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Olivia de Havilland: A Celebration
Backlots Posted by Lara on Jul 27, 2020
Olivia de Havilland and her pug, Oscar. Olivia de Havilland died peacefully in Paris on Saturday. She went the way we all strive to go–in her sleep, having recently celebrated her 104th birthday. Her daughter Gisèle had just been over for a visit. She was loved and adored not only by a wide c read more
Play ball! (Or a 2020 approximation of it)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 23, 2020
Would Carole Lombard -- an avid baseball fan -- be thrilled Opening Day is today, nearly four months behind schedule? Perhaps. But I sense that like me, she'd also say fine, but we have bigger figurative fish to fry. Or something to that effect.Nearly nine months ago, Opening Day 2020 was something read more
Two For The Road (1967): A Rom-Com for a New Era
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 22, 2020
“If there’s one thing I despise it’s an indispensable woman.” – Albert Finney The world seemed a very different place in 1967. It had changed and with it, love and the romantic comedy underwent a transformation of its own. Because, in some sense, humanity had reached a read more
Marlene? No, that's Carole -- a lacy Lombard
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 22, 2020
Both Carole Lombard and Marlene Dietrich were style icons in the 1930s; in fact, for a time, Marlene thought Carole was copying her look. Not with that outfit above (actually, Travis Banton draped that satin over Carole), something Marlene deemed ridiculous (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/414 read more
A Soldier Recalls Serving with Rathbone
The Baz Posted by Neve on Jul 21, 2020
Basil is in the back row, standing in front of the awning that reads “Freeman, Hardy & Willis” (his head blocking the LI in Willis. read more
'Orchids,' in the leaves of a book
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 20, 2020
"No More Orchids" (1932), Carole Lombard's second film for Columbia, lacks the pre-Code punch of its predecessor, "Virtue," but shows off her dramatic skills and even gives her a bit of comedy. It also was the first of several films she made with the wonderful character actor Walter Connolly, and th read more
A few ways for Yoo to collect 'Mrs. Smith'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 19, 2020
I'm not quite certain how to explain, or define, this photo of Carole Lombard with her "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star, Robert Montgomery, or their director, Alfred Hitchcock. Is Hitch playing another of his fabled "mind games" with actors?Whatever, Carole was at her most glamorous in this atypical (for read more
All this for a nickel
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 18, 2020
The very thought of a movie magazine selling for a nickel is mind-blowing by current inflated standards, but the April 1937 issue of Hollywood magazine did that and more...even giving you an exquisite color cover photo of Carole Lombard in the process. Close-ups show that photographically, it's the read more
Scent of a star: Was this Carole's favorite perfume?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 16, 2020
Since no photos of Carole Lombard dancing at the legendary Cocoanut Grove are known to exist. we'll do with this facsimile of her as the title character of the 1928 Mack Sennett two-reeler "The Campus Vamp." Now imagine being at that fictional collegiate party...what perfume might Carole, still in h read more
On Blu-ray: Robert Mitchum in a Film-Noir on the Range Blood on the Moon (1948)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 15, 2020
The moody, fatalistic feel of Blood on the Moon (1948) is unusual for a western, if not unheard of in the genre. Its noirish story of double-crosses and turf battles could be transported to rain-slicked city streets with little change, the plot points as well-suited to urban organized crime as cattl read more
Musical Monday: A Swingin’ Summer (1965)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 13, 2020
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 Swingin’ Summer read more
Seven Things to Know About I.A.L. Diamond
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 13, 2020
1. Beginning with Love in the Afternoon (1957), I.A.L. Diamond wrote twelve movies with Billy Wilder over a period of 25 years. Their biggest hits included Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), One, Two, Three (1961), and The Fortune Cookie (1966). Diamond and Wilder won an A read more
She's a 'goddess,' all right
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 11, 2020
Carole Lombard never said she was a goddess; she merely looked like one. And that ethereal image is honored in a new decoration available at etsy.The "quote" is completed on the back side:Two close-ups of the front:It's part of a series called "Microscopic Affirmations" -- altered microscope slides, read more
Monsters and Matinees: ‘The Blob’ is based on a what?!
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on Jul 11, 2020
‘The Blob’ is based on a what?!
“Do you know the movie The Blob, Aunt Toni?”
I’ve never heard a sweeter question than that one recently asked by my 11-year-old niece, Grace.
As classic movie
fans, we all hope to inspire younger generations to discover classic f read more
The Stooge (1952): A Martin & Lewis Biopic?
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 9, 2020
If the story holds, Jerry Lewis named The Stooge among his favorites of the work he did during his famed partnership with Dean Martin. This was the sole reason for watching it and this is probably the most effective lens in considering what to make of it. The plot itself follows a show business nar read more
A Perry Mason Primer
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jul 9, 2020
Warren William as Perry.
Raymond Burr will always be Perry Mason for millions of mystery fans, but Erle Stanley Gardner’s lawyer hit the big screen twenty years before the long-running TV series.
Warren William was a sharp-witted, gourmet-minded Mason in four Warner Bros. films, beginning wi read more
Edward G. Robinson lives in a "House of Strangers"
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Jul 9, 2020
Edward G. Robinson lives in a "House of Strangers"
House of Strangers (1949) is a film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte. The cinematography was by Milton R. Krasner (Scarlet Street 1945).
Richard Conte (sitting), Paul Val read more
The Unpopular Opinions of a Film Addict
The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Jul 8, 2020
This type of content is very popular (!) on YouTube channels, and I thought I would take it on WordPress for a (hopefully) fun article. Hey, I’m not claiming that I’m reinventing the wheel and that nobody has ever done that on their blog before (actually, I’m sure tons of people h read more
A book details the mysterious life of a Lombard tennis pal
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 8, 2020
Carole Lombard lived for less than one-third of a century, but the people she not only met, but influenced over that brief span are remarkable. One of them has been profiled in a biography published this spring, a book that not only celebrates, but re-evaluates her life.Tennis champion Alice Marble read more
Even without Lombard, a starry summer's in sight
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Jul 7, 2020
Good news for Claudette Colbert fans, bad news for Carole Lombard's. In a vote conducted by the fan site TCMBacklot.com, Colbert defeated Lombard in a runoff to gain a slot in this August's Turner Classic Movies annual extravaganza, "Summer Under The Stars."Carole last participated in SUTS in 2014. read more