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More Birthdays Than I Know What to Do With
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on May 5, 2014
I don’t know if any of you are aware, but May is absolutely
filled to the brim with the birthdays of old Hollywood icons! I took one look
at my calendar page and about had a heart attack. I’ve already missed a few and I apologize for that, but hopefully the rest of this post makes up for read more
The Great Villain Blogathon: C. Aubrey Smith, 'No More Orchids'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 22, 2014
Once Carole Lombard received a seven-year contract from Paramount in 1930, her days cast as villainous roles were more or less over. Not that Lombard had ever played an out-and-out "boo-hiss" type -- she was probably too pretty for such parts -- but in films such as Pathe's "Show Folks" (1928) and F read more
TCM Film Festival 2014: Day One Press Conference With Robert Osborne and Co. and More!
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Apr 13, 2014
I didn't set eyes on a movie until the sun went down, and yet I lived and breathed movies the entire first day of the TCM film festival. It was beautiful to spend the day in a happy cinematic bubble, soaking up the enthusiasm of the festival-goers around me. I can see why people do TCMFF every year; read more
Rampaging Rhino And More Goblin Goodness In The New Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 19, 2014
Officially, this is the last international trailer before the opening of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in May. There’s a lot more Goblin in there, and again, a lot more focus on character development which is a good thing, I think. Though since various sources are calling this the Empire Strikes B read more
Rampaging Rhino And More Goblin Goodness In The New Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer
Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on Mar 19, 2014
Officially, this is the last international trailer before the opening of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in May. There’s a lot more Goblin in there, and again, a lot more focus on character development which is a good thing, I think. Though since various sources are calling this the Empire Strikes B read more
Help Wanted: What features would you like to see more of?
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Dec 17, 2013
I would love to get everyone’s feedback on what features you enjoy the most and what you would like to see more of. What’s staying the same: I try to create at least one full-length (1500-3000 word) review once a week. I know everyone likes Silents vs. Talkies and I try to incorporate read more
Sound of Music Live Follow Up (and more!)
We Recycle Movies Posted by Anne Marie on Dec 14, 2013
After last week’s “live” blog of The Sound Of Music Live! on NBC, I just couldn’t let the subject of musical theater on television lie. No, this isn’t like my obsession with Les Mis in February. (I know it’s been a year but that movie is still so bad.) The Film Ex read more
Three gorgeous reasons to go negative, and more
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 7, 2013
Three prints of original Carole Lombard negatives, such as the one above, are being offered at eBay; the reproductions themselves are between 30 and 40 years old, and in good condition.OK, most Lombard fans know that shot is from her breakthrough film, "Twentieth Century"...but in which movie did Ca read more
Three more performed on the 'Piccolo'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 2, 2013
Back in August, we did an entry on several Carole Lombard items at auction, including a July 1935 cover shot on the magazine Piccolo (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/624568.html), which despite its Italian-sounding name was actually published for Dutch and Belgian readers. Now, here are three m read more
More p1202s on parade
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Nov 17, 2013
The same person selling the Carole Lombard photo with Sabu and director John Cromwell also has several of her portraits available -- including a few rarities from her Paramount period as player p1202. All are original and originally stored in magazine archives, and bidding on all ends in the noon ho read more
Russell Johnson: More Than The Professor
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 10, 2013
If you only know Russell Johnson as the Professor from Gilligan’s Island, you may be surprised to know that the actor started his career on the dark side of the big screen, with a featured role in a George Raft noir, Loan Shark (1952). In this feature, Johnson played a hard-boiled character who was read more
Lots of new p1202s, part 4, and yes, more blogathon
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Nov 5, 2013
We're concluding our examination of Carole Lombard Paramount portrait rarities today with a bang...or should I say, "bangs." The first three of these pics show Carole wearing bangs, a style she occasionally tried during the early and mid-1930s. This image, p1202-942, is from the early part of 1935, read more
Lots of new p1202s, part 2, and more on the blogathon
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Nov 3, 2013
We open the second stage of our series of relatively rare Carole Lombard Paramount portraits now up for sale with this demure pic from late 1933 or early '34, p1202-631. This and all of the following are 8" x 10" reprints, but struck from the original negatives. If you're interested in this one, che read more
'Photoplay,' January 1934: Off to the 'beauty shop,' and more
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 24, 2013
Carole Lombard didn't grace the cover of Photoplay until June 1934, but the magazine hardly ignored her before then. For an example, let's go back five months, to January 1934, as Carole teamed with Gloria Stuart on the one-page feature, "Hollywood Beauty Shop":Let's focus on the inset...and Lombard read more
Hitchcock Week...and more...at the San Francisco Symphony
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Oct 19, 2013
Just over two years ago I attended – and was astounded by -
“Casablanca with the San Francisco
Symphony” at Davies Hall. Conductor Michael Francis led the orchestra in accompanying the beyond-iconic classic with Max Steiner’s unforgettable score. What an experience it was (cl read more
Hitchcock Week...and more...at the San Francisco Symphony
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Oct 19, 2013
Just over two years ago I attended – and was astounded by -
“Casablanca with the San Francisco
Symphony” at Davies Hall. Conductor Michael Francis led the orchestra in accompanying the beyond-iconic classic with Max Steiner’s unforgettable score. What an experience it was (cl read more
Hitchcock Week...and more...at the San Francisco Symphony
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Oct 19, 2013
Just over two years ago I attended – and was astounded by -
“Casablanca with the San Francisco
Symphony” at Davies Hall. Conductor Michael Francis led the orchestra in accompanying the beyond-iconic classic with Max Steiner’s unforgettable score. What an experience it was (cl read more
“One more squeak out of you and I’ll smack you.” Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 12, 2013
Love Clara Bow’s tough girl roles! The film, Parisian Love, is no masterpiece but Clara is completely splendid. Admit it, you’ve wanted to do this to someone at some time or another. read more
Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon: Carole's in the news ('Nothing Sacred,' and more)
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 21, 2013
Chances are that when you juxtapose the name "Carole Lombard" with the phrase "newspaper film," this is what comes to mind -- "Nothing Sacred," the classic 1937 Technicolor comedy about a journalistic scoop that turns out to be a hoax, and how all parties concerned try to cover up the matter. There, read more
10 Tips on Getting in More Classic Film Reading
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Sep 20, 2013
I hear a lot of people say that they don’t read classic film related books or don’t read enough of them because they don’t have time. This is an issue for all of us really. We lead busy lives and it’s difficult to get a movie in sometimes let alone a whole book!
As you can t read more