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She Got It Wrong: How Jennifer Jason Leigh Almost Ruined The Hudsucker Proxy
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 28, 2014
As a fan of classic 30s and 40s films, I delight in the movies that pay tribute to them, and no directors have been more glowing in their homages than the Coen brothers, with their nods to predecessors Preston Sturges, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, and even Stuart Heisler. Their gloriously fun The Huds read more
Face It: We’d All Be Lousy Detectives
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 21, 2014
When I was a kid, I thought the word “amateur” meant talented. Nancy Drew was an “amateur detective,” and she outsmarted everyone around her, so what else could the word mean? Shows like Murder, She Wrote confirmed this impression: the everyday woman could outwit private detectives, criminals, read more
Face It: We’d All Be Lousy Detectives
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 21, 2014
When I was a kid, I thought the word “amateur” meant talented. Nancy Drew was an “amateur detective,” and she outsmarted everyone around her, so what else could the word mean? Shows like Murder, She Wrote confirmed this impression: the everyday woman could outwit private detectives, criminals, read more
The Moment I Fell for Humphrey Bogart
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 14, 2014
I was contemplating that moment in a film when an actor wows me, when I realize I need to see all of his/her work and possibly start decorating my rooms in fan posters à la a kid with a Teen Beat subscription. And the first actor to come to mind was Humphrey Bogart. Bogart in The Maltese Falcon I wa read more
The Moment I Fell for Humphrey Bogart
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 14, 2014
I was contemplating that moment in a film when an actor wows me, when I realize I need to see all of his/her work and possibly start decorating my rooms in fan posters à la a kid with a Teen Beat subscription. And the first actor to come to mind was Humphrey Bogart. I was unmoved initially by Casabl read more
State of the Union: the Wish Fulfillment Edition
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 12, 2014
This post is part of The Great Katharine Hepburn blogathon. Be sure to check out the other entries! The political satire in 1948’s State of the Union feels disturbingly fresh. Replace a phrase or two, and presidential nominee Grant Matthews’ (Spencer Tracy’s) speeches on the “working man” read more
State of the Union: the Wish Fulfillment Edition
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 12, 2014
This post is part of The Great Katharine Hepburn blogathon. Be sure to check out the other entries! The political satire in 1948’s State of the Union feels disturbingly fresh. Replace a phrase or two, and presidential nominee Grant Matthews’ (Spencer Tracy’s) speeches on the “working man” read more
Veep & Together Again: Hollywood & Female Leadership
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 8, 2014
Sometimes the stars align, and you can convert hours of procrastination into productivity. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself about this week’s blog post, which is the result of a Veep marathon and viewing of two Irene Dunne films in a row. Call it a stretch or serendipity, but I keep observin read more
Veep & Together Again: Hollywood & Female Leadership
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 8, 2014
Sometimes the stars align, and you can convert hours of procrastination into productivity. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself about this week’s blog post, which is the result of a Veep marathon and viewing of two Irene Dunne films in a row. Call it a stretch or serendipity, but I keep observin read more
5 Reasons Why English Majors Will Love Ball of Fire
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 1, 2014
This entry is part of the Romantic Comedy blogathon cohosted by Backlots and Carole and Co. In trying to get friends to give old movies a chance, I often start with Ball of Fire, mainly because I know many English majors/graduate students, few of whom predict what delights are waiting for them in t read more
5 Reasons Why English Majors Will Love Ball of Fire
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 1, 2014
This entry is part of the Romantic Comedy blogathon cohosted by Backlots and Carole and Co. In trying to get friends to give old movies a chance, I often start with Ball of Fire, mainly because I know many English majors/graduate students, few of whom predict what delights are waiting for them in t read more
The Sadistic Spouse: Charles Boyer in Gaslight
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2014
This post is part of the Great Villain Blogathon cohosted by Speakeasy, Shadows and Satin, and Silver Screenings. Check out other entries on one of their sites! When it comes to villains, Gregory Anton in Gaslight lacks the theatricality of The Joker or Lecter. He wants the presence of Harry Li read more
The Sadistic Spouse: Charles Boyer in Gaslight
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 23, 2014
This post is part of the Great Villain Blogathon cohosted by Speakeasy, Shadows and Satin, and Silver Screenings. Check out other entries on one of their sites! When it comes to villains, Gregory Anton in Gaslight lacks the theatricality of The Joker or Lecter. He wants the presence of Harry Lime or read more
Nazis and Humor: The Shock of Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2014
Wrap your head around this fact: Two decades before Quentin Tarantino was born, Ernst Lubitsch directed a comedy about Nazis. Unlike Tarantino, whose own Nazi film was typically bloodthirsty, Lubitsch was best known for light fare, especially sophisticated sex farces so insightful and lac read more
Nazis and Humor: The Shock of Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 17, 2014
Wrap your head around this fact: Two decades before Quentin Tarantino was born, Ernst Lubitsch directed a comedy about Nazis. Unlike Tarantino, whose own Nazi film was typically bloodthirsty, Lubitsch was best known for light fare, especially sophisticated sex farces so insightful and lacking in pr read more
The Gatsbys of Wes Anderson Films: Climbing above Archie Leach
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 10, 2014
M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes); the impeccable, refined, and deeply sketchy hero of The Grand Budapest Hotel; is the kind of character who made me fall for Wes Anderson films: men with a flair for self-creation so extreme that I can’t help rooting for them because my own imagination, by comparison, read more
Cary Grant & Wes Anderson: Climbing above Archie Leach
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 10, 2014
M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), the impeccable, refined, and deeply sketchy hero of The Grand Budapest Hotel is the kind of character who made me fall for Wes Anderson films: men with a flair for self-creation so extreme that I can’t help rooting for them because my own imagination, by comparison, seems read more
How to Crash a Party, Claudette Colbert Style
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 3, 2014
Want to crash a party, but not sure how? Mimic Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) in Midnight. Enter with Attitude You don’t have an invite? So what. A pawn ticket will do. Who looks at a piece of paper when a woman is sufficiently glamorous? Draw Attention to Yourself You might think you’d be safer read more
How to Crash a Party, Claudette Colbert Style
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 3, 2014
Want to crash a party, but not sure how? Mimic Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) in Midnight. Enter with Attitude You don’t have an invite? So what. A pawn ticket will do. Who looks at a piece of paper when a woman is sufficiently glamorous? Draw Attention to Yourself You might think you’d be safer read more
Beating the March Madness Blues with Knute
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 26, 2014
Little Mercer defeating the Big Bad Duke. That stunning Laettner shot you prayed wouldn’t go in. Davidson paying for busloads of its students to attend the Elite Eight. If you were born near corn and have since transplanted to either coast, I don’t care how thin your grasp of the finer rules (a read more