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It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Salute for Three (1943) read more

Nurses have always been thanked for their service, but never more so than now, when the world relies on them and fellow medical providers through this hazardous time. It's led to a renewed appreciation of Carole Lombard's 1940 film "Vigil In The Night," where she portrays a nurse in modern-day Brita read more

Sister Celluloid salutes Audrey at 90 with a blogathon running from May 4 to May 7, 2019. Click HERE to share the love for the actress and humanitarian. When a young widow (she doesn't know it yet) with a killer wardrobe (Givenchy) meets an older and intriguing (he knows it) man with a k read more

I wasn't yet born when Carole Lombard was alive, but Clark Gable and I shared the earth for several years -- in fact, I was a kindergarten student when he passed away in November 1960. But he's gained generations of fans in ensuing decades, largely because he played this, arguably the most iconic ro read more

I wasn't yet born when Carole Lombard was alive, but Clark Gable and I shared the earth for several years -- in fact, I was a kindergarten student when he passed away in November 1960. But he's gained generations of fans in ensuing decades, largely because he played this, arguably the most iconic ro read more

A Salute to Gene Wilder’s Wonderful Whimsical Charm 29 Monday Aug 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1970s, 1990s, Cinema, Musicals ≈ Leave a comment Tags1970s, 1990s, Musical I cannot begin to express how sadden read more

On the set of "Swing High, Swing Low," Carole Lombard, co-star Fred MacMurray and director Mitchell Leisen receive an honored guest -- Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, far right. The year 1937 marked Zukor's 25th anniversary at the helm of the historic studio, and Paramount celebrated with a special read more

On the set of "Swing High, Swing Low," Carole Lombard, co-star Fred MacMurray and director Mitchell Leisen receive an honored guest -- Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, far right. The year 1937 marked Zukor's 25th anniversary at the helm of the historic studio, and Paramount celebrated with a special read more

This film was viewed for the Barbara Stanwyck Filmography Project. Stanwyck’s earlier flicks can be somewhat difficult to find, and Her Uncle Sam, also known as Red Salute, Runaway Daughter or Her Enlisted Man, is one of them. Since the film has fallen into the public domain, the Internet Arch read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Nine) June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante It’s almost here, folks! Even though the timestamp on my blog says it’s already 6/18, it’s not. Help a sister out on fixing that, eh? Picture it. Ju read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Eight) June 17, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante Hi. I am a disclaimer. Massive OTP Jeanette/Gene love ahoy because… HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MACRAYMONDS! Negativity will not be permitted, unless it is directed toward Gene̵ read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Seven) June 16, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante Your neighborhood Dilettante would like to take this Father’s Day to give a shout out to Daniel MacDonald… …the man responsible for this… …this&# read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Six) June 15, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante Oh, dear reader, it has been one full day since my last post, and I have grown so much as a human worm baby, since then. Meh, I’m just joshin’ you. I spent 9 hours reha read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day 5) June 14, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante Dear Reader, I have a confession to make. When I ran the Jeanette MacDonald Blog, I had a hard time being inclusive of Nelson because I’ve been in this game long enough to know read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Four) June 13, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante After the movies pretty much gave up on Jeanette and Gene, they did their best to find projects in which they could work together. One of those came in the form of the TV broadca read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Three) June 12, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante Spolier Alert! Jeanette MacDonald had a sense of humor. Jeanette was a punk, to be honest. From being banned from Constance Bennett’s parties for making boobs out of lemon read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute (Day Two) June 11, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante I will be totally upfront with you, dear reader. There are multiple websites, blogs, web forums, yahoo groups, facebook pages, etc. where you can immerse yourself in the version o read more

Jeanette MacDonald Birthday Salute June 9, 2014 / The Cinema Dilettante As a tribute to one of my personal favorite human beings that ever walked the face of the earth, your friendly neighborhood Dilettante is doing a countdown to Jeanette Anna MacDonald’s read more

Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and director Mitchell Leisen welcome a guest to the set of "Swing High, Swing Low" -- the man who approved their paychecks, if he didn't necessarily sign them. He's Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount, who at the time this picture was taken -- near the end of 1936 or in read more

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