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"Ladies' Man" is one of several movies Carole Lombard made in late 1930 and early 1931, an early teaming with future husband William Powell and her first film with Kay Francis (they'd reunite eight years later at Lombard's behest for "In Name Only"). It's a so-so melodrama where Powell returns to hi read more

Today's entry touches a few bases, opening with this Carole Lombard item on eBay. It's two 8" x 10" portraits of her (set up to look like one because both are vertical poses, Neither are original vintage shots, but both show Carole looking stylish. The pair goes for $6.99, and you can get all the in read more

In the aftermath of China’s Cultural Revolution a young French student (our anonymous narrator) is studying in Peking/Beijing when she falls in love with a local greengrocer, Tumchooq. But this isn’t any old greengrocer: he’s the estranged son of the French linguist Paul d’A read more

We’ve been marathoning “Superstore” and now “Schitt’s Creek” so I don’t have a ready backlog of Stop Button posts right now. I wrote that sugar-high post earlier this week, which was… something to do. And I’ve been fairly good with the comics posts. I’m going to do the next Ennis read more

Okay, so usually “Silent Sunday” is a day where I just post a short introduction and then let the movie “speak” (even though there’s no actual speaking) for itself. It’s a nice bit, and a fitting theme, and honestly a nice way to get a day’s worth of content read more

They Saved Hitler’s Brain (AKA The Madmen of Mandoras) Directed by David Bradley Written by Peter Miles; original story by Steve Bennett 1968/USA IMDb link First viewing/YouTube Not much to say about this one.  Mad Nazis on a remote tropical island keep Hitler’s head in a jar.  They plan read more

This episode of “Watchmen” gets, quite nicely, to the heart of the matter. As the episode goes through its meme-ification of Dr. Manhattan (albeit prestige HBO series starring recent Academy Award-winner Regina King memes), where King and Dr. Manhattan—who’s always visibly obscured when he’s read more

Spawn is really bad. It’s bad from the first frame, the first bad CGI vision of Hell. I’m not sure if it’s bad until the last frame, I didn’t bother with the end credits. But based on the music accompanying the start of the end credits… yes, yes, it’s bad until the final frame. Even if there’s read more

Carole & Co. has made it to the '20s...the 2020s, that is. If you were born on or before Dec. 31, 1939, you've completed stamping all ten decades on your life card -- congratulations! (I sent that comment to ageless Facebook friend Mamie Van Doren, whose favorite quotes include "Get as old as you f- read more

I have always been intrigued by the concept of time travel. The end of the year seems like an appropriate time to list my picks for best time travel films and then learn what Cafe readers have to say about the subject. Starting from the top: Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell. 1. Time After read more

Happy New Year to all our readers! We're bidding farewell to a grand old year - 2019 - and looking forward to a bright and beautiful 2020! A new decade! The celebrations are underway in New York City but we are taking a look back at a New Year's Eve celebration that took place 55 years ago in Lond read more

2001: A Space Odyssey Directed by Stanley Kubrick Written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke from Clarke’s short story 1968/US IMDb link Repeat viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die A mind-blowing visual and auditory experience does not quite compensate for read more

This is Carole Lombard in Paramount p1202-1323, from late 1936 or early '37. It's one of six original pics of her now up for auction in sepia, looking something like this:Here are several close-ups:And here is the back:I don't know the size of any of these photos, by the way.This photo has an openin read more

Growing up in a household indebted to British everything, you get accustomed to certain things. Numerous everyday knickknacks and antiques imported from The U.K. Muesli Cereal in the pantry with copious amounts of English Breakfast Tea. Beatrix Potter, P.G. Wodehouse, and Postman Pat become househol read more

“The Witcher” never expressly says “we’ve been Westworlding you” but this episode is where they show how they’ve been Westworlding the viewer. It’s Freya Allan’s part of the pilot, only with Henry Cavill mixed in. It’s been twelve years since Cavill was last in Jodhi May’s kingdom, read more

It's hard not to focus on dazzling Carole Lombard or the atypically undashing William Powell in this still from "My Man Godfrey"...but instead of focusing on them, look at what's behind them. Their characters are at Manhattan's fictional "Waldorf-Ritz" hotel, where a scavenger hunt is concluding. An read more

You may have noticed that posts here lately have been few and far between. yes, that is partially due to the holidays, but it’s also because I’m working on a pretty major revamp of the site for the upcoming new year. Now, when i say “revamp”, I’m not so much talking abo read more

Since Sunday tends to be a day of quiet and reflection for many people, it seems an appropriate day to celebrate silent movies. But in keeping with the “day of rest” theme, I’m just going to post this without any commentary and just sit back and let you enjoy. read more

The Funny Papers: A Christmas Miracle Comes for Trudy Kockenlocker Many a cinephile enjoy debating what films merit the definition for a holiday movie. Ever since Preston Sturges directed The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944), the controversy surrounding the film was less focused on whether read more

It's strange, but true that one of the films Carole Lombard is associated with is one she was only tangentially involved with. We are of course referring to "Gone With The Wind," which had its world premiere 80 years ago tonight at the Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta. Say what you will about the fil read more