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Quote of the Week: Luise Rainer
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 27, 2015
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Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it you’re not even aware, only afterwards do you know you were happy.
-Luise Rainer
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Deanna Durbin Sings Silent Night
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 24, 2015
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. I hope Deanna Durbin knew how much joy she spread by simply sharing her voice.
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Quote of the Week: Orson Welles
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 20, 2015
I think the basic and essential human is the woman.
-Orson Welles
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Image: Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave in Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 19, 2015
Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave in Secret Beyond the Door (1947) read more
Book Review--I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 10, 2015
I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies
Illeana Douglas
Flatiron Books, 2015
When I picked up I Blame Dennis Hopper, my plan was to read it for fun and not write a review for once. But I couldn't do that. It's a hilarious book, impossible to put down. Peo read more
Warner Archive Review and Giveaway! Win Three Musicals Featuring Ramon Novarro
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 8, 2015
Until now, I had only seen Ramon Novarro as a handsome temptation for leading ladies like Myrna Loy (The Barbarian [1933]) or Greta Garbo (Mata Hari [1931]). While he could hold his own with these goddesses of 1920s and 1930s cinema, he was clearly not the main attraction. As I recently watched a tr read more
Image: Desperate (1947)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 6, 2015
Raymond Burr and William Challee in Desperate (1947) read more
Book Review: Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 3, 2015
Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays
Kari Bible and Mary Mallory
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2015
Teresa Wright, two time Academy Award winner, had a clause in her contract with Goldwyn Studios that stated she:
…shall not be required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit unless she is in the read more
My Classic Movie Soundtrack Record Collection
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 1, 2015
My dad has always been a big music fan. He grew up in a somewhat musical family; his mom was a music teacher and, much to her distress, his father was a big Lawrence Welk fan. Fortunately, dad got the maternal musical genes, and in addition to becoming a solid jazz pianist in his spare time, he buil read more
Quote of the Week: George Sanders on Beauty
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 29, 2015
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"Beauty is only skin deep," as some dull clot once remarked. A very proper depth in my opinion. After all, who needs a beautiful gall bladder?
-George Sanders
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Image: The Pleasure Seekers
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 28, 2015
Carol Lynley, Pamela Tiffin, and Ann-Margret in The Pleasure Seekers (1964) read more
Singing, and Smelling, Along With Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at SIFF Film Center
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 22, 2015
This weekend I had the opportunity to take my girls to a special SIFF screening of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sing-along, presented in Smell-O-Vision. We'd never seen the film in a theater before, and that alone was pretty astonishing, what with the enormous Oompah-Loompas and the cha read more
Quote of the Week: Julie Andrews on the Impact of Movies
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 22, 2015
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I'm realistic enough to realize that life is horrible and brutish for
most people, so that what we do as entertainers can sometimes
seem fairly frivolous. But because there is so much out there that
is harsh, maybe it's not such a bad idea if read more
Flicker Alley: Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, 1915
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 20, 2015
In 1915, Chaplin spent a fruitful year developing his craft at Essanay Studios in Chicago. While this was a brief contract for the emerging star, wedged between his early Keystone comedies and the more richly diverse films to come, it was a significant period, because he started to explore all the e read more
Warner Archive: Twice Upon a Time (1983)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 17, 2015
With lackluster initial box office and discord between co-writers and producers Bill Couturié and John Korty (who also co-directed with Charles Swenson), the animated fantasy Twice Upon a Time has been in need of a release do-over for quite some time. Produced by George Lucas' Lucas Films and Korty read more
Warner Archive: Volume 9 of Forbidden Hollywood
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 13, 2015
It's hard to believe that Warner Archive has just released volume 9 of Forbidden Hollywood, and encouraging that the series still offers high quality films. This time around, the collection has a more sober, socially conscious tone, though since this is the pre-code era, everyone still manages to sq read more
Milestone Films Celebrates With TCM on Its 25th Anniversary
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 12, 2015
From the set of director Shirley Clarke's The Connection (1962)
As I'm a huge fan of the independent film distributor Milestone Films, I was thrilled to hear that today TCM will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the company by playing five of its releases, some of which will be read more
Warner Archive: John Barrymore and Marian Marsh Reunite in The Mad Genius (1931)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 9, 2015
In a new release from Warner Archive, Marian Marsh and John Barrymore follow up their partnership in Svengali (1931) with The Mad Genius (1931). This unusual drama is not quite as bizarre as the previous film, but is just as full of pre-code antics and Barrymore eccentricities.
Barrymore is Ivan Ts read more
Screenshots of the Week: Barbara Bel Geddes and Henry Fonda in The Long Night (1947)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 7, 2015
Three Irresistible Frank Sinatra Clips
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 4, 2015
Sinatra in 1955
While reading Sinatra: The Chairman, (which I recently reviewed), I would often search out photos or clips of the people, events and performances that biographer James Kaplan wrote about to get a better picture of what happened to the singer and who he knew. It was a great way read more