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Christmas in Connecticut is a screwball charmer proving Barbara Stanwyck’s prowess as an unlikely comedienne.  I reviewed a Stanwyck film last Christmas, 1940’s Remember the Night (which is also receiving a new Blu-ray this year). It’s apparent Christmas in Connecticut was meant read more

A series of comic miscommunications and mistaken identity lead to a fun holiday story perfect for the post-WWII family.  It Happened on Fifth Avenue focuses on a problem common to several films made after 1945 – the housing crisis – but combines it with screwball antics to show wealthy read more

Originally published December 4th, 2012 I decided to watch all three film adaptations of Little Women as a subset of my 25 Days of Christmas.  I’ve seen them all separately, but this will be the first time I watch them in a small time-span allowing me to note similarities and differences in to read more

Tonight’s 25 Days of Christmas film appears on many “Best Of Christmas” lists and I figured I’d give it a look. It’s one of two classic Bing Crosby films I have and if my thoughts on Holiday Inn are any indication…let’s just say it might be a wee bit difficu read more

A double post to catch me up, and another Christmas first-time viewing!  Tonight’s film is the Jim Henson 1977 movie Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas.  I’d heard people rave about how fantastic this television movie is, that it was one of Henson’s best, and how hard it was read more

The Lion in Winter was an eleventh-hour addition to the list simply because I wanted one more Christmas movie I’ve never seen.  I would say this is probably the strangest Christmas movie out there for its ability combine historical drama and soap opera antics within a Christmas package.  Watch read more

As you’re reading this I’m currently on vacation in Disneyland (if you see me, say hi, but mention you’re a blog reader so I don’t think you’re just an overly happy Disneyland fan). As I’ve documented in past Lake Updates, I need a break from life. The blog’ read more

As one comment on the Facebook page read when I alluded to my less-than-positive review of this film, it may be time to get out your pitchforks, readers.  It’s not that I didn’t like The Shop Around the Corner; it’s just not my favorite Ernst Lubitsch film.  One issue is I’m read more

  We’re rapidly approaching the end of another year with TCM and the amount of quality entertainment I’ve documented in that time represents some true gems! What does the network have in store for the conclusion of 2014? Check out the ten movies I’ll be concluding the year wit read more

Ten years after the landmark film The Moon is Blue marked the erosion of the Hollywood Production Code, several films continued pushing at the boundaries of the sex comedy. Many simply relied on an absence of tact, presuming that sex comedies need nothing more than talking about the act bluntly or read more

Before Twilight Time’s recent release I’d never heard of Man Hunt, odd considering it’s directed by acclaimed director Fritz Lang, and starring 1940s heavy-hitters Walter Pidgeon, George Sanders, and Joan Bennett. This could be partly based on the WWII-setting and its encouraging p read more

  News in a nutshell: TCM and Disney partner up, a few television channels prepare their holiday programming, and what’s new on DVD and Blu. Disney came up in a discussion with Robert Osborne and the TCM programmers during this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, and it appears they read more

The 1970s wasn’t a good decade for Walt Disney Studios. With the horrors of Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement behind us, how could the family friendly studio whose work never commented on the situation try to stay relevant? Why, by commenting on the situation in their own special way. Unfo read more

Certain classic films are able to overcome their artificiality and transcend towards a level of camp that’s endearing and entertaining, while other films get crushed under the weight, taking everything so seriously and eliminating the fun. Tennessee Williams called Jose Quintero’s adapta read more

Anne Baxter played the calculating Eve Harrington in the 1950 drama All About Eve to grand aplomb. Eve is a character so villainous you’re left dying for some type of comeuppance. Well, if you didn’t find the end of that film satisfying, jump ahead eight years to this thriller. Chase a C read more

News In a Nutshell: Another biopic is being prepped for a Hollywood production, another place to access the Criterion Collection, TCM and Macy’s prepare for a Miracle on 34th Street, and what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray. Here’s a Hollywood biopic groomed for Oscar greatness. The Pla read more

Disney cooked up “a whale of a tale” in 1954 with their epic adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Their fifth live-action movie at the time, 20,000 boasted the biggest budget for a single film under the Disney banner and required the use of other studio read more

Suffice it to say I’m in the midst of a crushing defeat in this year’s Lombard Cup with less than a handful of my competitors making it to the next rounds. Here’s hoping that’ll change. You can start voting either through the sidebar, or at the bottom of this page. Voting run read more

The secret in Santa Vittoria is where a million bottles of wine are stashed, a mundane plot for a WWII comedy, right? Director Stanley Kramer, whose work expressed the hilarity and devotion to pride (see It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), crafts a comedy mired in darkness but able to discover t read more

Slander’s off-kilter air manifests itself the minute you realize there’s no actual slander found in the movie. I guess the screenwriters thought “Libel” didn’t pack enough gusto. Either way, this 1950s cautionary tale against the gossip industry is an interesting slice read more