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Is Carole Lombard in love at last? That was the title of an article that appeared in Liberty magazine in 1936. That was the year the world discovered what most of Hollywood already knew: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were in love. Lombard and Gable  The article is an interesting look ba read more

Is Carole Lombard in love at last? That was the title of an article that appeared in Liberty magazine in 1936. That was the year the world discovered what most of Hollywood already knew: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were in love. Lombard and Gable  The article is an interesting look ba read more

No, I don't mean this in the same way that most women do. I think we all covet labels like Chanel or Dior or Gucci, but I am not necessarily fixated by them. That said, should I happen to enter a shop like Decades in Los Angeles--which specializes in extraordinary high-end designer vintage--I read more

Ayres is a degenerate gambler (who cleans up nice) and Rogers is the girl who loves him, despite herself, of course, in this breezy melodrama. In terms of particulars, it has almost nothing to recommend it. Ayres is a little bit too believable as the callous lead, who purposely eschews all advice a read more

Based on a story by Ursula Parrott, this romantic/drama from Columbia Pictures was one of Humphrey Bogart's first leading roles. Free spirit heiress Carol Owen (Dorothy Mackaill) decides to take flying lessons at Gilligan's flying school . Where she meets pilot Jim Leonard (Humphrey Bogart). Whil read more

Easy to Love (1953) With the Cole Porter classic as the music title, Esther Williams and Van Johnson star in their fifth film together. After Julie's (Esther Williams) performance in the water-skiing show, she comes to Ray (Van Johnson) to talk about about her long hours, and wants to quit working read more

Ah--the lovely sparkling water in the background, the sound of lovers’ voices echoing through the trees, and Nelson Eddy serenading Jeanette MacDonald in his fancy uniform. I’m sure this rendition of Indian Love Call from Rose-Marie (1936) gave birth to many Eddy crushes. MacDo read more

Settle down, darlings, for another lesson in the splendour of classic Egyptian films. Today we have the big nightclub number from Ghazal al Binat, a 1949 hit starring the glamourous Laila Mourad, who may seem rather matronly to the modern eye but who was a major sensation in the read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I've been MIA for a while working on the truckload of homework and projects that my professors have unloaded upon me. Now I'm done for a few weeks, before I start a new semester, and I sho read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I read an article in this morning's newspaper about how one can connect with a mate by divulging what their favorite cinematic love scene is. I thought it was an interesting concept. It co read more

Inferno entre Nuvens / The Woman I Love (1937) O cinema clássico está cheio de tesouros. Tesouros são aqueles filmes, atores, atrizes e diretores que por um motivo ou outro ficaram esquecidos no tempo, e o público atual franze a testa quando eles são citados. Aqui temos dois grandes esquecido read more

Kirk and Anne Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood by Kirk and Anne Douglas with Marcia Newberger foreword by Michael Douglas TCM and Running Press May 2017  Hardcover ISBN: 9780762462179240 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells In March when I visited Boston University' read more

 Check out my latest YouTube video where I review two Kino Lorber Studio Classics Blu-rays: Arise, My Love (1940) and No Time for Love (1943). Both are Paramount films directed Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert. Arise, My Love (1940) is a light romantic drama set in WWII starring R read more

Like most movie watchers of my generation, I probably first saw the actual Peter Lorre in “Casablanca” (1942). He doesn’t have a lot of screen time, but he’s hard to forget. My first exposure to Peter Lorre, however, and perhaps also like a lot of folks my generation, was th read more

Sonata de Amor / Song of Love (1947) Aqui no blog eu já falei muitas vezes sobre meu ator favorito (James Cagney), meu diretor favorito (OrsonWelles) e meu filme favorito (Nasce uma Estrela, de 1937). Mas nunca havia dedicado um post sequer à minha atriz favorita. Nunca, mas isso muda agora. read more

Source To Sir, With Love (1967) is one of several movies in the good-teacher-vs-tough-students sub-genre. It stars Sidney Poitier as the well-intentioned Mr. Thackeray who winds up at a school in a rough part of London.  Only 12 years earlier, Poitier had a supporting role as a tough stu read more

vistavision: Laughing forever at how George was Kate’s sassy gay friend. I can actually hear him saying… Except George would wear like, 18 different colored sparkly scarves… at the same time.(Source: bonaventures, via coldasaslab)

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This was originally published in the former The Classic Film Collective Patreon.As someone who appreciates classic movies while also watching them through a contemporary lens, I look for the subtle or not so subtle signs of feminism in early films. I want to see how the role of women evolved over th read more

 Check out my latest YouTube video where I review two Kino Lorber Studio Classics Blu-rays: Arise, My Love (1940) and No Time for Love (1943). Both are Paramount films directed Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert. Arise, My Love (1940) is a light romantic drama set in WWII starring R read more

"I started out with very little talent but I was so tormented with ambition."  Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) Cecil Beaton was many things. He was a photographer, a writer, a painter, a set decorator, a costume designer and a socialite. But if we were to put him in one master category it would have read more