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Summer Under the Stars: Bette Davis in DANGEROUS (1935)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 13, 2013
This post is part of the Summer Under the Stars blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. Visit their blogs for links to all of the Bette Davis posts in conjunction with TCM's day honoring the star on August 14, 2013.
Bette Davis won her first Best Actress Oscar for D read more
Summer Under the Stars: Bette Davis in DANGEROUS (1935)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 13, 2013
This post is part of the Summer Under the Stars blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. Visit their blogs for links to all of the Bette Davis posts in conjunction with TCM's day honoring the star on August 14, 2013.
Bette Davis won her first Best Actress Oscar for D read more
Summer Under the Stars: Bette Davis in DANGEROUS (1935)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 13, 2013
This post is part of the Summer Under the Stars blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. Visit their blogs for links to all of the Bette Davis posts in conjunction with TCM's day honoring the star on August 14, 2013.
Bette Davis won her first Best Actress Oscar for D read more
Classic Films in Focus: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 12, 2013
Arriving late in the era of classic noir, director Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success (1957) dispenses with any pretense at cool and dives right into the murkiest end of the cesspool, with Tony Curtis’ pretty boy face a thin veneer for unrelenting ugliness. This is the darkes read more
TCM Summer Under the Stars: Growing Up with Mickey Rooney
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 12, 2013
This post is part of the TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin' on a Backyard Fence and ScribeHard on Film. Visit their blogs to links for all of the blogathon posts!
Turner Classic Movies celebrates Mickey Rooney on August 13, 2013, with a full day of films starring the perpetually read more
Classic Films in Focus: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 12, 2013
Arriving late in the era of classic noir, director Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success (1957) dispenses with any pretense at cool and dives right into the murkiest end of the cesspool, with Tony Curtis’ pretty boy face a thin veneer for unrelenting ugliness. This is the darkes read more
Classic Films in Focus: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 12, 2013
Arriving late in the era of classic noir, director Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success (1957) dispenses with any pretense at cool and dives right into the murkiest end of the cesspool, with Tony Curtis’ pretty boy face a thin veneer for unrelenting ugliness. This is the darkes read more
Classic Films in Focus: PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 11, 2013
A favorite with film noir enthusiasts, Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street (1953) features an odd combination of petty crime, espionage, and rough romance, with Richard Widmark and Jean Peters as two small-time losers who get caught up in a very big problem. The story and its characters are read more
Classic Films in Focus: PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 11, 2013
A favorite with film noir enthusiasts, Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street (1953) features an odd combination of petty crime, espionage, and rough romance, with Richard Widmark and Jean Peters as two small-time losers who get caught up in a very big problem. The story and its characters are read more
Classic Films in Focus: PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 11, 2013
A favorite with film noir enthusiasts, Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street (1953) features an odd combination of petty crime, espionage, and rough romance, with Richard Widmark and Jean Peters as two small-time losers who get caught up in a very big problem. The story and its characters are read more
Classic Films in Focus: MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 8, 2013
Several actors have played Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe, in memorable films: Humphrey Bogart took on the role in The Big Sleep (1946), Robert Montgomery tried it in Lady in the Lake (1947), and Elliott Gould offered a neo-noir version in The Long Goodbye (1973). Geo read more
Classic Films in Focus: MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 8, 2013
Several actors have played Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe, in memorable films: Humphrey Bogart took on the role in The Big Sleep (1946), Robert Montgomery tried it in Lady in the Lake (1947), and Elliott Gould offered a neo-noir version in The Long Goodbye (1973). Geo read more
Classic Films in Focus: MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 8, 2013
Several actors have played Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe, in memorable films: Humphrey Bogart took on the role in The Big Sleep (1946), Robert Montgomery tried it in Lady in the Lake (1947), and Elliott Gould offered a neo-noir version in The Long Goodbye (1973). Geo read more
Classic Films in Focus: HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 5, 2013
There really was a Hollywood Canteen during World War II; it was the brainchild of stars John Garfield and Bette Davis and the hottest spot in town for servicemen of all sorts throughout the war years. For the rest of their lives veterans would remember their evenings in that magical place, where th read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 5, 2013
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld (1936) is a lavish musical tribute to the legendary Broadway producer, with all the whistles, bells, and gorgeous girls that Ziegfeld himself could want, even if it does takes certain liberties with the facts of Ziegfeld’s life. Hollywood had a read more
Classic Films in Focus: HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 5, 2013
There really was a Hollywood Canteen during World War II; it was the brainchild of stars John Garfield and Bette Davis and the hottest spot in town for servicemen of all sorts throughout the war years. For the rest of their lives veterans would remember their evenings in that magical place, where th read more
Classic Films in Focus: HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 5, 2013
There really was a Hollywood Canteen during World War II; it was the brainchild of stars John Garfield and Bette Davis and the hottest spot in town for servicemen of all sorts throughout the war years. For the rest of their lives veterans would remember their evenings in that magical place, where th read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 5, 2013
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld (1936) is a lavish musical tribute to the legendary Broadway producer, with all the whistles, bells, and gorgeous girls that Ziegfeld himself could want, even if it does takes certain liberties with the facts of Ziegfeld’s life. Hollywood had a read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 5, 2013
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld (1936) is a lavish musical tribute to the legendary Broadway producer, with all the whistles, bells, and gorgeous girls that Ziegfeld himself could want, even if it does takes certain liberties with the facts of Ziegfeld’s life. Hollywood had a read more
In Praise of Women's Pictures
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 3, 2013
I have been looking over my iCheckMovies rating again this week, which always forces me to confront the fact that I just don't want to sit through some of the movies that make all of those official lists. As I peruse the highly ranked pictures, trying to will myself to buckle down to some of those f read more