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George Sanders is looking as affable as ever in this still from the 1951 thriller The Light Touch starring Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. Pier looks like she is falling in love with Stewart..which is a shame because the film's poster foretells: "If she knew what he was, she'd never give him her yo read more

A severely beaten man who has survived a heinous assault is unconscious in a London hospital. His head and face are wrapped in bandages with only his eyes (a key thing) and mouth visible. The heart monitor near his bed is flatlined, but inexplicably there is a small blip of brain activity. He isn read more

“Your future’s all used up.” Orson Welles was an architect of film noir before the style had even been identified. His debut release, Citizen Kane (1941), was revolutionary for the artform as a whole, but the film’s shadowy visuals and elaborate flashbacks had the biggest impact read more

Hayley Mills as Nikky.What do you get when you cross an Alfred Hitchcock suspense film with a Disney movie? The answer is something like The Moon-Spinners (1965), an attempt to transition 17-year-old Hayley Mills to more grown-up roles.The Moon-Spinners opens with musicologist Fran Ferris (Joan read more

Either there’s a good story behind Fist of Fear, Touch of Death’s production or it’s exactly what it seems to be, some producers got ahold of the rights to an old Chinese movie, 1957’s The Thunderstorm, starring a teenage Bruce Lee in a non-martial arts role (in fact, it’s incest melodrama), read more

Billy Wilder, more than any screenwriter I’ve ever known, has a knack for voiceover narration. What other novices consider a crutch to feed us information, he uses as an asset to set tone, story, and location, while offsetting the image with the spoken word. Take the beginning of Love in The A read more

Bryony Ashley, aged 22 and currently the last in her branch of an uppercrust English family, has experienced telepathic episodes since childhood; it’s a family trait, apparently. In particular, she frequently exchanges thoughts with an unidentified “lover” whom she assumes to be o read more

UK, France / 109 minutes / color / Coatesgold, ITC Dir: Jack Gold Pr: Anne V. Coates, Jack Gold Scr: John Briley Story: The Medusa Touch (1973) by Peter Van Greenaway Cine: Arthur Ibbetson Cast: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jeremy Br read more

via: http://www.rozrussell.com/2014/07/the-feminine-touch-1941.html Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Jealousy takes center stage in this comedy from 1941 starring Rosalind Russell and Don Ameche. The two romantic leads are already married to each other when the movie begins, so you kno read more

UK-US / 93 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir: Guy Hamilton Pr: Ivan Foxwell Scr: Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton, Ivan Foxwell Story: The Megstone Plot (1956) by Andrew Garve Cine: John Wilcox Cast: James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Ernest Clark, Duncan Lamont, Percy read more

After all melodrama I sniffled through in the pair of Francis flicks I reviewed earlier in the week, I needed something lighter, and I got it with The Feminine Touch. Francis takes a supporting role in this comedy about jealousy in romantic relationships now available on DVD from Warner Archive. Do read more

Kate Alcott's "A Touch of Stardust," the historical novel about Hollywood in the late 1930s in which Carole Lombard is a notable character, has been out since mid-February. We know that this was initially planned as its cover......but that it ended up as this:But did you know the final cover was sli read more

Kate Alcott's "A Touch of Stardust," the historical novel about Hollywood in the late 1930s in which Carole Lombard is a notable character, has been out since mid-February. We know that this was initially planned as its cover......but that it ended up as this:But did you know the final cover was sli read more

“A Touch of Stardust” Book Giveaway (via Facebook and this Blog) This month, CMH will be giving away another copy of A Touch of Stardust, this time via Facebook and this Blog, courtesy of Doubleday Books… As I mentioned before (for our Twitter contest), this is the first time we’ll be giving read more

The photographer whose work defined Hollywood portrait glamour (such as in the above portrait of Carole Lombard) is currently being honored by a museum spotlighting the man who revolutionized animation.George Hurrell, shown in a self-portrait......is the subject of an exhibit, "Lights! Camera! Glamo read more

“A Touch of Stardust” Book Giveaway (via Twitter March 2 – March 31) This month, CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of A Touch of Stardust via TWITTER, courtesy of Doubleday Books… This is the first time we’ll be giving away a novel, so let me tell you a little bit about it… read more

“A Touch of Stardust” – Book Giveaway! Starts March 2 – March 31 Just thought it would be ‘fittin’ to announce our March Book Giveaway today because our prize, “A Touch of Stardust” by best-selling author Kate Alcott (and incidentally Ben Mankiewicz’s stepmother), read more

A Touch of Stardust: A Novel Kate Alcott Double Day Release Date: 2/17/15 I approached A Touch of Stardust with caution, because I am always wary of novels that fictionalize the lives of my movie idols. As Carole Lombard and Clark Gable are among my first silver screen loves, I felt especially on g read more

Loves of Pharaoh (1929) stars Emil Jannings Beginning at 6:15 am Eastern/3:15 am Pacific on Tuesday, January 28, Turner Classic Movies will treat its viewers to thirteen hours of 'the Lubitsch Touch'. Kicking off TCM's birthday tribute/Lubitsch-fest will be the spectacular The Loves of Pharaoh ( read more

Loves of Pharaoh (1929) stars Emil Jannings Beginning at 6:15 am Eastern/3:15 am Pacific on Tuesday, January 28, Turner Classic Movies will treat its viewers to thirteen hours of 'the Lubitsch Touch'. Kicking off TCM's birthday tribute/Lubitsch-fest will be the spectacular The Loves of Pharaoh ( read more