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Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd Well, we had six lucky winners so far, so that means we still have THREE MORE BOOKS to give away via our Twitter contest. That said, we’re going to try something a little different this time… Rather then have three separate read more

Thomas Lorrento Sawyer Storey   Thomas Storey, if we stay with the story provided by the Internet Movie Data Base, then our tale of Mr. Storey is over. Because the aforementioned outlet and other current authorities on film state that he acquired only six credits as director, during what appear read more

That's a photo from 75 years ago tonight -- Dec. 15, 1939 in Atlanta, as Carole Lombard joins husband Clark Gable, author Margaret Mitchell, producer David O. Selznick and Olivia de Havilland (the only one of the five still with us) for a post-premiere party after the world premiere of the adaptatio read more

We continue our series honoring old Hollywood stars who passed away in 2014 with the remarkable Shirley Temple.  Shirley Temple's bright smile and sunny optimism brought joy to millions of Americans during the the Great Depression. Temple was the biggest movie star in the world throughout read more

I have no regrets in my life.  None.  While there are times I think a different decision in my past may have resulted in a better outcome, that view is 20/20, and I have always believed the decision I went with at the time was the best one I could have gone with given the knowledge I had.  This read more

The write stuff. I seem to have inadvertently caused some confusion. About a week ago, I announced that I was stepping down from a blogathon gig and was taking a hiatus from videos due to health issues. However, the daily posts kept right on coming. How is that possible? I have a reserve of posts a read more

I come from a long line of bad cooks. My mother was way ahead of her peers with the natural foods craze, but, like a new vegan, she never learned to substitute anything for the bacon grease she’d been raised with; everything she made was bland. When we visited my maternal grandmother’s, all of our read more

I’ve already mentioned on more than one occasion that it was Thomas Edison’s studio that brought many a classic piece of literature to the screen for, if not the first, one of the first times. Here’s a very brief and very early filmic rendition of one of my favorite all-time storie read more

"Vigil In The Night" may not be among the easiest of Carole Lombard's films to watch, but it's surely among her most intense. This 1940 tale of nursing was too downbeat for Carole's core audience, yet it shows her dramatic skill in a way few of her movies do. Now, two large vintage ads for that film read more

I come from a long line of bad cooks. My mother was way ahead of her peers with the natural foods craze, but, like a new vegan, she never learned to substitute anything for the bacon grease she’d been raised with; everything she made was bland. When we visited my maternal grandmother’s, all of our read more

Have your copies of Holmes for the Holidays, Christmas Stalkings, Murder at Christmas and The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries reached the stage of yellowed edges and missing pages?  Are you looking for that light, short story of murder and mayhem perfect for a post-shopping sit down with a cup read more

By Fritzi Kramer on December 11, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Douglas Fairbanks had a lot of fun with Zorro’s dual identity in The Mark of Zorro. No one believed that the sleepy Don Diego was really the fearless Zorro. Robert McKim’s villain certainly had no idea who he was d read more

meet me in st Louis review,a Christmas gems review https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest  “Meet Me in St. Louis is One of the greatest movie musicals, and thus one of the greatest American movies,its a classic. It’s Summer 1903 in Missouri and the Smith family are buzzing read more

Carole Lombard's vivacity, beauty and talent have made her a natural for novelists to use as a character when writing tales of classic Hollywood. From "Moviola" by her one-time director Garson Kanin (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/164848.html) to appearing in the baseball fantasy "All The Star read more

meet me in st Louis review,a Christmas gems review https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest  “Meet Me in St. Louis is One of the greatest movie musicals, and thus one of the greatest American movies,its a classic. It’s Summer 1903 in Missouri and the Smith family are buzzing read more

Christmas in Connecticut,a Christmas gems review https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Christmas in Connecticut (1945 – Directed by Peter Godfrey) Barbara Stanwyck stars as a well-known magazine food writer who has been lying to her millions of fans that she is married with chi read more

Christmas in Connecticut,a Christmas gems review https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Christmas in Connecticut (1945 – Directed by Peter Godfrey) Barbara Stanwyck stars as a well-known magazine food writer who has been lying to her millions of fans that she is married with chi read more

  The Vultures of the Coast (original title: Havsgamar), 1915, was a Swedish production by Svenska Biografteatern AB, with the United States distribution facilitated by the Apex Film Company. Vultures was three-reels, and came in at 3,000 feet; about thirty-three minutes.[1] The Swedish releas read more

  The Vultures of the Coast (original title: Havsgamar), 1915, was a Swedish production by Svenska Biografteatern AB, with the United States distribution facilitated by the Apex Film Company. Vultures was three-reels, and came in at 3,000 feet; about thirty-three minutes.[1] The Swedish releas read more

  The Vultures of the Coast (original title: Havsgamar), 1915, was a Swedish production by Svenska Biografteatern AB, with the United States distribution facilitated by the Apex Film Company. Vultures was three-reels, and came in at 3,000 feet; about thirty-three minutes.[1] The Swedish releas read more