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  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

  What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel wri read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

  Classic Movie Halloween Pin-Ups, PR and More… Shirley Temple ….. Veronica Lake ….. Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane (Arsenic and Old Lace) ….. Judy Garland ….. Mary Pickford ….. Ava Gardner ….. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ….. Ann Miller ….. Y read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

Miriam Hopkins ranked among the top film actresses of the 1930s, especially among the critics. Like her peer, Bette Davis, her stellar career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s and encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. From her first film in 1930 she displayed a verve that made her read more

Today, I’m happy to write this text to celebrate my 9th favourite actress, the marvellous Teresa Wright. Even if I had seen only two of her movies, I just fount her incredible, especially in Hitchcock’s Shadow of A Doubt (1943). For what I’ve seen of this actress, acting look so s read more

By Fritzi Kramer on October 27, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor I don’t mean to be judgmental. I really don’t. It’s just that… I mean, I can’t… NO! You cannot microwave tea water. I stand firm in my conviction. This is what electric tea kettles were invented for. In the read more

Here's proof that not all "classic Hollywood portraiture" took place in Hollywood...or even in southern California. This pensive shot of Carole Lombard, Paramount p1202-2, was taken in New York by Herman Zerrenner in the late summer of 1930, when Lombard was in the East to make "Fast And Loose," wha read more

Now you see 'em... The Innocents (1961) The Innocents, along with The Haunting (1963), is one of those movies I worry about returning to for fear it will not inspire in me the same wonderful feeling of looming terror I got fro read more

As monsters go, I've never been a big Mummy fan. After all, the Mummy basically follows orders, kills people, and walks...very...slowly. For some reason, people tend to fall down a lot when he's stalking them. Otherwise, I'm not sure the Mummy would be very effective at accomplishing his deadly task read more

By Fritzi Kramer on October 26, 2014 in Blog What happens when a rich swell marries a bareback rider from the circus? Well, his mother is none too pleased, let me tell you. Norma Talmadge stars as the young woman who leaves the sawdust of the circus for a ritzier address, which (oddly enough) also read more

NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS (1922) wurde durch die richtige letzte Nacht gegeben at the Landmark Loews in Jersey City last night – and it was terrific. Noted as a free adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula NOSFERATU, directed by F. W. Murnau is the earliest known film to feature read more

You probably recognize Carole Lombard in this group photo from March 1933 (she's seventh from right), but how many other Paramount personalities (mostly actors but a few directors as well) can you identify? Since you probably don't have all day to figure things out, here's the list, from that June's read more

Today, I’m happy to celebrate the 97th birthday of the incredibly talented actress Joan Fontaine As I am a big Hitchcock’s fan, it’s the movies Rebecca (1940) and Suspicion (1941) that made me discover this star. Joan Fontaine is the only actress who ever won an Oscar for an Hitchc read more

If you’re one of my friends on my personal Facebook page, then this little rant may seem familiar, since I first posted it there yesterday. After a bit I decided I’d also edit it just slightly and share it here, in order to reach a bit of a different audience. So yeah, there’s this read more

If you’re one of my friends on my personal Facebook page, then this little rant may seem familiar, since I first posted it there yesterday. After a bit I decided I’d also edit it just slightly and share it here, in order to reach a bit of a different audience. So yeah, there’s this read more

Paul Robeson: A Biography Martin Duberman Open Road Media, 2014 (Originally published 1988) Equality might be denied, but I knew I was not inferior. -Robeson It's been a long struggle that I've waged, sometimes not very well understood. -Robeson It is because Robeson made his protest bitterly read more