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2020: A Year With Women Directors
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 1, 2021
Back in the faraway, happier world of January 2020, I took on a new film challenge: Watch 52 films directed (or codirected) by women. At just one movie a week, I thought it would be no big deal. It began innocently enough, I enjoyed heading out to my local theater to support my fellow woman and look read more
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963): A Father and Son Story
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 28, 2020
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father gives off all the signs of a light and frothy romantic comedy. You might envision it already: a widower-about-town with his son playing matchmaker as he tries to navigate the plethora of pretty girls who just happen to orbit around him. But we must make some di read more
Another p1202: Glamour in a gown
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 28, 2020
Uncovering yet another Carole Lombard p1202 rarity is always a delight, and that holds true for this one. It's Paramount p1202-1301, advertised by its seller as "Original Striking 1936 Gown High Drama Art Deco Glamour Photo Carole Lombard."Yes, it's striking, with some sort of Lombard dramatic glamo read more
Trying to feel Christmas-y during a difficult year
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 24, 2020
"And so this is Christmas,and what have we done?"-- John Lennon, "Merry Xmas (War Is Over)"The Christmas season is meant to symbolize joy -- after all, it's one of Christendom's most important holidays. But this year in particular, it's synonymous with despair. For the first time in more than a cent read more
Classic Films in Focus: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Dec 23, 2020
I'm generally a fan of adaptations of Charles Dickens' holiday standard, even the loose and the weird ones, but the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol from MGM strikes me as a bowdlerized, lightweight entry into the category, pleasant enough but not really willing to get to the heart of the sto read more
Cover Up (1949): A Christmas Crime B Film
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 22, 2020
Cover Up is one of the dime a dozen noir titles you have to really dig around for. It’s actually not really a prototypical film noir at all. However, if you’re a fan of forgotten unadorned small-town whodunits, it might just grab you. Its main assets are in the script department and the read more
A Visit to the Lucy-Desi Museum, Lucille Ball Memorial Park and More: A Pictorial (Guest Post)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Guest Post on Dec 15, 2020
A Visit to the Lucy-Desi Museum and moreSpecial Guest Post by Lucy fan, Lucy Ortiz
When I was born, my parents decided to name me after the I Love Lucy show. As an adult, I realized I had some things in common with the Arnaz-Ball family. My birthday is exactly one week before Desi Jr’s in J read more
A Classic Movie Blog on Instagram
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 14, 2020
I've noticed that there have been a lot more of you dropping by in the past year (welcome!), so I wanted to make sure you all know that A Classic Movie Blog is also on Instagram.Come join me, Bob, and Rita here! read more
A Lombard portrait so Richee done
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 13, 2020
Photographer Eugene Robert Richee (1896-1972) and subject Carole Lombard made for quite a team during the early and mid-1930s. He took many of Carole's most sensual Paramount portraits, especially during the pre-Code era (witness this still at top of Lombard for the 1933 potboiler "White Woman"). Bu read more
A “White Christmas” at the Upcountry History Museum
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Dec 12, 2020
The Upcountry History Museum follows COVID-19 protocols, including limited capacity, requiring facemasks and no contact ticket purchasing through their website. Read more. You may be dreaming of a white Christmas, but it may not be likely that you’ll see cold precipitation in your area — especially read more
Topper (1937): Cary Grant’s a Ghost
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 8, 2020
We know what kind of movie we’re in for upon meeting Cary Grant, whistling a merry tune, as he drives his fancy wheels with his feet. His wife — a quizzical platinum blonde played to perfection by Constance Bennett — stares up at him in amusement. They are a picture of fun-loving read more
A different sort of 'Dressing'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 8, 2020
"We're Not Dressing" is a fun, if sometimes silly musical romp where Carole Lombard is Bing Crosby's leading lady, complemented by Ethel Merman, Leon Errol and as comic relief, George Burns and Gracie Allen. It was filmed in early 1934, much of it on Catalina Island.But at the tail end of 1933 (Dec. read more
A fashionable flapper (and dig those shoes!)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 7, 2020
It's sometime in 1929, and Carole Lombard, a requisite cloche atop her head, appears ready to face the chilly world in a stunning coat -- and speaking of stunning, check out those shoes. Here they are in close-up: Would that footwear still be fashionable today? The image, new to me until today, has read more
A LAMP-lighter: 'Stand Tall!' takes another award
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 6, 2020
As Carole Lombard peruses a movie script, I'm becoming increasingly confident someday soon, a professional actor not only will read one of mine, but then perform it on screen. My optimism wqs bolstered today, when I received some good news from the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival:My romantic com read more
Joe Flynn - A Frustrated Fellow
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 5, 2020
Aurora, author of the blog Once Upon a Screen, is hosting the 9th annual What a Character! Blogathon this weekend along with Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled and Paula of Paula's Cinema Club. This event celebrates the many many great character actors that have appeared in films since movie-making be read more
Marcel Dalio: What a (French) Character!
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Dec 4, 2020
This is my entry for the annual What a Character! blogathon hosted by Paula at Paula's Cinema Club, Aurora of Once Upon a Screen and Kellee at Outspoken & Freckled. ~I was watching
Josef von Sternberg’s flamboyantly decadent noir The Shanghai Gesture
(1941) a while ago. Taking i read more
What a Character! blogathon: Harry Cording
Caftan Woman Posted by on Dec 4, 2020
It is the time of year we all look forward to when Paula's Cinema Club, Once Upon a Screen, and Outspoken and Freckled host their "What a Character!" Blogathon. This year, December 5th is the big day. Harry Cording1891-1954Above is Harry Cording as he was mostly seen throughout his 27 read more
A rotating session
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Dec 4, 2020
Plenty of people love this color cover portrait of Carole Lombard, from the June 1938 issue of Hollywood magazine...since it's simply so, well, unusual. Today, someone who follows me at the Twitter site "It's the pictures that got small" posted it. A comment came from "Forever Louise Brooks" -- "Tha read more
Cary Grant Comes Home for the Weekend Festival: Making My First Video Essay and Chatting on a Panel with Creators
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 1, 2020
One of the best things I've done since the pandemic has changed life so dramatically was to learn how to make a video essay. I did it for the Cary Grant Comes Home for the Weekend Festival, a wonderful event that usually takes place in the actor's hometown of Bristol, UK, but was online for th read more