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"I'm glad I found you, you wonderful you": Antiques and Projects, Part 1
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Sep 2, 2014
As you can imagine, being a classic film fan, I love buying
antiques and practically anything related to Old Hollywood, even things with
the smallest association. Call me an old lady (my sister frequently does), but
I find old furniture and other items pretty great. They hold up 100 times
better tha read more
Happy Anniversary to me!
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Aug 24, 2014
Today is the day: my one-year anniversary for Love Letters
to Old Hollywood. I’m glad I’ve been able to keep this venture up, especially
since when it comes to actually writing a piece out instead of outlining it, I
tend to get lazy and push it off for as long as I can. (This is why I do read more
Betty.
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Aug 14, 2014
"Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete: if you're alive, it isn't."
It was Tuesday night, and I was finally going to watch Murder by Death, a comedy spoof on
classic detective mysteries that had an abundance of talent in the cast. I had
only gotten a few minutes into read more
Happy 115th, Hitch!
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Aug 13, 2014
I’m feeling a lot of mixed emotions today. Yesterday, the
incredible Lauren Bacall passed away, but today is Alfred Hitchcock’s 115th
birthday. I wanted to write a post for both occasions and after trying to
figure out a fitting way to honor both icons, I decided that today I would post read more
Getting to Know You--I Mean, Me. Not You. Me. Or Both?
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Aug 2, 2014
Don't panic. I've changed the background, the colors...and pretty much nothing else because I have no clue how most of this stuff works. I realized I have had this blog for almost a year now (whaaaat?) and I’ve
had a lot of fun with it. It’s been a great outlet for me to gush about films read more
Forgotten Classic: The Glass Slipper (1955)
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Jul 23, 2014
It’s time for the second installment of my “Forgotten
Classic” series. This time I’ll be talking about the absolutely enchanting The
Glass Slipper (1955). Directed by Charles Walters, this film is an
interesting take on the Cinderella fairytale, with Leslie Caron as Ella, Mic read more
Le 14 julliet
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Jul 13, 2014
Being the Francophile I am, every year on July 14th,
I try to celebrate Bastille Day. I know I’m American, but I feel a special
affinity with France, so it’s fun to make some crepes and pop in a few films
that are somehow associated with the country. Usually, I’ll watch a musical. read more
Richard Haydn: "Whooo are yooou?"
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Jun 8, 2014
The other day, I finally got around to a film I had been wanting to see for a while: George Sidney’s Jupiter’s Darling (1955), starring Howard Keel, George Sanders, Marge and Gower Champion, and Esther Williams in her last role for her home studio of MGM. I won’t go into read more
Love and Marriage
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on May 28, 2014
Last Saturday, my sister got married. After months of
ridiculous planning, the whole fiasco is over with and I am so damn grateful.
Being maid of honor was definitely not my forte—I felt like…well, frankly it
must have been similar to how Cary Grant’s David felt in Bringing Up Baby read more
More Birthdays Than I Know What to Do With
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on May 5, 2014
I don’t know if any of you are aware, but May is absolutely
filled to the brim with the birthdays of old Hollywood icons! I took one look
at my calendar page and about had a heart attack. I’ve already missed a few and I apologize for that, but hopefully the rest of this post makes up for read more
While I was out...
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Apr 26, 2014
Hello again!
For a few days now, I kept saying myself “You’ve got to post
something new, Michaela. It’s been quite a while since you wrote something.”
Then I look and it hadn’t even been a month. Ah, me…
Anyway, since I was in the posting mood (is th read more
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS: A Case of the Doubles
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Apr 7, 2014
I’ve seen Vincente Minnelli’s classic multiple times, so I was
surprised to notice during one viewing that there was a lot of pairing being
done. It sounds a little weird, I know. Maybe it’s just coincidental and I’m
making too big a deal out of it, but it sparked my interest read more
Happy Birthday, Doris!
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Apr 3, 2014
Today is the 90th birthday of one of my favorite
actresses, the lovely Ms. Doris Day. (It’s really her 92nd, but she
says 90th, so just go with it.) From the first moment I saw Doris, I
knew she was great. No, make that incredible.
I’m not going to recount her life story, review read more
A Love-Smitten Analyst Playing Dream Detective: SPELLBOUND (1945)
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Mar 26, 2014
I
hope I’m not boring you guys with all my Hitchcock talk. It’s just so hard for
me to stay away from him! Anyway, after this post, I’m going to really try and
look at other film subjects and give you all a break from my Hitch obsession.
Just let me discuss SPELLBOUND, and
I’ read more
A Serious Mistake
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Mar 6, 2014
Earlier this week, the Oscars aired and being the cinephile I am, I
dutifully watched it as I do every year. This year’s ceremony did something
that I absolutely loved—they honored the 75th anniversary of THE
WIZARD OF OZ. As I’ve stated before, OZ is my absolute favor read more
Forgotten Classic: VIVACIOUS LADY (1938)
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Feb 25, 2014
Salut, mes amis! Today I thought I’d start a new series on
here called “Forgotten Classic: insert film name here.” The name’s kind of
self-explanatory—this series will be dedicated to movies that I think have been
unfairly forgotten. Sometimes I’ll also pick somet read more
Esther
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Jan 15, 2014
Esther Williams is amazing. I didn’t find this out until
after I heard about her death last year, and I’ve been kicking myself for it
ever since. My beloved Turner Classic Movies aired a whole marathon of her
films as a tribute to her and I decided to take the opportunity to record a few read more
NIAGARA (1953): The Technicolor Film Noir
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Jan 5, 2014
I
recently read a post on the Alfred Hitchcock Geek blog that compared Hitch’s VERTIGO to Henry Hathaway’s NIAGARA, and all the similarities
fascinated me. I had seen NIAGARA a
few years back, and while I enjoyed the film, I hadn’t really taken a second
look at it. I didn’t e read more
"All that I know is you'd be hard to replace..."
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Dec 29, 2013
Today’s
post will be my last one celebrating Fred and Ginger’s anniversary, and I’ll
admit that initially I had no clue what more I could write. I tried thinking of
many different things, but it wasn’t until I was watching ROBERTA a few nights ago that I figured something out read more
"There may be trouble ahead, but while there's music and moonlight and love and romance, let's face the music and dance..."
Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on Dec 26, 2013
To
honor the 80th anniversary of the pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers, I wrote a post about the origins of their teaming, so today, I decided
to post my personal list of Fred and Ginger’s films in order of my least
favorite to favorite. This was a bit of a challenge for me, because I read more