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Rare Musicals on TCM – June 2015
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 1, 2015
Lots of stuff going on on TCM this month, thanks to a few salutes to musical stars, some nice picks by guest programmers, and some fun daily themes. See below for MacDonald and Eddy, Joan Davis, Eleanor Powell, Don Ameche, and more! Monday, June 1 5:00pm / Balalaika (1939) Operetta featuring Nelson read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – May 2015
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 6, 2015
A nice variety of musicals on TCM this month, including a few famous flops alongside some beloved classics. Click away for MacDonald and Eddy, Joan Crawford, Doris Day, Gene Kelly, Irene Dunne, Mario Lanza, and more! Eva Bartok and Dean Martin in TEN THOUSAND BEDROOMS Monday May 4 8:00am / Happy read more
It Happened One Night: Blueprint of Romantic Comedy
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Apr 29, 2015
Some classic movies sound good in theory, yet tend to wallow on Must See lists and Netflix queues rather than actual screens, as the timing may just never feel quite right to sit down and watch a heady 3 hour epic or a cerebral foreign drama. And then there are movies like It Happened One Night, whi read more
In Defense of Lina Lamont
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Apr 15, 2015
Ahem. Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: You’re an actress in the early, rough-and-tumble days of silent film, a pioneer on the forefront of a burgeoning industry. You’re already popular enough that you’re used to random visitors demanding attention from you on the set, read more
Busby Berkeley: Before and After The Code
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Apr 5, 2015
This post is a (belated!) entry to the Pre-Code Blogathon, hosted by Pre-Code.com and Shadows & Satin! Check this post for links to all the punctual entries. A lot of times when I’m thinking about the Code, I tend to oversimplify it into a distinct “before” and “after; read more
Athena (1954)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Mar 20, 2015
When you start to watch a musical made in 1954, starring Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, with the same songwriters as Meet Me in St. Louis, you might think you have a pretty solid concept of what’s to come before you’ve even hit play. But that’s not quite the case with Athena, a read more
Musicals at the TCM Film Festival
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Mar 13, 2015
I’m delighted to be heading to the TCM Film Festival once again this year, marking my third official trip to the fest—and second year with all the access that a coveted Classic pass provides! This year’s theme is “History According to Hollywood,” which, at another festival, read more
Cinemascope Blogathon: The Long, Hot Summer
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Mar 12, 2015
This post is part of the Cinemascope Blogathon, hosted by Wide Screen World and Classic Becky Brain Food. More widescreen goodness continues through March 16th—check out the whole schedule here! The Long, Hot Summer is a sticky Southern drama based on a combination of works by William Faulkner. It&# read more
31 Days of Oscar: Women Director Snubs
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Feb 10, 2015
This post is part of the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon, hosted by Paula’s Cinema Club, Outspoken & Freckled, and Once Upon A Screen. Check out all the posts here! Women have been a part of the film industry since the very beginning, yet looking at the list of Oscar nominees throughout history read more
Night on Broadway: Celebrating DTLA’s Movie Palace Legacy
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Feb 2, 2015
United Artists Theatre, opened in 1926 Downtown Los Angeles has seen a lot of change and transformation within this past century—and quite a bit even just in the past few years. The street was home to the first and largest theater and cinema district in the country, including twelve that still exist read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – February 2015
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jan 30, 2015
Short and sweet this month, though not for any lack of musicals—within a span of about a week alone, you can catch An American in Paris, Funny Girl, or Fame on TCM! The flip side is that the “rarities” are a little scarcer for my purposes here, due to the annual Oscar history celebration read more
Royal Wedding (1951)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jan 29, 2015
Royal Wedding has an astoundingly formidable pedigree within the world of classic musicals: it boasts two featured dance numbers in That’s Entertainment, a cast that includes Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, and Peter Lawford, and a director (Stanley Donen) who was smack dab between directing On the read more
Happy Holidays from Bing and Frank (1957)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Dec 12, 2014
GetTV kicked off the holiday season earlier this month with “Happy Holidays from Bing and Frank,” the 1957 Christmas episode from the “Frank Sinatra Show”—airing again tonight in celebration of Sinatra’s 99th birthday. It’s a charming, if slightly bizarre, holiday read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – December 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Dec 1, 2014
Welcome to December, y’all! It’s been quiet here for the past couple months, but I think things have settled down a bit for me, so I should be around more starting now… with hopefully some fun stuff coming on the horizon. I can never miss one of my rare musical posts though, and read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – October 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Nov 3, 2014
This month features a few theme nights that play into my strengths—namely, some Eleanor Powell and Bob Hope flicks. There’s a lot of other interesting stuff, featuring some of the biggest names in musicals, so let’s get to it! Tuesday November 4 12:45am / The Seven Little Foys (1955) read more
Hispanic Blogathon: Katy Jurado
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Oct 10, 2014
Her name was María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, but to Hollywood, she was just Katy Jurado. She was the first Latina woman to win a Golden Globe award—and the first to be nominated for an Oscar. Katy was a trailblazer for Latina women in the industry, but, in spite of friendships and read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – October 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Oct 3, 2014
I’d kind of assumed that with all the wonderful ghosty-themed programming going on over TCM this month, they wouldn’t have time to also fit in a bounty of musicals, but somehow they did! In fact, they’re so rare that I’ve seen almost none of them, and will have to leave you t read more
All Ashore (1953)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Sep 4, 2014
It’s no secret that I love a good sailor musical, so when I caught wind of the getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon, hosted by Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken & Freckled and Paula’s Cinema Club, it took only a moment’s perusal of the channel’s upcoming schedule to make my pick: All read more
The 87th Annual Valentino Memorial Service
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Aug 28, 2014
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926 at the age of 31, he left in his wake a massive audience of heartbroken fans—and one of those tragic, inherently private situations that the Hollywood spectacle machine enjoys stoking the most. For days before the final report of his passing, newspapers had offere read more
1984-a-thon: Purple Rain (1984)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Aug 24, 2014
By the 1980s, the movie musical was… well, far beyond the time of transition. Since their heyday in the ’30s and ’40s, musicals had become limited to just a handful of movies per year, without a lot to choose from—Disney films for kids, pop hits designed to sell soundtracks, the read more