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A new pic I know little about
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 24, 2020
Wish I had more information about this Carole Lombard portrait. I don't know when it was taken, what studio it's from, who took it, and so on. (The back of the photo is blank.) Anyone hazard to guess?Here's what I do know: It's 8" x 10", not an original (it apparently dates from the 1950s, according read more
Frasier (1993) s01e15 – You Can’t Tell a Crook by His Cover
The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 23, 2020
Would it be a spoiler to comment on the presence of always a cop character actor Ron Dean being in a “line-up” of three people where two are cops and one’s an ex-con? It’s fun to see Dean in a slightly different context, especially since he gets a punchline (he knows about a fancy serving plate read more
'Big News' about a Lombard rarity
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 20, 2020
Which is the best of Carole (or as she was known then, "Carol") Lombard's three talkies for Pathe? I, and more than a few others, would cast a vote for "Big News," probably the least-seen of the three.It helps that one-time Hearst animator Gregory La Cava directs rather than the pedestrian Howard Hi read more
A parasol, smile and swimsuit for Sennett
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 17, 2020
When Carole Lombard signed with Mack Sennett in 1927, the silent comedy impresario's overriding concern wasn't her acting ability; she'd shown she could handle the rudiments of the business during her brief stay at Fox. Nor did he worry about her inherent comic skill, which he figured he could teach read more
A (chicken) pox on Carole's house?
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 15, 2020
Nearly two decades after Carole Lombard (then the 10-year-old Jane Alice Peters) lived in a world where a communicable disease ran rampant, she feared she may have caught another one. Thankfully for her, it wasn't the influenza which ravaged the globe in 1918-1919, or the covid-19 that's been recent read more
A seasonal salute to nurses: 'Vigil In The Night'
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 12, 2020
Nurses have always been thanked for their service, but never more so than now, when the world relies on them and fellow medical providers through this hazardous time. It's led to a renewed appreciation of Carole Lombard's 1940 film "Vigil In The Night," where she portrays a nurse in modern-day Brita read more
A Bad Thing (2011)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 11, 2020
US / 24 minutes / color Dir: Nick White (i.e., Nick Paul White) Pr & Scr: Michael Blackman, Nick White Cine: Matthew A. Del Ruth Cast: Richard Riehle, Jonathan Schwartz, Alan Charof, Molly White, Ferrell Marshall, Kristen Besinque Lawyer and heart attack waiting to happen Frank Harrison (Riehle read more
Book Review--The Short Story of Film: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Films, Movements & Techniques
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Apr 8, 2020
The Short Story of Film: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Films, Techniques and Movements
Ian Haydn Smith
Laurence King Publishing, 2020
I’m a fan of Ian Haydn Smith’s concise film guide Cult Filmmakers: 50 Movie Mavericks You Need to Know. With his new book The Short Story of Film: A Pock read more
Amarcord (1973): Life is a Carnival
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 8, 2020
The most magical moments of Federico Fellini’s Amarcord occur at the very beginning and near the end. First, when the puffballs flutter through the air as a sign of spring and then, later, when a soft layer of powder signifies the advent of winter. It’s a reminder of nature, of seasons, read more
What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963, Martin Scorsese)
The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 6, 2020
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? is an absurd but arty comedy short. Director Scorsese mixes full motion video with stills, which sometimes do stand-ins for scenes—like protagonist Zeph Michaelis marrying Nice Girl Mimi Stark—sometimes just for expository stuff. See, Mich read more
On Blu-ray--3-D Rarities: A Collection of Ultra-Rare and Stunningly Restored 3-D Films
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Apr 1, 2020
What struck me about Flicker Alley’s first edition of 3-D Rarities, a compilation of rare, vintage three dimensional films from 3-D Film Archive, was that the films were of such high quality that they were entertaining whether or not they were viewed in 3-D. I found the same to be true of the read more
Be a good American. Come to your Census.
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Apr 1, 2020
Meet Jane Alice Peters (right), 11, of 605 North Harvard Boulevard, Los Angeles. Jane, of course, is better known as Carole Lombard, the actress name she adopted when entering the film industry in the mid-1920s (and a name she'd take for official in the fall of 1936). While I believe this was taken read more
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018) s01e11 – A Midwinter’s Tale
The Stop Button Posted by on Mar 31, 2020
It’s a Christmas special—or a Winter Solstice special—set before winter break for the teens, which adds to the weirdness because even though Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) said farewell to beau Ross Lynch last episode… turns out they’re still going to the same school. Yes, even though she’s all read more
Eat a la LA (and a la Lombard)
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 31, 2020
Our world was so different when this month started, wasn't it? We could watch movies in theaters, follow our favorite sports teams on TV, go to our jobs (assuming we had one). Now, as a result of something barely visible in the U.S. on March 1, it seems so long ago.Coronavirus has isolated America, read more
Cinema '62: A Book Review
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 30, 2020
In their new book Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies, authors Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan set out to dispel the popular notion that 1939 was the best year for movies. Farber, a former president of the Los Angeles Critics Association, and McClellan, a former senior executive for Lan read more
On a Volé la Cuisse de Jupiter (1980)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 28, 2020
vt Jupiter’s Thigh France / 101 minutes / color / Ariane, Mondex, F.R.3 Dir: Philippe de Broca Pr: Alexandre Mnouchkine, Georges Dancigers, Robert Amon Scr: Michel Audiard Based on: characters created in the Commissaire Tanquerelle books by Jean-Paul Rouland and Claude Olivier Cine: Jean-Paul Schwar read more
Writing Elsewhere: With a Friend Like Harry (2000) for Crooked Marquee
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 27, 2020
This week I wrote about the slow-burn French thriller With a Friend Like Harry (2000) for the film site Crooked Marquee. It's an interesting movie, because while it is in many ways a throwback to Hitchcock-style suspense, it has a lot of timely things to say about the way money can give one a sense read more
Pitching a poster of Pastime
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Mar 27, 2020
Yesterday's entry commemorated what should've been major league baseball's Opening Day with a newfound photo of Carole Lombard throwing out the first ball. The person who tracked down that pic and its snipe, David Trimboli, also found a snipe for the pic above...and here it is:Can't read it? Let's e read more
Writing Elsewhere: With a Friend Like Harry (2000) for Crooked Marquee
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Mar 26, 2020
This week I wrote about the slow-burn French thriller With a Friend Like Harry (2000) for the film site Crooked Marquee. It's an interesting movie, because while it is in many ways a throwback to Hitchcock-style suspense, it has a lot of timely things to say about the way money can give one a sense read more
M*A*S*H (1970): Altman Not Alda
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 26, 2020
“Suicide Is Painless” remains one of the most misanthropic themes on record and that’s without the completely nonsensical lyrics. With lyrics, it’s even more disillusioning. Still, this stays very much in line with Robert Altman’s conception of the world. Nothing is ev read more