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I used forget the famous stars had families; they look like gods and goddesses on the screen and I forget they had lives outside their work. In many families, such as, the Tallmadge’s, Bennett’s and the Fontaine/ de Havilland’s acting seems to be in the blood and more than one fami read more

I used forget the famous stars had families; they look like gods and goddesses on the screen and I forget they had lives outside their work. In many families, such as, the Tallmadge’s, Bennett’s and the Fontaine/ de Havilland’s acting seems to be in the blood and more than one fami read more

Here's Part II of my trilogy on the wonderful Precode comedienne, Marjorie Beebe. These articles were not written by me, but Ian who has done alot of work researching the actress whose history is mostly unknown and information is not readily available. Can you believe she does not have a W read more

Here's Part II of my trilogy on the wonderful Precode comedienne, Marjorie Beebe. These articles were not written by me, but Ian who has done alot of work researching the actress whose history is mostly unknown and information is not readily available. Can you believe she does not have a W read more

Out of all the Precode actresses, Bette Davis was the most made-up and done over. Her plain brown hair was bleached the popular white blond, hair styled heavily and her makeup applied liberally. But, she didn't like the star treatment nor the plastic image Warner's had given her and fought for read more

Recently I have become obsessed with Colourisations. I think it started with the FilmClassics blog competition, but since then I have become hooked. I have been searching everywhere for them and below are a couple of my Precode favourites. Strangely they are mostly of Clara Bow and Greta G read more

Out of all the Precode actresses, Bette Davis was the most made-up and done over. Her plain brown hair was bleached the popular white blond, hair styled heavily and her makeup applied liberally. But, she didn't like the star treatment nor the plastic image Warner's had given her and fought for read more

Recently I have become obsessed with Colourisations. I think it started with the FilmClassics blog competition, but since then I have become hooked. I have been searching everywhere for them and below are a couple of my Precode favourites. Strangely they are mostly of Clara Bow and Greta G read more

Just a reminder of the 86th Anniversary of the death of Rudolph Valentino. R.I.P Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926) read more

Just a reminder of the 86th Anniversary of the death of Rudolph Valentino. R.I.P Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926) read more

The lovely Ian has done a piece for me on the brilliant, but unknown comedienne Marjorie Beebe. Hopefully he will be doing some more articles for me in the future and I encourage you to check out some of Miss Beebe's movies and shorts available on Youtube, I will put a few links at the end. MARJ read more

The lovely Ian has done a piece for me on the brilliant, but unknown comedienne Marjorie Beebe. Hopefully he will be doing some more articles for me in the future and I encourage you to check out some of Miss Beebe's movies and shorts available on Youtube, I will put a few links at the end. MARJ read more

This is my contribution to the Eternity of a Dream’s Speechless Blogathon. My piece (as you can probably tell) is on the classic silent epic and first Academy Award winner, ‘Wings’ (1927). PLOTLINE: As it is a 2 hour long marathon it is difficult condense the plot down, but I read more

I've been reading alot of Precode movie magazines (Photoplay, Motion Picture ect) and they are filled with all sorts of great beauty and health tips and tricks from the stars. I aim to make it a regular Sunday feature with my first being the markeup regime of the Precode queen of beauty herself, blo read more

This is my contribution to the Eternity of a Dream’s Speechless Blogathon. My piece (as you can probably tell) is on the classic silent epic and first Academy Award winner, ‘Wings’ (1927). PLOTLINE: As it is a 2 hour long marathon it is difficult condense the plot down, but I read more

I've been reading alot of Precode movie magazines (Photoplay, Motion Picture ect) and they are filled with all sorts of great beauty and health tips and tricks from the stars. I aim to make it a regular Sunday feature with my first being the markeup regime of the Precode queen of beauty herself, blo read more

Some people have seen ‘Gold Diggers of 1933’ (1933), but here is a review of a little known Warren William/ Joan Blondell film, ‘Smarty’ (1934). It is a story of marriage and divorce and how to keep the spark between husband and wife. It was one of the last films to get throu read more

Some people have seen ‘Gold Diggers of 1933’ (1933), but here is a review of a little known Warren William/ Joan Blondell film, ‘Smarty’ (1934). It is a story of marriage and divorce and how to keep the spark between husband and wife. It was one of the last films to get throu read more

I was looking through the line-up of TCM's: Summer Under the Stars praying for the day that I can afford to get pay-tv (or as you Americans call it cable) as it is really expensive in Australia. And lo and behold, my favourite Precode actor and coincidentally my 'Actor of the Month', Warren William read more

I was looking through the line-up of TCM's: Summer Under the Stars praying for the day that I can afford to get pay-tv (or as you Americans call it cable) as it is really expensive in Australia. And lo and behold, my favourite Precode actor and coincidentally my 'Actor of the Month', Warren William read more