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Reblogged from Once upon a screen...: In honor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). ♦ The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was an old-time radio show which aired in the USA from October 2, 1939 to July 7, 1947. Originally, the show starred Basil read more

Regis Toomey (1898 - 1991) The High and the Mighty  "And there is the one and only - Regis Toomey.  We all love Regis Toomey.  Wonderful actor.  A favourite of many directors, not just your father.  Your father liked h read more

WHACK! Don’t get mad, I was just testing your reflexes! Another GIF from Oh, Doctor! I find these weird old guys in the film tremendously amusing. In this case, they are testing out Reginald Denny to see if he is really sick or a hypochondria read more

This week’s video is truly a treat. This is one of several of Timothy’s appearances on Art Fein’s Poker Party, the long-running Los Angeles cable access program. This one was first aired on June 12, 1989. If you had any doubts that read more

In 2008, the seaside town of Oxnard, California, was rocked by the shooting death of Lawrence “Larry” King, a 15-year-old biracial, LGBTQ student at the hands of his white, 14-year-old classmate Brandon McInerney. The tragedy at the heart of this read more

Adrian was the first designer to use “Gowns by…” as a film credit. He was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s head costume designer from 1928 to 1941. During this time he worked on over 250 films, designing outfits for some of Hollywood’s most read more

Well, I’ve shared six of my favorite actresses, now it’s time to do the same for the actors. These six gentlemen are the actors who have the most derring-do, the most smoldering romance, the funniest humor, the creepiest descents into v read more

Ella Bishop (Martha Scott) dreams of being a teacher. As she comes closer and closer to graduating from college, she becomes frustrated by the push and pull between her career ambitions and love. Her love for teaching wins out in the end, and Ella lo read more

Indie-auteur Shane Caruth, of Primer/Sundance acclaim, is finally back with his 2nd film Upstream Color. Like the  meticulously, realistically grounded Primer, Caruth’s sophomore effort is once again based in this apparent total universe of re read more

I Thank You is pretty bare bones as far as websites go. But it’s not bare bones in terms of engaging and interesting content on the topics of classic movies and film history. From the most recent post about Birth of a Nation to the deep archiv read more

The question that is the title of this post has been asked of me numerous times. It is usually followed by something like "Aren't you too young to get into that stuff?" First of all, the idea that age, or economic background, or social status, precl read more

The last of Carole Lombard's films to be released during her lifetime was the 1941 marital comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with Robert Montgomery, where David and Ann Smith discover that for a bizarre legal reason, they're technically not married; hilarity read more

Las Vegas Serial Killer was directed by the now late Ray Dennis Steckler , fondly remembered by cult film fans as Cash Flagg. He started making amateur movies in 1953 aged 15, filming them on an 8mm movie camera. Following some time spent serving in read more

Personal Quote:  "Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints". read more

Does your father enjoy social reform movies, and/or the work of acclaimed actor Robert Redford?  If you answered “yes” to either of those questions, you might want to pick up a copy of the 20th Century Fox film, Brubaker on Blu-ray.  Whil read more

ATTENTION, PRE-CODE LOVERS. If you have a VCR or DVR, feel a sniffle coming on, or have some extra vacation days you don’t know what to do with, plan on tuning in to TCM on Thursday, May 23rd, ‘cause it’s going to be a Pre-Code-A-Go-Go!!! From read more

The 2013 edition of the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, May 23 with the Polish film In the Name Of from director Malgoska Szumowska. While the film has been travelling the European festival circuit, Thursday’s 8:00 pm scre read more

Director Ferzan Ozpetek of queer cinema classic Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997) returns to the 2013 edition of the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival with charming ghost story Magnifica presenza (Magnificent Presence). The story follows Pietro, an aspirin read more

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable had just returned to California from a stay in Washington and Baltimore when they arrived to take part in a benefit for Greek war relief on Jan. 8, 1941. But a noted fan magazine was on the verge of printing an article read more

...and it really was a tale of love and glory.  Four was the charm for Bogie, and 20-year-old Betty Perske found herself, at 20, embarked on a marriage that completed her transition into Lauren Bacall.  They were two radically different peo read more

Norma Talmadge: single girl in the big city. Her bosses think that her duties include… well, let’s just say she has to slap a few of them. An idea! She disguises herself as a frump for her next job. It turns out, though, that the boss&# read more

A century ago, people were giggling along with this decidedly un-PC one-reel comedy, His Uncle’s Wives. And the title is literal. An artist inherits his uncle’s estate. Which consists of his six wives. How can our hero do right by his un read more

All recommendations are listed in EST and subject to change; check TCM’s website for changes or to view the schedule in your time zone. As always, films that I’ve never seen and hope to catch are marked with an asterisk. I’ve decide read more

Look, I love movies – we all do. But the typical movie experience requires really only one thing – you watch. The world is full of solutions to this state of affairs, answers to our desires to discuss and share the cinema experience. Fro read more

I’m super excited to say that Pretty Clever Films has 2 tickets to giveaway to the Saturday, June 1st, 7 pm performance of the next 360 Screenings! That’s all I can tell you, of course, as location and film remain a mystery ’til th read more

So the first post I saw when I visited Comet Over Hollywood was a tribute to Joseph Cotten. I almost left, but no – I soldiered on! (See how reasonable I can be, even in the face of Cotten face?) I’m glad I did or I would have missed out read more

Dead Ringer, also known as Who is Buried in my Grave? (1964). Thriller directed by Paul Henreid from a screenplay by Oscar Millard and Albert Beich from the story La Otra by Rian James. The music score was by Andre Previn and the cinematography b read more

Twilight Time is ambitious for putting out a critically excoriated (at the time) Sam Peckinpah film, but they have and I applaud the effort.  While I didn’t adore Major Dundee, and it wears its problems sewn into its sleeve, there’s somet read more

I apologize for missing yesterday! A very busy weekend left me completely exhausted. But today we’re back with a pic from Cinema Justice, the six minute outtake from Steve De Jarnatt‘s as-yet-unreleased short homage to private dick flicks read more

Summer is the season of travel – whether it’s a road trip with the family or hiking around the country, using any means of getting to where you want to go. Or sometimes, travelling for the sake of travelling. I find that these movies hel read more