can all be grateful for!If you have a few minutes and want to watch something Thanksgiving-related then check out this fabulous little cartoon from 1940 - The read more

It’s November 1st, y’all, and you know what that means: it’s the start of Noirvember! The brainchild of Marya over at Cinema Fanatic, Noirvember is a month-long celebration of all things noir. And here at Shadows and Satin, I celebrate by posting every day of the month. This is my ninth consecutive read more

On October 7, 1971, Walt Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, a delightful and magical musical starring the late great Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson, had its world premiere in London. Earlier that day, John Noakes, the host of Britain's popular children's series Blue Peter, was in Leicester read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Let’s Do It Again (1953) read more