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I Loved Her In the Movies Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman 9780525429111 -272 pages November 2016 Viking Books Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells "There's something in the nature of the movie-going experience itself that approximates the reverie tha read more

Thursday was the first full day of the TCM Classic Film Festival. For those of you at home, if you saw the intros last night on TCM for Bite the Bullett (1975) or The Great Race (1965), you may have spotted me in the background of the actor interviews conducted by Ben Mankiewicz. This is the intro w read more

Scene from The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day and I thought it fitting to share with you the details of a special screening of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF). When I initially saw this screening listed on the TCMFF schedul read more

Before this year I had never seen a single movie in the Rocky franchise. Not one. My friend Jay hosts a Cinema Shame podcast in which he invites a cinephile to watch a big film they've never seen before and come on to the show to discuss. On Twitter Jay challenged me to watch Rocky. Did you jus read more

This year's festival theme was Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind. While the movies screened fit this theme, this idea of family goes beyond just the schedule. The people who attended the festival are like one big family and the tie that binds us is classic movies. When you go to the TCM Class read more

Dr. Peter Carey is too cool for school. This pathologist from northern California just landed a new job at a Boston hospital. He saunters into this new life dressed in hip clothes, with a swanky Beacon Hill apartment to live in and a gorgeous dietician to showcase on his arm. But he also means busin read more

Recent addition to my home library. Sterling Hayden's Wars by Lee Mandel Andy W. of Journeys in Darkness and Light In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb Erica of Film Exodus Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream by Ronald L. Davis James of Da read more

The late silent film Why Be Good? (1929) was considered lost for many years. Not only has it been found but also restored and released on DVD much to the delight of classic film fans across the globe. The film stars Colleen Moore as Pert Kelly. She’s a shopgirl by day and a wild flapper by nig read more

William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come by James Curtis November 2015 432 pages Pantheon Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's "His name is William Cameron Menzies, whose name wouldn't cause a ripple among the screen's cash customers, but he is certainly one of the most important creat read more

Review by Ally Russell Cursed Films is a five-part documentary series about some of Hollywood’s most troubled horror movie productions. From real skeletons on the set of Poltergeist (1982) to The Omen (1976) star Gregory Peck’s airplane being struck by lightning, Cursed Films examines t read more

Profiles in History's Hollywood Auction 83, hosted by Invaluable, is a 3-day online auction starting tomorrow June 29th. Collectibles up for bids include: portraits, production shots, lobby cards, press books, autographed photos, posters, TV and Film negatives, production and costume sketches, shoo read more

1934 was a transitional year in the film industry. The Hays Code, which had been in effect for years but not strictly enforced, was now the law of the land. Hollywood got away with a lot in those few years between the advent of talking pictures and the enforcement of the Code. Pre-Code films went on read more

Camera ManBuster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century By Dana StevensAtria BooksHardcover ISBN: 9781501134197432 pagesJanuary 2022Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“I think I have had the happiest and luckiest of lives. It would be ridiculous of read more

Showman of the Screen Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion by A.T. McKenna Hardcover ISBN: 9780813168715 September 2016 296 pages University Press of Kentucky Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells  "I love this business which is not really a business. The film industry is co read more

"Here is a woman who helped invent cinema, and there is a silence around her. It's absolutely intolerable and even stupid that we can't see these films." - Nicole Lise Bernheim, circa 1975 I’ve heard it said many times that we must preserve Alice Guy-Blache’s legacy. I didn’t f read more

 The 2021 summer reading challenge is officially over. Congrats to everyone who participated! You all did great work. It was a joy to read/listen/watch all of your reviews.Here is the list of participants (a whopping 14 finalists!) who finished by the challenge by reading and reviewing 6 classi read more

"I don't think Paul Newman really thinks he is Paul Newman in his head." William Goldman Harper (1966) Paul Newman needed something to get him out of his funk. He was in the midst of a box office drought and the movie he was currently working on was turning out to be a disaster. The year was 1965 read more

I'm surprised how few posts there are on Casablanca (1942). Here are the only ones I could find from my list of favorite bloggers. If you love this film, you should really take a moment out to dedicate a post about it! If you have a post on Casablanca that you'd like me to link here, drop me a line! read more

Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen by Ruth Barton Hardcover, 262 pages ISBN: 9780813147093 October 2014 University Press of Kentucky Barnes and Noble Powell's IndieBound Rex Ingram was once a famous director from the silent film era and today is virtually unknown. His name was ec read more

It's a Wonderful LifeThe Official Bailey Family Cookbookby Insight EditionsOctober 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9781683839453128 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — PowellsGeorge Bailey: There she blows. You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are?Uncle Billy: Uh huh. Breakfast is read more