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One of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic photos… The famous ‘Seven Year Itch Subway Grate’ scene — where Marilyn Monroe’s dress billows up into the air — was shot in two locations, the first being on the northwest corner of 52nd St. and Lexington Ave. in New York read more

  The Little Colonel Meets Poe: Henry B. Walthall at Essanay Henry B. Walthall is widely remembered today for his performance as The Little Colonel in D.W. Griffith’s controversial “The Birth of a Nation,” and for his work under Griffith at the Biograph company. What often gets overlooked read more

Fabulous Films of the 50′s: Frank Capra’s A Hole in the Head “Today I may not have a thing at all except for a dream or two, but I’ve got lots of plans for tomorrow, and all my tomorrows belong to you…” First of all, I want to say that I am so truly honored to hav read more

TCM’s “Mom in the Movies” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest Okay, this is it, our last Twitter Contest to win a copy of TCM’s Mom in the Movies. All you need to do to be eligible to win is complete the entry task below by Saturday, May 31 at 5PM EST. A winner will read more

“Stella: Mother of Modern Acting” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest Okay, this is it, our last Twitter Contest to win a copy of Sheana Ochoa’s “Stella: Mother of Modern Acting”.  All you need to do to be eligible to win is complete the entry task below by Saturday, read more

“Stella: Mother of Modern Acting” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest Okay, here we go again, trying something a little different this week (no madcap end-of-the-week trivia race)…  All you need to do to be eligible to win this week’s copy of  Sheana Ochoa’s read more

TCM’s “Mom in the Movies” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest This week, we’re going to try something a little different (no madcap end-of-the-week trivia race)…  All you need to do to be eligible to win this week’s copy of  TCM’s Mom in the Movies is read more

It’s time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of the new Stella Adler Biography — Stella! Mother Of Modern Acting, by Sheana Ochoa, courtesy of Simon and Schuster. (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying read more

Time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of TCM’s Mom in the Movies by Richard Corliss, courtesy of Simon & Schuster!  (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry Task posted earlier this week) read more

Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan share a birthday, a film — and a marriage! Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan were both born today, May 16 (4 years apart). They starred in one film together, The Moon’s Our Home (1936), — and they were married to each other for two months (1931-193 read more

Just for Fun! Asta the Dog! One of Hollywood’s most famous Canine Scene Stealers, Asta the terrier was born ‘Skippy’ in 1931 (or possibly 1932).  Asta* appeared in 12 film and television roles, most notably as ‘Asta the Dog’ in The Thin Man (1934), After the Thin Man read more

“Stella: Mother of Modern Acting” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In order to qualify for this week’s Stella: Mother of Modern Acting Book Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following task by Saturday, May 17 at 5PMEST (i.e. any time between now and May read more

TCM’s “Mom in the Movies” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In order to qualify for this week’s Mom in the Movies Book Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following task by Friday, May 16 at 5PM EST (i.e. any time between now and May 16 at 5PM EST): photo: read more

How Many Films did Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy Star in Together? photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy starred in Nine films together: Woman of the Year (1942) (Warner Home Video) Without Love (1945) (Warner Home Video) Adam’’s Rib (1949) (Warner read more

Okay, it’s time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of the new Stella Adler Biography — Stella! Mother Of Modern Acting, by Sheana Ochoa, courtesy of Simon and Schuster. (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying read more

How Many Films did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Star in Together? Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935, director Mark Sandrich) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers starred in Ten films together: Flying Down To Rio (1933) (Warner Home Video) The Gay Divorcee (1934) (Turner Home Entertainment read more

Okay, here we go!  Time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of TCM’s Mom in the Movies by Richard Corliss, courtesy of Simon & Schuster!  (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry Task read more

  S & A and the Windy City Though not the first film studio to be built and based in Chicago, Essanay grew to be one of the largest and most popular of the Chicago-based studios. The sheer number of photoplayers, directors and screenwriters that it discovered, nurtured and propelled to star read more

“Stella: Mother of Modern Acting” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In order to qualify for this week’s Stella: Mother of Modern Acting Book Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following task by Saturday, May 10 at 5PMEST (i.e. any time between now and read more

TCM’s “Mom in the Movies” Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In order to qualify for this week’s Mom in the Movies Book Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following task by Friday, May 9 at 5PM EST (i.e. any time between now and May 9 at 5PM EST): read more