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Payment Deferred (1932)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 8, 2011
William Marble’s (Charles Laughton) financial problems are hardly a secret. He can’t go anywhere without someone asking him to pay up on a bill or someone whispering about how he can’t afford to buy his own drinks. Things really come to a head when his boss finds out about a law read more
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 7, 2011
Hat check clerk Louis Blore (Red Skelton) works in a nightclub where one of the star performers is May Daly (Lucille Ball). Louis is in love with May, but he has some competition from dancer Alec Howe (Gene Kelly). May loves Alec and Alec loves her, but unfortunately for both Louis and Alec, she&# read more
Five Reasons Why I Love Lucy
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 6, 2011
Happy 100th birthday to Lucille Ball! Lucy is easily one of the most beloved pop culture icons of all time. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who can’t recognize her picture, name one of her films, or describe one of the many classic scenes from I Love Lucy. Everyone has their own read more
Four Daughters (1938) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 6, 2011
The Lemp family is a family of musicians. Adam (Claude Rains), the family patriarch, is a music professor and his daughters Emma (Gale Page), Ann (Priscilla Lane), Kay (Rosemary Lane), and Thea (Lola Lane) are all talented musicians as well. But despite all the talent the daughters have, Kay is read more
Kiki (1926)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 5, 2011
Like so many other girls, Kiki (Norma Talmadge) longs to be a famous performer, but instead she’s out on the streets selling newspapers. But Kiki is a pretty smart gal, and when she overhears a chorus girl getting fired, she seizes the opportunity to see the show’s producer Victor Renal read more
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 4, 2011
Tommy Connors (Spencer Tracy) is a big shot gangster and when he’s sentenced to time in Sing Sing, he expects to be as much of a big shot in prison as he is out of prison. He arrives to a crowd of photographers and his lawyer friend Joe Finn (Louis Calhern) tries to bribe warden Paul Long (A read more
Dramatic School (1938)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 3, 2011
By day, Louise Mauban (Luise Rainer) is a regular, albeit promising, dramatic school student. But by night, she’s always out on the town living the high life with her boyfriend Marquis Andre D’Abbencourt (Alan Marshal). Well, not really. That’s just what she tells all her classm read more
The Chase (1966)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Aug 2, 2011
It’s never a small event when there’s a prison break. But for the town of Tarl, Texas, it proves to be a life altering event for many of its residents when Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) and another inmate make a break for it. While they’re running, the other convict kills a pas read more
What’s on TCM: August 2011
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 29, 2011
It’s that time of year again! Let Summer Under the Stars commence! I love this year’s line-up. Even though there are plenty of the usual SUTS suspects like Bette Davis, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart, more than half of this year’s stars have never been part of SUTS before. And read more
Born to Dance (1936)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 25, 2011
In Casablanca, everyone comes to Rick’s. In Born to Dance, everyone comes to Jenny Saks’ (Una Merkel) Lonely Hearts Club in New York. Jenny is married to Gunny Saks (Sid Silvers), but she barely knows him since he’s a sailor who has been away with the Navy for four years. When read more
Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Proudcer Prince
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 15, 2011
I’ve read quite a few biographies on classic Hollywood figures, but Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince by Mark Viera is really quite different from all of them. Mainly, I was impressed by how this book does not waste time. By the page five, Irving is meeting Carl Laemmle, by page read more
An Open Letter to Netflix
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 12, 2011
Dear Netflix, Did you hear something? If you think you heard some cheering off in the distance, that was the sound of Blockbuster employees and independent video store owners everywhere cheering with delight when you announced your outright stupid new pricing plans today. But those are probably the read more
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 10, 2011
When Julius Caesar (Claude Rains) comes to visit Alexandria, one of the first things he does is see the Sphinx. While basking in the Sphinx’s glory, he meets a strange, silly young girl who urges him to hide before the Romans find and eat him. After talking to this girl for a few minutes, read more
The Entertainer (1960)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 9, 2011
It’s not uncommon for people to want to spend time with their families when they’re under pressure. So when Jean Rice (Joan Plowright) is overwhelmed from dealing with a fiancé who wants to move to Africa and her brother being off in Egypt fighting in a war, she takes a trip to see her read more
Upcoming Events (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jul 5, 2011
Hope everybody had a nice holiday weekend! Even though it’s still early in July, I’ve been planning a couple of fun things for August and September. Let’s start with my August plans. As you already know, August is always Summer Under the Stars Month on TCM. The great thing read more
What’s on TCM: July 2011
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 29, 2011
TCM for July is one of those months that’s kind of odd, but I can’t help but love the fact that it’s odd just because where else are you going to see this kind of schedule? I challenge you to find another network where you can see a night dedicated to portrayals of Arabs in film read more
Young Man With a Horn (1950) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 27, 2011
Life hasn’t been easy for Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas). His parents were killed when he was young, leaving his sister to care for him. He didn’t have any friends, he wasn’t a good student, but one night he finds himself at a church and he discovers that he does have a passion for m read more
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 22, 2011
Julien Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) and Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) are in the middle of a sordid affair. The only thing standing in the way of them being together is Simon Carala, Florence’s husband and Julien’s boss. As is the case in so many movies, they hatch a scheme to kill the read more
Auction Wrap-Up Post
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 19, 2011
So, yesterday was a very busy day here. Now that the auction is over, I just thought I’d post a few things here to wrap things up: I’ve really got to applaud Debbie Reynolds for all the work she put into maintaining this collection over the years. Not only did she have a great eye for read more
Live Post: The Debbie Reynolds Auction
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 18, 2011
Even though I’m broke and can’t afford to actually bid on anything in today’s auction, there’s so much amazing stuff up for sale today that I can’t resist trying to follow the auction as best I can. So I figured I’d try my hand at live blogging and cover the auct read more