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  Already three years ago, Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood hosted a blogathon in honour of Lauren Bacall. Three years later, she is B-A-C-K with a second edition of the event celebrating “The Look”. Even if I still have mixed feelings on my appreciation for La read more

Yesterday, veteran actor Earl Holliman turned 90! I’ve always liked him for being an actor without any false pretensions. Highly underrated, he surely deserved more recognition. If you remember, a bit more than two years ago, I wrote him a letter to which he answered with two autographed phot read more

Ah, Jo, Joseph, Joseph Cotten… What a man! Perhaps one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood, he surely deserves his own tribute. And his own blogathon! Crystal from In The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Maddy from Maddy Loves Her Classic Films are back to take care of that! Of c read more

Hello everybody! As usual, next November, I’ll be hosting The Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon (4th edition) in honour of this unique lady. But, but, but! I made a little change this year as I asked Emily from The Flapper Dame to co-host the event with me and she gladly accepted! She had previ read more

I had a great surprise when I woke up yesterday. I saw that The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s Facebook page had been tagged by Feedspot Blog Reader‘s Facebook Page. So, as I naturally wondered what it was all about, I decided to go and see (natch) to discover that my blog had been selected read more

I had a hard time finding a title who would do justice to this post. But let me explain what this article is about. Yesterday, I was thinking about all these facts from Alfred Hitchcock films and career that people tend to forget, or that are a bit weird or that not everybody necessarily notices. I read more

Three Enchanting Ladies It’s that day of the year again: August 29 or Ingrid Bergman’s birthday (and unfortunately, also her 36th death anniversary). For the occasion, I’m, once again, hosting my Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon via my main blog The Wonderful World Of Cinema. But I decided read more

It’s been a pleasure for me to host The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon for the 4th year! I had a great time reading the various articles written by YOU talented bloggers! I could feel your admiration and respect for Ingrid in each one of them, which is perhaps the best way to honour her. read more

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The Barrymores were to Hollywood what the Redgraves were to England: A “royal” family of talented actors, expended on more than one generation. My friend Crystal is one of the Barrymore’s great admirers and she reminds it to us every year with her always expected Barrymore Trilogy read more

The other day, I decided to read old diaries I was writing during my high school years. And honestly, that was a very entertaining read as I apparently had a lot of interesting things to say. However, the truly fascinating thing about it was to read about the actors and the films I was discovering. read more

I invite you to read my text on Ingrid Bergman as a transnational figure. read more

La Nuit américaine (Day for Night) is one of those films I watched during the first years of my cinematic exploration. I remember liking back then but when I saw it for the second time years after, at the Outremont Theatre in Montreal, my reaction to it was completely different. I the right way. I read more

The enthusiast Michaela from Love Letters to Old Hollywood and Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood are hosting together an event celebrating one of the most iconic on-screen duos to mark the history of classic films: The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Blogathon. This dancing du read more

Ah, Lawrence of Arabia… An illustrious man and the subject of one of movie history’s best films. It is British movie director David Lean who created this masterpiece. With movies like Lawrence of Arabia (of course), Great Expectations,  The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago and read more

Hello everybody! It’s been some time now since I’ve been considering hosting a blogathon honouring Dolores Hart. Those who have been following my blog since the beginning know it’s not the first time I talk about her. Dolores Hart’s story is a unique one in the Hollywood his read more

Rebel Without a Cause was among the first films I watched when I was in full discovery of classic films. This first viewing seems forever ago but I remember it as if it was yesterday. I rent the DVD at a video store that unfortunately doesn’t exist anymore. They had a lot of choices, so that& read more

After a non-movie related post on The Doors, I’m back to my old habits with good old Hitchcock. Yes, we discussed his films a lot on this blog and this isn’t going to stop! The occasion, today, is Maddy’s Second Annual Hitchcock Blogathon that she’s hosting on her blog Maddy read more

Let’s talk a bit about music, ok? “But this is supposed to be a movie blog!” I know, but it’s important sometimes to go out of your comfort zone! Steve from Movie Movie Blog Blog is hosting The Favourite Foursome Blogathon. The participants are writing either about a real or a fictional read more

Today, the legendary Olivia de Havilland is turning 102 years old! What a victory! For a third consecutive year, Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Laura from Phyllis Loves Classic Movies are hosting the Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon. I’m happy to take part in t read more