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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

Because Labor Day is considered the unofficial end of Summer, I spent most of my weekend celebrating in the surf at Santa Monica Beach.  I wasn't the only one...this is one of the busiest times of the year along the ocean.  Tourists come from all over the world to visit and locals pour in read more

In the 1932 film "If I Had a Million," a cantankerous millionaire (Richard Bennett, the real-life father of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett) decides to stiff his greedy relatives and leave a million dollars to eight people picked at random from the city directory. It was a big year for "all-st read more

Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are about to begin a film series in celebration of Universal's 100th anniversary with special movie theater presentations of four newly restored Universal classics. On Wednesday, September 19, "The Birds is coming" - again - and Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 read more

Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are about to begin a film series in celebration of Universal's 100th anniversary with special movie theater presentations of four newly restored Universal classics. On Wednesday, September 19, "The Birds is coming" - again - and Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 read more

Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle: A Birthday Tribute Labels: Dorothy Parker, Harpo Marx, MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (1994), Tallulah Bankhead, The Algonquin Round Table Yesterday, August 22nd, Dorothy "Dotty" Rothschild Parker (1893-1967) would have been 119 years o read more

It's always incredible to me how few people know Kay Francis.  Even those who do know her seem to fail at recognizing and appreciating just how much she contributed to classic cinema as well as to today's fashion.  There is no question that Kay was a style star and consistently so in every read more

I wish I could go on a vacation with Clark  Since the coming of summer in Quebec City we have been more than spoiled of superb weather and sunny days. In fact, since I moved in my house, July 1st, there have been so few rain that my lawn is practically just dust. However, since our Hone read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

You can't talk about the 1932 film "What Price Hollywood?" without dishing some Hollywood dirt -- that the plot, for instance, was inspired by the real-life marriage of rising star Colleen Moore and producer John McCormick, or that Lowell Sherman based his portrayal of dipsomaniac director Max Carey read more

I thought it was time to put my entry to the Film Classics writing competition. It wasn't my best effort, but it was in an area that I am most passionate about and was awarded in the top ten. If anyone has any opinions on it can they put them at the bottom. Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Movie read more

photo by Jack Cardiff One chilly winter morning in 1953, a 15-year-old boy took a bus from his home in New Jersey to New York City in search of adventure. Times Square epitomized his concept of the city at that time and so he roamed the neighborhood until daylight began to fade. As he made his wa read more