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"Swing High, Swing Low" was proof of Carole Lombard's box-office potency in early 1937. This musical drama -- neither genre associated with her -- was Paramount's biggest moneymaker of the year (Fred MacMurray's steadily rising popularity helped, too). And the Feb. 27 issue of the Motion Picture Her read more

"Swing High, Swing Low" was proof of Carole Lombard's box-office potency in early 1937. This musical drama -- neither genre associated with her -- was Paramount's biggest moneymaker of the year (Fred MacMurray's steadily rising popularity helped, too). And the Feb. 27 issue of the Motion Picture Her read more

The Wisdom Of Miss Sally; A Week In Review August 30, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante It isn’t often that I get more than a chuckle out of snide comments clearly made about me. Oh, there’s the eye roll, too, but that hardly seems to count, as I eye roll read more

Thanks to Carole Lombard, my mind has returned to nearly three decades ago, when millions were experiencing the joy of videocassettes. It's January 1986, and my mother -- never the most technologically adept of ladies (OK, she was a Luddite) -- jumped into the mid-eighties high-tech pool and bought read more

Thanks to Carole Lombard, my mind has returned to nearly three decades ago, when millions were experiencing the joy of videocassettes. It's January 1986, and my mother -- never the most technologically adept of ladies (OK, she was a Luddite) -- jumped into the mid-eighties high-tech pool and bought read more

This post is part of “The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon”, hosted by my good friend Virginie from The Wonderful World Of Cinema. Click here to read the other articles being exhibited during the event. Happy 100th Birthday Ingrid. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ing read more

Ingrid Bergman. What is the first word that comes to your mind when you think of this name. For some it’s “beauty”, for some it’s “talent”, for some it’s “Casablanca”. For me, it’s all this, and more… As I wrote in my letter to Isabe read more

Aug 25 Posted by aaronwest This morning I posted a review about Lasse Hallström’s My Life as a Dog over at Wonders in the Dark. Some may remember that I podcasted it with Martin Kessler a couple weeks back, and my review basically touched on the analysis that we talked through. I was pleased read more

Aug 25 Posted by aaronwest This morning I posted a review about Lasse Hallström’s My Life as a Dog over at Wonders in the Dark. Some may remember that I podcasted it with Martin Kessler a couple weeks back, and my review basically touched on the analysis that we talked through. I was pleased read more

Aug 25 Posted by aaronwest This morning I posted a review about Lasse Hallström’s My Life as a Dog over at Wonders in the Dark. Some may remember that I podcasted it with Martin Kessler a couple weeks back, and my review basically touched on the analysis that we talked through. I was pleased read more

The play, The Enchanted Cottage, written by Sir Arthur Pinero, which opened on Wednesday, March 1, 1922, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, in London, was promptly compared with, J. M. Barrie’s fantasy, Marie Rose (AKA: Mary Rose),[1] which had its premiere in 1920. It was also likened to, Sentimental read more

The play, The Enchanted Cottage, written by Sir Arthur Pinero, which opened on Wednesday, March 1, 1922, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, in London, was promptly compared with, J. M. Barrie’s fantasy, Marie Rose (AKA: Mary Rose),[1] which had its premiere in 1920. It was also likened to, Sentimental read more

The play, The Enchanted Cottage, written by Sir Arthur Pinero, which opened on Wednesday, March 1, 1922, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, in London, was promptly compared with, J. M. Barrie’s fantasy, Marie Rose (AKA: Mary Rose),[1] which had its premiere in 1920. It was also likened to, Sentimental read more

Not to sound presumptuous, but I like to think that somewhere today, Carole Lombard is celestially celebrating my birthday with Clark Gable and many other of her friends -- just as I honor the anniversary of her birth every Oct. 6. It's a milestone for me today, as I've reached age 60 (and have the read more

Not to sound presumptuous, but I like to think that somewhere today, Carole Lombard is celestially celebrating my birthday with Clark Gable and many other of her friends -- just as I honor the anniversary of her birth every Oct. 6. It's a milestone for me today, as I've reached age 60 (and have the read more

No, as far as is known Carole Lombard never attempted wearing that iconic 1920s hairstyle; she's at right in this photo, wearing "a diaphanous bra top and short pants," revealing lots of leg. It's the other woman in this photo, taken for Mack Sennett in late 1927 or early '28, who's trying to emulat read more

No, as far as is known Carole Lombard never attempted wearing that iconic 1920s hairstyle; she's at right in this photo, wearing "a diaphanous bra top and short pants," revealing lots of leg. It's the other woman in this photo, taken for Mack Sennett in late 1927 or early '28, who's trying to emulat read more

The Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon has now come to a close, and with the success of my first blogathon dedicated to the Royal Family of Hollywood, I will be making this an annual event. During the course of the past few days, I have received a multitude of fabulous entries, which cover all members of read more

“A Mulher do Dia / Woman of the Year” (1942) e a mulher que eu quero ser Este texto contém spoilers. Quando somos crianças, nos fazem a pergunta: “o que você quer ser quando crescer”? Acredito que seria mais sensato reformular a questão, e perguntar: “Q read more

Charlie’s Angels (2000) is the epitome of how seriously Drew Barrymore takes herself: the hair flips, the silly punk rock past of her character, action sequences so absurdly, self-consciously over-the-top that they make you smile. Playfulness seems to be Barrymore ‘s signature, what distinguishes read more