By Movie StarAlfred HitchcockAudrey HepburnAva GardnerBarbara StanwyckBasil RathboneBette DavisBilly WilderBob HopeBoris KarloffBurt LancasterBuster KeatonCarole LombardCary GrantCharlie ChaplinClara BowClark GableClaudette ColbertDana AndrewsDeanna DurbinDebbie ReynoldsDoris DayEleanor ParkerElizabeth TaylorErnst LubitschErrol FlynnEsther WilliamsFranchot ToneFred AstaireFred MacMurrayGary CooperGene KellyGinger RogersGloria SwansonGrace KellyGreer GarsonGregory PeckGreta GarboHarold LloydHedy LamarrHenry FondaHoward HawksHumphrey BogartIda LupinoIngrid BergmanIrene DunneJack BennyJack LemmonJames CagneyJames StewartJane RussellJean ArthurJean HarlowJeanette MacDonaldJeanne CrainJoan CrawfordJoan FontaineJohn FordJohn WayneJudy GarlandKatharine HepburnKay FrancisKirk DouglasLana TurnerLauren BacallLillian GishLon ChaneyLoretta YoungLouise BrooksMae WestMarilyn MonroeMarion DaviesMarlene DietrichMary AstorMary PickfordMickey RooneyMiriam HopkinsMyrna LoyNatalie WoodNorma ShearerOlivia de HavillandOrson WellesPaul NewmanPaulette GoddardPreston SturgesRichard WidmarkRita HayworthRobert MitchumRudolph ValentinoShirley TempleSidney PoitierSpencer TracySteve McQueenTeresa WrightTyrone PowerVincent PriceVivien LeighWilliam HoldenWilliam PowellWilliam WylerWoody Allen By HolidayNew Year's DayPresident's DayValentine's DayEasterMother's DayFather's DayMemorial DayJuly 4thLabor DayColumbus DayHalloweenThanksgivingChristmasBlack History MonthWomen's History Month All Blogs4 Star Films (3504)50 Most Influential Disney Animators (58)A Person in the Dark (367)All Good Things (815)Backlots (412)Caf? Muscato (572)Caftan Woman (904)Carole & Co. (3081)Cary Grant Won't Eat You (492)Cinema Crossroads (42)Cinematic Catharsis (929)Cinematically Insane (268)CineMaven's Essays from the Couch (152)Classic Cinema Gold (319)Classic Film & TV Cafe (1284)Classic Film Review (14)Classic Movie Hub Blog (1962)Classic Movie Man (973)Classic Movies (3247)Classic Reel Girl (95)Comet Over Hollywood (1337)Creme de la Creme (32)Criterion Blues (770)Critica Retro (1463)Curtains (58)Durnmoose Movie Musings (1105)Film Reviews and Anything Else I Get Inspired by (27)Finding Franchot: Exploring the Life and Career of Franchot Tone (161)Flickers in Time (2221)GlamAmor (587)Hitchcock Master (146)Hollywood Revue (532)Hometowns to Hollywood (855)How Sweet It Was (86)In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood (154)Lady Eve's Reel Life (733)Le Mot du Cinephiliaque (945)Love Letters to Old Hollywood (150)MacGuffin Movies (362)Movies Silently (1029)Noir and Chick Flicks (1998)Noirish (1273)Once Upon a Screen (420)Outspoken and Freckled (140)Phantom Empires (60)Pop Culture ImagineMDD (103)Serendipitous Anachronisms (82)Shadows and Satin (1005)Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers (1931)Smum County (115)Stardust and Shadows (120)Studies in Cinema (118)The Baz (163)The Blonde At The Film (330)The Bogie Film Blog (147)The Cinema Dilettante (110)The Giddy Blog (152)The Great Katharine Hepburn (240)The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog (1761)The Jeanette MacDonald Blog (94)The Man on the Flying Trapeze (643)The Old Hollywood Garden (462)The Timothy Carey Experience (1181)The Vintage Cameo (134)The Wonderful World of Cinema (623)Timeless Hollywood (73)True Classics (573)Virtual Virago (1634)Where Danger Lives (136)Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest (640)

A couple of years back, during Noirvember, I made the case for why I don’t think the title character of Gilda (1946) is a femme fatale. This year, I’m revisiting this notion with another femme from classic film noir: Laura Hunt of Laura (1945). In a nutshell, Laura is about a beautiful and successfu read more

We often talk of older films that were ahead of their time. It could be for the central subject, the fashion (hello Merrily We Live), the aesthetic, the acting or just the aura. These pictures were not only ahead of their time; they sometimes stood the test of time and are still relevant decades af read more

