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She gave your very first kiss to you ... Since I picked the lovely Gene Tierney for Black & White All Over's  October Star Of the Month, I thought it best to finally sit down and write something about her and how I "discovered" her and her films so to speak.  Up until half read more

Gobble Gobble! WISHING ALL MY CANADIAN READERS A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Dinah Shore celebrates Thanksgiving with US servicemen Written by Vanessa at 10:00 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: dinah shore read more

Quotables "To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge." -Bela Lugosi  Written by Vanessa at 9:00 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: bela lugosi read more

Universal Classic Horror Collection (Bluray) When I saw this yesterday on the TCM website, I nearly had a fit.  Not even joking! Released just in time for Halloween, the Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection on bluray is a collector's dream come true.  Retailing for $1 read more

Can you guess who the next Star of the Month will be? How do I go about picking Black & White All Over's Star of the Month, you ask?  Well, it's fairly simple.  Whoever I'm really feeling at the moment gets chosen to represent my blog for one month's time (until it's time to pick read more

The zany antics of Carole Lombard Studio portrait of Carole Lombard Carole Lombard, in movies such as My Man Godfrey and Twentieth Century, was a force to be reckoned with.  There's no one I'd rather watch get dunked into a cold shower than Lombard.  She was incredible.  Just read more

It's a steal! I was originally planning on making this my first video blog post, but since I'm at the office today, I might as well do a write-up.  I went to my local bookstore, Chapters, on Saturday afternoon and picked up the Listography Film journal for a paltry $5 CAD.  I think t read more

Time well spent with Daddy! The classic movie that I most enjoy watching with my Dad is Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).  Actually, I tell a lie.  I like watching any Humphrey Bogart movie with him too but I digress.  For the sake of this entry, I'm going to st read more

Film Noir: Something dangerous this way comes Ava Gardner in The Killers (1946) In Hollywood the film noir craze erupted with the release of 1944's Double Indemnity.  Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson, this film presented a new kind of storytelling.  read more

Cineplex's classic film series Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood doing what he does best! One of the best feelings in the world is being able to sit down in a darkened theatre and watch some of your all-time favourite classic movies on the big screen.  For the past few years, here in Canada, read more

Quotables "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl." -Gary Cooper Written by Vanessa at 10:03 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: gary cooper read more

Mixing diction with dancing Donald O'Connor & Gene Kelly Never has there been a more manly display of exuberance than Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly tapping up a storm (literally) in MGM's musical masterpiece Singin' In the Rain (1952). Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is a silent movie s read more

The fairest of them all: Hedy Lamarr Let me begin by telling you that I know absolutely nothing about Hedy Lamarr.  I've never seen any of her films and I know nothing about her personal life.  There is one thing I'm sure of though: she was the fairest of them all.  I think th read more

Quotables "I am not a has-been.  I am a will-be." -Lauren Bacall Written by Vanessa at 8:00 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: lauren bacall read more

Sparkle & Shine: Ginger Rogers  Ginger Rogers had the perfect movie wardrobe. In the 1930s Ginger made most of her films for RKO studios and had most of her costumes created for her by resident studio designer Irene.  Ginger was blessed with the perfect figure (I'm s read more

Quotables "Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing." -Clark Gable Written by Vanessa at 8:00 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: clark gable read more

Spotlight on "The Thin Man" (1934) It's taken me two days to write a proper blog post concerning 1934's The Thin Man.  I'm finding it really difficult to put into words the way I feel about this film.  (I just deleted an entire sentence right now!  Ugh, still having difficulties! read more

50 years later: Still mourning the death of a legend Marilyn Monroe June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962 Fifty years ago today Hollywood lost one of its brightest stars.  At the tender age of thirty-six Marilyn Monroe passed away from an apparent drug overdose, leaving behind millions read more

"An American In Paris" ballet: Sex On Fire How this musical number of the 1950s made it past Hollywood censors I will never know.  The notorious Hollywood Production Code, enforced in 1934, was a ruthless machine which controlled what was put onto theatre screens the world ove read more

Quotables "I get whatever placidity I have from my father.  But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin." -Norma Shearer Written by Vanessa at 5:14 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: norma shearer read more