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Guest Post: Silents and Talkies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 2, 2010
Come check out my guest post at Silents and Talkies. I have to admit that I mostly wanted to do this to see what lovely picture Kate Gabrielle would come up with to accompany it! read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 1, 2010
The BFI now has streaming films available online. It sounds like they have a great selection. I can’t wait to check this out.— Skeins of Thought
A film historian gets an honorary Oscar—beautiful— Huffington Post
Before Redbox there was The Movie Machine—for a little read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 30, 2010
This is nice: Joan Fontaine funds the refurbishment of a garden dedicated to her actress mother Lilian-- Mercury News
A film collector thinks he is buying reels of classic films like Grand Hotel (1932). Nope, they were porn flicks—from the same period-- Movie Morlocks/TCM
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 29, 2010
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 27, 2010
The world movie-watching record holder has died at 65. He watched over 28,000 movies. This kind of makes me want to figure out how many I’ve seen.— Cinematical
Hahaha—the Academy can’t find Jean-luc Godard! Maybe he doesn’t want an honorary Oscar. (I’m a little read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 25, 2010
66 Criterion titles will drop off Netflix instant play on September 22 (of course you can still rent them on disc, but I will miss being able to watch The Earrings of Madame De. . . at a moment’s notice)-- Criterion Cast
Mae Murray in Kodak color-- The Kitty Packard Pictorial
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 23, 2010
This is a fascinating essay about the Marx Bros. I love all the pics of them from their early days. It’s easier to see the family resemblance with the wig, mustache and other crazy accessories— A Mythical Monkey Writes About the Movies
I know a lot of you will be excited to check out t read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 22, 2010
Vulgarity begins when the imagination succumbs to the explicit.
-Doris Day
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 20, 2010
David Thomson writes about Alain Delon—sigh— The Guardian
The birth of the Rat Pack— Slate
Rosalind Russell’s flooded hometown premiere— Another Old Movie Blog
Ernest Borgnine to be honored by Screen Actors Guild— IMDB read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 18, 2010
Ann Rutherford is beautifully frank in this recent interview. There’s lots of talk about Gone With the Wind (1939)—but she has other interesting stories as well.-- LA Times
A stage reenactment of the Bette Davis/Dick Cavett interview. I would have love to have seen this-- Edinburgh Fes read more
Summer Movie Blogathon: All About Eve (1950)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 17, 2010
I first became obsessed with classic movies at the age of thirteen, when I saw Dark Victory (1939) on broadcast TV. Bette Davis caught my eye—and that was it, I was hooked. I soon had a nice collection of classic flicks on VHS—all recorded from TV.
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 16, 2010
I did not know that birthday gal Ann Blyth was a spokesperson for Hostess in the seventies. She sure dresses up fancy to serve Ding Dongs to her kids. Happy Birthday Ms. Blyth!— Noir and Chick Flicks
Lots of gorgeous pics in this old Hollywood Tumblr archive-- Old Hollywood(via The Big Parad read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2010
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Wendy Hiller (1912-2003)
Signe Hasso (1910-2002)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2010
If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything.
-Ginger Rogers
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2010
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Gene Raymond (1908-1998)
Charles “Buddy” Rogers (1904-1999)
Bert Lahr (1885-1967)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2010
Where is the spirit of Ginger Rogers today?--The Kid in the Front Row
A nifty guide to the Norma Shearer tribute on TCM-- Out of the Past
This new Rudolph Valentino photo book sounds fascinating.-- Skeins of Thought
Is TCM going the way of AMC? (ie: why did they show the The Bad News read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 11, 2010
A couple more interesting tributes to Patricia Neal:
Laszlos on Lex
Alt Film Guide
This review of Appointment with Danger (1951) inspired me to add it to my rental queue-- Where Danger Lives
Interesting stories about Garbo the set of Queen Christina (1933)— A Mythical Monkey Writes A read more
Patricia Neal, 1926-2010
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 9, 2010
Goodbye to Patricia Neal. I couldn’t stand her the first time I saw her—as a sophisticated sugar mama in Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961). That voice drove me crazy. Then, it grew on me, and it became the thing I like most about her. I realized she had been so darn good in Tiffanys that I ha read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 9, 2010
Mystery solved! (thanks to panavia999) Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness used to exchange tomahawks as a gag. Now you can download a template of Kelly’s handwriting here-- Via Margutta 51
Alfred Molina writes about how Kirk Douglas and Spartacus inspired him-- The Guardian
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 8, 2010
I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
-Audrey Hepburn
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