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TV Tuesday: Ricardo Montalban on I've Got a Secret
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 18, 2009
Ricardo Montalban not only manages to keep his dignity despite having to do all manner of silly things on this 1957 appearance on I've Got a Secret, but he is utterly charming. His elegant, cheerful personality was a perfect fit for the lively game shows of the day. read more
Monday Serenade: Mae West and Rock Hudson
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 17, 2009
In celebration of Mae West's birthday, here's her famous performance of Baby It's Cold Outside with Rock Hudson at the 1958 Academy Awards ceremony. They make a great pair: West is still getting mileage out of her decades-old sex schtick and Hudson plays along with that trademark sly demeano read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 17, 2009
All About Bette—Metro ClassicsFight Pictures: A History of Boxing and Cinema—TCMBook review: Alistair Cooke at the Movies—The GuardianImage Source read more
Quote of the Week (305)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 16, 2009
An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent.-Norma ShearerImage Source read more
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Stratos Fear (1933)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2009
An overdose of laughing gas shoots Willie Whopper into space (what is it with gas an these early thirties cartoons?), where he is chased by a mad scientist. A very Harpo Marx-like character makes an appearance. read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2009
Would Gary Cooper be a star today?—Hollywood DreamlandThe Bootleg Files: Two Women (1960)—Film ThreatCrypt above Marilyn Monroe is up for auction—IMDBKate Winslet as Mildred Pierce? Most remakes of classics make me cringe, but this seems okay. (1)It isn’t really a remake beca read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2009
The new Leslie Caron memoir looks interesting—TCM.comI love this picture of Joan Blondell and Bette Davis at a nightclub—Movements and Hippies of the EightiesSidney Poitier honored by Obama—IMDBCentarian’s birthday film treat (this is nice)--BBCGreat Dana Andrews pics--Classi read more
Hitchcock’s Famous Cameos
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2009
I can’t think of many directors who could get away with the number of cameos that Alfred Hitchcock made. Instead of being seen as an egotist for planting himself in front of the camera, audiences loved his blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearances, and would come to search for them. read more
Four Places to Watch Classic Movies for Free Online
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 12, 2009
I always seem to have too many movie options, from mail rental and DVDs from the library to whatever happens to be on TV. Still, it can be great to jump online and spontaneously pick a movie to watch. There are lots of sites where you can legally view great classic movies for free. I thought I’ read more
TV Tuesday: Ava Gardner on What's My Line?
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 11, 2009
Has there ever been anyone as effortlessly alluring as Ava Gardner? In her appearance on What’s My Line? she plays a guessing game like a seduction scene, but she always exudes dignity and class. She is also nearly as good at flirting with her hair as Rita Hayworth! read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 11, 2009
Hedy Lamarr: thirties film diva, mobile phone tech pioneer, anti-Nazi gadget inventor--Boing BoingAs films leave, behind the scenes Hollywood fades—NPRSee The Wizard of Oz on the big screen and in HD—NCMBill and Coo: the only all-Avian movie ever made—Movie FanfareImage Source read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 10, 2009
Phil French’s screen legends: Shelley Winters--The GuardianHospital for Hollywood’s elderly to close (this is incredibly sad)—NPRBook review: Hollywood Dreams Made Real--San Francisco SentinelKatharine Hepburn’s Oscars on display—About.comScenes We Love: The Awful Truth read more
Monday Serenade: Young Bing Crosby
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 10, 2009
Here’s a very young, but polished Bing Crosby making his film debut in Reaching for the Moon (1930). He sings When the Folks High-up Do the Mean Low-down with Bebe Daniels and June MacCloy in the midst of a wild party scene. Despite this clip, the movie isn’t a musical, but a rom read more
Quote of the Week (306)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 9, 2009
He wore baldness like an expensive hat, as if it were out of the question for him to have hair like other men.-Gloria Swanson (in reference to Cecil B. DeMille)Image Source read more
Saturday Morning Cartoon: Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 8, 2009
In this super-surreal 'toon, Betty Boop plays dentist to Koko the Clown and ends up flooding the entire neighborhood with laughing gas. read more
Joan Crawford for Mountain Dew
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 7, 2009
I love how Joan Crawford pops up for a couple of moments in this 1969 Mountain Dew commercial. It's so funny to have this grand and so often serious Hollywood star suddenly appear in the midst of all those perky unknowns. read more
Four with Esther Williams
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 7, 2009
Tomorrow Esther Williams, MGM’s Technicolor mermaid of the studio age, will turn 88. What a fine opportunity to celebrate some of her best movies:
Bathing Beauty (1944)
This is the movie that truly made Esther Williams a star. Though the original title of this musical comedy had been Mr. Co-e read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 6, 2009
Femmes Fatale (Theda Bara's legacy)—The GuardianFalling DVD sales hinder the release of classics--MacleansOn the Waterfront writer Budd Schulberg dies--LA TimesMakeup artist Howard Smit dies at 98—VarietyBrando’s daughter-in-law loses estate appeal—IMDBCurtis opens up about M read more
Budd Schulberg, 1914-2009
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 6, 2009
Goodbye to Budd Schulberg, the writer best known as the Oscar-winning screenwriter of On the Waterfront (1954). He was also a novelist, most famously of the notorious Hollywood tale See Sammy Run, and a journalist, primarily covering his favorite sport, boxing, which brought him an induction into th read more
TV Tuesday: Joan Fontaine on the Tonight Show
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 4, 2009
In this clip from The Tonight Show, gorgeous Joan Fontaine tries, and fails, to teach Johnny Carson how to squeeze an egg without breaking it. It's great fun to see Fontaine and Ed MacMahon getting the giggles over poor hapless Carson. read more