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Rebel Without a Cause was among the first films I watched when I was in full discovery of classic films. This first viewing seems forever ago but I remember it as if it was yesterday. I rent the DVD at a video store that unfortunately doesn’t exist anymore. They had a lot of choices, so that& read more

Here we go with match 8: Which film starring Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor do you like more? read more

I'm always delighted to discover a new (to me) Carole Lombard image, particularly when it's from her Paramount p1202 collection (p1202 was her "player" code number at the studio). Above is p1202-977, said to be from lead studio photographer Eugene Robert Richee in 1935.That pic isn't available, but read more

Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom Leonard Maltin Good Knight Books, 2018 Before the movie guidebooks, television review gig, and thriving podcast, film critic Leonard Maltin was a teenage cinema fanatic living in New York City. There he had access to archives, rare fi read more

Here we go with match 7 in our contest between Natalie Wood and Elizabeth Taylor Which film starring Natalie Wood or Elizabeth Taylor do you like more? read more

  The American Duchess Tomorrow I am beginning a new adventure – sailing up the Mighty Mississippi from New Orleans to Red Wing.  We’ll be back to original programming August 8. In the meantime, I’m going to try a little experiment that I hope won’t alienate my loyal rea read more

This match features our gals and their performances in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Liz played the role first in 1958, then Natalie did the TV version in 1976. Choose the performance you like more. Which actress performance in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof do you like more? read more

William Hurt as Dr. Jack McKee. Jack McKee (William Hurt) is a highly-skilled surgeon with a loving family, an expensive home, and a Mercedes convertible. He jokes with his buddies at the hospital and keep his patients at a distance because “you need to be detached to be a good surgeon.” read more

"Supernatural" is an odd creature in the Carole Lombard cinematic canon. It's her lone starring vehicle in what we now would call "genre" filmmaking -- in this case, horror, something rarely explored in 1933 by Hollywood majors such as her home studio of Paramount. And it was made at a time when Lom read more

Here we go with match 5 in the Natalie Wood vs Elizabeth Taylor friendly competition series.. Which film from the actresses below do you like more? read more

Here we go with rd 4: Which film from the actresses below do you like more? read more

One of the most difficult pieces of Carole Lombard memorabilia to find is from her 1936 screwball classic "My Man Godfrey." It was a 3" x 4" promotional booklet offered by Universal called "Diary Of A Debutante," meant to mimic a diary dizzy character Irene Bullock might have written about Godfrey, read more

So You Want to be a Nurse: Tricks of the Trade, Pre-Code Style You know how it goes: You score a new job you’re stoked for and arrive day one full of positivity, high hopes, good cheer, and ambition. And then someone who knows the ropes bursts your bubble and brings you back down to reality. That’s read more

After a non-movie related post on The Doors, I’m back to my old habits with good old Hitchcock. Yes, we discussed his films a lot on this blog and this isn’t going to stop! The occasion, today, is Maddy’s Second Annual Hitchcock Blogathon that she’s hosting on her blog Maddy read more

Carole Lombard fulfilled a longtime dream in the fall of 1941 when she finally was able to act in an Ernst Lubitsch film, "To Be Or Not To Be." They'd been on good terms since the early 1930s, when Carole yearned to be in one of his movies. He'd already played a key role in her career in 1935 and ea read more

Celebrating Summer with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles Now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Kino Lorber Celebrating Summer DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away TWO Kino Classic titles via Facebook and this blog, read more

Celebrating Summer with a Kino Lorber Giveaway! Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles Time for our next contest! This time we kick off summer with a Kino Classics giveaway… We are happy to say that we have TEN classic DVD or Blu-Rays to giveaway on Twitter this month, winners’ choice of four read more

Sullivan’s Travels (1941) and Cool Hand Luke (1967) were two films that took a fairly extensive look at what a chain gang actually was in cinematic terms. Meanwhile, Sam Cooke’s eponymous song made almost in jest has added another layer to the tradition. Nowadays Chain Gangs seem a bit a read more

A Porta de Ouro / Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Todo mundo merece um lugar ao sol? Não sei ao certo, mas todo mundo quer um lugar ao sol. E geralmente a busca por este lugar cheio de alegria e satisfação envolve a migração. E o que acontece quando os imigrantes são parados no meio do caminho? read more

Someone call Carole Lombard to give her the news: One of her scripts now is available, more than 80 years after it was converted into a movie.It's for "True Confession," Carole's final film for Paramount and one that inspires both avid defenders and intense detractors. (Leonard Maltin, otherwise a L read more