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Quote of the Week
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 17, 2014
Never deny. Never explain. Say nothing and become a legend.
-Jeanne Eagels
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Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 16, 2014
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Julie Newmar (81)
Ann Blyth (86) read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2014
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Wendy Hiller (1912-2003)
Signe Hasso (1910-2002)
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) read more
Classic Links
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 15, 2014
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I'm going to go old school and say this week really needed a spanking. From the frustrated community in Ferguson to the deaths of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, it was sometimes difficult to even find solace from the movies. They always help though.
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Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 14, 2014
Wheeler and Woolsey
Robert Woolsey (1888-1938) read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2014
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Bert Lahr (1885-1967)
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Gene Raymond (1908-1998)
Charles “Buddy” Rogers (1904-1999) read more
Book Review--Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 13, 2014
Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley
Jeffrey Spivak
The University Press of Kentucky, 2011
I've been wanting to check out Jeffrey Spivak's biography of Busby Berkeley ever since it came out a few years ago. Recently, I finally had the chance to do so, and it was worth the wait.
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Today...
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 12, 2014
I will approach life with the zest and sassy dance steps of a Kessler sister:
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Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 12, 2014
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Cantinflas (1911-1993)
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Jane Wyatt (1910-2006) read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 11, 2014
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Lloyd Nolan (1902-1985) read more
New From Warner Archive: The Hunted (1947) and Stage Struck (1948)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 11, 2014
The Hunted (1947)
A low budget, but classy film noir, The Hunted is a minor treasure. It's moody, romantic and above all, it has the gently haughty presence of Belita. A woman of many talents, the star who was most famous for her accomplishments on the ice also carved a niche into movie history wit read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 10, 2014
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Jack Haley (1898-1979)
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
Eddie Fisher (1928-2010)
Curt Siodmak (1902-2000)
Walter Lang (1896-1972) read more
Quote of the Week
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 10, 2014
Audiences watched him as they would watch a baby or a white kitten on the screen; the camera loved him.
-Fred Zinnemann, about Gary Cooper
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Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 9, 2014
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Charles Farrell (1901-1990)
Robert Aldrich (1918-1983) read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 8, 2014
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Rory Calhoun (1922-1999)
Esther Williams (1921-2013)
Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999) read more
Classic Links
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 8, 2014
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After reading this review, I'm dying to see The Secret of Convict Lake (1951). The cast alone would make it worthwhile: Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore and Zachary Scott--wow--Noir of the Week
I love this photo tour of the Margaret Mitchell Museum in Atlanta. Lots of pics an read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 7, 2014
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Billie Burke (1884-1970)
Ann Harding (1901-1981) read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 6, 2014
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Hoot Gibson (1892-1962)
Ella Raines (1920-1988)
Lucille Ball (1911-1989) read more
Book Review: The Brilliant and Overlooked Fred Zinnemann
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 6, 2014
Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance
J.E. Smyth
University Press of Mississippi, 2014
Before I picked up Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance, I didn't think I had any set notions about the Vienna-born director's style. I only knew that if I saw his name in the credits of a film, it w read more
Birthdays
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 5, 2014
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Robert Taylor (1911-1969)
John Huston (1906-1987)
Reginald Owen (1887-1972) read more