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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

What is a musical? A New Answer Comes with Each Decade. When you can’t express how you feel in words … belt out a song or break out into a lively dance number. That is typically how musicals have been defined: Singing or dancing when the emotion builds up too high to express feelings with speech, read more

Top 10 Slapsticks in the Ring – Comedies That Pack a Punch There are plenty of serious films that have taken on the drama of boxing. Often they play up the angle of the unknown, struggling underdog who works hard, and defies the naysayers to beat all odds and make it as a champion. Some have focused read more

Add one more city to the list of places graced by the presence of Carole Lombard.It's Shreveport, La., in the north-central part of the state, some distance geographically -- and culturally -- from New Orleans. It's where Carole stopped for a spell on Feb. 1, 1935 while flying home to Los Angeles af read more

A Little Tour Through The History Of Silent Comedy When it comes to the genre of silent comedy, everyone’s familiar with the great Charlie Chaplin– perhaps the single most famous figure in cinema– and the solemn-faced Buster Keaton has a large and devoted following as well. And even if you haven’t read more

I hate rating movies. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a necessary evil, I suppose. It’s what you’re supposed to do when you review films, right? It’s a thumbnail sketch of my opinion, in easy-to-digest, minimal thought-inducing form. It’s all you’d ever need to kno read more

We've noted many a time that Lucille Ball cited Carole Lombard as an influence, as this pic of Ball holding an actual cover of a fan magazine with Carole on the cover makes clear (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/828139.html). But did you know Lucy once portrayed Lombard?Don't worry. I didn't, read more

Someone is knocking off belly dancers and other fit young women in the city of Seattle, and draining a small quantity of blood from their brains. Investigative reporter Carl Kolchak, freshly arrived after having been run out of Las Vegas at the end of The Night Stalker, does what he does best: anno read more

It's mid-1939, and for Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, life is good.Why shouldn't it be? He's Hollywood's number-one box office attraction, with an Academy Award on his resume and the lead in an iconic film set for release in December. She's among the industry's best-loved personalities and a talent 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

A Gata dos meus Sonhos / Gay Purr-ee (1962) Eu AMO animação. E esta é a razão pela qual eu não escrevo críticas de filmes de animação com frequência: eu fico tão maravilhada, impressionada e imersa neste tipo de filme que eu seria capaz de apenas elogiar quase todas as animações que read more

It's no secret that Carole Lombard enjoyed drinking Coca-Cola, back in the day when the soda came in the ubiquitous 6 1/2 ounce bottles with a greenish tint. (It always was fun to examine the bottom of the bottle when through to see the location of the Coke bottler that originally produced it.) Here read more