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For Carole Lombard, 1937 arguably marked her artistic apex, at least on screen. She began the year still enveloped in critical hosannas from "My Man Godfrey," and ended '37 with not one but two hit comedies: The Technicolor "Nothing Sacred" from Selznick International and "True Confession" from Para read more

I hope all of you are having a merry Christmas 2018, as Carole Lombard is in this publicity still from 1939's "In Name Only." It was made at about the same time as her marriage to Clark Gable.As fate would have it, several years before -- prior to their highly-publicized romance -- they were "neighb read more

While Carole Lombard's first film for Columbia, the adult-themed "Virtue," drew uncertain audience and critical reaction at the time, her follow-up for Harry Cohn's upstart studio in late 1932, "No More Orchids," was a more traditional romance. It's this week's topic at "Cinematic Sundays."Louella P read more

Now that the dates for the 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival have been announced (April 11-14, 2019!!), I think it’s a great time for another installment in my ongoing look at this year’s event. On the second day of the event, I was faced with one of many time slots that featured numerous read more

If you, the Carole Lombard fan, were thrilled to learn the particulars yesterday of the "My Man Godfrey" Blu-ray that's just been released, well, as Al Jolson said, you ain't heard nothin' yet.In mid-November -- roughly five weeks after the 110th anniversary of Lombard's birth -- two more Blu-rays o read more

I'm back with 6 more great podcast episodes for classic film fans! I was delighted to find a few new-to-me shows, in addition to enjoying more fascinating material from my favorites: Talking Um...Uh... Jimmy Stewart Episode 9 Kim Novak, ‘Vertigo’ (1958), ‘Bell, Book and Candle& read more

I had a great surprise when I woke up yesterday. I saw that The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s Facebook page had been tagged by Feedspot Blog Reader‘s Facebook Page. So, as I naturally wondered what it was all about, I decided to go and see (natch) to discover that my blog had been selected read more

Cicely Tyson. Legend. It’s about that time . . . time for the next installment of my coverage of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival 2018! One of the many memorable events from my festival experience this year was the hand and footprint ceremony for actress Cicely Tyson, held in the forecourt read more

Since I last wrote about some of my favorite podcast episodes, I’ve found many more fascinating shows to follow. Here’s what’s been grabbing my attention lately. All podcast titles link to the episode discussed: Maltin on Movies Patricia Ward Kelly September 8, 2018 Over the p read more

The participants in this year’s ‘So You Think You Know Movies’ contest. You can see me on the left, with a white shirt and a hat. read more

At a recent screening of their restoration of the 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs, Universal announced that it will be continuing its silent movie restoration project (first announced in 2015) by restoring another ten silent films over the next few years. This is, of course, welcome news to film read more

Come and meet those dancing feet … on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this June. Throughout the month of June, TCM is all singing and dancing Mad About Musicals series. And through a partnership with Ball State, TCM is offering a free online course dedicated to learning more about the movie musical. Va read more

You know there's a movie called SOLO coming out soon, right? Of course you do. And of course you know that it's gonna make a ton of money, and there's going to be even more STAR WARS movie spin-offs in the future. If Disney/Lucasfilm was smart, they'd give me a ton of money to develop these new idea read more

Last Friday's entry featured two memes noting Carole Lombard as a superior role model to the notorious Kardashian family (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/893458.html). The meme above was also posted at my Facebook site. And it went over big.As of this evening, it had received 127 "likes" and 3 read more

The National Film Board of Canada is a wondrous organization, giving opportunities to innovative, talented filmmakers and preserving decades of fascinating work. Many of the films supported by the group are available to stream on its official website, several for free (some limited to residents read more

The new year brought a bumper crop of classic movies on Blu-ray and DVD. The list includes director John Ford's classic Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) starring Henry Fonda.  2018 has brought six old Hollywood films to DVD and Blu-ray that include one of director John Ford's best, an early Technic read more

Warning--This post has spoilers. I still haven't seen THE LAST JEDI for a second time yet, but I've been reading so many articles and reviews of it on the internet in the last week that it feels like I've seen it multiple times. It seems as if everyone wants to express their opinions on the movie. read more

This past Sunday, we ran this relatively unknown photo of Carole Lombard, apparently the last one ever taken of her. It was taken the evening of Jan. 15, 1942 at the Columbia Club in downtown Indianapolis, which she briefly visited before heading to the airport.The version running today includes a c read more

A few months ago, we reviewed the Laredo TV series and were surprised by the number of William Smith comments. That inspired us to do some more research on one of the most intriguing actors of his era. Did you know... 1. William Smith began his acting career as a child appearing in films such read more

A few months ago, we reviewed the Laredo TV series and were surprised by the number of William Smith comments. That inspired us to do some more research on one of the most intriguing actors of his era. Did you know... 1. William Smith began his acting career as a child appearing in films such read more