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Book Look! Thoughts On The Thin Man edited by Danny Reid
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Dec 8, 2014
Book Look! Thoughts On The Thin Man edited by Danny Reid
If you're buying for a classic film fan this holiday season, I've got the perfect gift idea for them (you can thank me later): THOUGHTS ON THE THIN MAN by my good friend Danny over at Pre-Code.com!
This book is available both in print read more
A Lifestyle Clash: Rock vs. Glamour
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Dec 5, 2014
A Lifestyle Clash: Rock vs. Glamour
Typical Me: Black Milk Clothing leggings, AllSaints treads, & a black leather bag
I'm going to ask you a question in the hopes that you can clear something up for me ...
How is it possible that someone who grew up having Korn as their favourite band read more
Bookshop Sex: Did they do it?!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Dec 1, 2014
Bookshop Sex: Did they do it?!
Something's been bugging me ever since I watched THE BIG SLEEP (1946) for the first time a couple years ago ...
Okay, you know when Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) ducks inside the Acme Bookshop located across the street from Geiger's more 'upmarket' shop to read more
Happy Thankgiving: Here's what I'm thankful for!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 28, 2014
Happy Thankgiving: Here's what I'm thankful for!
This is going to be an emotional post, I can feel it. I promise I won't swear, though!
I am incredibly grateful to be a classic film fan. Really. If I had to be any kind of film fan, a classic one is the one I'd most like to be. Why? Well, fo read more
My Holiday Wishlist!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 26, 2014
My Holiday Wishlist!
So, how many more sleeps till Christmas?
Once the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday weekend rolls around I become a newly christened lunatic, smiling incessantly and floating on air despite that pesky polar vortex we've all come to know and love so well. The holidays are a read more
My thoughts on the TCM Classic Film Festival #TCMFF
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 21, 2014
My thoughts on the TCM Classic Film Festival #TCMFF
Plain and simple? I'm dying to go. Like, DYING!
For someone who's been a classic film fan for most of their natural born lives, I cannot believe that I've never been to one yet. I mean, what the fuck have I been doing all this time? Fartin read more
Flying Solo As A Classic Film Fan
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 17, 2014
Flying Solo As A Classic Film Fan
You know what sucks? Hardly anyone understands my passion for old movies. And I'm single.
This is not going to turn into a cry-for-help kinda post, I can assure you. It's more of a whimpering pleading-for-clarification type of post more than anything. W read more
Book Look! Hollywood Of the Rockies* by Michael J. Spencer
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 12, 2014
Book Look! Hollywood Of the Rockies* by Michael J. Spencer
I went into reading this book knowing next to nothing about the birth of motion pictures. Sure, I've watched the odd silent film or two, but we're talking motion pictures from the early 1900s here! And, no matter how many documentari read more
World War One: 100 Years
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 10, 2014
World War One: 100 Years
THE BIG PARADE (1925)
I'm a pretty big war nut; I love watching war films and I love collecting war books (fiction and non-fiction, I'm not picky). This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One so I thought I'd create a special post detailing so read more
Book Look! Hollywood Gothic by David J. Skal
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 7, 2014
Book Look! Hollywood Gothic by David J. Skal
You all probably know by now that I am a massive, MASSIVE fan of DRACULA (1931) and, quite frankly, anything and everything associated with that film. This is precisely why when I learned about this book from a friend of mine a couple of months ag read more
Autumn/Winter Fiction TBR: Classic Film Edition
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Nov 5, 2014
Autumn/Winter Fiction TBR: Classic Film Edition
Here are the books I've got on my Autumn/Winter to-be-read list:
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser // I came across this classic on the shelf at my local library. If I'm completely honest, the cover is what initially attracte read more
What I'd Pack In My Halloween Movie Survival Kit
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 31, 2014
What I'd Pack In My Halloween Movie Survival Kit
THE MUMMY (1932)
Deep down, we all enjoy watching a good horror film, don't we? We may not admit to it, but we do. I'm not the biggest fan of modern horror films because I find them predictable and cheesy, but as far as classic horror films a read more
The 1940s: My Second Favourite Movie Decade
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 29, 2014
The 1940s: My Second Favourite Movie Decade
SPENCER TRACY + KATHARINE HEPBURN
I spoke about my absolute favourite movie decade a couple of weeks ago here (in case you missed it) and this time I thought I'd tell you why I love the 1940s almost as much as I love the 1930s. The 1940s was a very read more
Book Look! George Raft: The Man Who Would Be Bogart by Stone Wallace
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 27, 2014
Book Look! George Raft: The Man Who Would Be Bogart by Stone Wallace
This is a short and sweet - but highly informative - biography about forgotten Hollywood star George Raft. Just as an aside, I'd like to mention that after having read this biography of Raft, I now have a dangerously inappr read more
This or That: Classic Movie Edition
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 22, 2014
This or That: Classic Movie Edition
This post was inspired by the lovely Lindsey over at The Motion Pictures (TMP) - link here!
Right! Here we go - this is where I go slightly insane trying to answer questions that are extremely hard for me to answer (considering how in love I've been wit read more
The Stage To Screen Blogathon! The Odd Couple (1968)
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 17, 2014
The Stage To Screen Blogathon! The Odd Couple (1968)
Watching The Odd Couple whilst on holiday and eating a sandwich that Felix would be proud of.
Right off the bat, before I get started, I want to know why this film is so fucking perfect. I'm pretty sure I've never laughed as hard as read more
My Top 10 Favourite Classic Film Tweeters!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 15, 2014
My Top 10 Favourite Classic Film Tweeters!
Tweet tweet!
I've met a lot of great people online within the past couple of years and the majority of these people are classic film fans! Turns out, the classic film online community is one of the nicest ones I've ever come across; everyone has po read more
The 1930s: My Favourite Movie Decade
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 10, 2014
The 1930s: My Favourite Movie Decade
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers star in The Gay Divorcee (1934).
Whenever someone is brave enough to ask me what my favourite decade of movie-making is, my brain automatically conjures up images of black and white fairytale lands in which Fred pursues G read more
A wee little me with a wee little obsession!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 8, 2014
A wee little me with a wee little obsession!
Can you spot a wee little me in the picture above?
One of my earliest childhood memories is of my Mother taking me out for a day of shopping at our local mall and me making a beeline for the tiny, independently-owned cinema shop on the second flo read more
Mashed lips and no tongues!
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Oct 6, 2014
Mashed lips and no tongues!
"You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how."
There is one thing about classic movies that genuinely makes me cringe. Like, every time. It's the way people kiss in them. Or, more specifically, the way people smush their faces together in lieu o read more