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Summer Under the Stars Guide: Joan Crawford
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 9, 2015
Today's star is Old Hollywood legend Joan Crawford.
TCM is celebrating the career of Joan Crawford with 13 movies on Aug. 10. Here's what you need to know about one of the greatest movie stars of all time. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so you can go to www.tcm.co read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Robert Walker
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 8, 2015
Today's star is Robert Walker. Here he is in a lovely portrait for Photoplay magazine.
TCM is celebrating the career of Robert Walker with 12 movies on Aug. 9. Here's what you need to know about a talented actor who died too soon. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so you read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Raymond Massey
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 7, 2015
Today's star is the renowned character actor Raymond Massey.
TCM is celebrating the career of Raymond Massey with 12 movies on Aug. 8. Here's what you need to know about Massey, who was famous for playing historical figures. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so you can g read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Katharine Hepburn
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 6, 2015
Today's star is the old Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn.
TCM is celebrating the career of Katharine Hepburn with 11 movies on Aug. 7. Here's what you need to know about this fiercely independent actress. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so you can go to www.tcm.co read more
The Great Performances: Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 5, 2015
Today, I'm looking at Michael Caine's performance in the 1975 action-adventure film The Man Who Would Be King. Here he is surrounded by Saeed Jaffrey (left) and Sean Connery.
This article is part of the Summer Under the Stars blogathon hosted by Journeys in Classic Film.
The British ac read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Fred Astaire
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 4, 2015
Today's star is the legendary Fred Astaire.
TCM is celebrating the career of Fred Astaire with 13 movies on Aug. 5. Here's what you need to know about this legendary dancer who influenced everyone from Gene Kelly to Mikhail Baryshnikov. FYI: TCM sometimes changes the air times and /or movies, so read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Teresa Wright
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 3, 2015
Today's star is the lovely Teresa Wright.
TCM is celebrating the career of Teresa Wright with 12 movies on Aug. 4. Here's what you need to know about one of the best actresses of the 1940's.
Born: Oct. 27, 1918, in New York City.
Died: March 6, 2005 in New Haven, Conn. She read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Adolphe Menjou
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 2, 2015
I'm continuing my Summer Under the Stars celebration with the debonair Adolphe Menjou.
TCM is celebrating the career of Adolphe Menjou with 15 movies on Aug. 3. Here's what you need to know about the actorwho was billed as "America's best dressed man."
Born: Feb. 18, 1890, in Pittsbu read more
The Essential Films of 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 2, 2015
Errol Flynn robs from the rich to give to the poor in the Technicolor masterpiece, The Adventures of Robin Hood.
The Director: Michael Curtiz.
The Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone.
Source Material: The works of Sir Walter Scott and the 192 read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Olivia de Havilland
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 1, 2015
I'm continuing my Summer Under the Stars celebration with a look at the life and career of Olivia de Havilland. Here she is in a publicity still for Santa Fe Trail (1940).
TCM is celebrating the career of Olivia de Havilland with 13 movies on Aug. 2. Here's what you need to know about one of old read more
Summer Under the Stars Guide: Gene Tierney
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 31, 2015
Old Hollywood Films will be seeing stars throughout August. I'll be posting articles photos and videos here and/or on social media to coincide with TCM's Summer Under the Stars, a film festival celebrating a different actor each day in August. First up, is Gene Tierney, one of the most beautif read more
Movies That Haven't Aged Well: Doctor Zhivago
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 29, 2015
Today, I'm participating in The Movies That Haven't Aged Well blogathon with a post about Doctor Zhivago (1965) starring Julie Christie and Omar Sharif (center). This event is hosted by MovieMovieBlogBlog.
Doctor Zhivago was a huge hit when it was released in December 1965. Audiences flocked to c read more
Old Hollywood Songs: The Way You Look Tonight
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 25, 2015
Today's song is The Way You Look Tonight performed by Fred Astaire in Swing Time (1936).
Swing Time (1936), the sixth Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical, is one of their best films. It features the typical Astaire-Rogers formula of a breezy plot, comic sidekicks (in this case Victor Moore and Er read more
Classic Book Corner: Keepers by Richard Schickel
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 24, 2015
Today, I'm reviewing Keepers: The Greatest Films -- and Personal Favorites -- of a Moviegoing Lifetime by critic Richard Schickel. This review is part of the Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge hosted by Out of the Past.
Distinguished critic and film historian Richard Schickel refle read more
Film Noir of the Week: Kansas City Confidential
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 23, 2015
This week's noir is one of the best heist movies ever made. TCM will air Kansas City Confidential starring Jack Elam and Neville Brand as hooded robbers at 1:15 p.m. July 24 as part of its film noir festival, Summer of Darkness. A viewer's guide to this classic crime story is below.
Kansas City Co read more
The Essential Films of 1939: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 21, 2015
Charles Laughton plays a lonely bell ringer in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The Director: William Dieterle.
The Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
Source Material: Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, Notre Dame de Paris.
Maureen O'Hara plays the gyps read more
The Making of Double Indemnity
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 18, 2015
TCM and Fathom Events are bringing Double Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck to movie screens across the US on July 19 and 20. If you haven't seen it you're in for a rare treat; if you have, now is a great time to revisit this film noir classic. This article features vintage ads read more
Film Noir of the Week: Strangers on a Train
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 16, 2015
This week's noir is one of director Alfred Hitchcock's best films. TCM will air Strangers on a Train (1951) starring Farley Granger (left) and Robert Walker at 4:45 p.m. July 17 as part of its film noir festival, Summer of Darkness. A viewer's guide for this classic suspense film is below.
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Lady in the Lake
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 13, 2015
Today, I'm reviewing Lady in the Lake, starring Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter, which is one of the most unusual films noir ever made.
This review is part of the 1947 blogathon hosted by The Dark Pages and Speakeasy.
1947 was a great year for film noir. There was Jacques Tourneur's masterpiec read more
Film Noir of the Week: Kiss Me Deadly
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 10, 2015
If you like your film noir with a heaping helping of cold war paranoia, then this week's movie is right up your alley. TCM will air Kiss Me Deadly (1955) starring Ralph Meeker and Leigh Snowden (above) at 9:45 p.m. July 10 as part of its film noir festival, Summer of Darkness. A viewers guide read more