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The Footlight Club is a NYC boarding house for young women in the theatrical profession; actresses, chorus girls, musicians or waitresses, and hatcheck girls making the rounds of auditions and manager's offices. Mrs. Orcutt (Elizabeth Dunne) is the landlady. She was in Bernhardt's company and a chai read more

Terence Towles Canote at A Shroud of Thoughts is hosting his Seventh Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon. Click HERE to access this year's contributions.FOGSeason 6, Episode 22First aired May 8, 1980Directed by Noam PitlikStory by Mark Brull, Teleplay by Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan read more

Gill at RealWeegieMidgitReviews is hosting The Joan Collins Blogathon from March 8 - 10. Enjoy the tributes to the enduring star HERE.Ellery Queen, the fictional detective/author created by Frederick Dannay and Manfred Lee in 1929 was developed as a television series in 1975 by Richard Levinson and read more

"Still, at first, they swore they wouldn't take bite or sup till they were restored to their grieving families. But Milly had some tea ready for them, in a jiffy—and a woman will usually take tea, no matter how mad she is." - The Sobbin' Women by Stephen Vincent Benet  The read more

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 "With apologies to the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson."Above is the final credit to the 1988 comedy Without a Clue. The Holmes character has withstood countless spoofs and homages over the years. The disclaimer here is cute but not seriously necessary fo read more

Jeb Rand (Robert Mitchum) is pursued by vague memories of his youth and a life plagued with doubts and nightmares. He is also pursued by Grant Callum (Dean Jagger) who, for reasons of his own, wants to kill "the last of the Rands."Mrs. Callum (Judith Anderson) is "Mother Callum" to Jeb. She has been read more

 "Danny Hawkins dad was hanged!"Taunted and bullied by that one phrase, by that one fact all his life, Danny Hawkins has learned to take his beatings but he doesn't have to like it. In particular, Jerry Sykes played by Lloyd Bridges takes a perverse delight in drubbing the smaller Danny through read more

Gill at Realweegiemidgetreivews and Rebecca at Taking Up Room are hosting The Home Sweet Home Blogathon featuring movies about home and family, and family connections in movies. The blogathon runs from January 27th to 29th.For those not familiar with the film's plot or reputation, my look at Make Wa read more

The man who watched trains go by, particularly the Paris Express is Kees Popinga. Kees has a comfortable life in Groningen, the Netherlands. Set in his ways, he is a reliable bookkeeper and a reliable husband and father. It is the trains that spark the romance in his soul. He imagines the places the read more

Mervyn LeRoy directed Three on a Match for Warner Brothers in 1932 with a screenplay by Lucien Hubbard based on a story by Kubec Glasman and John Bright. The film's 63 minutes is packed with the verve typical of LeRoy's work in this era (Five Star Final, Little Caesar, Big City Blues). Joan Bl read more

Janet (my daughter): "What are you watching?"Caftan Woman (mother): Design for Living. Ernst Lubitsch from Noel Coward's play. Miriam Hopkins as to choose between Fredric March and Gary Cooper. (pause) Or does she?!Janet: Ho-ho, ha-ha!The original Broadway production in 1933, staged by the author Mr read more

Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood is hosting The Third Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers blogathon while her partner in this endeavour, Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is hospitalized with a serious illness. The blogathon is a lovely way we can send our best wishe read more

The 1836 publication of The Pickwick Papers (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) by 24-year-old Charles Dickens and illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, following the death of Robert Seymour, was a sensation with the public and a game-changer for the publishing business.We follow the fiction read more

Heidi of Along the Brandywine created the 12 Delights of Christmas Tag. I was delighted to be tagged by Rachel at Hamlette's Soliloquy as part of the spirit of the season.1. A favourite Christmas tradition? On Christmas Eve the kids open their gift of pajamas and a book. After we watch A Christ read more

Toby Roan at 50 Westerns from the 50s is hosting the event we have been waiting for - The Marie Windsor Blogathon. The tributes to the actress can be found HERE. The blogathon runs from December 11th to the 15th.THE QUICK AND THE DEADWritten and directed by Douglas HeyesAired: Sunday, December 8, 19 read more

Dr. Annette Bochenek of Hometowns to Hollywood is hosting a shared imagined road trip through the United States via The Celluloid Road Trip Blogathon on December 9th - 11th. Hitch your ride HERE.This blog's contribution is a trip to Massachusetts courtesy of MGM and the crime drama Mystery Stre read more

The Second Agnes Moorehead Blogathon is running from December 6 - 8. Our hostess, friend and fellow movie writer Crystal is hospitalized and fighting for recovery from a devastating illness. A message from Crystal's brother Jarrahn Brett.Gill Jacobs at Realweegiemidgetreviews is thoughtful read more

It is the time of year we all look forward to when Paula's Cinema Club, Once Upon a Screen, and Outspoken and Freckled host their "What a Character!" Blogathon. This year, December 5th is the big day. Harry Cording1891-1954Above is Harry Cording as he was mostly seen throughout his 27 read more