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I literally just came up with this topic. It’s 4:38 PM and I’m typing, it was 4:37 PM when I saw the tweet inspiring this subject matter. Dark Horse Comics is doing an Alien3 comic based on William Gibson’s unproduced screenplay, which might not be any good. It’s been availa read more

Aside from starring Carole Lombard, what does this ("Lady By Choice, 1934)" ......have in common with this ("Made For Each Other," 1939)?The answer: The same man wrote both screenplays, as well as many others. And since this is #NationalScreenwritersDay, where we honor the purveyors of cinematic mag read more

This Carole Lombard photo looked new to me when I first saw it..- and when I found it had a Paramount p1202 number (1345) and that it didn't match anything in my Lombard collection, my thoughts were happily concerned.Alas, all I know about it is that number and an estimated date when it was issued ( read more

When I started this blog in October 2014, the first article I presented to you was a top 10 of my most favourite films. The years have passed and, since I made this top list, I have obviously seen many more films, some of my tastes have changed, etc. So, I thought the beginning of 2019 would be a pe read more

After an immensely successful decade in the 1960s, Walt Disney Productions hit a rut in the 1970s. The quality and popularity of its films, as a whole, took a nose dive. Two of its better efforts during this period are now largely forgotten despite the presence of James Garner. Signed to a two-movie read more

Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more

Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more

Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more

Having Wonderful Crime is a perplexing comedy-mystery. The mystery itself is perplexing because it’s so exceptionally convoluted; three screenwriters and four or five red herrings and the picture only runs seventy minutes. The comedy is perplexing because Crime hinges its comedic potential on lead read more

If New Year's Eve is celebrated in Hollywood heaven, one thinks Carole Lombard and Clark Gable will party somewhere (is there an afterlife Brown Derby?). Then again, the Gables might want to welcome 2019 in a more casual manner, as many of us certainly will.Perhaps they'll head here:Welcome to the 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

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable enjoyed going to the races, and this day after Christmas marks the traditional southern California opening day for the picturesque Santa Anita thoroughbred track.Carole and Clark loved horses......but did you know Gable once owned a racing thoroughbred? The filly was n read more

Vênus, a Deusa do Amor (1948) / One Touch of Venus (1948) Há muitas atrizes do cinema clássico que poderiam ser chamadas de deusas – atrizes demais para citar aqui. Mas foram poucas que de fato interpretaram deusas nas telas. Uma delas foi Rita Hayworth em “Quando os Deuses Amam& read more

Yesterday's entry dealt with Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount, "True Confession," which hit many U.S. theaters in December 1937. That month, the studio ran this alluring image of Lombard in many trade papers:"Fa-la-la-la-la," indeed.We regularly write about the legendary nightspots in Holly read more

All things considered, 1937 was probably the peak year of Carole Lombard as movie draw. (From 1939 on, she'd chiefly be viewed as Mrs. Clark Gable, something she full well understood.) It began with the Silver Screen cover in January '37, fresh off the success of "My Man Godfrey," and close to year' read more

Western RoundUp: A Trio of Wyatt Earp Westerns Real-life Western lawman Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) has been portrayed in countless films over the years. The stories always take a fair amount of dramatic license, but Earp’s legend was such that his name and incidents from his life were a seemingly read more

Many fans know Carole Lombard made two films for Universal, both in 1936 -- "My Man Godfrey," of course, and her first, "Love Before Breakfast" (shown above, with Cesar Romero). But did you know "Breakfast" initially had a different title, one also food-related? Here's proof:This is from a 1936 adva read more

Carole Lombard and then-husband William Powell enjoy a drink with actor Ernest Truex and his wife at Agua Caliente, Mexico in January 1933. It was something none of them could legally do in the States at the time because of a little thing called Prohibition (aka the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Consti read more

Color Me Blood Red Written and Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis USA/1975 First viewing/Netflix rental   Thus is the third in Lewis’s  “Blood Trilogy”, following “Blood Feast” and “Two Thousand Maniacs”. In this one, a painter is criticized for his drab color schemes until he read more

The first time I saw character actress Athene Seyler she was examining a dead specimen of a man-eating plant from outer space under a microscope. She was doing this with her customary aplomb under the watchful eye of Mrs. Peel in "Man-Eater of Surrey Green", a classic episode of The Avenge read more