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The Popeye cartoons that Dave Fleischer did at Paramount in the 1930s are unusually dense -- the backgrounds teem with detail and Popeye mutters about three times as much dialogue as he seems to be speaking. This cartoon is especially memorable to me -- maybe because of the storyline or maybe becaus read more

Being a lifelong monster-movie fan, I have a huge love for Hammer Films, the British movie company that specialized in horror, science-fiction, and adventure films in the 1950s-70s. The company has recently been revitalized due to new ownership, and one of the projects the "new" Hammer has been read more

It's Just a Shot Away Having re-ploughed through season 3 of The Sopranos and driving home listening to Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones I was suddenly inspired to examine Martin Scorsese's preoccupation with rock music and how he uses them to great effect. For years of enjoyment of w read more

This year marks a momentous landmark, the 100th anniversary for Paramount Pictures. The lovely Angela of The Hollywood Revue created a remarkable blogathon to celebrate this historic occasion- the Paramount Centennial Blogathon. When I consider the parade of outstanding talent that has been a produc read more

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974): A Lauren Bacall Classic Labels: Agatha Christie, Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller Lauren Bacall boards th read more

She appeared in more Best Picture winners - five - than any other performer, and if you have a favorite studio picture made between 1923 and 1964, there's a fairly good chance she's in it.  It's probably safe to say that in sheer number of titles - well more than 700 - she's the most prolific a read more

Lucile Watson May 27, 1879 - June 24, 1962 Quebec City, the historic French settlement, trading post and sometime capitol of New France and Lower Canada, was the birthplace of Rosine Mary Lucile Watson on May 27, 1879.  Educated in one of the predominantly Catholic province's many convent s read more

    When my fellow cinephiles Aurora of Once Upon a Screen and Paula of Paula's Cinema Club and I decided to create a blogathon event based on the unsung heroes of cinema, What A Character! was formed. The inherent challenge in such a blogathon is narrowing down to just one character ac read more

Today marks the kick-off to the first-ever WHAT A CHARACTER! blogathon. Created by the three amigos trio of Aurora @citizenscreen of Once Upon A Screen, Paula @Paula_Guthat of Paula's Cinema Club and myself, Kellee @Irishjayhawk66 of Outspoken & Freckled, this blogathon is to celebrate those del read more

Roubando a cena: Walter Brennan e Mercedes McCambridge Alguns personagens realmente chamam toda a atenção para si quando aparecem na tela. O caso mais memorável para mim é de Madame De Farge em “A Queda da Bastilha / A Tale of Two Cities” (1935) que, histericamente, pede que todos read more

A fan’s review of “The Birds” on the big screen This poster is hanging in my office. I’m old enough to remember when The Birds was first released in theatres, but as far as my mother was concerned, I was too young to see it. When I was a kid, our family went to the m read more

That's me, with Carl Sandburg (sort of). Newcomers to this blog might sometimes suspect that its owner is a victim of multiple personality disorder, but the Virago is merely an enthusiast about many things. Just in case you were wondering, here are six of my very favorite things, any of which might read more

That's me, with Carl Sandburg (sort of). Newcomers to this blog might sometimes suspect that its owner is a victim of multiple personality disorder, but the Virago is merely an enthusiast about many things. Just in case you were wondering, here are six of my very favorite things, any of which might read more

TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (1972): A Katharine Hepburn Original Labels: George Cukor, Maggie Smith, Travels With My Aunt Sunday night at 8:00pm EST, Turner Classic Movies will be showing a Maggie Smith classic, George Cukor's TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (1972). When I first saw this movie, I thou read more

Hello Film Loving Characters!It's almost time for the first-ever WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon! Hosted by Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled and Paula of Paula's Cinema Club, we are excited to host this fun inaugural blogging event. We have set up a schedule (see below) fo read more

IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963): Universal Backlot Blogathon Labels: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Stanley Kramer Kristen over at Journeys in Classic Film is hosting the Universal Backlot Blogathon this weekend to celebrate 100 years of Universal Studios films: "Have a revie read more

A Boring Method Had high expectations for this. Huge fan of The Fly and really enjoyed Cronenberg's recent collaborations with Mortensen's, particularly Eastern Promises. Couple that with the in form powerhouse of Fassbender and the ingredients are there for a bold controversial examination o read more

Taking Cary for Granted - In A Good Way! Labels: Cary Grant, TCM Cary Grant made so many films (more than 70) in his 38-year career that we can sometimes take it for granted when TCM decides to dedicate an evening to his films. Tonight, Turner Classic Movies will be showing five of C read more

Elsa Lanchester, a monstra boa A extensa galeria de personagens memoráveis da Universal Studios, criada e reunida em um século de filmes, não poderia ser mais variada. Voltando para as décadas de 1920 e 1930, vemos que o sucesso era garantido quando o estúdio fazia algum filme com montro read more

Since we missed her birthday last Monday, I thought it might be nice to spend this week's SSCE in the always good company of dear Mrs. Moss Hart, née dear Miss Kitty Carlisle (well, actually née dear Miss Catherine Conn, but that's another story altogether).  We meet here here read more