When we think of Hammer and/or Amicus-produced films, what first comes to our minds are usually films that are included in the grand scale of the horror genre, with classics like Terence Fisher’s Dracula (1958), starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, or Freddie Francis’s anthology read more

Happy Sunday Funday! This week, I’m celebrating by inviting y’all to join me in a little trip down my personal Memory Lane. Back in 2013 (when my daughters were still in high school!), the Turner Classic Movies network sponsored the “Ultimate Fan Contest,” which would give t read more

I’m pleased to announce that I’m having a giveaway in honor of Noirvember! For a chance to win this Glenn Ford DVD box set, just click HERE and request a free sample electronic copy of The Dark Pages film noir newsletter. The deadline to enter is November 30, 2025, at 9 pm EST. The winn read more

I must admit, I’m not the most assiduous when it comes to exploring the horror genre, mostly because I don’t like jump scares (I loathe them, actually) and, let’s face it, horror films have lots of them. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in them, and s read more

 Since Halloween is fast approaching, here is a special horror/mystery movie themed puzzle for any of you trivia-loving readers. Solve the clues going across and then the grayed squares will reveal the answer to the clue at the bottom of the page. Try not to look up any of these clues onli read more

 A few months ago Kino released on Blu-ray THE VENGEANCE OF DR. MABUSE, an early Seventies picture directed by Jess Franco that was the last gasp of German producer Artur Brauner's Dr. Mabuse film series. Now Kino has gifted us with DEATH PACKS A SUITCASE, a 1971 movie that is also directed by read more

The Great Gatsby Turns 100: A Retrospective One of the Great American Novels of the 20th century, The Great Gatsby continues to have a massive influence on how we imagine the “Jazz Age.” We refer to 1920s-themed parties as “Gatsby parties,” often call 1920s-inspired costumes and aesthetics read more

“Suspicion” drives a wedge between Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine Suspicion (1941) is an American mystery-suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. The supporting cast includes Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, and Leo read more

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Release Date: May 09, 2026 For over a century, Alfred Hitchcock has remained one of cinema’s most influential directors. Known as the “Master of Suspense,” this visionary filmmaker directed more than fifty films over six decades. His thr read more

When Sally from 18 Cinema Lane announced that she was hosting a blogathon about food in films, I first thought, “Which film interestingly involving food should I write about?” Those are, in fact, not rare out there, but I wasn’t entirely convinced with what first came to mind. Man read more

 Another entry in Japan's Toho Studios series of 1960s spy adventures, parts of this feature were used and re-dubbed for Woody Allen's spoof WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? Tatsuya Mihashi once again plays the devil-may-care Agent Kitami of Interpol. This time he's tracking down a kidnapped scienti read more

 LAST COMISKEY director Matt Flesch's latest production is an examination of a true baseball lifer, a man who had several connections to the greats--and the great moments--of the game. JEFF TORBORG: A WONDERFUL BASEBALL LIFE covers a decades-long MLB career that involved stints as a player read more

A Closer Look At: Cabiria (1914) In 1914, most films ranged from one to three reels long–half an hour or less. But as filmmakers were growing more confident about telling longer, more complex stories, the occasional hour-long film was released. Arguably, it was Italy that really got the ball read more

 Little Grover (Peter Robbins) was taking a flight on some tethered weather balloons when he decided to cut the ropes and really soar in 1963's A Ticklish Affair. This brought Officer Key (Gig Young) and a fleet of patrol cars out trying to chase him down...a difficult task to do with San Diego read more

On the heels of my “Things I Learned from Classic Movies” post, here comes another Something Completely Different! On Christmas Eve 2024, my Pre-Code Crazy/Film Noir Files pal Kristina (author of the Speakeasy blog) invited me to participate in a cinematic scavenger hunt of sorts. Like the fellas read more

8 Classic Movies That Are Perfect For A Summer Movie Marathon On July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 By CarolIn Uncategorized A few years ago, I did a thing on Instagram where I would post a different summer movie every day on my Classic Hollywood page, for read more

One of the things I enjoy most about classic film is taking cinematic deep dives into genres with which I’m unfamiliar. During the pandemic shutdown, I discovered westerns, which resulted in adding a whole new group of movies to my list of favorites – including Yellow Sky (1948), Red River (1948), read more

What Makes a Classic Movie Classic?Inquiring Minds Want to Know I’m so excited to share this podcast episode with you all! I was honored to be a Special Guest on the We Need 2 Talk podcast where we chatted about — you guessed it — classic movies! Podcast hosts Kristy & read more