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St. Patrick's Day Profile: The Irish Mafia James Cagney, Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien, and Spencer Tracy circa the 1940s. James Cagney, Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien, and Spencer Tracy - these were the original members of what Hollywood journalist Sidney Skolsky dubbed the "Irish Mafia." This form read more

Happy 20th Anniversary to TCM! So, as most of you probably already know, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year! I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to tell you what TCM means to me and how it's shaped my life up till now. So, without further read more

Shedding the load! My journey of letting go. Even James Stewart seems appalled by my actions. I'll be moving house in about a year's time. The amount of movies I have in my DVD/Bluray collection is worrying. One day last week, I stood standing in front of the mouth of hell (actually, j read more

Weekend Recap: Bring on Halloween! Greta Garbo + doggies looking equally intimidating in Queen Christina (1933). A word to the wise: I hate Halloween. I've always hated Halloween. Halloween 2014 will be something different entirely, though. Why? Because I'm adamant about disguising myself read more

Weekend Recap: A real winner! In the days leading up to this past weekend, I did two marvelous things: I watched Edge Of the City (1957) starring Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes and I finished reading Eve Golden's biography of John Gilbert. Coincidentally, both made me cry. In my quest to wa read more

Pre-code Perversion: Red Dust* (1932) I've never hated Mary Astor more than I did whilst watching Red Dust (1932). But more on that later. Can you believe I hadn't seen this film in its entirety since now? Yes, I've seen bits and pieces of it when I was lucky enough to catch it on TCM, but read more

My Favourite Screen Couples! Seeing as how it's Valentine's Day today, I thought I'd write a special post listing all of my favourite on-screen couples! They aren't listed in any particular order but I will say this about them: they're all my favourites for a reason, and I explain those reasons read more

Farewell Bright Eyes: Shirley Temple Black (1928 - 2014) Shirley Temple circa the 1930s, fifty-two curls and all! Would you be surprised if I told you this was the third crack I've taken at writing this post? See, this is what happens when one of my absolute favourite classic film stars d read more

Weekday Watch: Blackboard Jungle (1955) First, let's get the technical stuff out of the way: this film was directed by Richard Brooks and released in March 1955. It starred Glenn Ford as high school English teacher Richard Daddy-O Dadier, Anne Francis as his insecure, jealous, and fragile wi read more

Fantasyland! If I lived at 5133 Kensington Avenue ... A view of the charming Smith household at 5135 Kensington Avenue. Welcome to another edition of Fantasyland! where I dream up ideal scenarios for the classic film fan and insert myself into the daydream. I'm warning you now, if you haven read more

Better late than never! Marlene Dietrich photographed by Irving Penn, 1948. Is it too late for me to make a New Year's resolution? As I type this, it's Tuesday, February 4, 2014 and I have just realized something. I've realized that I've got an awful lot of un-watched films sitting on my s read more

Book Haul! This is some serious haulage eye candy, folks. Thank you Amazon (yet again) for loosening my purse strings and making me succumb to your hypnotizing spell. No matter how many times I repeat to myself that I will never spend money on your site ever again - or, for at least a week read more

Fantasyland! If Gary Cooper was my boyfriend ... Fantasyland! is a new concept here at Stardust. Consider this my outlet for living out my classic-film infused fantasies and dreams. First on the list of things to imagine in all it's glorious-ness: If Gary Cooper was my boyfriend ... If Gary read more

Things I learned from watching Lewis Milestone's 'Rain' (1932) Joan Crawford plays prostitute Sadie Thompson in Rain (1932). Here are some useless tidbits I picked up whilst watching Rain for the first time: the incessant sound of rain falling on tin roofs and soggy mud is oddly comfortin read more

A classic movie weekend in the making! Rain (1932). I've been dying to see this movie since I was born. Along with all the TV shows I have to catch up on (Orphan Black, Reign, and Nikita), there are a shit-load of classic movies that are on my list of ones to watch this weekend too. Movies read more

Book Look! A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson A Life of Barbara Stanwyck is available on amazon.ca Simply put, this book is a whopper! I may have even used it once or twice as a weight. Clocking in at just over 1000 pages, this biography is one of the most i read more

The evolution of Joan Crawford's eyebrows! When anyone mentions Joan Crawford to me, the first things that spring to mind are EYEBROWS! And not just any eyebrows. No. Joan's eyebrows. Whether they're thin or thick, sculpted or allowed to run free over her brow bones, they emit a certain level o read more

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014! Grace and I watching Scrooge (1951) Here's a shot of my aunt Grace and I taken by one of my cousins on Christmas Eve. Now, if you remember, Grace was the one who introduced me to classic films all those years ago when I was young and impressionable. Here we a read more

Happy Christmas to one and all from Stardust! James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan star in The Shop Around The Corner (1940) Yikes! It's December 19th and I still haven't written a Christmas-themed post for Stardust! This is me currently going mad and rushing and trying really darn hard read more

Book Look! Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939 by Mark A. Vieira Majestic Hollywood is avaiable on amazon, $16.62 CAD This is the newest title from film historian and author Mark A. Vieira. Released on December 6, 2013 this paperback book tells the story of what many consider the read more