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Cary Grant: The Road to Suspicion
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jan 18, 2013
There’s so much that could be said about the extraordinary career of Cary Grant, arguably the greatest of all movie stars and one of the most important actors in cinema history. Today I delve into the part of his career that led him to meet and subsequently work with one of the greatest direc read more
History of Columbia Pictures, Part 2
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jan 9, 2013
This is the second part of a two-part post. To read part 1, which covers the early years of Columbia Pictures, please go here or access it on this blog’s home page. Reading Part 1 first is highly recommended. The History of Columbia Pictures, Part 2… Tyranny The culture within Columbia read more
History of Columbia Pictures, Part 1
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jan 8, 2013
I’ve had this entry, a history of Columbia Pictures, done for some time but it never seemed the right time to publish it last year given 2012 was a year of Centennial celebrations for both Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. It didn’t seem quite right to post the Columbia story then, but read more
1st known Hitchcock film preserved
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jan 7, 2013
Back in May of last year I had the privilege to participate in the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon III. My contribution was a post titled, “The Hitchcock Signature” for the grand event hosted by the Self Styled Siren, Ferdy on Films, and This Island Rod. That read more
Bedtime Story for Loretta Young
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jan 3, 2013
A Delirious and Delightful Delving into Love’s Most Entrancing Moments of Mirth and Madness! As far as taglines go, that’s a mouthful! It belongs to a romantic comedy from Columbia Pictures from 1941, Bedtime Story, directed by Alexander Hall and which stars Fredric March and Loretta Yo read more
Once Upon a… Very Special Award
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jan 2, 2013
There’s a Spanish saying that goes, “Cada loco con su tema,” which translates to “every crazy person has his/her theme.” I hope I don’t offend anyone by that as it’s not my intention. My intention is simply to note that for this particular crazy person thi read more
2012 in review (4)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 31, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 55,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 13 Film Festivals Click here to see the compl read more
31 Days of Oscar blogathon (1)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 26, 2012
The envelope please… The winners, the losers, the snubs, the backstories, the gossip, the players and the games…this time it’s all about Oscar! We’re back – Kellee (@IrishJayHawk66) of Outspoken and Freckled, Paula (@Paula_Guthat) of Paula’s Cinema Club and Aurora (@CitizenScree read more
DUELING DIVAS Dans l’ombre de Noir
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 23, 2012
Concluding a year during which this blog took on a life of its own, I submit what I believe is my last blogathon entry of 2012. This is a very special event hosted by the ultra talented Backlots, the Dueling Divas blogathon. As my entry, I chose to compare two grand divas of noir, Phyllis Dietrich read more
Paramount Pictures a centennial tribute
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 17, 2012
As I readied for the last couple of weeks of 2012 I intended to revisit and re-share a tribute to Paramount Pictures that I’d previously posted. The great studio celebrated its centennial this year and its legacy deserves attention from movie fans as so much of what they gave us is awesome. read more
Thugs, mugs and dames…a pictorial
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 9, 2012
A crime-laden gallery. As an homage to classic crime films and the legends who portrayed the criminals, following is a historical pictorial from the earliest days of the crime genre on film through the 1940s. These depict the faces of crime through time. Some are obscure, some are familiar, but read more
It’s a Wonderful Life (1)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 7, 2012
All you can take with you is that which you give away. Every year I resist watching Christmas movies until I feel the joy of the season come over me. And every year that happens later and later. That’s not to say I don’t feel joy, but that time seems to fly by so quickly these days I read more
1947 Film Noir poster gallery
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 2, 2012
Having recently submitted my contribution to the special, year-end issue of The Dark Pages, a newsletter for film noir lovers, it’s reasonable I have noir on my mind. In order to quell the dark thirst, I went out and started looking at theatrical posters of noir films released in 1947 as the read more
My Movie Alphabet (1)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Dec 1, 2012
So how many times have I said that I hate lists in posts? OK. Many. I will never do so again. I ran into Mettel Ray Movie Blog and saw a great blogathon idea that entails creating and commenting on the mother of all lists. And here I am, by choice, facing quite the challenge – a fun read more
A happy anniversary…Once Upon a Screen
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 23, 2012
Lo and behold Once Upon a Screen turns one year old! I’ve been congratulating several bloggers, some of my favorites, as they’ve celebrated momentous milestones on their blogs of late all the while regretting I didn’t make note of when I started Once Upon a Screen. Unfortunately, read more
Morality and Relationships, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 21, 2012
The home of the classics, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) played Frank Capra‘s 1934, Best Picture Academy Award winner, It Happened One Night this past weekend. This is, for some reason, a film I never think of when I consider Capra’s great films, and he made many of them, but I was reminde read more
Everybody comes to Rick’s
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 19, 2012
Widely considered one of the best films ever made, there is no lack of information and/or commentary available on Michael Curtiz‘ 1942, classic of classics, Casablanca. We can’t seem to stop watching this film and later, discussing it. It’s simply a wonder, a miracle of the Holly read more
And the Liebster goes to…
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 16, 2012
I’ll start with a warm message of appreciation to my two tweeting/blogging pals, Kellee of Outspoken & Freckled and Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club who honored me with a special recognition, the Liebster Blog Award. It means the world to be recognized by these two talented, social med read more
Brando, Dean and The Method
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 5, 2012
Years ago, while taking a film course on Hollywood’s, “The Studio Years,” I was given what I thought then was an odd assignment. We were discussing the period in Hollywood when an acting “technique,” for lack of a better word, referred to as “The Method” ch read more
Internet Challenge: Top 10 Animated Films
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Nov 2, 2012
Radu of Radu Movie Photo blog has once again tagged me to come up with a list. This time a list of top animated films. While Radu’s site often centers on compiling comprehensive lists on all manner of movie themes, lists I refer to quite often because I find them entertaining, this blog and read more