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Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 27, 2009
Ten facts about Grauman’s Chinese Theatre-- Mental FlossRare Audrey Hepburn stamp auctioned for 93k-- Daily NewsVideo: Restoring The Red Shoes (1948)-- GuardianImage Source read more
Forbidden Film Clips
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 27, 2009
Eerie music and the different visual effects caused by disintegrating film stock give this short film a beautiful surreal feel. It is a fascinating collection of clips from early films (judging from the acting style, I think they were all silent) that were apparently censored locally. Accord read more
The Pre-Code View of World War I
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 25, 2009
Early Depression-era Hollywood made a fortune uplifting downtrodden audiences with upbeat musicals and racy comedies--before the enforcement of the production code put a damper on some of the fun--but the period was not all sweetness and light. Some of the most effective movies that touch on World W read more
Monday Serenade: Doris Day in "Calamity Jane"
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 25, 2009
Here’s Doris Day singing The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), the lively opening song from Calamity Jane (1953). The set-up is as simple as a stagecoach ride into an old west town, but in that ride she establishes her own character, and introduces the town and its people, all with ast read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 25, 2009
The amorous Vivien Leigh-- Daily MailRare Audrey Hepburn stamp goes to auction-- ComcastGreat gallery of stars in the outdoors-- LifeLetters to Donna Reed from WWII Soldiers (thanks to Kate Gabrielle for tip on Twitter)-- New York TimesImage Source read more
Quote of the Week (317)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 24, 2009
Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.-Errol FlynnImage Source read more
Four Great Vacation Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 22, 2009
I was inspired by the list Netflix just posted to come up with my own top ten list of vacation movies, but I could only think of four that I really like:Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) This is my favorite vacation movie. In the midst of elegant slapstick and accompanied by a jaunty soundtrack, read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 21, 2009
A new soundtrack for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari-- The IndependentL’Avventura at Cannes-- Film in FocusSidney Poitier: Striving for a Life of Excellence-- NPR OnlineRoger Ebert’s Great Films: The Thief of Bagdad (1940)-- RogerEbert.comImage Source read more
Novelty Shorts: A Doggie in Distress
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 21, 2009
Drunken dogs in a speakeasy, an unwanted paw on the knee and a doggy damsel in distress. It’s best not to think too much about what’s going on here. This clip is from the short Dogway Melody (1930), which can be found on the Broadway Melody (1929) DVD. Love that doggy slap to the read more
Bette Davis: The Sitcom Star Who Never Was
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 19, 2009
I can’t believe I just learned about this. Bette Davis filmed a television pilot for a very young Aaron Spelling in the mid-sixties. Called The Decorator (1965) it was a sitcom about an opinionated decorator who insists on living with her clients while she redesigns their homes. Bette Davis read more
Monday Serenade: Alice Faye (2)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 18, 2009
Alice Faye beautifully portrays a grieving woman in this visually striking performance of Blue Lovebird from 1940 musical biopic Lillian Russell. read more
The Names of W.C. Fields
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 16, 2009
No one could find humor in a name the way W.C. Fields did. Besides his aliases: Mahatma Kane Jeeves and Otis Criblecoblis, and the less hilarious Charles Bogle, there are the goofy names he made up for his characters. They seem almost too silly when you read them, but in his universe, they read more
Five Overlooked Katharine Hepburn Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 12, 2009
Hepburn was so good, so often, that even her less popular movies have a lot to recommend them. Here are five worth seeing:Christopher Strong (1932)This pre-code romance is the only time that Hepburn played the other woman. In an early, more sensual version of her “independent woman” rol read more
Monday Serenade: Get Happy
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 18, 2008
Filmed months after the completion of the rest of the film, this closing number from Summer Stock (1950) shows a slender, happy and buoyant Judy Garland. The number was a far cry from the rest of the production, where she had been bloated, ill and prone to mood swings--reportedly due to her read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 17, 2008
Giving Kim Novak her due-- New York TimesGiving Doris Day her due-- Detroit Free PressCelebrating Mae West’s Birthday-- Mae West BlogHitchcock makes a cameo in drag?-- TelegraphA classic movie starter kit-- TCM/ Movie MorlocksAdvertising: For 60 Years, the Ad Game Has Been Fodder for Scripts- read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2008
Audrey Hepburn morphed with Marilyn Monroe. Weird, but sort of pretty!-- Morph ThingUniversal to release all three versions of Orson Welles’ A Touch of Evil-- Zoom in OnlineTilda Swinton’s classic film festival-- Inverness CourierOlympic Movies You’ve Never Seen-- Cinematical read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2008
Bette Davis: underrated horror queen?-- AMCCary Grant home on track to be named historic site-- Mydesert.comFour Alfred Hitchcock Secrets-- Mental FlossImage Source read more
Quote of the Day (1)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2008
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.-Joan CrawfordImage Source read more
Jane Russell Woos the Olympic Team
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 12, 2008
In honor of the Olympic games: Jane Russell flirts with the entire Olympic team in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), but they hardly cast her a glance! read more
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 11, 2008
Mae West biography review-- Film in FocusNew Joan Blondell Biography-- Twenty Four FramesThe oldest restaurant in Hollywood-- Iamnotastalker’s WeblogCelebrity Ads for Lustre Cream-- Found in Mom’s BasementA Toddler’s Review of the Classics-- Cinema OCDImage Source read more