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American Titan: Searching for John Wayne by Marc Eliot Dey St. Books (HarperCollins) 97800622690030 - Hardcover 432 pages November 2014 Barnes and Noble Powell's IndieBound (your local Indie bookshop) "As a crusader for freedom, he loved beating up on bad guys. He was, after all, the king of the c read more

In 1946 Robert Mitchum was under contract to RKO. They had loaned him out to MGM for two pictures Undercurrent (1946) and Desire Me (1947) which were filmed back-to-back. He had relatively small roles in both as the third person in a romantic melodrama. Both films turned out to be box office failure read more

It’s that time of year again when classic film fans from all over the world flock to Hollywood to enjoy a weekend packed with once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The TCM Classic Film Festival is something I look forward to all year round. When you go to this festival you feel like you’re par read more

On the first full day of the TCM Classic Film Festival, I was furiously preparing for my red carpet interviews. This is the third year in a row that I've been able to greet and interview guests as they walk the carpet for the opening night premiere. Before I headed over to the TCL Chinese Theatre c read more

"They all want to throw people into prison but they don't want to provide for them after they are in. You mark my words Pop. Some day we're going to pay for this shortsightedness." - Warden (Lewis Stone) MGM's The Big House (1930) came at a time when Hollywood was still transitioning to talking p read more

This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix. "I'll be a boy and rough and hard. I won't care what I do." Bookkeeper Henry Snow (Edmund Gwenn) is in a terrible jam. To pay off his gambling debts he's been dipping into the company finances. When his coworkers catch wind of Henry's transgressions, he's d read more

Anne Bancroft: A Life by Douglass K. Daniel University Press of Kentucky 408 pages September 2017 Hardcover ISBN: 9780813169682 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's "Personally and professionally, she was determined to live by her own terms." - Douglass K. Daniel If ever there was a w read more

ColorizationOne Hundred Years of Black Films in a White Worldby Wil HaygoodKnopf464 pagesOctober 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9780525656876Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“If Black Americans were to fight back against what cinema had now done to them, they would need their own filmmaker read more

Ladies They Talk About (1933) is one of the original women-in-prison films and is perfectly suited for the Pre-Code era. Directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley for Warner Bros., Barbara Stanwyck stars as Nan Taylor, a glamorous gun moll and a member of a bank robbing gang led by Don (Lyl read more

Hollywood Black The Stars, The Films, The Filmmakers by Donald Bogle TCM and Running Press Hardcover ISBN: 9780762491414 264 pages May 2019 Amazon — Barnes and Noble —Powell's “Hollywood Black presents a gallery of important talents, both in front of the camera and behind it R read more

Dark CityThe Lost World of Film NoirRevised and Expanded Editionby Eddie MullerTCM and Running PressJuly 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9780762498970272 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble —Larry Edmunds Bookshop — Powell'sPublished in 1998, Dark City read more

As of this very moment, I'm 29 years, 18 days and a few hours old. In that span of time I have never, not ever, not even once, seen the classic film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). I have had no even an iota of interest in watching it. Why? Who knows. I just never wanted to and still really read more

Happy Birthday to Norman Lloyd! He turns 100 today. I had the pleasure of seeing Norman Lloyd at the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival. I shot a video of him in conversation with Leonard Maltin at the screening of Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938). I'm sharing it here today in celebration read more

Charles BoyerThe French Loverby John BaxterHardcover ISBN: 9780813155524University Press of Kentucky 298 pagesNovember 2021 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“For generations of film and theater audiences, Boyer was the archetypal Frenchman — cultivated, courteous read more

"It was a time of tremendous tension and tremendous fear." - John Frankenheimer Cold War stories are endlessly fascinating. There is something about the fear of nuclear annihilation and how it alters our perspectives on the future and guides our actions that became the perfect fodder for storytelli read more

Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 by Mark A. Vieira 336 pages - 9780762455232 May 2016 Running Press and TCM Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's “When I walk onto a set, I never have the slightest idea what I’m going to shoot. Then I sit in a chair for a few minu read more

Last week I got a chance to see the Buster Keaton classic Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) on the big screen, at the Coolidge Corner Theater (a pretty amazing Art Deco cinema) with live musical accompaniment by Peter Blanchette. It was a great experience. This was the second of a series called Sounds of Si read more

Credit: Philippe Le Tellier/Paris Match via Getty ImagesPaul Newman and Joanne Woodward are the subjects of a new documentary streaming later this year on CNN+ and HBO Max. Told in six chapters, The Last Movie Stars chronicles Newman and Woodward's acting careers, including the sixteen films they ma read more

On the start of Friday of the TCM Classic Film Festival, I was more than ready for some movies. I met up with my good friend Carley of Married at the Movies (she also recently started a new podcast) and we headed over to the Chinese Multiplex for Intruder in the Dust (1949). Carley an read more

There is the standard misconception that in romantic relationships women are difficult and men are easy. I think this is a load of claptrap. Men are as difficult and depending on the individual, sometimes more difficult than women. They have their own hang-ups and emotional baggage that can muddy th read more