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Drink like you mean it! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on May 31, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on May 31, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Agda Nielson’s naughty maid, Mizi, is one of the highlights of The Merry Jail. She manages to crash a ball (with a dress “borrowed” from her employer) and proceeds to down champagne like it’s cola. Well, when someone else read more
Dietrich made me do it!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on May 30, 2014
Dietrich made me do it!
My younger cousin Dianna is writing a paper on classic film style and how its evolved over time and transferred down the ages and influenced modern style and design. Did I mention she's only in high school? I wish we had had assignments like this when I was her age! I read more
She Got It Wrong: How Jennifer Jason Leigh Almost Ruined The Hudsucker Proxy
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 28, 2014
As a fan of classic 30s and 40s films, I delight in the movies that pay tribute to them, and no directors have been more glowing in their homages than the Coen brothers, with their nods to predecessors Preston Sturges, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, and even Stuart Heisler. Their gloriously fun The Huds read more
She Got It Wrong: How Jennifer Jason Leigh Almost Ruined The Hudsucker Proxy
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 28, 2014
As a fan of classic 30s and 40s films, I delight in the movies that pay tribute to them, and no directors have been more glowing in their homages than the Coen brothers, with their nods to predecessors Preston Sturges, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, and even Stuart Heisler. Their gloriously fun The Huds read more
Face It: We’d All Be Lousy Detectives
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 21, 2014
When I was a kid, I thought the word “amateur” meant talented. Nancy Drew was an “amateur detective,” and she outsmarted everyone around her, so what else could the word mean? Shows like Murder, She Wrote confirmed this impression: the everyday woman could outwit private detectives, criminals, read more
Face It: We’d All Be Lousy Detectives
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 21, 2014
When I was a kid, I thought the word “amateur” meant talented. Nancy Drew was an “amateur detective,” and she outsmarted everyone around her, so what else could the word mean? Shows like Murder, She Wrote confirmed this impression: the everyday woman could outwit private detectives, criminals, read more
You Can’t Take it With You (1938)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 20, 2014
Starring a cast boasting Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, James Stewart, and Ed Arnold, this is another comical Capra film. Arnold is a wealthy banker bent on acquiring a block of land for business purposes. Stewart is his son who has fallen over heels for his secretary. Things are complicated by her read more
You Can’t Take it With You (1938)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 20, 2014
Starring a cast boasting Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, James Stewart, and Ed Arnold, this is another comical Capra film. Arnold is a wealthy banker bent on acquiring a block of land for business purposes. Stewart is his son who has fallen over heels for his secretary. Things are complicated by her read more
I don’t know about you but this is exactly what it is like at the dentist for me, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on May 8, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on May 8, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor This one is from Charley Chase’s very amusing short Mighty Like a Moose. It’s also a rather accurate bit of pantomime. I have never bought into the myth of painless dentistry. Chase’s talent for drawing humor out of everyday situ read more
Review – How We Got Away with It
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Apr 29, 2014
How We Got Away with It concerns Henry (McCaleb Burnett) who has just been released from prison on the verge an annual weekend getaway with a group of friends to his hometown. A sudden tragic turn of events causes some of them to respond in a violent manner. When one is a credits reader they may be read more
The Romantic Comedy Blogathon: It Happened One Night
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Apr 28, 2014
The Romantic Comedy Blogathon: It Happened One Night
This post is in conjunction with The Romantic Comedy Blogathon hosted by Backlots and Carole & Co.
Clark Gable gives Claudette Colbert his finest Bug Bunny impression. She hates it.
If you haven't seen It Happened One Night (1934) read more
Sci-Fi Sundays: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
True Classics Posted by on Apr 6, 2014
While scrolling through TCM’s line-up one night, I spotted a fun sci-fi flick to add to the DVR. After hearing the introduction for the film, I knew that I had to watch. I was not disappointed. TCM host Ben Mankiewicz piqued my interest in his introduction of It! The Terror from Beyond Space: read more
We Describe the Movie...You Name It! (6)
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 4, 2014
Here are the rules to this quiz: Name each film below based on our vague description. Be sure to include the question number with your response. Please don't answer more than three questions daily so others can play, too. There is one film that is the single best answer to each description read more
Until it happens, this'll have to do
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 3, 2014
One area of Carole Lombard's career that's frustrating to research is her Mack Sennett period. Unlike the rest of her silent-era output, nearly all her films from this era have survived; that's the good news. The bad news is that relatively few are in circulation, and they've yet to be assembled int read more
Making Frozen Say What You Want It To Say
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Mar 23, 2014
It’s not exactly a new phenomena that I’ve seen creeping up on the internet lately. Disney films, whether Walt was at the helm or not, have always been rife , fertile grounds for actual and fraudulent film theorists alike to put forth their theories. When discussing actual theories I mean real, read more
The "Love Is on the Air" Guide to Making It in Radio
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Mar 21, 2014
Greetings, fledgling broadcast superstar!
Yes, I'm talking to you, mumbles. Get your puss out of your oatmeal, slap on a smile, get behind a microphone and FACE LIFE already! You, too, could be the next Charlie McCarthy! There's a secret to making it in radio, and I'm going to slip it to you today, read more
The "Love Is on the Air" Guide to Making It in Radio
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Mar 21, 2014
Greetings, fledgling broadcast superstar!
Yes, I'm talking to you, mumbles. Get your puss out of your oatmeal, slap on a smile, get behind a microphone and FACE LIFE already! You, too, could be the next Charlie McCarthy! There's a secret to making it in radio, and I'm going to slip it to you today, read more
My Movie Book Library: 500 Great Films, Where It All Began
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 19, 2014
It isn't too dramatic to say that 500 Great Films changed my life. Classic Movies would not have existed if this book had not awakened me to the nearly unfathomable variety and wonder to be found in the movies. I wouldn't have develop this deep love for film which, besides being deeply satisfying on read more
I am mad as hell and i wont take it anymore talk about network,a review of a gem
Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Posted by Joey on Mar 12, 2014
Network https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest A trenchant satire of “trash TV,” Network seems to grow only more relevant with each passing year.in the year 2014 it seems very much more socially connected to our times. It seems almost every network has reality tv show. Ho read more
Change to my posting schedule… such as it is!
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Mar 12, 2014
A quick note to say I haven’t had much time for posting here lately, so have decided to carry on writing about Douglas Sirk films through the rest of March, as time allows – though I will take a break from him to write about a Hitchcock film for the Sleuthathon on March 16! I’ll th read more