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Blog of the Year 2012!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 14, 2013
The lovely bloggers at Classic Movie Hub Blog and Journeys in Classic Film, two of my favorite blogs, have been kind enough to bestow upon me the Blog of the Year 2012 award! “The Rules: Select another blog or other blogs who deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award; Write a blog post read more
The Woman in Red (1935)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 13, 2013
Rising polo star Shelby Barret (Barbara Stanwyck) is employed to ride show horses by Nicko (Genevieve Tobin), a very rich widow. Also employed by Nicko is a handsome man from what was once a very wealthy family, Johnny Wyatt (Gene Raymond).
Nicko and Gene Fairchild (John Eldredge) try to stop Shelby read more
Series on DVD: The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mysteries
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 12, 2013
“Four classic mysteries. One legendary detective.”
(Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP)
The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection is a two-disc DVD set featuring the four classic Nancy Drew films, which star the lovely Bonita Granville in the title character. Granville is joined by read more
Oscar recollections: 10 favorite Best Actor winners
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 11, 2013
Yesterday I shared my 10 favorite Best Actress winners, in celebration of this year’s nominations being announced. The following is a chronological list of my 10 favorite Best Actor in a Leading Role winners!
1. Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul (4th winner)
Other nominations: Madame X (Bes read more
Oscar recollections: 10 favorite Best Actress winners
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 10, 2013
Happy Oscar nominations day! I’m a total fiend for award season, so today I’ve decided to kick off a special four-part series of Oscar lists. A list of my favorite Best Actor winners will appear tomorrow, and there will be two more lists in February around the day of this year’s sh read more
Classic stars on the small screen: Ann Sothern in ‘Susie’
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 9, 2013
With a natural charm and an extensive filmography reaching back to the late 1920s, it comes as no surprise that Ann Sothern was one of the many classic stars to move to television as the 20th century progressed.
Ann with Fred Brady in Swing Shift Maisie (1943), one of the ten films in which she star read more
2013 films: The good, the bad – I’ll see them all, anyway. (Part 2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 8, 2013
Welcome to Part 2 of my good and bad anticipated films of 2013! I’m going to skip the introductory words and get right to the good stuff…
July
This is my birth month, and every single major release film in it looks like a dud. I will spend July boycotting The Lone Ranger.
August
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Golden Boy (1939) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 7, 2013
An advertisement for Golden Boy explains the tangled web of characters. (Image: Doctor Macro) A note from Lindsey: This film was viewed as part of TMP’s Barbara Stanwyck filmography project. This is the 37th film I’ve watched from Stanwyck’s filmography, and the 40th title if we’re read more
Favorite things about… Niagara (1953)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 6, 2013
(Image: dvdclassik.com)
The favorite film:
Niagara, 1953′s “raging torrent of emotion that even nature can’t control!” This noir-thriller was directed by Henry Hathaway for Fox.
The synopsis:
Polly and Ray Cutler are taking a belated honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. When the read more
2013 films: The good, the bad – I’ll see them all. (Part 1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 5, 2013
In case the 400-something posts about old movies on this blog didn’t tip you off, I’m a classics person. I’m always a bit wary of new release films and often go in with low expectations unless the trailer REALLY impresses me.
That being said, I still love taking trips to the theate read more
2012 in review: a final wrap-up!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 4, 2013
So, we’re already a few days into the new year. I hope 2013 is treating you all well so far!
As you may have guessed by the monthly wrap-ups throughout the past year, I really love tracking the stats of my viewing, so I’ve decided to compile an ULTIMATE wrap-up of all of my viewing for t read more
Evelyn Prentice (1934) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 3, 2013
My single Black Friday 2012 purchase was the TCM Spotlight: Myrna Loy and William Powell boxed set from shop.tcm.com – I got it at a whopping 60% off! The set contains five films I hadn’t seen before (though I was, of course, a fan of both Loy and Powell from The Thin Man series and the read more
Two Against the World (1932)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 2, 2013
(Image: lizislazy @ tumblr)
Adell Hamilton (Constance Bennett), the youngest daughter of the Hamilton family, finds herself attracted to a lawyer named David Norton (Neil Hamilton).
But their romance is no walk in the park. David is eventually assigned as the prosecutor in a murder case of which Ade read more
The Locket (1946)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 1, 2013
(Image: jumpingfrog.com)
John Willis (Gene Raymond) is happily engaged to a woman named Nancy (Laraine Day), who seems like she’ll make the perfect wife.
But just before the wedding ceremony is set to take place, John is visited by a man named Dr. Harry Blair (Brian Aherne) who claims to be Na read more
The two-month-late Halloween Movie Meme
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Dec 30, 2012
Way back on October 31 The Girl with the White Parasol hosted the Halloween Movie Meme – a fun questionnaire about spooky films. I didn’t discover the meme until Halloween day, when I saw it posted on Noir and Chick Flicks, and I’d already made my post for the day, so it’s ap read more
Stats for 2012!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Dec 30, 2012
WP’s “stats helper monkeys” put together a super-fancy 2012 annual report for TMP.
Here’s an excerpt:
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 23,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals
Click here read more
Lindsey’s ultimate DVD wishlist!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Dec 29, 2012
Over the past few weeks I’ve been sharing my fairly enormous DVD collection every Saturday. Since the collection posts were completed last week (See: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) I’ve decided to share some of my wishlist today… because though many people would say I already own too many read more
Films to watch in winter: On Moonlight Bay (1951)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Dec 28, 2012
A note from Lindsey: Since the holidays have now passed, today I’m recommending a film for general Winter viewing: On Moonlight Bay. Only a portion of the film takes place during Winter, but I think it’s a great selection to watch during this time of the year! Buy this film or stream it read more
Marlene Dietrich: A tribute
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Dec 27, 2012
Publicity still for Morocco Few names hold as much weight as that of Marlene Dietrich. She is one of the actresses who absolutely defines classic glamour and talent, on stage and on film. Born on December 27, 1901 in Schoneberg, Germany (now a district of Berlin), Marie Magdalene Dietrich first fou read more
Favorite things about… Gilda
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Dec 26, 2012
The favorite film:
Gilda, a spectacular 1946 noir-drama directed by Charles Vidor
(Imgae: Noir of the Week)
The synopsis:
Casino owner Ballin Mundson gets a surprise when he returns to the business with a beautiful new wife, Gilda, only to discover that she has a past with his right-hand man, Johnny read more