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This week's love  song is Mary's A Grand Old Name from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Mary's A Grand Old Name was one of the biggest hit songs written by legendary Broadway showman George M. Cohan. Cohan wrote Mary's A Grand Old Name for one of his most popular shows, Forty-five Minutes from read more

Carole Lombard may have portrayed a reformed streetwalker in the 1932 film "Virtue," but we never see her "turning tricks"; indeed, our first view of her character Mae is aboard a commuter train where she'll be shipped off to Danbury, Conn., but she gets off at the 125th Street station in upper Manh read more

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (Woody Allen, 1982) A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside. With a series of masterpieces like Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Stardust Memories in the late 1970’s and ea read more

Record of a Tenement Gentleman (“Nagaya shinshiroku”) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Tadao Ikeda and Yasujirô Ozu 1947/Japan Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Hulu Plus   Ozu sets his first post-War film in a Tokyo where residents live on the margins, scrounging for everyday items read more

When I moved to southern California last year, my friend Carole Sampeck of The Carole Lombard Archive congratulated me on coming out to the West Coast, noting I now could see areas she knew through her eyes (even if I had to re-imagine such sights some 75, 80 or 90 years earlier).Sunday, I did a bit read more

I’m going to skip the usual “but do we really need it?” commentary on this Poltergeist remake, because the obvious answer is “no”. As far as I’m concerned the original has about as perfect a blend of both creepiness and jump scare as you’re going to find, an read more

We ran this full-page photo of Carole Lombard, in much smaller form, as part of an entry in November 2011 (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/461559.html), noting it was part of the October 1934 issue of Hollywood magazine that was being auctioned on eBay. The issue again is available, but this ti read more

  First the Appetizer: Witness for the Prosecution had its World Premiere in Los Angeles, at the Warner Beverly Hills Theater (9404 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills), on December 17, 1957; thereby qualifying for the 1958 Academy Awards.[1] Of course film-exhibitors, circuit officials, indust read more

  First the Appetizer: Witness for the Prosecution had its World Premiere in Los Angeles, at the Warner Beverly Hills Theater (9404 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills), on December 17, 1957; thereby qualifying for the 1958 Academy Awards.[1] Of course film-exhibitors, circuit officials, indust read more

  First the Appetizer: Witness for the Prosecution had its World Premiere in Los Angeles, at the Warner Beverly Hills Theater (9404 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills), on December 17, 1957; thereby qualifying for the 1958 Academy Awards.[1] Of course film-exhibitors, circuit officials, indust read more

We all know that Carole Lombard and Clark Gable married in Kingman, Ariz., on March 29, 1939, then met the press the following day at Lombard's Los Angeles home. Well, maybe not everybody...The story that Clark and Carole had their honeymoon at the Oatman Hotel has been exposed as myth. They returne read more

The year is 1957, the location is Portland, Oregon, and Soviet bombers had been spotted just to the north, indicating that a nuclear attack may soon be underway. That’s the setup for CBS television’s production A Day Called X which details the plans and preparedness of the city in antici read more

In order to cover the entirety of the career of Ida Lupino, while venturing into every position that she filled while working in Hollywood both in the movies and on television would consume a rather large book. Also, most of her career has been well written of, with very few stones left unturned. S read more

This week’s video is a full-length Columbo episode, in fact the very first Columbo episode. It’s “Ransom for a Dead Man,” premiering on March 1, 1971 and directed by Richard Irving. Timothy makes the first of his two series appearances as hash-slinger Bert (he was on the show read more

In order to cover the entirety of the career of Ida Lupino, while venturing into every position that she filled while working in Hollywood both in the movies and on television would consume a rather large book. Also, most of her career has been well written of, with very few stones left unturned. S read more

  In order to cover the entirety of the career of Ida Lupino, while venturing into every position that she filled while working in Hollywood both in the movies and on television would consume a rather large book. Also, most of her career has been well written of, with very few stones left untu read more

When I was growing up, my family lived off of TVLand. This was the classic TVLand channel that consisted primarily of TV shows from the 60s and 70s, before they came along with their own original series and started adding shows from the 90s (“Everybody Loves Raymond”? Really? Not everybo read more

The setting is Hollywood heaven, specifically the pearly gates. Carole Lombard approaches a counter marked "Hauntings" and speaks to the man behind it.Carole: I'm requesting a permit for a non-benevolent haunt.Man: That's not like you, Carole -- your haunts generally are good-natured ones or romanti read more

"Sinners In The Sun" (1932) is one of those Carole Lombard dramatic vehicles from the time in her career when she was known as a clotheshorse and not much else. (And in this film at least, those clothes included swimsuits, such as the one she's wearing in the arms of co-star Chester Morris, and gown read more

Harold Lloyd Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for our First Facebook Contest this Month. Time for the first of our two fabulous Classic Movie Book Giveaways this month on Facebook, courtesy of Bear Manor Media!  To kick things off, we’ll be giving away a copy of  Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of read more