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Million Dollar Mermaid Like many of you, I’ve been enjoying the Rio Olympics for the last two weeks. The swimming events were particularly fun to watch, and of course they made me think of Esther Williams and her competitive swimming career. (But to be truthful, most things make me think of Es read more

Harold Sakata in the 1948 Olympics You probably know him best as a James Bond henchman with a lethal bowler hat. But Harold Sakata’s career started as an Olympian. Born in Hawaii, Sakata competed on the United States team in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Sakata won a silver medal for read more

You may know him as actor Bruce Bennett who played Joan Crawford’s ex-husband in Mildred Pierce (1945) or perhaps as yet another actor who played Tarzan. Others know him by his birth name Herman Brix, which he was using when he won an Olympic silver medalist. Before the Olympics and Hollywood, Ben read more

Johnny Weissmuller wasn’t the only swimming Olympian to play Tarzan. There was also Clarence “Buster” Crabbe. Crabbe and Weissmuller knew each other before their Hollywood days and were competitive. Crabbe developed as his swimming (and surfing) prowess while growing up on a pineapple plantation read more

Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo University Press of Kentucky, 2015 Screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo is most famous for the eleven years he spent on an unofficial Hollywood blacklist, as one of the notorious Hollywood Ten, a group of movie in read more

Today, most Olympic fans in the United States are proud of Michael Phelps, who has broken records for both swimming and amount of gold medals won in one Olympic game. But in the 1920s, the same pride and idolization was for another swimmer: Johnny Weissmuller, one of the first international swimmin read more

Two actresses born on August 30th share a career and two roles.  Both were born in New York City and started Broadway careers in the 1920s.  One was whisked away to Hollywood in 1930 and appeared in over 90 films.  The other only made a handful of movies, the first one in 1952. read more

Today, guest contributor Jennifer Gale is outlining the themes of pre-code Hollywood.  Baby Face (1933), which stars Barbara Stanwyck as a tough cookie who must fend off the unwanted advances of men like Arthur Hohl, is a great example of a pre-code movie. This article is by guest contri read more

A Hollywood Mystery This story of murder, intrigue, mystery and Hollywood glamour is the result of a fun-filled weekly collaboration of many blogging and Facebook friends. Each contributed a chapter until the mystery was solved. One thing they all have in common - they love classic films and a goo read more

June Brides: June is the traditional month for weddings, so throughout the month I wrote about  four diverse films that have "bride" in the title. Father of the Bride (1950): Spencer Tracy plays a doting dad who is trying to give his daughter (Elizabeth Taylor) the wedding of read more

The online auction house Invaluable introduced me to an upcoming auction that features some really incredible classic Hollywood items. I’ve had a fantastic time looking through the lots: there are costumes, scripts, props, posters, fan magazines, photographs, vintage animation stuff, equipment read more

Today, I'm making a list of reasons why William Holden in Sunset Boulevard (1950) is the perfect old Hollywood boyfriend. This article is part of the Reel Infatuation Blogathon hosted by Font & Frock and Silver Screenings. On paper, the character of Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (1950) i read more

Nice festival play-by-play! “Beggars of Life,” courtesy of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The just concluded Twenty First Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival featured a strong weekend of thoughtful and powerful films and music from all over the world. The diverse lineup revealed read more

Musical: “Hollywood Canteen” (1944) –Musical #139 Studio: Warner Brothers Director: Delmar Davies Starring: Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark Cameos: Bette Davis, John Garfield ,The Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Kitty Carlisle, Jack Carson, Joan Cr read more

To commemorate the tenth and final volume of Warner Archive's delightful Forbidden Hollywood pre-code series, I am giving away one five-film set to a lucky reader! The collection includes: Guilty Hands (1931), with Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis and Madge Evans The Mouthpiece (1932), starring Warr read more

I'll admit to being disappointed when I learned that volume 10 of Warner Archive's Forbidden Hollywood series would be the last. From the first installment, these sets of pre-code movies have always been a must-have for me. I've made so many great discoveries through the series over the years, and e read more

Today, I'm celebrating dance in film with a look at old Hollywood ballet sequences like this one from An American in Paris (1951), featuring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. This article is part of Gotta Dance! A Celebration of Dance in Film hosted by Classic Reel Girl. Old Hollywood films have al read more

Today, I'm looking at the character of Boris Lermontov as played by Anton Walbrook in The Red Shoes. He is with Moira Shearer in this photo. This article is part of The Great Villain Blogathon hosted by Silver Screenings, Speakeasy, and Shadows and Satin. Some old Hollywood villains commit th read more

Today's song is The Man That Got Away performed by Judy Garland in A Star Is Born (1954). Judy Garland's tour de force performance of The Man That Got Away in A Star Is Born (1954) sealed her status as one of the greatest singers in old Hollywood history, but the song did require a little fine t read more

Comet will be in Hollywood this week! We’ll be attending our fourth Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, which is Thursday, April 28, through Sunday, May 1. For those who have never attended, this is like a film 10k — no running (you may power walk between film — but equally as exhausting. read more