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What it feels like to strike gold at the library
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Sep 8, 2014
What it feels like to strike gold at the library
I like to visit my local library at least once or twice every week.
My Mother is the one who introduced me to the library back when I was a little runt just out of diapers. Books on tape were what I started off with until I was old enough read more
It helps to have icons!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Aug 27, 2014
It helps to have icons!
In the September 2014 issue of Glamour magazine, Editor-In-Chief Cindi Leive asks: Who do you channel when you're standing in front of your closet in the morning weighing your options? Her answer was comic book heroine Brenda Starr. My answer? It changes from day to d read more
Bogart + Bacall’s Rarely Seen Final Team-up – And Where to Watch It
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Aug 14, 2014
Turner Classic Movies announced today that they will preempt scheduled programming on September 15 and 16 for a 24-hour marathon honoring the life and career of Lauren Bacall, who died on August 12 at age 89. Following Robert Osborne’s delightfully candid 2005 interview with the then-81-year-old leg read more
Theme Month! August 2014: It was a dark and stormy night
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Aug 3, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on August 3, 2014 in Blog, Theme Month I do so love a good mystery! This month, I am going to be celebrating a very specific sub-genre, plus some added gems of atmospheric murder. The Old Dark House movie has fallen out of favor but I still love it. The ingredients: 1 old mansion 6 read more
An actor who made it look so easy
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 21, 2014
Last month, we did an entry about someone asking San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle if Carole Lombard would be a star today, or if Tom Hanks could have done likewise in the 1920s (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/699835.html). LaSalle answered yes to the former ("...we know that Ca read more
You Can’t Take It With You (1938)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Jul 17, 2014
I’m a terrible person for just now watching You Can’t Take It With You considering it was voted as the number one film you readers requested I write about. With that, this is a wacky blend of screwball comedy with social satire with hilariously endearing performances by its ensemble cast read more
o/t: if it’s Thursday it must be time for Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jul 17, 2014
Another great roundup of reviews/articles posted around the intertubes concerning “forgotten” movies and TV items, many of which are of noirish interest. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out read more
Lombard and Lux: Keepin' it smooth
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 14, 2014
I'm guessing that in the 1930s, Carole Lombard and other stars who appeared in Lux soap advertisements didn't make individual marketing arrangements with the company; instead, each studio (Paramount in Carole's case for this 1934 newspaper ad) handled it for them, and probably got a cut of the actio read more
And they said it couldn't be done (but apparently has!)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jul 10, 2014
Carole Lombard poses near a window in the Iris Circle home in Los Angeles she shared with first husband William Powell in the early 1930s. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Lombard lived in Los Angeles long before she stepped into the film industry (though when six-year-old Jane Alice Peters joined read more
The Bennett Sisters: It Runs in the Blood
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jul 6, 2014
No - not THOSE Bennett sisters. No pride and prejudice here. More like glamour, sophistication, scandal and men. So take that Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Catherine and Lydia, and while we are at it Kim, Khloe and whatever, too. These sister ruled the Hollywood scene during the 1930s and 1940s and m read more
The Film I Re-Watched Despite Missing a Quarter of It: The Major and the Minor (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 3, 2014
Those born in the age of streaming will never know the excitement of catching a favorite film on TV, running to get a tape on time to record it, and succeeding. With adept timing skills, one could even cut out the commercials. There were a few films I loved so much that I was willing to record them read more
The Film I Re-Watched Despite Missing a Quarter of It: The Major and the Minor (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 3, 2014
Those born in the age of streaming will never know the excitement of catching a favorite film on TV, running to get a tape on time to record it, and succeeding. With adept timing skills, one could even cut out the commercials. There were a few films I loved so much that I was willing to record them read more
Pic of the Day: “Play It Again Sam” revisited
The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on Jun 24, 2014
Today’s pic is a rather unusual one. It’s another shot from a film that Timothy does not actually appear in, Herbert Ross’ Play It Again, Sam (1972), starring Woody Allen and based on his stage play. There is super-cute Diane Keaton, and just to her right is a flier for a screening read more
Happy blogiversary to me — 3.0! (Or is it 2.1?)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jun 23, 2014
On June 23, 2011, Duke University’s Kyrie Irving was the number one pick in the NBA draft. Actor Ted Shackelford, Gary Ewing of Knots Landing fame, celebrated his 65th birthday. And I hit “PUBLISH” for the first time on this blog, launching Shadows and Satin! Can you believe itR read more
Silent Movie Time Capsule: Harold Lloyd with absurdly tiny legs (yeah, that’s about it)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jun 20, 2014
I love vintage ads but there are times when they failed spectacularly. Take this magazine ad for Harold Lloyd’s comedies from 1925. I get that they are trying to say he is the king of comedy (and his movie’s profits certainly gave him legitimate claim to at least the title of prince) bu read more
Birthday Boy (and Others): Fame, it is Fleeting
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Jun 20, 2014
A roundabout tribute to today's birthday boy, and one that leads to thinking about some others who share the date...
Today, you see, is the birthday of Errol Flynn, and the song sung here by the infinitely marvelous Miss Barbara Cook bears his name. Flynn may still be a household name, of sor read more
Birthday Boy (and Others): Fame, it is Fleeting
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Jun 20, 2014
A roundabout tribute to today's birthday boy, and one that leads to thinking about some others who share the date...
Today, you see, is the birthday of Errol Flynn, and the song sung here by the infinitely marvelous Miss Barbara Cook bears his name. Flynn may still be a household name, of sor read more
o/t: if it’s Tuesday, it must be time for Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 17, 2014
And this week’s installment of the useful roundup of blog posts etc. relating to (mainly) obscure movies is here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using read more
There’s always that ONE GUY who just doesn’t get it… Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jun 11, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on June 11, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor “Hey, whatcha guys doing? Can I help? Can I sit with you?” Yes, we’ve all known this kind of person. Maybe they are our friends. Our neighbors. They certainly tend to be the lady beside you on the airplane who will not shut up read more
Tom Cruise Runs and We Love It
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Jun 3, 2014
Dinner with my dad means that at some point it is only natural that our conversation shifts onto the topic of movies. And so the question is posed in my direction: “Who do you think is the hottest male star at the moment?’ Now while I can think of plenty of actors’ names that poss read more