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The winner of the 1950s is being delayed till tomorrow due to a surprising tie-breaker!  Yes, there is a tie and instead of exerting my right to choose I’m leaving it up to you.  Here are the poll numbers as they stand right now.  The tie-breaker poll is up now between our two finalists and read more

Again, I really hope no one is sick of these reviews!  I’m a bit behind on my movie-watching due to my little brother graduating from middle school so this week has been hectic to say the least.  This is the last book review for a bit (actually have to start reading a new one) but I’m read more

This is late….I know!  So we have had some CRAZY developments in the last day or two and with only a few hours left to vote I’ll be interested to see the final numbers for this week.  I’ll be posting the final numbers before we declare a winner and yes there is a contest at the bot read more

Hope no one is sick of these book reviews as I have plenty of books I’ll be putting up as time goes on (I’m kind of a bookworm as evidenced by my room that’s a mini-library).  Anyway, today’s book comes from the amazing TCM and Chronicle books who have put out one of the most read more

Today’s post is a tad late, I know.  Blame it on the beautiful Idina Menzel who I saw in concert today (well technically Tuesday!).  I’m gushing I know but enough about me let’s talk about Joan Fontaine.  The amazing Dawn of Noir and Chick Flicks recently reviewed today’s read more

I had more than a few head-scratching moments while watching Dr. Coppelius.  For starters, this movie has several different titles and is listed on IMDb as The Mysterious House of Dr. C (a translation of its Spanish title).  The film is also given release dates ranging from 1966, 1967 and 1968 and read more

Our first update of Week 3 and it’s shaping up to be a dogfight.  I’ve gotten more than a few messages about how difficult this year is but I think that speaks to the caliber of actors that epitomized the 1950s.   Currently there’s a three-way tie that needs to be broken before Sun read more

Another round has come and gone and we’re entering the 1950s!  The time of “cool” and teen rebellion and Westerns.  The 1950s were a pretty crazy time as evidenced by the cinema and these five actors are as diverse as they come.  As with all the Leading Men poll previously, voting read more

So this week’s poll was the definition of a smooth race.  We got a little less in the voting numbers in comparison to last week, only 44 votes, but you all seemed to know who you wanted! Errol Flynn won’t stand a chance! Yep Mr. Cary Grant has been dominating in this poll and won with a read more

I wanted to have this review done for my Marilyn birthday post but hey you try reading a 500 page book in a timely manner (it’s difficult).  Anyway, today’s book is from a controversial author, to say the least.  Darwin Porter gets a lot of flak for his Hollywood tomes, many citing that read more

So when did Sunday start coming after Saturday…is that a new thing?  Well as much as I kept saying to myself “tomorrow’s Sunday” yesterday that didn’t seem to compel me to put up the Leading Man stuff for this week.  The poll is up so please start voting on your leading read more

I taped Stage Door on a whim with little knowledge of what it was about short of starring Ginger Rogers and Katherine Hepburn.  In just a short time I’ve grown to love Hepburn and am slowly becoming a huge fan of Rogers.  Both actresses have had films appear on this blog from Hepburn’s read more

**This is part of the Classic Movies – Mary Pickford Blogathon.  Check out Classic Movies for more Mary Pickford goodness! I know a fair bit about Mary Pickford.  My first semester of college I took a film class and Eileen Whitfield‘s book Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood was requi read more

via It seems that Marilyn Monroe has been guiding my life of late and on this, her 86th birthday, I figured now’s as good a time as any to thank Ms. Monroe for her contributions to film, and her contributions to my life. If not for Marilyn, Journeys in Classic Film would not exist!  If you&# read more

How about that spiffy logo I came up for this?  Anyway, another month and a new TCM Top 12.  In terms of the twelve I mentioned watching for May, I have almost all of them taped and waiting for me.  Somehow I missed taping Waterloo Bridge (I don’t actually remember seeing it played despite read more

We’re in the final days of Week 2 in our Leading Man Tournament and I must say, the 1940s has been a pretty slow decade in the poll.  We’re up to 35 votes, a bit lower than for the 1930s but there doesn’t look to be any upset on the way (I say that now).  The poll closes on Sunday read more

It always surprises me when I discover films I’ve missed out on; case in point, I’ve officially seen The Lady from Shanghai!  Yes, a seminal classic not just in the world of film noir but in director Orson Welles‘ oeuvre!  As with all film noirs, it’s hard to explain just read more

The amazing Monty, writer over at All Good Things is sending all bloggers on a vacation…a cinematic one that is.  Throughout the summer (or more specifically May 28th-September 3rd) I’ll be going on vacation with the aid of my DVD player.  Let’s get on our hovercraft and make the read more

The first poll update for Week 2 and we’ve already hit over 20 votes!  That’s pretty amazing considering it was a rather slow trickle at first for week one.  Errol Flynn is sitting pretty as the winner of the 1930s (although there’s already been cries of fix haha) but where are the read more

This has been reposted as part of the LAMB Acting School on Cate Blanchett.  Check out the LAMB to see the rest of the entries. In the interest of truly understanding my dislike of this film let me allow you into my life for a bit.  I’m an English major but I’m also a HUGE history buff read more