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Noirvember 2018 in Review
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Sep 7, 2019
It’s only September, but the wintry months are just around the corner, and you know what that means: Noirvember will be here soon! To whet your appetite for this year’s daily fare of shadowy posts, here’s the complete listing of last year’s Noirvember series. Don’t go d read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival — Part 4
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Sep 1, 2019
Now that TCM has announced the dates for next year’s Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (April 16-19, 2020), it’s the perfect time for another installation in my ongoing look at this year’s event! Today, I’m taking a look at the only poolside screening I attended – well, I actually didn’t read more
Pre-Code Crazy: The Little Giant (1933)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Aug 20, 2019
Edward G. Robinson? Mary Astor? It’s a “don’t miss” combo – and the reason why The Little Giant (1933) is my Pre-Code Crazy pick for the month of August. (My Pre-Code Crazy partner in crime, Kristina over at Speakeasy, is taking a little break from our monthly collaboration, so I’m going read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival — Part 3
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jun 26, 2019
The “So You Think You Know Movies” trivia contest is held each year in the historic Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel. It’s (finally) pleasantly warm outside, putting me in mind of the glorious weather in L.A. . . . and reminding me that it’s a great time for the next installment of read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019: Pre-Code Villainy
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 26, 2019
There’s a lot to love about pre-Code. The scandalous plots. The memorable lines. The gratuitous shots of ladies in their undies. And then there’re the bad guys – the fellas who were often the forebears of the heavies of the film noir era: scoundrels, cheaters, murderers, and rogues. To celebrate read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019 – Day 3 Recap
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 26, 2019
Day 3 of The Great Villains Blogathon 2019 made us want to dance with joy! Our participants turned in another batch of swoon-worthy posts in which they extolled the virtues (or the lack, thereof) of those baddies we love to hate. Check ’em out, below . . . And you’ll find all of the rec read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019 – Day 2 Recap
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 25, 2019
Day 2 . . . more villainy, more characters you’ll love to hate! Silver Screenings We’re having too much fun here at 2019 Great Villain Blogathon. Like Kristina said yesterday, we’re always impressed by the turnout and the entries for this event. Please visit participating blogs and share read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019 – Day 1 Recap
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 24, 2019
We’re off to a great start for our annual blogathon!! Get your villain fix by checking out these great posts!! Speakeasy It’s been a fun Day 1 for the 2019 Great Villain Blogathon! We are always so impressed by the turnout for this event, and once again many bloggers are taking part and coveri read more
National Classic Movie Day Blogathon: Five Favorite Films of the 1950s
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 16, 2019
Every year, in celebration of National Classic Movie Day, Rick over at the Classic Film and TV Café hosts a blogathon, and when I found out that this year’s theme was “Five Favorite Films of the 1950s,” I was all over it like white on rice! I can never turn down an opportunity to indulge in a read more
Pre-Code Crazy: It Happened One Night (1934)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 5, 2019
My Pre-Code Crazy pick for this month is a film that I’d bet money you’ve all seen already – It Happened One Night (1934). And if you haven’t, I’m absolutely certain you’ve seen a clip of its most famous scene, where Claudette Colbert succeeds in flagging down a passing car by flashing one read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 TCM Film Festival – Part 2
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 27, 2019
Hollywood Boulevard: The calm before the storm Two weeks ago today, I was with my older daughter, Veronica, in sunny Los Angeles, joyfully immersed in the world of cinema (and the circus-like atmosphere that is Hollywood Boulevard) at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. As I look I my window in read more
The CMBA “Femme/Homme Fatales of Noir” Blogathon — Sam Wild in Born to Kill (1947)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 19, 2019
Sam Wild. If that isn’t a fitting name for a homme fatale, I just don’t know what is. Wild, a psychopathic drifter played with panache by Lawrence Tierney, is the title-referenced subject of the 1947 noir Born to Kill. In this first-rate, wholly riveting feature, Wild is a cool-minded serial killer, read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 TCM Film Festival
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 1, 2019
The countdown is truly on! The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival will kick off in Los Angeles, California, in less than two weeks, and for the seventh consecutive year, I’ll be there! This year’s fest will be extra special, as it’s the 10-year anniversary of the festival and the read more
TCM Has Gone Film Noir Nutty!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Mar 13, 2019
Kirk Douglas will do anything for a headline in Ace in the Hole. If you’ve got a hankering for a hefty dose of film noir, you can get your fix on Thursday, March 14th by tuning in to TCM. From the evening – when the noirish shadows first start rolling in – to the morning’s wee hours on Friday, read more
Announcing The Great Villain Blogathon 2019!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Mar 6, 2019
Come join us!! You’ll be glad you did! (Mwah ha ha!!) Speakeasy It’s time once again for the Big Bad Blogathon event where you’re invited to feature your favourite movie villain(s). Your hosts are Ruth of Silver Screenings, Karen of Shadows & Satin and Kristina of Speakeasy. The rules read more
Pre-Code Crazy: The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Mar 4, 2019
If you know me at all, you know I’m a ginormous Ann Harding fan. What you might not know is that I am most decidedly not a huge John Boles fan. Not even a minor John Boles fan. Not even . . . well, you get the idea. Despite this, I didn’t hesitate for even a second in selecting my Pre-Code Crazy read more
The 2018 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival: Still More Adventures in Paradise — Part 5
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 18, 2019
My hotel room is reserved, my plane tickets are purchased, and my traveling companion (my older daughter is going this year!) is secured . . . so you know what that means! Time for another installment in my ongoing series about the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival! Now that we’re into 2019, the read more
Pre-Code Crazy: The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 3, 2019
I’m not very familiar with the screen work of Lew Ayres. Oh, I know he played Dr. Kildare (but I never saw any of those films), and I know he was in The Dark Mirror and Johnny Belinda – but I can’t say that he made that big of an impression. (I also know that he died on my birthday in 1996, read more
Gossip . . . Pre-Code Style.
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jan 21, 2019
Harding lost an earring in the accident, but managed to hang on to her sunglasses. While recently browsing through some old Motion Picture magazines, I came across a regular feature called “Your Gossip Test,” written by Marion Martone, which invited readers to answer a series of questions about read more
Day Thirty of Noirvember: Parting Gifs
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 30, 2018
They say that all good things must come to an end. Sadly, that also goes for Noirvember 2018. It’s been a great ride, though, and I thank each and every one of you who came along with me, and commented on, liked, or read any of my daily posts. You make my blog life worthwhile! For my final Noi read more