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"At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols." -Aldous Huxley The author of The Brave New World expressed many p read more

Since I enjoyed reading other people's cinematic alphabets, I had to make my own. Of course, my choices are mostly classic movies, but I threw in some more recent films for those tricky last letters. I'm only listing movies I know well, and for the most part they are the ones that I think are the mo read more

Since I enjoyed reading other people's cinematic alphabets, I had to make my own. Of course, my choices are mostly classic movies, but I threw in some more recent films for those tricky last letters. I'm only listing movies I know well, and for the most part they are the ones that I think are the mo read more

During World War II Hollywood churned out popular pictures both entertaining and patriotic, bolstering home front morale and earning enormous box receipts. Between 1942 and 1945, Americans were spending 23% of their recreation dollars on movies and by 1946 weekly attendance was over 90,000,000. But read more

During World War II Hollywood churned out popular pictures both entertaining and patriotic, bolstering home front morale and earning enormous box receipts. Between 1942 and 1945, Americans were spending 23% of their recreation dollars on movies and by 1946 weekly attendance was over 90,000,000. But read more

It has truly been a whirlwind of activity for me since last weekend.  Saturday and Sunday was A Current Affair downtown at the Cooper Design Center's penthouse.  For those who don't know, A Current Affair is a group of 20+ vintage vendors who all have carefully curated collections.  T read more

For more information, details can be found on my earlier post about the event.  Hope to see you soon! read more

Many thanks to Jacqueline Lynch of Another Old Movie Blog for bestowing upon me the honour of the Stylish Blogger Award. In promoting the fine blogs in the world of the internet it is now my privilege to forward the award to seven stylish bloggers and reveal seven random facts regarding yours truly read more

Next Saturday and Sunday, GlamAmor will join over 25 premier vintage retailers and private dealers from Los Angeles and beyond at A Current Affair.  Gilt City is offering 50% off admission if you purchase tickets through their site, so don't miss their limited time offe read more

"Jane Eyre": A Golden Age Classic A recent article in The New York Times featured a story on the new film version of Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukunaga. Charlotte Brontë’s novel, first published in 1847, has been filmed at least 18 times, according to Charles McGrath, the author of the read more

GlamAmor will once again join over 25 premier vintage retailers and private dealers from Los Angeles and beyond at A Current Affair in April. The show is always an incredible opportunity to shop a select assortment of vintage apparel, jewelry, and ac read more

This wonderful book about the most important American filmmakers of the second half of the 20th century is a mandatory reading for every cinephile. Its author, Robert Kolker, dissects the films of Arthur Penn, Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and Robert Altman. His read more

This review was part of the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon to benefit the Film Noir Foundation. San Francisco's annual film noir festival, Noir City 9, ran for ten days at the end of January. From all reports the festival, an event that showcased 24 films, was a great su read more

This review was part of the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon to benefit the Film Noir Foundation. San Francisco's annual film noir festival, Noir City 9, ran for ten days at the end of January. From all reports the festival, an event that showcased 24 films, was a great su read more

Huntington Park at the top of Nob Hill, San Francisco One day not too long ago my friend Dave and I went on an excursion into three San Francisco neighborhoods to shoot video of classic film locations. I'd done some research and worked out a way to cover read more

Huntington Park at the top of Nob Hill, San Francisco One day not too long ago my friend Dave and I went on an excursion into three San Francisco neighborhoods to shoot video of classic film locations. I'd done some research and worked out a way to cover read more

Breathless (A Bout de Souffle), Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 classic, is iconic for many reasons.  For one, the French New Wave began telling stories in a different way than other films of the time, blending Italian neo-realism (using poverty-stricken or working class characters) with tongu read more

Karen Abbott Talks About Her New Book "American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee" Bestselling author Karen Abbott Several months ago, I had the good fortune to be part of a book club that was discussing Karen Abbott's first nonfiction book, Sin in the Second City read more

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On December 6, 1963, Judy Garland taped "The Christmas Show" to air a few weeks later as the holiday episode of her weekly CBS-TV variety show. She was joined by by both family (including Liza) and friends...like singer/songwriter Mel Tormé, writer (with Bob Wells ) of read more