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#TCM pays tribute to Maureen O’Hara in July
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 29, 2014
“Of all the jaw-droppingly beautiful women who’ve become genuine movie stars, none has had a longer film career (62 years), has been filmed in Technicolor more often (34 times), has had a more versatile group of leading men (from John Wayne to John Candy) or has spent more time held capt read more
Paging Dr. Kildare for MGM’s 90th Anniversary
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 26, 2014
About a month or so ago I received the Dr. Kildare Movie Collection to review from the fine folks at Warner Archive. The set is a nine-film, five-disc collection of the popular MGM Dr. Kildare movie series starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore. Watching the films in this series was my first vent read more
THE BILLY WILDER BLOGATHON is here!
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 22, 2014
“I’ve had directors who were marvelous at breaking scenes down and handling people. But when you would string all the pearls together, they wouldn’t make a beautiful necklace. But Billy is the kind of picture-maker who can make a beautiful string of pearls. He makes the kind of mov read more
Billy Wilder’s THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 21, 2014
Few directors got a chance to direct “A” pictures with a top-notch cast for their first go around at the helm. This was particularly true at the height of the studio system in Hollywood. That is unless you’re clever, charming, incredibly talented and anti-establishment. In other read more
1967 in Film: Barefoot in the Park
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 20, 2014
1967 proved a pivotal year in the movies as it marked the beginning of what was in essence a film revolution. It was also a great year for standard entertaining fare. While tensions of war and racial unrest grew throughout the country American audiences were making a definitive shift toward truth read more
Judy Garland, a career in pictures
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 18, 2014
The world lost the greatest entertainer of the 20th Century on June 22, 1969 – 45 years ago this week. I post this in her memory. 1922 – 1969 ◊ Related posts: A Judy Garland Tribute Judy’s Greatest Performance Meet Me in St. Louis Lux Radio Theater presents “The Wizard of Oz” Gene read more
Capitolfest 2014! Bill Powell awaits.
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 16, 2014
In less than two months I’ll be in Rome, New York for Capitolfest 12, my second visit to the City and the festival which honors silent film and early talking pictures. I had a blast at Last year’s festival, a laid-back homage to the early days of the movies presented in the glorious Cap read more
Happy Father’s Day via OTR
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 15, 2014
For all dads – here;s some good, old-fashioned entertainment. Sit back and enjoy Father’s Day on the radio… ♥ Variety show, “All-Star Summer Review” starring Eddie Cantor, except Cantor is nowhere in this episode. Instead you get Deanna Durbin, Pinky Tomlin and others read more
Friday the 13th on a full moon – “Lights Out everybody”
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 13, 2014
Before there was Suspense Radio and before Inner Sanctum Mysteries was conceived it was Lights Out, a horror-based radio series that ran from 1934 through 1947. I’ve heard many of these episodes through the years, but never – I confess – with the lights out. These shows are very read more
Yes! There are no maracas in Warner Archive’s KONGO (1932)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 11, 2014
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) manages a fairly elaborate production number to end the 1932 pre-code musical, KONGO. A scantily clad Lupe Velez leads a conga line through jungle terrain. Velez shakes and shimmies as she leads the procession, a celebration of the new love affair forged in the remote read more
LISTEN, DARLING this is fluff with a “Zing!”
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 9, 2014
Moments after the opening credits are done a sixteen-year-old girl steps onto the stage at Daniel Webster Junior High School. The girl’s name is Pinkie Wingate and she impresses with a beautiful rendition of James F. Hanley’s “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart.” Dottie Wing read more
To Judy Garland – OTR
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 7, 2014
This is for Judy Garland. “Judy Garland was the most exciting sheer talent I ever worked with. She was so unpredictable, very child-like, very difficult to work with at times, but the rewards were immense.” – Norman Jewison “The most talented woman I ever knew was Judy Garla read more
Stars Over Hollywood: Rock Hudson on OTR
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jun 2, 2014
By now I’m sure you’ve heard TCM has named Rock Hudson its Star of the Month for June. The network will air 22 films in which the “most popular star on the planet in the late ’50s and early ’60s,” as described by Robert Osborne, appeared in. Among the films sche read more
Just another Hitchcock spy story….The 39 Steps
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 31, 2014
A handsome, charming, innocent man who is wrongly accused of a crime runs into a smart, beautiful blonde in a chase thriller that revolves around international espionage. This is the story depicted in what is – exactly – just another Alfred Hitchcock spy story. Except it is also among read more
The ABC Award
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 28, 2014
It’s been quite a while since I received this lovely nomination from Fritzi of Movies, Silently, but I hadn’t the time to dedicate to it until now. The delay should not be interpreted as indifference, however, as it’s always an honor to be recognized by bloggers I admire. And read more
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS for Memorial Day
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 25, 2014
Lighthearted fare from the Warner Bros. slate of classic stars is my recommendation for this Memorial Day. ♦ Edward Everett Horton and S. Z. Sakall are producers Farnsworth and Dr. Schlenna (respectively) who are staging a show called “Cavalcade of Stars” in order to raise money for Alli read more
“Fabulous Films of the ’50s” – THE BLOB (1958), a mass of contradiction
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 22, 2014
I was sitting in my living room a few days ago with the screen door wide open. It was a quiet, sunny day. Quiet, that is, until the guys that cut the lawn showed up. While I can handle the noise of the mowers without a problem, the moment they went on Kiki – my cat – ran to hide read more
“Fabulous Films of the ’50s” – THE BLOB, a mass of contradiction
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 22, 2014
I was sitting in my living room a few days ago with the screen door wide open. It was a quiet, sunny day. Quiet, that is, until the guys that cut the lawn showed up. While I can handle the noise of the mowers without a problem, the moment they went on Kiki – my cat – ran to hide read more
Women first to see Edison’s Kinetoscope in 1891
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 20, 2014
Following is a general overview of a particular event in early motion picture history – the day when a group of approximately 150 women were the first to see Edison’s latest invention, the Kinetoscope - May 20, 1891. The idea of moving images was not new by the latter part of the 19th read more
The Dead Travel Fast, but Bram Stoker’s DRACULA lingers
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on May 18, 2014
Published 117 years ago this month was Bram Stoker’s tale of Dracula. If one judges a masterwork by the number and variety of incarnations it spawns in all mediums of communication, then this novel reigns supreme. As the one and only Prince of Darkness, Dracula has taken on many different read more