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Man would I love to know who wrote the script for this Ford Thunderbird commercial with Bing Crosby. He extols the virtues of this "horseless carriage" with space in the trunk for a "four huntin' dogs, a brace of decoys and a case of. . .well, it's pretty roomy" and praises the "telescopic read more

RIP Dorothy DeBorba of Our Gang— A Shroud of Thoughts Roger Ebert will never watch a movie on his iPhone. Would you? Aesthetics aside, I think it sounds tough on the eyes— /Film  More information about the movies discovered in New Zealand— The Guardian Ferdy on Films read more

Thank heaven for vaudeville and the old English musical halls. I mean what else could give birth to a tap dancing xylophonist who does the splits without missing a note? I've haven't been able to learn anything else about this Vesta gal; have any of you ever heard of her? I'm curious to kn read more

Good news for classic movie fans part 1: film vault discoveries in New Zealand-- Variety Good news for classic movie fans part 2: one of the film vault discoveries will be restored thanks to the film preservation blog-a-thon (and other good news...)-- Self-Styled Siren An intelligent review of Fa read more

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. -Ingrid Bergman Image Source read more

This is a fascinating collection of Marilyn Monroe newsreels. Among the topics covered: her roles in Bus Stop (1956) and The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), her marriage to Arthur Miller and her legendary presidential serenade. The thing I find most striking about these clips is Monroe's s read more

I love all the Dennis Hopper tributes that have been coming out. He was so complex that all the stories seem to be about different guys.-- The Guardian This gallery made me smile. Just like the title promised (I love that pic of Cary Grant in the skirt)— The Big Parade I’d never hear read more

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A fantastic tribute to Paulette Goddard on the 100th anniversary of her birth— Edward Copeland on Film The first edition of classic chops at the LAMB. Yes, this is a link to more links-- LAMB The (supposedly) only existing photo of Marilyn Monroe and Kennedy surfaces. Whatever-- CNN John read more

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Elizabeth Taylor shares the letters Richard Burton sent to her. I guess this makes sense if you live your entire life in public.-- Huffington Post A personal (and profanity-laced) memory of Dennis Hopper--Vanity Fair An entire site devoted to movie title cards-- The Movie Title Stills Collection read more

Groucho does a spoof of You Bet Your Life on this 1955 episode of The Jack Benny Program. Jack's sporting quite the hairdo in this one! That's prolific television actress Irene Tedrow standing next to Benny. read more

Classic Disney artist Mary Blair— Leonard Maltin I’m a little late posting this, but I thought there were some interesting titles on this Memorial Day list of war flicks-- Antagony and Ecstasy Monty has posted a lovely gallery of Marilyn Monroe pics on what would have been her 84th b read more

Oh Bette Davis, even from beyond the grave, you keep giving and giving. Here she shares her golden throat with a performance of Single on The Hollwood Palace (1965). read more

Yay—a new Kim Novak movie collection is coming out! I finally get to see Middle of the Night (1959)!— ClassicFlix A Jean Seberg interview from 1968 (lots of interesting tidbits—including her strong political views and Lee Marvin’s claim that she and Claudia Cardinale w read more

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.-Errol FlynnImage Source read more

Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy chat with reporters as the Queen Elizabeth approaches the shores of Southampton. (I can't believe Taylor has to maintain that teeny little mustache while on vacation; what a drag.) read more

The thoroughly modern Nell Shipman in The Grub Stake (1923)— Another Old Movie Blog Hondo (1953) was the first 3D movie I attempted to watch on TV. They had this promotion just for the showing where you could get free 3D glasses at a local electronics store. I don’t read more

Classic movie LAMBs (Large Association of Movie Blogs) now have their own chops! -- LAMB Before there was A Star is Born, there was What Price Hollywood (1932)-- Self-Styled Siren This is an excellent film noir viewing list-- Rupert Pupkin Speaks See how Airplane! (1980) liberally borrowed fro read more