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A Liebster! For me?
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 17, 2013
Have you met Gwen of Movies, Silently? She's a grand gal - knowledgeable, bright and with a great sense of humour. A couple of weeks back Gwen graciously awarded this blog the coveted Liebster Award. In such cases I would like to be diligent about responding, but it's been a busy t read more
Caftan Woman's Choice: One for June on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jun 2, 2013
Peter Sellers is brilliantly funny as the title character in 1964s The World of Henry Orient and you are forgiven for thinking that he is the star of the picture when he is not. The three stars of this unique and quirky film are two teenage girls and New York City.
Nora Johnson was 23 when h read more
The Peter Cushing Centennial Blogathon: Sherlock Holmes
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 29, 2013
The Peter Cushing Centennial Blogathon is well underway and features much of interest. Many thanks to our esteemed host Frankensteinia's Pierre Fournier.
Waiting in line at a coffee shop I overheard a fellow complain to his friend that "all of a sudden that Sherlock Holmes character is e read more
"We all love Regis Toomey."
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 22, 2013
Regis Toomey (1898 - 1991)
"The High and the Mighty"
"And there is the one and only - Regis Toomey. We all love Regis Toomey. Wonderful actor. A favourite of many directors, not just your father. Your father liked him just fine, but he worked a lot for Capra - he worked read more
The Mary Astor Blogathon: Mary Goes to the Dogs
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 8, 2013
Mary Astor
(1906 - 1987)
The fascinating and entertaining Mary Astor Blogathon continues. Many thanks to our hosts, Dorian of Tales of the Easily Distracted and Ruth of Silver Screenings.
Mary Astor was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke in Illinois. The attractive and imagin read more
Bing's Birthday Movie: Rhythm on the River (1940)
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 3, 2013
It's my favourite holiday of the year. Bing Crosby's birthday, of
which there is some confusion to the actual date. Is it May 2nd or May
3rd? I stick with the 3rd thus making it a two day holiday. Hooray!
This
year's Bing's Birthday Movie is the charming Rhythm on the Ri read more
Caftan Woman's Choice: One for May on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 1, 2013
I have often wondered if cinematographer William Daniels ever got tired of looking at Jimmy Stewart. The acclaimed master of Black & White cinematography fame is often linked with the great Garbo whom he filmed 21 times. She would insist upon it. However, Daniels also gave us i read more
James Cagney Blogathon: Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 9, 2013
It's here! It's here! The James Cagney Blogathon hosted by R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector is here! A week of love for the one and only Cagney.
Do I seem a wee bit excited? It can't be helped. I'm a Cagney fan in a world filled with Cagney fans. Some of us are of an a read more
Caftan Woman's Choice: One for April on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 2, 2013
The word "genius" is flung around a lot in the entertainment industry. I use it most often when speaking of the people who make me laugh. Surely there is no more apt description of writer/director Preston Sturges who had an unparalleled string of genuine comedy classics in the 1940s.&nbs read more
Such News!
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 31, 2013
Self portrait - Janet Hall
Not everyday news. Garry and I are incredibly proud of our daughter Janet who is pursuing her dream of becoming an animator. She has been accepted into the Bachelor of Animation program at Sheridan College. Janet has popped up a few times in these pa read more
Fashion in Film Blogathon: Born to Kill (1947)
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 29, 2013
Robert Wise's 1947 crime picture Born to Kill is noir right down to its very soul. Based on James Gunn's novel Deadlier Than the Male, photographed in unflinching starkness by Robert De Grasse with gowns by Edward Stevenson. Wait. "Gowns by Edward Stevenson", the guy that made Luci read more
He should have been bigger: Craig Reynolds
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 19, 2013
Craig Reynolds
(1907 - 1949)
I couldn't sleep and TCM was showing The Man from Colorado, a fairly interesting psychological western that I remembered as the movie where Glenn Ford killed Edgar Buchanan. I waited all night for the scene where Glenn Ford killed Edgar Buchanan and it didn't h read more
I've Been Liebstered!
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 15, 2013
Aurora of Once upon a screen... has forwarded the Liebster Award to the little corner of the blogosphere claimed by Caftan Woman. I am suitably chuffed and hopelessly embarrassed. The honour includes the answering of questions and the forwarding of the award. Well, I don't mind so read more
Favourite movies: Hand in Hand (1961)
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 12, 2013
Once upon a time, between 1945 and 1963, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented one of their Golden Globe trophies to the "Best Film Promoting International Understanding". Among the titles accorded this honour are: The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Hasty Heart, Little Boy Lo read more
Caftan Woman's Choice: One for March on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 3, 2013
We've all been there. You wake up to a clear blue sky. You hardly have to run the brush through your hair and - voila! - it's perfect. You turn on the radio and they are playing your favourite song. All of the people you live with unexpectedly wake up on the right side of the read more
31 Days of Oscar Blogathon: Oscar's Children
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Feb 21, 2013
Quvenzahane Wallis
Quvenzhane Wallis was a five-year-old passing as six when she made her acting and film debut in the 2009 feature Beasts of the Southern Wild. She is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for the 85th Academy Awards this coming Sunday, February 2 read more
CMBA Fabulous Films of the 1940s Blogathon: My Darling Clementine (1946)
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Feb 18, 2013
I love a lot of movies. A lot of the movies I love are from the 1940s. I think the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fabulous Films of the 1940s Blogathon is the greatest idea since Allan Dwan's crane shot in Intolerance!
While I do love a lot of movies, there is only one movie that I h read more
Caftan Woman's Choice: One for February on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Feb 3, 2013
"The rich are not like you and me." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Or maybe they are, just better dressed. Philip Barry's comedy-of-manners Holiday was a success on Broadway in 1928-28 running for over 200 performances and touring. The first film version in 1932 featured two actresses I admire, read more
Caftan Woman's Choice: One for January on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jan 3, 2013
TCM is giving its audience a surfeit of heist films in January, with all of the thrills, action, plot twists and paranoia that go along with them. The dandiest of them all is 1950s Armored Car Robbery directed by Richard Fleischer. At this stage of Fleischer's varied career he was becomi read more
Caftan Woman`s Choice: One for December on TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Dec 3, 2012
In the United Kingdom a popular Christmas season entertainment is the Pantomime. The Christmas Pantomime is a play based on well-known children's stories such as Cinderella or Aladdin or Robin Hood told in a spirit of fun and irreverence. There must be a leading female character played&n read more