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Classic Films in Focus: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 4, 2016
Although it has been remade several times, the original 1947 release of Miracle on 34th Street is still the best and most charming incarnation of this heart-warming tale of holiday faith. Its attractions include an Oscar-winning Santa Claus performance courtesy of Edmund Gwenn and a memorable early read more
Films of 1947
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 4, 2016
Every year of the golden age of Hollywood produced worthy films, but certain years turned out bumper crops of great classic movies. 1939 immediately comes to mind, of course, but other years also turned out scores of timeless pictures that still enthrall audiences today. Whenever I'm working on a co read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 1, 2016
Like Mildred Pierce (1945), The Damned Don't Cry (1950) stars Joan Crawford in a story that merges the themes of melodrama and film noir. Crawford is perfectly at home in both genres, and the combination of the two had revitalized her career with Mildred Pierce, for which she won her only Best Actre read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 1, 2016
Like Mildred Pierce (1945), The Damned Don't Cry (1950) stars Joan Crawford in a story that merges the themes of melodrama and film noir. Crawford is perfectly at home in both genres, and the combination of the two had revitalized her career with Mildred Pierce, for which she won her only Best Actre read more
Homes of Classic Hollywood Stars: Four Vintage Postcards
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 26, 2016
Here's Cary Grant's beach home in Santa Monica, California. The postcard was manufactured by Western Publishing & Novelty Co. of Los Angeles. The house was originally built for Norma Talmadge in 1929, but Grant lived there from 1939 to 1942 with housemate Randolph Scott. According to Wikimapia, read more
Homes of Classic Hollywood Stars: Four Vintage Postcards
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 26, 2016
Here's Cary Grant's beach home in Santa Monica, California. The postcard was manufactured by Western Publishing & Novelty Co. of Los Angeles. The house was originally built for Norma Talmadge in 1929, but Grant lived there from 1939 to 1942 with housemate Randolph Scott. According to Wikimapia, read more
Classic Films in Focus: BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 19, 2016
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger deliver one of their finest collaborations in the exotic melodrama of Black Narcissus (1947), which tells the story of five British nuns who travel to the remote Himalayas to found a convent. Gorgeous scenery provides a provocative backdrop for strong, complex p read more
Classic Films in Focus: BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 19, 2016
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger deliver one of their finest collaborations in the exotic melodrama of Black Narcissus (1947), which tells the story of five British nuns who travel to the remote Himalayas to found a convent. Gorgeous scenery provides a provocative backdrop for strong, complex p read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 4, 2016
No genre lends itself to glorious badness like classic sci-fi horror, and director Del Tenney's The Horror of Party Beach (1964) makes for an excellent example of sublimely entertaining schlock. No, it isn't scary, thanks to stilted dialogue, flat acting, and some seriously DIY monster costumes, but read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jan 4, 2016
No genre lends itself to glorious badness like classic sci-fi horror, and director Del Tenney's The Horror of Party Beach (1964) makes for an excellent example of sublimely entertaining schlock. No, it isn't scary, thanks to stilted dialogue, flat acting, and some seriously DIY monster costumes, but read more
Stars of the Stands: Classic Hollywood at the Kentucky Derby Museum
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 23, 2015
We jaunted off to Louisville, Kentucky, last week for a few days' respite from the holiday blues, hoping to recapture our enchantment with the city from a previous visit years before. While this year's trip had its hits and misses, one unexpected treat was an exhibit about classic Hollywood and the read more
Stars of the Stands: Classic Hollywood at the Kentucky Derby Museum
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 23, 2015
We jaunted off to Louisville, Kentucky, last week for a few days' respite from the holiday blues, hoping to recapture our enchantment with the city from a previous visit years before. While this year's trip had its hits and misses, one unexpected treat was an exhibit about classic Hollywood and the read more
Scenes from a LEGO Western
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 6, 2015
If you have been reading this blog much over the years, you know that I love classic Westerns. I grew up watching them with my father and grandfather, and I've always had a nostalgic love for the Old West. You also know that I love LEGO and am an active member of a large LEGO hobby club for adults. read more
Scenes from a LEGO Western
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 6, 2015
If you have been reading this blog much over the years, you know that I love classic Westerns. I grew up watching them with my father and grandfather, and I've always had a nostalgic love for the Old West. You also know that I love LEGO and am an active member of a large LEGO hobby club for adults. read more
Classic Films in Focus: ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU (1948)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 3, 2015
The buoyant charm of Esther Williams drives all of her musical comedies, but some work better than others, and On an Island with You (1948) mostly sinks rather than swims. Its plot, in which an obsessed fan demonstrates his passion for a movie star by kidnapping her, disturbs and confounds, especial read more
Classic Films in Focus: ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU (1948)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 3, 2015
The buoyant charm of Esther Williams drives all of her musical comedies, but some work better than others, and On an Island with You (1948) mostly sinks rather than swims. Its plot, in which an obsessed fan demonstrates his passion for a movie star by kidnapping her, disturbs and confounds, especial read more
Classic Films in Focus: REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 18, 2015
The Gill Man returns for a second shot at interspecies romance in Revenge of the Creature (1955), a direct sequel to the 1954 Universal horror, Creature from the Black Lagoon. Jack Arnold also comes back to the fish man out of water story as the director, but this time the action moves from the Amaz read more
My Favorite Bond
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 17, 2015
Roger Moore was my first Bond, and, decades later, he remains my favorite version of the iconic British spy. The first 007 movie I ever saw was a cable television edit of Live and Let Die (1973); I remember being delightfully terrified by Geoffrey Holder's Baron Samedi, and I was young enough that t read more
My Favorite Bond
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 17, 2015
Roger Moore was my first Bond, and, decades later, he remains my favorite version of the iconic British spy. The first 007 movie I ever saw was a cable television edit of Live and Let Die (1973); I remember being delightfully terrified by Geoffrey Holder's Baron Samedi, and I was young enough that t read more
Classic Films in Focus: TWICE-TOLD TALES (1963)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Nov 3, 2015
Borrowing both the star and the literary atmosphere of Roger Corman's Poe adaptations, Twice-Told Tales (1963) offers a trilogy of stories from Nathaniel Hawthorne, with Vincent Price taking the lead in all three segments of the film. Like the Corman pictures, this anthology of horror drips with Got read more