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  Harold Peary   Practically Peary: Harold (Harrold Pereira de Faria, Harold Perry Faria) Peary was born on July 25, 1908 in San Leandro, California to Jose (Joseph) P. Faria and Maude Focha. Joe Faria was born in Portugal and his wife Maude was born in California to immigrants from Portug read more

Yesterday, we ran the first of a two-part Carole Lombard life story from fan magazine writer (and friend) Elizabeth Wilson in the October 1935 issue of Screenland, more or less focusing on the current Carole. In the November issue, Wilson goes into the past tense regarding Lombard, and while few thi read more

That’s right, just on the heels of putting up almost 650 games in the Internet Arcade last year, the Internet Archives has just opened up a new section with over 2300 MS-DOS based games that are playable right in your computer browser. What’s MS-DOS I hear a bunch of you ask? I’m a read more

Carole Lombard's next-to-last film, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," became somewhat lost in translation when the movie was promoted in foreign tongues -- after all, merely stating the couple's names as a film title didn't necessarily convey the tale of marital mayhem, especially since Lombard's last few movies read more

Christmas Episodes in Color Favorite old TV Shows, Specials Nostalgic television from the 1960s and 70s and even some old time radio we can listen to played along with the yule log. Includes Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in the radio version of It's a Wonderful Life. Play while you cook or wrap thos read more

"I fancy that he's nobody's son or heir now!!" Spoken by Michael Caine as Lt. Bromhead From ZULU "Well, hooray for the Bulldog!" Spoken by Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane From CITIZEN KANE "Who do you think this man is--God??" "No..God would have mercy." Spoken by Marc de Jonge as Col. Z read more

"I fancy that he's nobody's son or heir now!!" Spoken by Michael Caine as Lt. Bromhead From ZULU "Well, hooray for the Bulldog!" Spoken by Dorothy Comingore as Susan Alexander Kane From CITIZEN KANE "Who do you think this man is--God??" "No..God would have mercy." Spoken by Marc de Jonge as Col. Z read more

Nearly two years ago, we ran an entry about Carole Lombard and the July 1936 issue of Motion Picture (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/561667.html). Not only was she the fan magazine's cover subject, but an interview with her was included:We've since uncovered some other Lombard goodies from tha read more

Get to know more about me: the soundtrack to my life tag! Shirley Manson, Garbage frontwoman and my #1 Crush Music is a huge part of my life; I listen to it all the time and it's quite literally the thing that keeps me going when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm ill, and when I'm excited read more

Nearly 16 months ago, we ran an entry with a clipping from Modern Screen magazine which I had won in an eBay auction. The article, entitled "Why One Man Loved Her," described Carole Lombard's power over one anonymous man, how she emotionally held him in the palm of her hand (http://carole-and-co.liv read more

If you're in the Huntsville area, head on over to NerdCon at the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library this weekend. I'll be there doing a joint panel on Stunt Casting in Modern Popular Culture on Friday evening and a solo talk about 10 Classic Sci-Fi Movies Every Geek Should Know on Saturday aft read more

If you're in the Huntsville area, head on over to NerdCon at the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library this weekend. I'll be there doing a joint panel on Stunt Casting in Modern Popular Culture on Friday evening and a solo talk about 10 Classic Sci-Fi Movies Every Geek Should Know on Saturday aft read more

If you're in the Huntsville area, head on over to NerdCon at the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library this weekend. I'll be there doing a joint panel on Stunt Casting in Modern Popular Culture on Friday evening and a solo talk about 10 Classic Sci-Fi Movies Every Geek Should Know on Saturday aft read more

My article is part of a month-long celebration of Hispanic Heritage and culture and is a homage to Hispanic contributions to American Classic Cinema for Hollywood’s Hispanic Heritage Blogathon. The kindly Ram Dass from The Little Princess… I have to admit I fell in love. I was only 7 or read more

You may be aware that "Made For Each Other" is among the eight Carole Lombard films that Turner Classic Movies will air on Monday to commemorate the 106th anniversary of her birth (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/727768.html). But that's not the only channel where you'll find it that day. The 1 read more

Carole Lombard flashes the "V" for victory sign at a war bond rally at the Indiana state capitol in Indianapolis on Jan. 15, 1942 -- the last full day of her life. On the 16th, Lombard, her mother Elizabeth Peters, MGM press agent Otto Winkler and 19 others died in a plane crash in Nevada.We've alre read more

Helen Gibson asks Are you ready for what's ahead? In Fit to Be Tied (1930), Gracie Allen sang, I'm a Whole Lot Wilder than I Look. Helen Gibson lit up the movie screens from the 1910s through the 1950s and 60s. She'd go from being called Rose to Helen, getting to show off her nerves of steel. read more

Carole Lombard, Clark Gable and furs are the subjects of today's entry, albeit under rather unhappy circumstances. In recent months, we've run some legal documents Gable signed as executor of Lombard's estate following her death in January 1942. This time, it concerns money owed to a furrier.The bus read more

Since their sophomore release Remission, I’ve been following the evolution of Mastodon and I actually enjoyed The Hunter more than I would have thought after the first few listens. With Once More ‘Round  the Sun, they continue with the same hard Rock approach leaving behind their mo read more

The countdown of Romantic movies continues apace at the great movie website Wonders in the Dark, with five new essays this week: The odd one out here is, obviously, The Man who Laughs, based on the Victor Hugo novel L’Homme qui Rit. Most people would, I think,  classify Paul Leni’s scree read more