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When I finished up my double feature viewing of the Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney films Strike up the Band (1940) and Girl Crazy (1943) (both newly available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive), I felt a familiar mixture of exhilaration and confusion. There’s so much to love about these classic m read more

Olympia Kiriakou's book "Becoming Carole Lombard" is the literary equivalent of a Maserati you see passing a luxury import automotive showroom in the heart of Beverly Hills -- you recognize how good it is, but chances are it's likely out of your league.As we've stated before,"Becoming" takes the Lom read more

In the opening scenes of TCM’s new 14-episode documentary series Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, narrator Tilda Swinton says that “most of the so-called movie classics have been directed by men.” Each episode includes this in the introduction, acknowledging an exc read more

Isn't that exquisite? It's a poster for Carole Lombard's drama "Vigil In The Night," but unless you lived in New England in early 1940, you've probably never seen it. This was designed by the Boston-based Avery Art Display Co., which has been around since 1929. It's magnificent, to say the least.It read more

“I think it’s high time for this state to remember its history!” – Van Heflin The whistling intro to Gunman’s Walk is one of the most insouciant beginnings to a western you might ever see. Regrettably, the opening lines of dialogue, penned by Frank S. Nugent, don’ read more

The Lester Glassner estate has been a boon to Carole Lombard collectors for years, providing relatively rare stills from her films in excellent condition. Take the above pic as an example; it's a still-sized semi-lobby card for 1931's "It Pays To Advertise" featuring a line from the film. Accompanyi read more

Hamlette's Soliloquy and Along the Brandywine are our hosts for the online celebration Legends of Western Cinema Week, during August 17 - 21. The celebration of your (our) favourite westerns will certainly brighten the summer of 2020. I am joining the Legends of Western Cinema Week with Barbara S read more

One of my dreams as a Carole Lombard historian and researcher is to create a book illustrating her series of Paramount p1202 portraits (that was her studio player code number), from p1202-1, shown above in 1930, to her final one in 1938; they total about 1,800. Unfortunately, there are several roadb read more

Publicizing a Carole Lombard film traditionally was a delightful challenge for theater owners, and in late 1941, they looked forward to her second comedic comeback movie, "To Be Or Not To Be," directed by no less than Ernst Lubitsch. After Dec. 7 and the attack on Pearl Harbor that thrust the U.S. i read more

“We might be the only two honest men in town.” – Audie Murphy as John Gant Audie Murphy had the added reputation of being a hero in real life, and so it hardly hurt him in his efforts to portray valorous protagonists on the big screen. However, despite being a fairly humble effort, read more

Wow, look at Grace Jones! I don't know if Bond met his match in Mayday but he certainly did with Zorin ( Christopher Walken ). This has always been one of my favorite James Bond films. It was Roger Moore's last appearance as Bond and one of his best. Lobby cards from the movie are difficult to find read more

Despite her legendary status, Carole Lombard has never been much of a posthumous commodity a la fellow Hollywood icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and so on. But for Lombard fans who'd like to visually proclaim their love for her, now you have that chance.Introducing...the Carole Lombard read more

Carole Lombard's second appearance on "Lux Radio Theater" garnered nowhere as much press attention as her first, an adaptation of her 1936 hit "My Man Godfrey" in May 1938 that reunited her with ex-husband William Powell, who was working himself back to health from rectal cancer. But this, airing ne read more

Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret. Michel Delassalle, the headmaster at a second-rate French boarding school, is not a nice person. He treats his frail wife Christina with disdain, openly engages in an affair with fellow teacher Nicole, and buys bad fish because it’s cheap. He even waters down read more

Nine Augusts ago, Carole Lombard was part of Turner Classic Movies' annual extravaganza, Summer Under The Stars. (She had an opportunity to participate this year, but lost in a TCM Backlot runoff to Claudette Colbert.) Here's the schedule for the 2020 event:But hold on -- there's been a change in th read more

This likely is the last time Carole Lombard and William Powell were photographed together, in January 1940 at the new Sunset Strip nightspot Ciro's. Lombard had married Clark Gable the year before, while Powell -- her first husband -- had just married actress Diana Lewis on Jan. 6. Nevertheless, Bil read more

Was Gary Cooper, shown here with Carole Lombard in 1931's "I Take This Woman," his generation's Warren Beatty? Coop was renowned for his prowess with the ladies, similar to another 1930s Hollywood Lothario, George Raft, albeit in a more upscale manner. Lombard -- who made two films with Cooper -- is read more

Today is the 128th anniversary of the birth of William Powell, my favorite classic era actor, embracing Carole Lombard, my favorite classic era actress, at the time of their honeymoon in June 1931. While their marriage was relatively brief, ending in August 1933, their affection and friendship remai read more

Outside some special posts–Josh Hartnett movies coming up, y’all–and anything Vernon wants to post, I’m moving all new material (for the time being) over to a TinyLetter newsletter. Lots of reason, lots of things, maybe I’ll write about them in it, maybe it’ll ju read more

Athos, Aramis, and Porthos walk into a bar --- the Coq d'Or. And are lost to the rest of the picture. There is no site in all Paris more popular for the settling of disputes than the tavern Coq d'Or on the Rue Pigalle. The three intrepid musketeers and BFFs played by Douglass Dumbrille, John "Du read more