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Warner Archive Blu-ray: A Cast of Sympathetic Characters in Battleground (1949)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 17, 2017
We must be smart enough and tough enough in the beginning. To put out the fire before it starts spreading.
Battleground (1949) performs a balancing act of great precision. It plunges you into the devastation of war, but it also shows flickers of light. Though it can often be difficult to watch, thi read more
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Twiggy Literally Kicks Up Her Heels in The Boyfriend (1971)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 13, 2017
Director Ken Russell's take on Sandy Wilson's stage musical, The Boyfriend (1971), is cheerful and bright to the point of insanity. It's full of colorful sets and vigorous toe tapping, while mod British supermodel Twiggy shines as the effortlessly sparkling center of it all. This unusual film is now read more
Enter The TCM Classic Film Festival Button Pack Giveaway!
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 10, 2017
From April 6-9, I will be attending the TCM Classic Film Festival for the fourth year as a member of the media. As some of you may remember, last year artist, classic movie fanatic and festivalgoer Kate Gabrielle created a great set of buttons to help film fans celebrate the highlights of the festiv read more
Book Review--Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 8, 2017
Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane
Patrick McGilligan
Harper, 2015
The universally acclaimed Citizen Kane (1941) alone would have assured Orson Welles a solid place in entertainment history. That the 25 years leading up to that unique cinematic achievement were fi read more
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Judy Holliday and Dean Martin Charm in Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 2, 2017
Director Vincent Minnelli's Bells Are Ringing (1960) has its fans, but I've never felt this musical gets the love it deserves. Perhaps stars Judy Holliday and Dean Martin don't offer vocal or dancing pyrotechnics, but they are nevertheless perfectly suited to the genre, giving performances that are read more
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Late Career Robert Mitchum in The Yakuza (1974)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 28, 2017
Robert Mitchum is extremely moving in The Yakuza (1974), a modern noir directed by Sydney Pollack, and one of the star's late career triumphs. This elegantly melancholy film is now available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive.
Mitchum is Harry Kilmer, a former private eye who is summoned to Tokyo by fo read more
Book Review--The Art of Selling Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 23, 2017
The Art of Selling Movies
John McElwee
GoodKnight Books, 2017
In the early years of cinema, movie theater owners in cities and towns across the USA found that drawing crowds was just as much an art as the film itself. Before radio ads and TV commercials, pen and ink advertisements in print media we read more
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Hepburn and Cooper Share Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 21, 2017
Director Billy Wilder's Love in the Afternoon (1957) is an odd little romance. It’s a shade too long, and even though the thought of Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper together has its appeal, the gap in their ages is always a bit unsettling. Still, the film, which is now available on Blu-ray fro read more
Book Review--High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 17, 2017
High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
Glenn Frankel
Bloomsbury USA, 2017
It's hard to believe, but during its production the classic Academy Award-winning western High Noon (1952) was not expected to attract much more attention and acclaim than a standard 'B' pict read more
Warner Archive Blu-ray: Spencer Tracy Fights a Whole Town in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 15, 2017
Bad Day at Black Rock opens with a startling long shot of a train shooting through the desert like an angry centipede. There is a feeling of recklessness to the image, as if the hurtling Streamliner could go off the rails from the aggression of its momentum. From that first jarring moment, there is read more
Book Review--Hollywood at Play: The Lives of Stars Between Takes
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 9, 2017
Hollywood at Play: The Lives of Stars Between Takes
Stephen X. Sylvester, Mary Mallory and Donovan Brandt
Globe Pequot, 2017
Hollywood at Play is a cheerful book of beautiful photos featuring gorgeous stars from the classic age of film, here defined as the years 1925-60. In the introduction, the au read more
Book Review--Need More Road: A Movie Obsessive in a Noir Situation
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 7, 2017
Need More Road
Stephen Jared
Solstice Publishing, 2016
I went into Need More Road feeling sure of the path it would take, almost anticipating the climax of what seemed like a familiar film noir plot of crime, a femme fatale and deception. While it begins with all the familiar traits of the genre, t read more
Review--Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 13, 2017
I first heard of Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and
Debbie Reynolds when a local theater invited me to a free screening of the
documentary in mid-December. Though I was not able to attend, the film is now
showing on HBO and available on the channel's streaming service. Now that I
have seen it read more
In Theaters: La La Land (2016)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 11, 2017
La La Land deserves awards, perhaps not all the awards, but it is worthy of praise. As a classic movie fan, it's amazing to be able to see a nicely-executed new musical with a passion for the productions of the past, filmed on 35mm, splashed across the screen in a theater. With a score reminiscent o read more
Deanna Durbin Sings Silent Night
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 24, 2016
I watch this scene from Lady on a Train (1945) every year, because it gives me a feeling of peace that I feel should be a part of the season, but because of the chaos of celebration and preparation often isn't. Now in an increasingly chaotic world, I find it even more comforting and inspiring. read more
Flicker Alley: Clara Bow and Gary Cooper in Children of Divorce (1927)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 21, 2016
To contemplate Clara Bow and Gary Cooper together onscreen is to fear these irresistibly watchable stars will cancel each other out. After all, what else could happen when two performers who consistently steal scenes in other films appear with each other? In the 1927 silent Children of Divorce, noth read more
Top 7 Favorite Classic Film Books of 2016
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 14, 2016
I reviewed twenty-three classic film books this year, and I found something to love about all of them. It wasn't easy to pick favorites! These seven were true stand-outs, because they brought something new to the table or elaborated on familiar stories and legends about the golden age of cinema in a read more
Warner Archive Blu-ray: It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 12, 2016
Billed as "a gigantic and joyous musical," part of the appeal of MGM's Stanley Donen-directed It's Always Fair Weather is that it often isn't that way at all. In contrast to the cheerful optimism of the studio's typical output, this film admits that life can be disappointing and that one time friend read more
Book Review--The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 8, 2016
The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
Joseph Egan
Diversion Books, 2016
In 1936, Mary Astor was in the process of filming what was arguably her best performance in the William Wyler-directed drama Dodsworth (1936). She was a few years away from her A read more
Book Review--Hitchcock, Roar and Manicures in Tippi: A Memoir
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 6, 2016
Tippi: A Memoir
Tippi Hedren with Lindsay Harrison
William Morrow, 2016
Though she's made her living acting, performing has never been the center of Tippi Hedren's existence. Most famous for the two movies she made with Alfred Hitchcock, The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), those experiences were br read more