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Joseph Edward Singleton Joseph E. Singleton, Whos Who in the Film World, 1914   Joseph Edward Singleton was a ‘jack-of-all-trades’ an author, lecturer, world-traveler, a man who enjoyed walking[1], riding and swimming[2] (he was known as, The Australian Globe Trotter[3]), stage and film-actor, read more

Joseph Edward Singleton Joseph E. Singleton, Whos Who in the Film World, 1914   Joseph Edward Singleton was a ‘jack-of-all-trades’ an author, lecturer, world-traveler, a man who enjoyed walking[1], riding and swimming[2] (he was known as, The Australian Globe Trotter[3]), stage and film-actor, read more

Joseph Edward Singleton Joseph E. Singleton, Whos Who in the Film World, 1914   Joseph Edward Singleton was a ‘jack-of-all-trades’ an author, lecturer, world-traveler, a man who enjoyed walking[1], riding and swimming[2] (he was known as, The Australian Globe Trotter[3]), stage and film-actor, read more

Howie ol' boy, if you eat that whole turkey yourself you'll keel over! We have a lot to be thankful for : a wonderful family, good health, a business we love working for, a swell kitty-kat, and a whole slew of great movies that we have a lifetime to enjoy and share with others. We hope that all o read more

Wishing you a Happy Classic Movie “Turkey Day”! Doris Day ….. Shirley Temple (a little too cute)  :) …..  Don Ameche ….. Ann Sheridan ….. Howard Keel ….. Jayne Mansfield ….. Debbie Reynolds ….. Margaret O’Brien ….. Alan Hale during read more

Howie ol' boy, if you eat that whole turkey yourself you'll keel over! We have a lot to be thankful for : a wonderful family, good health, a business we love working for, a swell kitty-kat, and a whole slew of great movies that we have a lifetime to enjoy and share with others. We hope that all o read more

Howie ol' boy, if you eat that whole turkey yourself you'll keel over! We have a lot to be thankful for : a wonderful family, good health, a business we love working for, a swell kitty-kat, and a whole slew of great movies that we have a lifetime to enjoy and share with others. We hope that all o read more

Howie ol' boy, if you eat that whole turkey yourself you'll keel over! We have a lot to be thankful for : a wonderful family, good health, a business we love working for, a swell kitty-kat, and a whole slew of great movies that we have a lifetime to enjoy and share with others. We hope that all o read more

By Fritzi Kramer on November 26, 2014 in Article, Blog, Silent Life Oh, Miss Bridget Hicks of Topeka, Kansas. If only the internet had been around in 1926, what fun you would have had. However, since the internet was not yet a gleam in a nerdy eye, Miss Hicks had to content herself with writing in read more

Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd  — Qualifying Entry Task for our Facebook and Blog Contest As part of our 6-week Charlie Chaplin book giveaway promotion, courtesy of Doubleday Books, I am so happy to say that CMH will be giving away THREE copies of this wonderful read more

By Fritzi Kramer on November 25, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Ah! What would we ever have done without dueling? (Answer: Have a more civilized society, for one thing.) More to the point, what would movies do without dueling? From Errol Flynn to Darth Vader, the movie duel is a longstandi read more

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Once Upon a Screen celebrates its third anniversary this week and I have a lot to be thankful for… For one – who’d a thought?! It still surprises me that I’m part of a community made up of fantastic writers whose passion for classic film and the golden age of Hollywood never read more

Once again, we get to see Carole Lombard, horsewoman; in fact, we'll do it twice. First, it's feeding time for Lombard's lovable Palomino gelding, Pico -- and once that's out of the way, Carole will take her horse for a brief walk:This pair of Paramount equine portraits -- p1202-1686 on top, followe read more

Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd  — Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest Okay, here we go… This is our first Charlie Chaplin Book Giveaway — and I’m happy to say that, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, we’re going read more

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Richard Chamberlain as the Prince. Pleasant, but only modestly successful, The Slipper and the Rose (1976) follows in the footsteps of two better-known musical versions of Cinderella: Walt Disney's 1950 animated classic and the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical that starred, at v read more

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff November 23rd. An Icon of horror cinema, Karloff ranks with Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price as the most recognizable faces. Clearly, he and Chaney are the best actors that the horror genre has had to offer. With more than 150 film appearances, with performance read more

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff November 23rd. An Icon of horror cinema, Karloff ranks with Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price as the most recognizable faces. Clearly, he and Chaney are the best actors that the horror genre has had to offer. With more than 150 film appearances, with performance read more