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Ninety years ago this week, Carole Lombard's first film for Paramount, the Charles "Buddy" Rogers musical vehicle "Safety In Numbers" (Lombard is second from left) had the distinction of being the first film shown at a venue that architecturally held its own with any movie palace of the time.It was read more

“Nightmare Alley”—a pet project becomes a film noir classic Nightmare Alley (1947) is a film noir directed by Edmund Goulding, produced by George Jessel and starring Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker. The plot surrounds Stanton “Stan” Carl read more

Carole Lombard needs your help, and she needs it now.She's battling Claudette Colbert for a berth in the 2020 edition of Turner Classic Movies' annual August extravaganza, "Summer Under The Stars"......but as of the last count, she trails 52 to 48 percent. (That's the same percentage S.Z. "Cuddles" read more

Meet Paramount p1202-1068, an original Carole Lombard portrait from 1935 that's new to me. The seller admits it has a "few minor flaws" (several of which you can see), but otherwise is in fine condition. And, of course, Carole looks stylish.Four bids have been made as of this writing, topping out at read more

This is Paramount p1202-826, a Carole Lombard portrait from late 1933 or early '34. Obviously, her unusual hat is the photo's most distinguishing feature. Lombard's seemingly effortless fashion style extended to hats too, and this entry will examine the career of the milliner who helped outfit not o read more

This is Paramount p1202-1091, probably from early 1935, showing Carole Lombard in one of the most bizarre outfits I've ever seen her in. Is she trying to evoke a futuristic look ("Ladies and gentlemen, the Lombard 2000!")? A case of "streamline moderne" gone horribly wrong? Whatever, it doesn't loo read more

Katharine Hepburn was born 113 years ago today. I recognize that there may be other icons in Hollywood history who arguably had more of a range as an actor. I understand that there are some people who have never been fans of Hepburn’s particular style or affectations. I remember that there was a per read more

Being a wise consumer can pay off. If you're a Carole Lombard fan (and since you're here, you probably are), you now can acquire 10 of her features for a probable bargain price (bids begin at $9.99). And the collection includes Carole's return to comedy with 1941's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with Robert Mon read more

I take pride in the fact that I am an original Star Wars fan. What I mean by that is I was there at the very beginning in 1977 as a little kid. Because of that status, I get a lot of questions from those who weren't around to experience the original theatrical releases of the first three Star Wars read more

Several years ago, my Facebook friend Michelle Morgan wrote a biography of Carole Lombard, which I had more than the usual interest in. Why? One, I assisted with her research, and two......I was one of two people the book was dedicated to.For years, it's been suggested I write a Lombard book, an read more

Now that we're in the second day of National Nurses Week (it ends on Tuesday, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing), it seemed a good to examine Carole Lombard's journey to her role in "Vigil In The Night," her 1940 film about nursing and arguably her read more

It’s kind of a Dot (Ashleigh Cummings) episode. At least more of a Dot episode than the show’s ever had before. Not only does she get a real subplot with beau Hugo Johnstone-Burt, who’s very taken with the outfits he sees around a fancy dressmaker’s (at least the ones modeled on half-French read more

Basil Rathbone, a member of F.R. Benson’s Shakespeare Company, in 1913 or 1914 read more

Kevin Costner as Tom Farrell. Unless you've seen No Way Out (1987) or The Big Clock (1948), be forewarned that this review will contain plot spoilers. The former film is a updated remake of the latter, with both films being based on the 1946 novel The Big Clock by author and poet Kenneth read more

This photo of Carole Lombard with her car was taken by the esteemed Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1938. And the year after this, she could have taken that auto of hers, driven not far from her new Encino ranch home, and done something more culturally associated with future generations.For years, I've wonder read more

This scene of Carole Lombard in a tub was filmed for "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," the 1941 marital comedy directed by, of all people, Alfred Hitchcock. We learn more about this, and other indignities he put Carole through, in this United Press article fro the Nov. 5, 1940 Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call (double read more

A Revisionist View of “The Reivers”: Novel into Film Carl Rollyson www.carlrollyson.com The Reivers (1962), William Faulkner’s final novel, casts a retrospective and ruminative eye on the history of Yoknapatawpha, his mythical county. Critics and biographers have called the read more

Francois Truffaut has a knack for understanding children in all their intricacies. One suspects it’s because he’s never really grown up himself. He is a child at heart with even his earliest films of the Nouvelle Vague channeling the joy and the passion of a younger individual. First, th read more

Paramount's "We're Not Dressing" was a star-studded romp that hit movie theaters in the spring of 1934, roughly the same time as another Carole Lombard film, Columbia's "Twentieth Century." Above is a herald promoting the movie, which ran at the Dickinson Theater in Fayette, Mo., in early May 1934.W read more

Mid-Winter Night's Dream has another wonderful script from Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano, showcasing Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce’s range while relying on Kesley Grammer and John Mahoney’s… well, reliability. Ranberg and Flett-Giordano play with audience expectation and their read more