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Elke Sommer Talks with the Cafe About Her Movies, Her Art, and How She Earned the Nickname "The Brute"
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jan 13, 2014
A glamorous international star by the time she was 23, Elke Sommer has played opposite leading men such as Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, Bob Hope, James Garner, and Glenn Ford. Born in Berlin in 1940, Elke's film career took off when acclaimed Italian director Vittorio De Sica cast her in the 1959 com read more
She fell for The Leader of the Pack in 1964 Dramatic song performance
Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on Nov 26, 2013
Leader of the Pack
The Shangri-Las' hit Number One Nov. 28, 1964
Is she really going out with him?Well, there she is. Let's ask her.Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing?Mm-hmmGee, it must be great riding with himIs he picking you up after school today?Uhn-uhBy the way, where'd you meet hi read more
Ursula Andress Is She Who Must be Obeyed
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 24, 2013
Although Hammer Films remains best known for its horror films, the studio frequently dabbled in other genres. In fact, it achieved solid success with historical adventures about Robin Hood, pirates, and smugglers. Its most ambitious adventure yarn was She (1965), an adaptation of H. Rider Hagga read more
A-spying she would go
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 29, 2013
Sometime near the end of her Paramount tenure, Carole Lombard posed for this fetching portrait, p1202-1501, where with trenchcoat and hat, she appears ready to engage in some espionage. At one point in the fall of 1935, that indeed seemed to be the case.First, let's look back a few months earlier, t read more
The Netflix Queue: She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on Oct 21, 2013
She Done Him Wrong is streaming on Netflix Instant. Up until recently I’d never seen a Mae West film. Throughout all my years of movie watching, the bodacious, sassy vixen’s films always seemed to escape my grasp. West was one of those actresses that despite never seeing a single film of hers, I’ve read more
Of course she’s innocent! She’s crying, isn’t she? Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Sep 20, 2013
Like so many Frank Capra heroes, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is a wide-eyed innocent in a cynical world. Why, of course the young lady he saw fleeing the scene of a murder is blameless! She’s crying. Would a guilty woman cry? I rest my case. And since this is a Frank Capra film (The Power of the P read more
She met two men in Lombard's life
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Sep 7, 2013
With Carole Lombard having left us more than 71 years ago, it's highly unlikely anyone reading this site actually met her. But some of us have done the next best thing, meeting or having talked to people who knew her.One of my Facebook friends, Cynthia Cirile, is a frequent reader of "Carole & Co.", read more
She has advanced!
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jun 20, 2013
This news is a bit belated, but welcome just the same: Carole Lombard has advanced to the second round of the all-time glamour girls tournament, staged at the Yahoo! site "Glamour Girls Survey."Participating in the 25-member Group 24, Lombard needed to finish in the top nine to automatically advance read more
She (1935)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 29, 2013
She Directed by Lancing C. Holden and Irving Pichel 1935/USA RKO Radio Pictures Repeat viewing Leo Vincey’s dieing uncle tells him of the family legend that a 15th century ancestor, John Vincey, found the flame of immortality. Leo bears a remarkable likeness to his ancestor. He sets read more
She is the champion, she is the champion...
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 7, 2013
It's official -- Carole Lombard is the winner of the 2013 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. And she did it in a big way, too, conquering Bette Davis, 65-28, better than a two-to-one margin.Congratulations to Carole and thanks to everyone who voted for her. More on this later. read more
“She didn’t want to be famous, she wanted to be happy”: Remembering Jean Harlow
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Mar 3, 2013
**Above quote said by Clark Gable. Today, Comet is remembering Jean Harlow on her 102 birthday, one of the most beautiful women to grace Hollywood. “In the first sitting, I fell in love with Jean Harlow,” said photographer Charles Sinclair Bull. “She had the most beautiful and sed read more
Motion Picture, December 1931: Why she married Bill Powell
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 26, 2013
The "she" being Carole Lombard, of course, shown with her new husband in a photo taken by Elmer Fryer of Warners (where Powell had just landed after some time at Paramount). Gladys Hall, who over the years would write several notable accounts of Lombard for fan magazines, discussed the new couple -- read more
Everyday she writes the book
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Feb 24, 2013
Carole Lombard served as "guest editor" of the April 1936 issue of Screen Book, getting a supportive telegram from friend and former guest editor Ginger Rogers. Lombard even supplied a guest column, giving supportive (but frank) advice to prospective actors and actresses:Nearly 80 years after she wr read more
She Blogged By Night
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 22, 2013
Okay when you find a classic movie blog that takes it’s name, tag line, and site header from the salacious 1953 crime drama Girls in the Night, you should drop whatever you’re doing and go check it out. That’s exactly what you’ve got with the excellent She Blogged by Night. read more
Pre-Code: She Had to Say Yes(1933).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Jan 11, 2013
She Had to Say Yes(1933). A Pre-Code film directed by George Amy and Busby Berkley. It was Berkley's directorial debut. It was part of a series of movies that drew inspiration from the "real-life" compromises working girls had to go through during the Great Depression.
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"It may suit Hepburn to stay on to receive the applause of the multitudes. She is the egomaniac of all time and her whole life is devised to receive the standing ovation that she has had at the end of her great personality performance. As the play nears its end and she is sure of her success, she becomes raged, the years roll off
Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on Jan 3, 2013
‘…Such a strange flower…’: Cecil Beaton on Katharine Hepburn in ‘Coco’
This excerpt is from Beaton’s personal diaries, which I highly recommend any lover of Old Hollywood read. As you can see here, Beaton did not like Kate AT ALL, but he also shot read more
She Works Hard For the Money: The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection on DVD from TCM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 10, 2012
Sex sells, the old saying goes. It also employs, or at least it did in movies made before enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code began in 1934. In the The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, a five-film DVD set from Turner Classic Movies and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, just about read more
Be My Guest: Stacia (She Blogged By Night)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Nov 23, 2012
My guest this month is none other than blogger extraordinaire Stacia of She Blogged By Night. Check out her blog sometime for a most wonderful time. Here's the link: shebloggedbynight.com
1. What made you start blogging?Stacia: For years I posted to Usenet movie groups, but Usen read more
The farmer's life for she
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Oct 19, 2012
By the late 1930s, Carole Lombard had come to enjoy rural living...or at least Hollywood's equivalent of it. This was proven in a British publication from 1939 called Film Pictorial Annual, which compiled a two-page spread of Lombard the "farmerette" in an entry called "Down On The Farm With Carole read more
She gave your very first kiss to you ...
Stardust Posted by Vanessa on Oct 15, 2012
She gave your very first kiss to you ...
Since I picked the lovely Gene Tierney for Black & White All Over's October Star Of the Month, I thought it best to finally sit down and write something about her and how I "discovered" her and her films so to speak. Up until half read more