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PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISE

Caftan Woman Posted by on Mar 16, 2022

Terence Towles Canote at A Shroud of Thoughts is hosting The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon. The popular blogathon is running from March 18th to 20th.THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISEFirst aired: Sunday, February 13, 1966Written by Ernest Frankel and Orville H. HamptonBased on Erle S read more

MAVERICK: THE SAVAGE HILLS

Caftan Woman Posted by on Mar 2, 2022

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews is hosting The Wilhelm Scream Blogathon! A brilliant idea whose contributions can be found HERE.The Wilhelm Scream is ubiquitous in movies and television, and as welcome and comforting as the Goofy Yell or the Roadrunner's Beep Beep. Okay. Pe read more

THE JOHN WILLIAMS BLOGTHON: Fitzwilly, 1967

Caftan Woman Posted by on Feb 8, 2022

Rebecca Deniston at Taking Up Room is hosting The John Williams Blogathon to commemorate the occasion of the composer's 90th Birthday on February 8th. The celebration begins HERE. Dick Van Dyke plays the title character in Fitzwilly, 1967. Fitzwilly is an informal nickname for Claude R. Fi read more

CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR FEBRUARY ON TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 31, 2022

 Frances Hodgson Burnett brought pleasure to countless generations of readers and earned herself critical praise with her writing, in particular three novels which have made the transition to the screen and stage countless times, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The read more

THE ODD OR EVEN BLOGATHON: The Patsy, 1928

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 22, 2022

 Rebecca at Taking Up Room and Gill at RealWeegieMidget Reviews are hosting The Odd or Even Blogathon from January 20th to the 23rd. It was a lot of fun to have a flip of the coin settle the topic for the contributors.  Day 1   Day 2   Day 3   Day 4  read more

THE UMPTEENTH BLOGATION: 42nd Street, 1933

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 18, 2022

Theresa, the CineMaven herself is hosting The Umpteenth Blogathon on January 18th. A tribute to those movies which have an addictive hold on our moving pictures loving souls. Every fan has many such films and HERE we get to gush about one of them. My selection is the energetic, music-fille read more

Sailing Away on Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise, 1940

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 10, 2022

 Charlie Chan Carries On, published in 1930 was the fifth of author Earl Derr Bigger's six Chan novels. Our premise finds Chan's friend and colleague Inspector Duff, from Behind That Curtain published 1928, pursuing a mysterious killer on board a luxury liner. Duff is wounded when the ship reac read more

CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR JANUARY ON TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 1, 2022

 Sitting atop the 1937 movie season box office we find MGMs adaption of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, MGMs operetta Maytime starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and Paramount's Waikiki Wedding with Bing Crosby. It appears that the audience of that y read more

YOU KNEW MY NAME: THE BOND NOT BOND BLOGATHON - The Persuaders! (Greensleeves), 1971

Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 18, 2021

 Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews and Gabriela at Pale Writer are co-hosting the unique The Bond Not Bond Blogathon. Click HERE to begin sharing favourite movies and performances by the actors who have given us the big screen James Bond when they stepped away from that legendary character. The read more

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE BLOGATHON - A 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Ward Bond and Frank Faylen as Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver

Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 11, 2021

 Ari, The Classic Movie Muse is hosting the It's a Wonderful Life Blogathon, A 75th Anniversary Celebration. Click HERE to access the tributes to Capra's Classic. Assuming you have lost count of the number of times you have watched the movie, spoilers abound.It's a Wonderful Life is a story of read more

WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon: Kathleen Harrison

Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 4, 2021

 Paula's Cinema Club, Outspoken & Freckled, and Once Upon A Screen are hosting their annual What a Character! Blogathon on December 4th. It is the 10th anniversary of this highly anticipated event! Thank you, Paula, Kellee, and Aurora.Kathleen HarrisonFebruary 23, 1892 - December 7, 1995"Go read more

CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR DECEMBER ON TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 1, 2021

 Can you believe that winter and the Christmas holidays are practically here? It is time to get cozy and revel in some sweet-natured nostalgia. Released in 1944, Meet Me in St. Louis provided just such a relief for audiences weary from the struggle of World War Two. Enjoying Meet Me in St. Loui read more

NOIRVEMBER HOTEL: Tight Spot, 1955

Caftan Woman Posted by on Nov 22, 2021

It was interesting to discover recently in the decades between my first and second viewing of Tight Spot, 1955 how much of the movie remained vivid in my memory; a true sign that something is working. In my opinion, that something was director Phil Karlson whose way with a well-paced western or crim read more

THE DISTRACTION BLOGATHON: Sherlock Holmes in Washington, 1943

Caftan Woman Posted by on Nov 12, 2021

 Rebecca Deniston of Taking Up Room is hosting The Distraction Blogathon from November 12th to 14th. Rebecca's blogathon mandate: "MacGuffin's. Red herrings. Dangling carrots. Bait and switch. Whatever. We all know how movies mess with our heads."My contribution to the blogathon inclu read more

CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR NOVEMBER ON TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by on Nov 1, 2021

 Here is the oft-told tale of a young fellow of dubious background and hard-scrabble existence finding his way in a cruel and judgmental world. In fact, you might even call our hero a stray.Wildfire is a bull terrier and we become part of his life's journey through the sassy narration of Vic Mo read more

THE BERNARD HERRMANN BLOGATHON: Jason and the Argonauts, 1963

Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 29, 2021

Ari, The Classic Movie Muse is hosting The Bernard Herrmann Blogathon. This not to be missed event runs from October 29th to 31st. SEE! The Adventure That Stunned the World ... And the Mighty Men Who Conquered It!Apollonius of Rhodes wrote stories with legs. Legendary deeds of Hercules and in t read more

THE THIRD HAMMER-AMICUS BLOGATHON: Taste of Fear aka Scream of Fear, 1961

Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 22, 2021

Thank you to our hosts, Barry at Cinematic Catharsis and Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews who present The Third Hammer-Amicus Blogathon running from October 22nd to October 24th. Taste of Fear released in the States as Scream of Fear is an elegant thriller written and produced by Jimmy San read more

CMBA 2021 FALL BLOGATHON, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE: Disney's Pluto

Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 19, 2021

The Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) presents its Fall 2021 blogathon, Laughter is the Best Medicine. The contributions from members can be accessed HERE. Don't crack your funnybone!Look at the adorable face of Pluto. It is a face full of personality and mischief; the face of all lovable and wa read more

HALLOWE'EN ON REMAKE AVENUE: Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1932 and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, 1954

Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 11, 2021

 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949) changed the literary landscape and the reading habits of generations forever with his creation of the logically-minded amateur detective Auguste Dupin in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1841, The Mystery of Marie Roget, 1842, and The Purloined Letter, 1844.The Murder read more

CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR OCTOBER ON TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 4, 2021

 Montreal-born Gerald Mayer (Bright Road) directed this taut hostage drama from a story by Hugh King (The Threat) and actor (Armored Car Robbery) turned writer (Tootsie) Don McGuire. The disturbing screenplay is by John Monks Jr. (The House on 92nd Street).The post-war years saw changes in audi read more
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