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“A Touch of Stardust” Book Giveaway (via Facebook and this Blog) This month, CMH will be giving away another copy of A Touch of Stardust, this time via Facebook and this Blog, courtesy of Doubleday Books… As I mentioned before (for our Twitter contest), this is the first time we’ll be giving read more

Celebrating Waukegan’s Favorite Son… On a 1959 episode of the television game show What’s My Line?, Jack Benny quipped the following line to host John Charles Daly: “They say that I put Waukegan on the map. But it’s not true. Waukegan really put me on the map. That’s a fact.” read more

Born March 3, 1937, Child Actor Bobby Driscoll! In his 22-year career (1943-1965), Bobby Driscoll appeared in over 50 films and television shows, but is probably best known for his Disney roles as Johnny in Song of the South (1946), Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island (1950) — and as the voice (and read more

“A Touch of Stardust” Book Giveaway (via Twitter March 2 – March 31) This month, CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of A Touch of Stardust via TWITTER, courtesy of Doubleday Books… This is the first time we’ll be giving away a novel, so let me tell you a little bit about it… read more

How many Films did Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Star in Together? Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman had one of the longest-standing marriages in ‘Hollywood’ (although they lived in Connecticut for quite some time)… The couple met early on in their Broadway careers when Newman was read more

“The Prints of Classic Hollywood” Book Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. This week we’ll be giving away another copy of “The Prints of Classic Hollywood“ as part of our February Classic Movie Book Giveaway courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This is the last of our four read more

“The Prints of Classic Hollywood” Book Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. This week we’ll be giving away another copy of “The Prints of Classic Hollywood“ as part of our February Classic Movie Book Giveaway courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This is the last of our four read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Four ….. Sunday February 22nd: One Flew Over the Cuckcoo’s Nest at 10:30pm EST Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, Milos Forman director) If you’re feeling in the mood for something read more

  From Frazer to Fairbanks to Flynn – Robin Hood in Film As recently as 2010, the character of Robin Hood appeared on the silver screen to steal from the rich, give to the poor, and chase Prince John from his usurped throne. While these recent incarnations might spring to mind when we thi read more

Francis X. Bushman Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for our 2nd Facebook Contest this Month. Time for the last of our two fabulous Classic Movie Book Giveaways this month on Facebook, courtesy of Bear Manor Media!  This time, we’ll be giving away a copy of  King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman! (cli read more

Book Giveaway: “The Sound of Music Story” by Tom Santopietro  — Qualifying Entry Task for our Facebook and Blog Contest As part of our 6-week The Sound of Music Story book giveaway promotion courtesy of St. Martin’s Press, CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of the book via our Facebook read more

“A Touch of Stardust” – Book Giveaway! Starts March 2 – March 31 Just thought it would be ‘fittin’ to announce our March Book Giveaway today because our prize, “A Touch of Stardust” by best-selling author Kate Alcott (and incidentally Ben Mankiewicz’s stepmother), read more

Book Giveaway: “The Sound of Music Story” by Tom Santopietro  — Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest As part of our 6-week The Sound of Music Story book giveaway, CMH will be giving away EIGHT copies of the book via TWITTER, courtesy of St. Martin’s Press… What a wonderful way read more

Francis X. Bushman Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Time for our next Classic Movie Book Giveaway, courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This week, we’ll be giving away a copy of  King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman — the third of our four Classic Book Giveaways read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Three ….. Sunday February 15th: The Bridge Over River Kwai at 8:00pm EST William Holden in Bridge On the River Kwai (1957, David Lean director) Ok, so I will admit I have never this one. So, how abut you all tune in, and we’l read more

“The Sound of Music Story” – Book Giveaway! Starts Monday February 16 and Runs Through March 31 I am happy to announce that The Sound of Music Story will be available in stores on Tuesday, February 17 — just in time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Sound of Music film release. read more

“The Sound of Music Story” Exclusive Interview with author Tom Santopietro Would it sound too corny if I said that The Sound of Music was one of ‘my favorite things‘??? Hopefully, not! But, if I must justify that statement, I will say that, ever since I was a very little kid, I have read more

31 Days of Oscar Blogathon Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candiate In 2013, the Academy Awards corrected what was, in my humble opinion, one of its biggest mistakes. No, it did not reverse its 1942 Best Picture decision and give it to Citizen Kane (no offense to How Green Was My Valley lovers). read more

Errol Flynn and his Trusty Sidekick Alan Hale Little John, Rusty, Tex… Yes, we all know that Alan Hale played sidekick to our hero Errol Flynn in ‘lots’ of films, but how movies did they really make together??? Errol Flynn and Alan Hale in Dodge City Errol Flynn and Alan Hale starr read more

“The Prints of Classic Hollywood” Book Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. This week we’ll be giving away a copy of “The Prints of Classic Hollywood“ as part of our February Classic Movie Book Giveaway courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This is the second o read more