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Mr. Pops Builds His Dream Basement It's such a wonderful feeling to finally be able to unpack all of my classic film coffee table books! Let me give you the back story before I move on to the nitty-gritty of this post: my parents and I moved out of our old house about five or six years ago an read more

Weekend Recap! Gary Cooper & Marlene Dietrich smolder in Morocco (1930). Sheesh! This weekend was a doozy - between bouts of sickness and adventures in cleaning out the garage I actually found enough time on my hands to watch a couple of really great precodes (hurrah) and one holiday cla read more

Book Look! George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits by Mark A. Vieira Author Mark A. Vieira's latest offering. First, let me say this off the bat: I always look forward to Mark A. Vieira's books. They're compelling, they're beautiful and they're wonderfully written. I don't own all his read more

A Thanksgiving Debacle I live in Canada and (unfortunately) I missed the Canadian Thanksgiving this year because I was in England for much of October. Our holiday usually falls in mid-October, about a month before the US has their four-day holiday. This was the very first year that I've missed read more

My Classic Wishlist for Christmas 2013 "It's the most wonderful time of the year!" It's that time of the year again! I've been prowling amazon and the TCM shop for months now, sorting through all the classic film goodies that are on offer this holiday season. I've compiled a brief list of t read more

Stinker Sunday Title screen from, what else? Little Caesar (1931). I know I'm going to get my hand slapped for this, but I just can't seem to make it through Little Caesar (1931). It's my first time watching this classic gangster movie and practically every word that's uttered is making m read more

She's not very good with a zipper Glenn Ford & Rita Hayworth star in Gilda (1946). There's something about Gilda. Rita Hayworth played the sole female character in Gilda (1946) and walked away with the entire film. Surrounded by damaged, fragile, and insane men, Gilda infused a hit of g read more

100 Years of Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 - July 8, 1967) Today marks the 100th birthday of the incomparable Vivien Leigh. Star of the stage and screen, Leigh captured the imagination of people the world over when she starred in 1939's big screen epic Gone With the Wind as t read more

Spooky Business! #1 Crush: Vincent Price Ahh Halloween. The holiday I love to hate. There is very little I actually like about Halloween (apart from the cute kids' costumes and their smiling faces when I open the door and give them copious amounts of treats). I've just never been one for ce read more

Book Look! Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait by Kendra Bean Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait can be purchased here, at amazon.ca I've read a few Vivien Leigh biographies in my time, but this one takes the cake. Beautifully illustrated and lovingly assembled, this new tome by the read more

Something old, something new! One of the most wonderful things about traveling is getting to meet new people. So many new things are exchanged and discovered when you sit down and really get to know someone you've never met before. You find out all kinds of interesting tidbits about them like w read more

Anything goes in pre-codes! Chester Morris & Jean Harlow heat up the screen in Red Headed Woman (1932) Today's lesson: things I've learned from watching pre-codes! This should be fun ... Pre-codes are those snazzy, zippy pictures you're always hearing about:  films that were relea read more

Deciphering my love for classic movies! Let's say that someone came and put two movies in front of me. One, a classic film and the other, a modern one. Which one would I choose to watch (and keep, for that matter)? A or B? Without a doubt and with very little hesitation, I'd definitely choose t read more

High Hopes: Safety Last! Harold Lloyd hangs on for dear life in Safety Last! (1923). Well, if I wasn't afraid of heights before, I am now! What should have been a glorious first ever viewing of Safety Last! (1923) turned into a sweaty, paranoid, stomach-churning afternoon in front of the t read more

Breaking News Blogathon: The Philadelphia Story (1940) This post is in conjunction with the Breaking News: Journalism In Classic Film Blogathon, hosted by the wonderful Comet Over Hollywood and Lindsay's Movie Musings! Left to Right: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, and John Ho read more

Sunday Funny Sunday: The Three Stooges When I was growing up, Sunday mornings meant two things: church and The Three Stooges. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, & Curly Howard Lately my Pops has featured heavily in my blog and this entry is no different: he used to join me every Sunday morning in read more

Late nights with Buster Keaton Buster Keaton partakes in Civil War antics in The General (1926).  My office hours have changed recently and I no longer have to wake up so early in the morning to make it to work. What does this mean, you ask? It means that I can go to bed later and, thu read more

Cuddly Classics! Fred + Ginger = Perfection. That's quite the equation, isn't it? Let me tell you, briefly, what happened to me yesterday at the doctor's office: I popped in quickly for a prescription renewal but had to wait in the waiting room for about 15 minutes or so because my doctor w read more

Want the Life: Eleanor Powell Eleanor Powell and sailors in Born To Dance (1936) When I was younger, I wanted to be Eleanor Powell. You know what I used to do? I would tap my feet along with hers whenever I'd watch one of her films. It certainly helped matters that I was a trained dancer! read more

Happy Labour Day! Wishing all of my readers a very happy and restful labour day! Sssshhhh! Let me sleep it off. Written by Vanessa Buttino at 12:00 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: judy garland, movie: the wizard of oz read more