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Musical Monday: Golden Girl (1951)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Oct 13, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Golden Girl” –Musica read more
Musical Monday: We’re Not Dressing (1934)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Oct 6, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “We’re Not Dressing&# read more
Fact or Fiction: The curse James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 30, 2014
The moody young star took the cinema by storm. Actor James Dean won over audiences as misunderstood teens in the films “East of Eden” (1955) and “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955). Actor James Dean in a publicity still for “Rebel Without a Cause.” But after only a short time in the read more
Musical Monday: The I Don’t Care Girl (1953)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 29, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The I Don’t Care read more
Musical Monday: The Harvey Girls (1946)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 22, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The Harvey Girls” –Musical read more
Classic films in music videos: “Express Yourself” by Madonna
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 18, 2014
This is September’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s film references in music videos. Madonna has always mixed pop culture into her music and music videos- especially classic films: -Frequently wearing clothing and bleached blond hairstyles reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe -Paying homage to Monroe read more
Review: Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) CBS TV Special
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 16, 2014
It’s difficult to improve on perfection. While this two-hour CBS 1959 TV Special may not be a remake, it pales when compared to the original. The first “television special of 1959” was an adaptation of the 1944 film “Meet Me In St. Louis” starring Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Margaret read more
Musical Monday: “Rock Rock Rock!” (1956)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 15, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Rock Rock Rock!” read more
Musical Monday: “Cabin in the Sky” (1943)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 8, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Cabin in the Sky” read more
Review: Star Reporter (1939)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 5, 2014
Often while discussing films we rank their importance with the alphabet. An A film is a mainstream, high dollar movie. A B movie is a low-budget commercial film that may have a quality story line and actors, but is less publicized. These films would be the bottom half of the double feature — read more
Back to School Musical Monday: She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 1, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “She’s Working Her read more
Back to School Musical Monday: “Old Man Rhythm” (1935)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 25, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Old Man Rhythm” read more
Review: “Hot Rods to Hell”
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 22, 2014
We all have at least one guilty pleasure film that is so terrible, but we inexplicably love it. I have several, and one of them is the 1967 drama/thriller “Hot Rods to Hell.” It is one of those films where you laugh at the ridiculous lines and moments but have a desire to rewatch it constantly. read more
Musical Monday: “The Time, the Place and the Girl” (1946)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 18, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The Time, The Place, read more
The First Lady of Baseball: Laraine Day
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 14, 2014
She was a perfect mix of sophistication and fresh-faced beauty. Laraine Day was an All-American girl next door, who played Nurse Mary Lamont in the “Doctor Kildare” film series while under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Day co-starred with top Hollywood stars such as John Wayne, Cary Grant, Lana read more
Musical Monday: “Jupiter’s Darling” (1955)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 11, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Jupiter’s Darling read more
Musical Monday: The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady (1950)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 4, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The Daughter of Rosie read more
Who are your neighbors?: 60 years of peeping through the “Rear Window”
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 1, 2014
Do you know your neighbors? The family with the dog that barks all night, the child who rides through your yard on his bike or the woman who sends flowers when a relative dies? Stuck in his wheelchair with a broken leg, James Stewart’s character in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” (1954) got read more
Classic films in music videos: “Head On (Hold On to Your Heart)” by Man Man
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 31, 2014
This is July’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s film references in music videos. The band Man-Man, categorized as “experimental rock,” uses several themes influenced by the 1950s in their music videos. In their video “Piranhas Club,” a little boy starts a 1950s-like “ read more
Musical Monday: Stingaree (1934)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 28, 2014
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Stingaree” –Musical read more