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The 1947 blogathon: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jul 13, 2015

"Welcome to the Coffee Pot.  Your home away from home.  The special today home style pot roast with apple pie for dessert for a dollar.  What can I get ya'?" "The special sounds good, Miss." "Sure thing.  One special, Cookie!  Oh, you've got the afternoon paper.  Gee read more

Caftan Woman's Choice: One for July on TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 30, 2015

Satirist, columnist, short story writer Clarence Day Jr. (1875-1935) was born and raised in New York City and his most well-remembered works involve his youth in the place of his birth.  A man with a quirky sense of humour and strongly liberal views (suffrage supporter), might his parents have read more

Classic Movie History Project Blogathon 1950 - 1952: Westerns Thrive in a New Decade

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 27, 2015

This post is part of the Classic Movie History Project blogathon hosted by Movies Silently, Once Upon a Screen and Silver Screenings, and sponsored by Flicker Alley. Westerns have been with us since "Broncho" Billy Anderson turned his six-shooter to the camera in 1903's The Great Train Robber read more

"...And Scene!" blogathon: "The Searchers", a silent farewell

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 25, 2015

John Ford Monument Valley Sister Celluloid presents the “…And Scene!” Blogathon running June 25 - 28.  Click here for the memorable scenes that continually fascinate these movie bloggers. The scene that deeply touches me with every viewing is from John Ford's 1956 ma read more

Billy Wilder Blogathon: "Rhythm on the River" and "The Emperor Waltz"

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 19, 2015

Billy Wilder June 22, 1906 - March 27, 2002 Those "Girls Gone Wilder", Kellee (Outspoken and Freckled) and Aurora (Once Upon a Screen), are hosting a birthday party/blogathon in honour of the inestimable Billy Wilder on June 22nd.  I want to bring a little music to the festivities. BILLY W read more

Such news!

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 15, 2015

Toronto skyline from my Mimico neighbourhood The City of Toronto Arts Council Cultural Hotspot project shines a spotlight on Etobicoke from May through October 2015.  The Mimico-based (south Etobicoke) Sirius Theatrical Company is participating in the event with their project My Lakeshore read more

Liebstered! At my age!

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 14, 2015

Karen of the indispensable Shadows and Satin threw me for a loop by nominating yours truly for a Liebster.  However, I righted myself and will follow the guidelines of one so honoured.  I must answer Karen's 11 questions then come up with 11 things you might not know about me, nominate 11 read more

Beach Party Blogathon: The Black Camel (1931)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 8, 2015

Beach Party blogathon!  Our hostesses for this June 8 - 12 cruise along coastal cinema are Ruth of Silver Screenings and Kristina of Speakeasy.  Check here for the sunny line-up. When I read the Nancy Drew mystery The Secret of the Golden Pavilion as a young girl I longed to visit Hawaii read more

Caftan Woman's Choice: One for June on TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 31, 2015

1950s Woman on the Run is many stories.  It is the story of a reluctant witness to a crime fleeing out of fear.  It is the story of a police manhunt.  It is the story of a reporter on the trail of a story and a murderer to silence a witness.  It is the story of a woman's discover read more

Early Morning

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 19, 2015

The birds of springtime Chirping in the early morn Wake me much too soon read more

National Classic Movie Day - My Favourite Classic Movie blogathon

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 15, 2015

This post is part of the My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon in celebration of National Classic Movie Day (May 16th). Click here to view the schedule listing all the great posts in this blogathon. Sometime in 1994 I had the following conversation with my mother.  read more

SHORTS! blogathon: A Laurel and Hardy Double Bill

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 4, 2015

Your host for SHORTS! A Tiny Blogathon is the fabulous Fritzi of Movies Silently.  The blogathon dates are May 2, 3 and 4.  You won't want to miss a thing. Beloved comic actors Laurel and Hardy became internationally successful and were, according to Stan Laurel, at their best in short f read more

Bing's Birthday Movie: East Side of Heaven (1939)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 2, 2015

It's that time of year again.  Time to celebrate Bing Crosby's birthday.  Whether the reference book designates May 2nd or 3rd in 1903, let's bake that cake, listen to those records and watch those movies. East Side of Heaven released in 1939 was another one of Bing's personally produce read more

Caftan Woman's Choice: One for May on TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 30, 2015

Orson Welles' audacious 1958 noir-thriller Touch of Evil is one wild ride.  It starts with a justifiably famous tracking shot of a murder and does not let up.  Based on the novel Badge of Evil by Bob Wade and Bill Miller under the pseudonym Whit Masterson with an Orson Welles screenplay.&n read more

CMBA Fabulous Films of the 30s blogathon: Destry Rides Again (1939)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 28, 2015

The Classic Movie Blog Association spring blogathon, The Fabulous Films of the 30s is underway.  The classic movies lauded are a perfect compliment to this fresh time of year. "Jimmy Stewart in a western - who knew?" was the reaction of my youngest sister when I showed her 1950s Winchester ' read more

REMAKE ALLEY: Goodbye Again (1933) and Honeymoon for Three (1941)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 24, 2015

Movie:  Goodbye Again Genre:  Comedy Sub-genre:  screwball, romance, trains Allan Scott and George Haight's play Goodbye Again had a successful run of 216 performances in the Broadway season of 1931/32 starring Osgood Perkins.  Ben Markson (Gold Diggers of 1933, What Price Hol read more

The Great Villain Blogathon: Raymond Burr in "Pitfall" (1948)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 13, 2015

The Great Villain Blogathon of 2015 runs from April 13th to 17th.  It is hosted by the terrific trio of Kristina of Speakeasy, Karen of Shadows and Satin and Ruth of Silver Screenings.  It is a do-not-miss internet event. What motivates our great villains?  Greed?  The lust for read more

The Pre-Code blogathon: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 2, 2015

They had themselves quite a time in Hollywood before the rigid enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934.  Join Karen of Shadows and Satin and Danny of Pre-code.com as they host the 2015 Pre-Code Blogathon. Where would pulp/crime fiction of the 20th century be without Chinatow read more

Caftan Woman's Choice: One for April on TCM

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 30, 2015

All the resources of the great Warner Brothers studio came together to give us a ripping good melodrama in 1940s They Drive by Night.  Jerry Wald (The Roaring Twenties) and Richard Macaulay (Born to Kill) based their script on a novel by A.I. Bezzerides (On Dangerous Ground, Thieves' Highway) w read more

The Favourite TV Show Episode blogathon: Ironside - One Hour to Kill (1970)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 27, 2015

Terence Towles Canote at A Shroud of Thought is hosting The Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon, a brilliant idea whose contributions can be found here from March 27th to the 29th. The television series based on Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason character was an outstanding success on CBS from it read more
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