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Edith Head Honored at Comic-Con, UCLA
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Aug 5, 2014
While most of the costumes featured in San Diego Comic-Con’s annual Masquerade typically run towards video game, comic, anime, and blockbuster genre film characters, this year’s had a little something special for the classic film fan: Edith Head! Cosplayers as Hedy Lamarr and Edith Head read more
British Invasion: Summer Holiday (1963)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Aug 2, 2014
Considering the historical entwinement of the United States and Britain, for the most part, people on either side of the Atlantic know where to spot the differences between our two cultures. The chips, the crisps, biscuits, boots, and lifts—as an American, I can accept all of those fairly easily, read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – August 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Aug 1, 2014
Summer Under the Stars is back! TCM’s annual celebration of classic Hollywood features a slew of entertaining pictures with some of the biggest and brightest names. Musical-wise, your best bets are to keep an eye on August 4 (Judy Garland), August 25 (Dick Powell), and August 30 (Betty Grable) read more
The Classic Film & TV Guide to Comic-Con 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jul 20, 2014
San Diego Comic-Con has grown over the years from a sleepy exchange of comic books in a hotel basement to a massive pop culture Event, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to the San Diego area. There’s a lot beyond the blockbuster movie panels that seem to grab most of the headlines now read more
Accidentally Hilarious: Just Imagine (1930)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jul 13, 2014
Imagine a world where you commute to work by hoverplane, consume all your food and drink via a digestible tablet, and use a sequence of letters and numbers as a name. That’s the speculative setting of Just Imagine, the 1930 sci-fi musical that takes place in the far-off future of… 1980. read more
John Ford’s My Darling Clementine
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jul 12, 2014
Although the legend of Wyatt Earp and his gunfight at the O.K. Corral seem like a familiar piece of American folklore to us now, the story wasn’t actually common knowledge until decades after it happened—and even then, it only entered the public imagination through the magic of media. Stuart read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – July 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jul 7, 2014
A slow start to the month, musical-wise, so I took the long weekend off from updates! But there’s some rare stuff coming up that may be of interest to die-hard musical fans, featuring some big stars in minor works that are a bit difficult to track down normally. Monday July 7
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MGM at 90: Gene Kelly
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 28, 2014
Few other performers can claim the title of “triple threat” so handily as Gene Kelly did with MGM in the 1940s and ’50s as an actor, a singer, and, of course, a dancer. But his career wasn’t limited to only those three titles; throughout the course of his professional life, read more
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 22, 2014
It takes a lot of skill to make a movie look easy, and when Billy Wilder’s at his best, his films can appear almost effortless, moving forward so naturally that I’m often surprised, and a bit disappointed, when they’re over. One stunning example of his prowess in that regard is Wit read more
1967 in Film: Tony Rome (1967)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 20, 2014
The late 1960s were a turbulent time of new cultures, changing norms, and shifting values, and one place that was immediately obvious was in Hollywood. With the downfall of the studio system, the impending doom of the Code, and the radical growth of political cinema around the world, the American read more
Book Review: Cinematic Canines
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 16, 2014
Dogs have been significant players in motion picture industry right from the beginning, and their important contributions are highlighted in Adrienne L. McLean’s collection, Cinematic Canines: Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film, published by the Rutgers University Press. The book is read more
New Classic Film Series: Mondays at the Montalban
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 5, 2014
Though most people today may remember Ricardo Montalbán for his work on television—Star Trek and Fantasy Island, to name a few—he first came to fame under contract at MGM in the 1940s and ’50s in roles that touted him as a handsome “exotic” type, a kind of Ramon Novarro or read more
Rare Musicals on TCM – June 2014
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 3, 2014
Some interesting pics this month, thanks to some fun theme days and nights over on TCM—including a couple selections that exist in my archives, which always makes me feel productive. Not a ton of must-sees for me this month, which is probably good as I’m still catching up from the salute to read more
Snoopathon: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on Jun 3, 2014
The Manchurian Candidate is a heady, political thriller from a heady, political time. Released in 1962, the film is set a decade prior, in 1952, yet still manages to tell a tale that rings recognizable for the past, present, and future; often prophetically ahead of its time, it dealt with political read more
Underrated Detective Movies on Rupert Pupkin Speaks
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 23, 2014
Brian of the esteemed movie blog Rupert Pupkin Speaks has been hosting another of his wonderful “Underrated” series, this time focusing on the Detective and Mystery movie genre. He’s had a great line of movie folks submitting lists so far (and in fact, a bit dangerous in terms of read more
Lucy and Desi in the Movies
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 23, 2014
When it comes to 1950s pop culture, you don’t find many pairs more iconic than Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. As stars of the beloved TV comedy I Love Lucy, which ran from 1951 to 1957, they were responsible for depicting consistent and relatable comedy about the all-American lifestyle to an read more
Cynthia (1947) (2)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 13, 2014
Majorly adult themes like regret and loss take a teenage turn in Robert Z. Leonard’s 1947 film Cynthia, based on the play The Rich, Full Life by Viña Delmar. Mary Astor and George Murphy star as a set of parents who sacrificed their own young-adult ambitions for the sake of raising their read more
Honolulu (1939)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 12, 2014
When you settle in to watch a film called “Honolulu,” you might expect to see a lush, expansive musical with plenty of opulent sets and numbers, perhaps a sequence or two in Technicolor to highlight the natural beauty of the island and to wow the viewer’s imagination. But, lest you read more
Stage Door (1937) (3)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 9, 2014
In 1937, Katharine Hepburn was struggling. Or rather, the idea of “Katharine Hepburn” was struggling. Though she’d already claimed her first Oscar win in 1933 for Morning Glory, and contributed to the enormous success of George Cukor’s Little Women, a string of financial read more
Ninotchka (1939) (2)
The Vintage Cameo Posted by Emily on May 4, 2014
Though romantic comedies have largely fallen out of respect in mainstream cinema today, there was a time—as has been proved repeatedly throughout the Romantic Comedy Blogathon—when romantic comedies were popular with both critics and audiences. Ninotchka is a fantastic example of these converging read more