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May is an important month in the world of dance. Two greats were born: Fred Astaire on May 10, 1899 and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson on May 25, 1878. In honor of these great dancers and National Tap Dance Day--which coincides with Robinson's birthday, I will host my first ever blogathon: Gotta Dan read more

This post is part of The Marathon Stars Blogathon hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema and In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood. You can read more fabulous posts by clicking here. The Task *To get to know a star whose films you have not widely viewed (max three prior to blogathon) *View at read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) Good luck! read more

Margaret Perry is hosting a Flash Blogathon this weekend as part of her Cultural Heritage Management course. She asks classic movie lovers to document their classic film heritage and culture. To aid in the task, she has given us a list of items to share--kind of like a scavenger hunt. If you woul read more

Part of January Viewing When two handsome men are vying for your affection, what's a gal to do? If you're Jean Arthur, you bask in the attention. If you are pre-code Miriam Hopkins, however, you take the triangle as far as it can go--all the way.  In Design for Living (1933), Gilda (Ho read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) Good luck! read more

A few weeks ago I shared the results of my 10 for 2015 movies-to-watch list. I managed to view a measly 50% of the films on the list, so I am giving myself a more attainable goal for 2016. (I figure I can always increase the goal in 2017 if I succeed. It's kind of like training for a big marathon. Y read more

A combination of prep work for this year's Dancing Legs quizzes and a star search for In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and The Wonderful World of Cinema's Marathon Stars Blogathon brought me to the sad realization that many of the world's greatest tap dancers are missing from our public con read more

Last year I set out to view 10 films that would broaden my movie horizons. Here is how I did: Movies in my collection: 1) American Madness (1932) 2) My Man Godfrey (1936) Sometimes the grass is greener in other pastures. In other words, I opted for the movie on TV or the ClassicFlix DVD over the read more

Welcome to the first Dancing Legs Quiz of the year! In 2016, the partial pictures will feature dancers whose birthdays are in the month of the quiz. New quizzes will be posted on the first Sunday of the month. Give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie in addition to the birthday star. read more

Part of 10 for 2015   From the first number, Torch Song gets off on the wrong foot. While Joan Crawford's legs are exquisite, they dance to a song, "You're All the World to Me," already covered by Fred Astaire's feet two years earlier in Royal Wedding (1951). It's not likely audiences would h read more

As we ring in the new year, let's count down Classic Reel Girl's top 5 Film Finds of 2015. 5) Lured (1947) - Why you should see it: Lucille Ball.  Her presence elevates every film in which she appears (at least in all those that I have viewed thus far). Be forewarned that the plot begins read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each dance routine debuted in a movie released in December. Can you guess these famous dancing legs? Give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) Good Luck! read more

I'll be home for Christmas.  You can count on me. I'll be home for Christmas. If only in my dreams.   As I looked over the movies I viewed this month, I realized that December was all about going home. These are movies that will be forever intertwined with memories of my mother who read more

Hurray for vacation! It has been a pleasure to have time to work on my blog again. With that being said, no month would be complete without the Dancing Legs Quiz. Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each dance routine debuted in a movie released in November. Can you guess these famous read more

It was killing me to dance around spoilers in my last post, but the film is a whodunit and respect is due to those who like figuring out the murderer on their own. If you have viewed the movie, don't give a snit about spoilers, or just like wild film theories, please read on.  By the way, read more

Normally associated with light, fluffy comedies (Annabel series, MGM musicals, and—of course—I Love Lucy), Lucille Ball seems an unlikely candidate to traverse the dark streets of the underworld. This is exactly where she found herself, though, when her agent arranged a loan out to Twent read more

Since my last viewing update in mid-September, I have been immersed in the community college and middle school worlds of lesson planning, teaching and grading. Life is busy but good. My students are fantastic, my colleagues are supportive and my family has been incredibly understanding of my crazy h read more

Happy Halloween! As you await your trick-or-treaters, here is a quiz to test your musical knowledge.  Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each dance routine debuted in a movie released or opened in October. Each of the golden decades (30s-60s) is represented. 1)  2) read more

How well do you know your musicals? Can you recognize them if given only a partial picture? Take the quiz below and find out. Each of the dance routines debuted in a movie released in August or September of its year. Guess whose legs they are. Then give yourself a bonus if you can name the mov read more