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Win tickets to see “TCM Big Screen Classics: The Godfather Part II” on the Big Screen!In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sun Nov 10, Tues Nov 12 and Wed Nov 13 “My father taught me many things here – he taught me in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” read more

The new film is bound to cause controversy among classic movie fans but Zellweger’s performance is Oscar-worthy Winter 1968: Showbiz legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in London to perform in a sell-out run at Talk of the Town. It’s been decades since she shot to global stard read more

Western RoundUp: Preview of the 2019 Lone Pine Film Festival Last fall I shared some of the history of Westerns filming in Lone Pine, California, along with a look at five movies filmed in the area. Those five films were just a tiny percentage of the Westerns which have been filmed i read more

Silents are Golden: The Irrepressible Harold Loyd If we can credit a single figure for being a silent comedy legend, a gifted performer, a pioneer of the cinema, and the very personification of the can-do spirit of the 1920s, it’s comedian Harold Lloyd. While he’s perhaps not as well known today read more

Noir Nook: Just the Facts on Double Indemnity Not long ago, I was interviewed on a podcast about my very favorite film noir – Double Indemnity (1944). I had an absolute ball talking about the superb writing and direction, the distinctive cinematography and music, and the first-rate performances read more

Silver Screen Standards: Margaret Rutherford Rutherford’s Miss Marple is a quirky character, seen here sticking out her tongue while riding a train in Murder, She Said. The 2018 documentary, Truly Miss Marple – The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford, is currently available for streaming on read more

Silver Screen Standards: Margaret Rutherford The 2018 documentary, Truly Miss Marple – The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford, is currently available for streaming on Amazon Prime, so this is a perfect time to learn more about the iconic character actor and revisit some of her most memorable rol read more

“Things have been awfully dead around here.” I am forever indebted to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The duo were my entry point into classic film as a kid, and many of their comedies (Buck Privates, Rio Rita, Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man) still rank among my all-time favorites. read more

Win tickets to see “TCM Big Screen Classics: Alien 40th Anniversary” on the Big Screen!In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sun Oct 13, Tues Oct 15 and Wed Oct 16 “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.” CMH continues with our 4th year of our partnership with Fathom Events read more

The Funny Papers: The Best of Harpo “If things get too much for you and you feel the whole world’s against you, go stand on your head. If you can think of anything crazier to do, do it.” — Harpo Marx Laughter from physical comedy has likely been around since the first cave dweller read more

Classic Movie Travels: Adriana Caselotti Adriana Caselotti When one reflects upon voice actors and the many animated features in which they have worked, some individuals and their characters are iconic or inseparable from one another. Some vocal actors are publicly known for offering their voi read more

Cooking With the Stars: Claudette Colbert’s Cheese and Olive Puffs A scene from The Palm Beach Story, with Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert. If you’re a Cooking with the Stars devotee, you might have noticed that I attempt to curate the recipes and honorees with a specific theme read more

Celebrating Women Pioneer Filmmakers!We’re Giving Away 5 Alice Guy-Blache Documentary DVDs this Month! A scrupulously well-researched documentary about one of early cinema’s greatest pioneers and the world’s first woman filmmaker – The Hollywood Reporter This month we k read more

Western RoundUp: “B” Western Actresses, Part 2 Earlier this year I celebrated my love for “B” Westerns with a column focusing on the work of three favorite actresses who worked in the “B’s” early in their career. I promised then that I’d be looki read more

Cooking With the Stars: Dolores del Río’s Enchiladas Dolores del Río As summer continues, the temperatures are still rising over at Cooking with the Stars HQ! While I’ve been staying inside and preparing for the epic programming of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, I’ve been read more

Exclusive Interview with Ted Donaldson about his career, special memories of Cary Grant, Harry Cohn, Elia Kazan and more… I’m so excited to say that I was able to sit down with Ted Donaldson for an exclusive video interview! I met Ted in 2018 at the TCM Film Festival and had such a lovely read more

Classic Conversations: Oscar Winners Sandy Powell and John Myhre on How the Classic Film Inspired Their Work on ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins (1964) and Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Mary Poppins was one of the first films I saw in a movie theater as a child read more

Win tickets to see “The Shawshank Redemption 25th Anniversary” on the Big Screen!In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sun Sept 22, Tues Sept 24 and Wed Sept 25 “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” CMH continues with our 4th year of our read more

Noir Nook: Minor but Memorable Film noir is teeming with well-known starring roles for women — Jane Greer in Out of the Past, Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, and Gene Tierney in Laura come immediately to mind. But there are also lots of one-scene wonders, those female characters whose read more

Silents are Golden: Before Valentino – 6 Heartthrobs Of The 1910s When Rudolph Valentino became a 1920s superstar thanks to the megahits The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) and The Sheik (1921), he basically changed the definition of “matinee idol” forever. Unlike many popular actors read more