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It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: A Connecticut Yankee in read more

“I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to be myself.” *** There was in Old Hollywood an actress named Jean Arthur whose chosen star name was a tribute to Joan of Arc and King Arthur, nothing less. She was born Gladys Georgianna Greene in Plattsburg, New York, had Norweg read more

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu –one of the most iconic and influential horror films ever made. One of the finest examples of the genre known as German Expressionism. A masterpiece by one of early cinema’s most skilled directors. And, of course, a prime example read more

 Cary Grant: A Brilliant DisguiseScott Eyman Simon & Schuster, 2020Cary Grant was a complicated man. That much has been common knowledge among his fans for years. He would pinch a penny until it squealed, but was generous with his time and possessions. He’d be as respectful to a read more

Uncovering a heretofore unseen Carole Lombard p1202 photo from Paramount is always a thrill, and so it is here, p1202-510 from 1933. Carole's holding some film strips in her hand (stills she wants to further examine?). I have no idea which staff photographer snapped this.Nor do I know who took this read more

The October 1932 issue of Hollywood magazine features a fetching portrait of Carole Lombard on the cover. I'd like to give you a complete list of Lombard references in the issue, but the Media History Digital Library only has access to issues between 1934 and 1943. Fortunately, the person selling th read more

On October 20th, Simon & Schuster will publish Scott Eyman's new biography Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise. Eyman, a former literary critic for The Palm Beach Post, has written the bestsellers Pieces of My Heart and You Must Remember This (both with Robert Wagner) and J read more

I'm always excited when my two obsessions - LEGO and classic movies - overlap, and when they do it's usually related to classic horror. This year LEGO has added something especially fun in time for Halloween, a new Brickheadz set for an official Universal Frankenstein! Fans are hoping that more lice read more

For me, discovering a previously unseen Carole Lombard p1202 Paramount photo is akin to finding buried treasure. Today's pot of gold is p1202-1417, likely from 1936, where Carole leans back, serenely regal. Isn't it marvelous?We also have the image from a slightly different angle......and from each read more

Our Oct Picks on the Classic Movie Hub ChannelOver 40 Titles Streaming Free All, Every Month It’s that time again… We have our monthly free streaming picks for our Classic Movie Hub Channel at Best Classics Ever (BCE) – the mega streaming channel for classic movies read more

1940 would be an interesting and somewhat productive year for Carole Lombard, shown here in color transparency. Weddings of people important in her life marked the early part of the year. First, ex-husband William Powell remarried, this time to actress Diana Lewis, a woman more than a decade younger read more

Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe Book GiveawayFor ages 14-17, grades 9-12We have 10 Books to Giveaway Now through Nov 7! Weatherford’s intimate writing style will make readers feel like they’re accessing Marilyn’s private journals. The story is dedicated to anyone who has ever felt read more

Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend Book GiveawayWe have 8 Books to Giveaway this Month! “The definitive biography: forensic, myth-busting, and psychologically fine-tuned. Both a well-written work of scholarship and an entertaining ride through the life and work of one of Hollywood read more

Akira Kurosawa is obviously known for samurai pictures — the famed jidaigeki genre  — and Yasjiro Ozu is most sedulous when it comes to the relational bonds between parents and children in Japanese society. However, in some sense, of the so-called “Big-Three,” it is Kenji Miz read more

If the above image of Carole Lombard in a form-fitting gown fails to elicit a response from you, see a doctor right away and have your humanity checked. The photo, from a session for MGM's "The Gay Bride" in 1934, is among pictures that can be converted into long-lasting prints worth framing, create read more

Is this a table read for "To Be Or Not To Be"? It very well could be, what with Carole Lombard laughing at Jack Benny (turned away from us), with young supporting player Robert Stack across the table...and of course, that's director Ernst Lubitsch laughing uproariously at the end. Table reads are pl read more

One advantage British fan magazines of the Golden Age had on their American counterparts is that they published weekly, not monthly, and news and film reviews thus were more up-to-date. One of the UK's best publications was Picturegoer, where Carole Lombard is shown on the cover in May 1935.If you'r read more

Carole Lombard spent most of her 33 years within the state of California, so the vast majority of her photos were shot there...like the image above of her and relatively new husband William Powell, taken at Hearst Castle in San Simeon not long after the couple returned from their honeymoon in Hawaii read more

If you’ve been following this blog for a while and know my tastes well, it shouldn’t be a mystery that one of my favourite national cinemas is the one made in the UK, especially the classics from the 30s until the 60s. That is why Terence’s Rule, Britannia Blogathon that he is host read more

 One of my latest discount book purchases is RUNGS ON A LADDER: HAMMER FILMS SEEN THROUGH A SOFT GAUZE. This is a short memoir on what it was like to work behind the camera for Hammer Films from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. The author of this volume is Christopher Neame--but this is N read more