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TCM presents FRANKENSTEIN
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 27, 2012
Word has it that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein as the result of a dare from a friend. The friend was poet, Lord Byron and he challenged her to write a ghost story. Drawing from state of the art medical experimentation at the time, Mary, born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, wrote one of the most infl read more
Val Lewton’s, CAT PEOPLE
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 24, 2012
There’s a genius to suggestive horror and it is not for the faint of heart. She’s the “new type of other woman.” Alice Moore finishes dinner with co-worker, Oliver Reed. The man she’s also in love with. But he’s married. Alice leaves the restaurant and heads read more
SHE DONE HIM WRONG, Will Hays
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 14, 2012
I recently watched Lowell Sherman’s, She Done Him Wrong (1933) starring the incomparable Mae West. While watching, I couldn’t help but think of the film in regards to its connection to The Motion Picture Production Code ( also referred to as The Production Code, simply The Code or The read more
Top 10 Drama Films – Internet Challenge
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 14, 2012
Earlier today Radu of Radu Presents: The Movie-Photo Blog sent me a challenge., which requires I come up with a list of the ten films I consider my “top dramas.” If you’ve happened on by this blog before you know I absolutely abhor lists. While I am in awe of anyone who can convi read more
Hedy Lamarr: Brains, Beauty and Talent
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 13, 2012
I am, once again, honored to feature a guest post written by Manish Tripathi (@manishtpa) on this blog. ___________________________________________ It’s funny how things in life turn out, and how one thing leads to another, quite often without the expected outcomes. This is certainly true for read more
Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 9, 2012
Edward D. Wood, Jr. was born in 1924 to a blue-collar family in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. They say his mother, Lillian, dressed him up like a girl throughout his early childhood until people started making comments about it. Wood grew up during the Golden Age of film. Talking pictures had just been read more
“Marvelous girl. Crazy as a bedbug”
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 5, 2012
I chose a quote by director, Howard Hawks as the title of this post because it describes, to me, why so many of us love Carol Lombard without ever having met her. Born Jane Allen Peters she was born on this day in 1908. Carole was one of the classic stars I would have most like to meet, spend read more
Sunset Blvd…It IS Big!
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 3, 2012
Norma Desmond: ”You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark…” _______________________________________________ The opening credits role down the famed, Sunset Boulevard and end at the L.A. Country Morgue read more
Images of Buster Keaton
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Oct 3, 2012
The most basic and obvious allure of film is the image. Although I sometimes feel like a cheat when I post pictorials dedicated to classic stars on this blog, they are also the posts I revisit most often. I never tire of looking at these people and I know I’m not alone. Today calls for anot read more
Thelma Ritter, WHAT A CHARACTER!
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 22, 2012
Born in Brooklyn, New York on St. Valentine’s Day in 1905, Thelma Ritter was doing stock company bit parts around New York even before finishing high school. Thelma later trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked for 14 years on stage, mostly in New England stock companies. read more
WHAT A CHARACTER! Sunday entries…
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 22, 2012
WHAT A CHARACTER! The ones featured today, Sunday, September 23… We’re on day two of the first-ever WHAT A CHARACTER! blogathon. Hosted by Paula @Paula_Guthat of Paula’s Cinema Club, Kellee @Irishjayhawk66 of Outspoken & Freckled and me, Aurora @citizenscreen of Once Upon read more
Watching THE BIRDS
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 20, 2012
Last night I was one of the very happy many who saw Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 classic, The Birds on a big screen thanks to Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Fathom Events and Universal Studios whose Centennial the release is commemorating – one of several special screenings of Universal classic read more
WHAT A CHARACTER! blogathon (2)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 17, 2012
Hello Film Loving Characters! It’s almost time for the first-ever WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon! Hosted by Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled and Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club, we are excited to host this fun inaugural blogging event. We have set up a schedul read more
A Garbo gallery
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 17, 2012
Today one of the silver screen’s most iconic figures would have turned 107 years old. She was once voted by The Guinness Book of World Records as the most beautiful woman who ever lived. Her face remains recognizable the world over although she stopped making pictures over seven decades ago. read more
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 14, 2012
When I saw that Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film was hosting the Universal BackLot blogathon to coincide with the centennial celebration of Universal Studios not only did I have to take part, but could make no other choice than to dedicate a post to Charles Barton’s 1948 classic, Abbott and read more
7 x 7 Award – My favorite posts
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 8, 2012
I was tagged by three great bloggers, Kari at What Happened to Hollywood, Kristina at Speakeasy and Stephen at Classic Movie Man (thank you!) for what seems to be a “tag-you’re-it” blog award. To me it means the world that other, very highly regarded bloggers even think of my read more
Mildred Pierce – novel to film comparison
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 3, 2012
Since the beginning of cinema popular books and novels have been converted to screenplays in an attempt to draw audiences to big screens to watch stories that were familiar to them. Not to mention books have always been a wonderful resource for film material. During the time when Michael Curtiz read more
The culture at Warner Bros.
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 1, 2012
While pursuing my master’s degree in Media and Professional Communications, I took a course in Corporate Culture. One of the assignments in the course required we choose a corporation and write about its culture based on the Arthur W. Page Society’s principles as discussed in “The Authentic read more
Ingrid – a career in pictures
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 29, 2012
Today would have been the 97th birthday of one of Hollywood’s most beloved and enduring figures, Ingrid Bergman. A fantastic actress and stunning beauty, Bergman’s appeal has not waned through the decades, her long career admired by several generations of movie-goers. I hadn’t read more