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Four Very Special TCM Fans to Share Favorite ‘Holiday’ Films with us on TCM, the Saturday after Thanksgiving! How exciting is this?!?!? On November 29th, TCM will be kicking off a new segment called “Fan Favorites” in which Ben Mankiewicz will be video chatting with four pass read more

Book Giveaway: “Hope: Entertainer of the Century” by Richard Zoglin  — Qualifying Entry Task for this month’s  Facebook Contest I am happy to say that CMH will be giving away TWO copies of Hope: Entertainer of the Century via Facebook and this blog during the month of November courtesy read more

Book Giveaway: “Hope: Entertainer of the Century” by Richard Zoglin  — Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In order to qualify for this week’s Hope: Entertainer of the Century Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following task by Sunday, November 9 at 5PM EST (i.e. read more

  And my getTV Rita Hayworth Blogathon Pick is… The Strawberry Blonde… “The Jolliest Show this Side of the Naughty Nineties” The Strawberry Blonde is one of ‘those’ movies that I remember so fondly from my childhood. I even remember twirling around my living read more

“Hope: Entertainer of the Century” by Richard Zoglin – Book Giveaway starts Tomorrow! I am so excited to announce this month’s book giveaway! Throughout November, Classic Movie Hub will be giving away SIX copies of Hope: Entertainer of the Century by acclaimed writer and Time magaz read more

  Turner Classic Movies – The Silent Stars of the Month This month Turner Classic Movies is shaking up their ‘Star of the Month” programming. Instead of focusing on just one star, TCM is focusing on a whole slew of stars – the silent stars. Yes, for the entire month of November, the read more

“Hope: Entertainer of the Century” Exclusive Interview with author Richard Zoglin With his topical jokes and his all-American brash-but-cowardly screen character, Bob Hope was the only entertainer to achieve top-rated success in every major mass-entertainment medium of the century. Above read more

Just for Fun: Classic Hollywood Costume Parties  Although not all of the below photos are from Halloween celebrations, here are some fun photos of legendary Hollywood stars decked out in all their regalia for tinsel town costume parties… Rita Hayworth and Pinky Tomlin ….. Gary Cooper and read more

  Classic Movie Halloween Pin-Ups, PR and More… Shirley Temple ….. Veronica Lake ….. Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane (Arsenic and Old Lace) ….. Judy Garland ….. Mary Pickford ….. Ava Gardner ….. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ….. Ann Miller ….. Y read more

“We do everything alike, we look alike, we dress alike, we walk alike, we talk alike…” Just for fun… a little ditty from The Band Wagon (1953, director Vincente Minnelli)… Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan, singing “Triplets” (1937, music by Ar read more

“Cover Girl” DVD Giveaway — Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In celebration of getTV’s Star of the Month, Rita Hayworth, CMH is giving away the last of our Rita Hayworth DVDs this month via Twitter, courtesy of getTV. That said, here’s how you can enter this week’s random read more

“Pal Joey” DVD Giveaway — Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In celebration of getTV’s Star of the Month, Rita Hayworth, CMH is giving away the 3rd of our Rita Hayworth DVDs this month via Twitter, courtesy of getTV. That said, here’s how you can enter this week’s random drawing… read more

Rhett Butler,  in Gone with the Wind, as portrayed by Clark Gable Hold on to your bonnets, because you may declare a resounding “fiddle-dee-dee” to what I’m about to say: The first time I saw the movie, Gone with the Wind, I hated it! Yep. I hated it. I hated that everyone dies: Mrs. O’Hara, read more

Celebrating the Incredible and Inimitable Genius of Chuck Jones at NYC’s Museum of the Moving Image… “Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit”… Yes I still have that song in my head! Really! As a matter of fact, I sang the song all weekend long to anyone who would listen as I read more

“Cover Girl” DVD Giveaway — Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In celebration of getTV’s Star of the Month, Rita Hayworth, CMH is giving away the 2nd of our Rita Hayworth DVDs this month via Twitter, courtesy of getTV. That said, here’s how you can enter this week’s random read more

  getTV Rita Hayworth Blogathon: Separate Tables Without the use of special effects, violence, or even a slick, polished plot, Delbert Mann’s Separate Tables remains one of the most riveting films I’ve ever seen. The 1958 masterpiece weaves together the desperate lives of the lonely, repressed read more

“Cover Girl” DVD Giveaway — Entry Task for this month’s Facebook Contest In celebration of getTV’s Star of the Month, Rita Hayworth, CMH is giving away a “Cover Girl” DVD via Facebook and the CMH Blog, courtesy of getTV. That said, here’s how you can enter this random drawing… read more

“Pal Joey” DVD Giveaway — Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In celebration of getTV’s Star of the Month, Rita Hayworth, CMH is giving away the first of our Rita Hayworth DVDs this month via Twitter, courtesy of getTV. That said, here’s how you can enter this read more

October is Rita Hayworth Month on getTV and CMH!  In celebration of getTV’s Star of the Month, Rita Hayworth, CMH will be giving away FIVE Rita Hayworth DVDs in October, courtesy of getTV! We’ll be giving away four DVDs via Twitter (2 Pal Joey + 2 Cover Girl) plus one DVD via Facebook read more

Just for Fun: Oh Lydia, she was the most gloooorious creature under the sun!  Thais, DuBarry, Garbo rolled into one! Just sharing this marvelous clip of Groucho Marx singing “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” — a favorite song of mine ever since I was a kid (thanks to my Dad for introducing read more