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PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISE
Caftan Woman Posted by on Mar 16, 2022
Terence Towles Canote at A Shroud of Thoughts is hosting The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon. The popular blogathon is running from March 18th to 20th.THE CASE OF THE SAUSALITO SUNRISEFirst aired: Sunday, February 13, 1966Written by Ernest Frankel and Orville H. HamptonBased on Erle S read more
MAVERICK: THE SAVAGE HILLS
Caftan Woman Posted by on Mar 2, 2022
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews is hosting The Wilhelm Scream Blogathon! A brilliant idea whose contributions can be found HERE.The Wilhelm Scream is ubiquitous in movies and television, and as welcome and comforting as the Goofy Yell or the Roadrunner's Beep Beep. Okay. Pe read more
THE JOHN WILLIAMS BLOGTHON: Fitzwilly, 1967
Caftan Woman Posted by on Feb 8, 2022
Rebecca Deniston at Taking Up Room is hosting The John Williams Blogathon to commemorate the occasion of the composer's 90th Birthday on February 8th. The celebration begins HERE. Dick Van Dyke plays the title character in Fitzwilly, 1967. Fitzwilly is an informal nickname for Claude R. Fi read more
CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR FEBRUARY ON TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 31, 2022
Frances Hodgson Burnett brought pleasure to countless generations of readers and earned herself critical praise with her writing, in particular three novels which have made the transition to the screen and stage countless times, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The read more
THE ODD OR EVEN BLOGATHON: The Patsy, 1928
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 22, 2022
Rebecca at Taking Up Room and Gill at RealWeegieMidget Reviews are hosting The Odd or Even Blogathon from January 20th to the 23rd. It was a lot of fun to have a flip of the coin settle the topic for the contributors. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 read more
THE UMPTEENTH BLOGATION: 42nd Street, 1933
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 18, 2022
Theresa, the CineMaven herself is hosting The Umpteenth Blogathon on January 18th. A tribute to those movies which have an addictive hold on our moving pictures loving souls. Every fan has many such films and HERE we get to gush about one of them. My selection is the energetic, music-fille read more
Sailing Away on Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise, 1940
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 10, 2022
Charlie Chan Carries On, published in 1930 was the fifth of author Earl Derr Bigger's six Chan novels. Our premise finds Chan's friend and colleague Inspector Duff, from Behind That Curtain published 1928, pursuing a mysterious killer on board a luxury liner. Duff is wounded when the ship reac read more
CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR JANUARY ON TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jan 1, 2022
Sitting atop the 1937 movie season box office we find MGMs adaption of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, MGMs operetta Maytime starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and Paramount's Waikiki Wedding with Bing Crosby. It appears that the audience of that y read more
YOU KNEW MY NAME: THE BOND NOT BOND BLOGATHON - The Persuaders! (Greensleeves), 1971
Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 18, 2021
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews and Gabriela at Pale Writer are co-hosting the unique The Bond Not Bond Blogathon. Click HERE to begin sharing favourite movies and performances by the actors who have given us the big screen James Bond when they stepped away from that legendary character. The read more
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE BLOGATHON - A 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Ward Bond and Frank Faylen as Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver
Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 11, 2021
Ari, The Classic Movie Muse is hosting the It's a Wonderful Life Blogathon, A 75th Anniversary Celebration. Click HERE to access the tributes to Capra's Classic. Assuming you have lost count of the number of times you have watched the movie, spoilers abound.It's a Wonderful Life is a story of read more
WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon: Kathleen Harrison
Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 4, 2021
Paula's Cinema Club, Outspoken & Freckled, and Once Upon A Screen are hosting their annual What a Character! Blogathon on December 4th. It is the 10th anniversary of this highly anticipated event! Thank you, Paula, Kellee, and Aurora.Kathleen HarrisonFebruary 23, 1892 - December 7, 1995"Go read more
CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR DECEMBER ON TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 1, 2021
Can you believe that winter and the Christmas holidays are practically here? It is time to get cozy and revel in some sweet-natured nostalgia. Released in 1944, Meet Me in St. Louis provided just such a relief for audiences weary from the struggle of World War Two. Enjoying Meet Me in St. Loui read more
NOIRVEMBER HOTEL: Tight Spot, 1955
Caftan Woman Posted by on Nov 22, 2021
It was interesting to discover recently in the decades between my first and second viewing of Tight Spot, 1955 how much of the movie remained vivid in my memory; a true sign that something is working. In my opinion, that something was director Phil Karlson whose way with a well-paced western or crim read more
THE DISTRACTION BLOGATHON: Sherlock Holmes in Washington, 1943
Caftan Woman Posted by on Nov 12, 2021
Rebecca Deniston of Taking Up Room is hosting The Distraction Blogathon from November 12th to 14th. Rebecca's blogathon mandate: "MacGuffin's. Red herrings. Dangling carrots. Bait and switch. Whatever. We all know how movies mess with our heads."My contribution to the blogathon inclu read more
CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR NOVEMBER ON TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by on Nov 1, 2021
Here is the oft-told tale of a young fellow of dubious background and hard-scrabble existence finding his way in a cruel and judgmental world. In fact, you might even call our hero a stray.Wildfire is a bull terrier and we become part of his life's journey through the sassy narration of Vic Mo read more
THE BERNARD HERRMANN BLOGATHON: Jason and the Argonauts, 1963
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 29, 2021
Ari, The Classic Movie Muse is hosting The Bernard Herrmann Blogathon. This not to be missed event runs from October 29th to 31st. SEE! The Adventure That Stunned the World ... And the Mighty Men Who Conquered It!Apollonius of Rhodes wrote stories with legs. Legendary deeds of Hercules and in t read more
THE THIRD HAMMER-AMICUS BLOGATHON: Taste of Fear aka Scream of Fear, 1961
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 22, 2021
Thank you to our hosts, Barry at Cinematic Catharsis and Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews who present The Third Hammer-Amicus Blogathon running from October 22nd to October 24th. Taste of Fear released in the States as Scream of Fear is an elegant thriller written and produced by Jimmy San read more
CMBA 2021 FALL BLOGATHON, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE: Disney's Pluto
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 19, 2021
The Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) presents its Fall 2021 blogathon, Laughter is the Best Medicine. The contributions from members can be accessed HERE. Don't crack your funnybone!Look at the adorable face of Pluto. It is a face full of personality and mischief; the face of all lovable and wa read more
HALLOWE'EN ON REMAKE AVENUE: Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1932 and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, 1954
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 11, 2021
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1949) changed the literary landscape and the reading habits of generations forever with his creation of the logically-minded amateur detective Auguste Dupin in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1841, The Mystery of Marie Roget, 1842, and The Purloined Letter, 1844.The Murder read more
CAFTAN WOMAN'S CHOICE: ONE FOR OCTOBER ON TCM
Caftan Woman Posted by on Oct 4, 2021
Montreal-born Gerald Mayer (Bright Road) directed this taut hostage drama from a story by Hugh King (The Threat) and actor (Armored Car Robbery) turned writer (Tootsie) Don McGuire. The disturbing screenplay is by John Monks Jr. (The House on 92nd Street).The post-war years saw changes in audi read more