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The initial inclination for seeing Arnaud Desplechin’s sprawling family drama was the presence of the estimable Catherine Deneuve. And she’s truly wonderful giving a shining, nuanced performance that makes the audience respect her, sympathize with her, and even dislike her a little bit. read more

This review originally ran December 23rd, 2011.  I still adore this Christmas special! As we get ever closer to Christmas Day we’re hitting the best Christmas films to watch.  This isn’t a film per se, it’s a television special, but it’s iconic to Christmas.  It’s the read more

It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without The Thin Man series on TCM. The network is airing six of the films starring Myrna Loy and William Powell starting at 8 p.m. Sunday. TCM is airing all six of The Thin Man movies on New Year's Eve. There's also a marathon of Alfred Hitchcock's best films and tw read more

In my pre-TCM life, before 2005, I ritually watched a small handful of classics during the holiday season every year, films like A Christmas Carol (1951), The Bishop's Wife (1947), Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and Scrooge (1970) that had been airing on network TV and local channels for years. Then read more

When asked about "Marriage in Transit" -- her 1925 Fox feature with Edmund Lowe -- in later years, Carole Lombard criticized her performance as overemotional. (Alas, we can't make our own evaluation, since the original print was destroyed in a fire 80 years ago; like the several titles she made befo read more

Some character actors have such larger-than-life personalities that they literally seem to step out of the screen and walk among you. To me, Connie Gilchrist has always been that type of an actress. She is instantly recognizable and, even for the briefest uncredited appearance, she would give it her read more

It wouldn't be Christmas Eve without Christmas in Connecticut (1945) on TCM. The romantic comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan is part of Sunday's all-day lineup of Christmas movies. TCM is airing a weekend filled with holiday classics, including TCM fan favorites The Bishop's Wife read more

What a Character! Blogathon – Edward Everett Horton On December 16, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized Edward Everett Horton. So immensely popular amongst Classic Hollywood buffs, I had to write his name in the sign-up for the blogathon as quickly as read more

Early last month, I announced plans to participate in this year's "What A Character!" blogathon, designed to honor the foot soldiers of film (and TV) acting -- the supporting players who helped make Carole Lombard and other stars shine. I did so several years ago, honoring Walter Connolly (http://ca read more

Outspoken and Freckled, Once Upon a Screen, and Paula's Cinema Club host the What a Character! blogathon for the 6th year. The tributes run from December 15 to 17.  Day 1 entries  Day 2 entries  Day 3 entries John Alexander November 29, 1897 - July 13, 1982 You were distrac read more

Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken and Freckled, and Paula's Cinema Club have once again teamed up to host the fabulous What a Character! Blogathon giving us film fans a chance to gush about those unsung heroes of the silver screen - character actors. What would classics such as Gone with the Wind b read more

Outspoken and Freckled, Once Upon a Screen, and Paula's Cinema Club host the What a Character! blogathon for the 6th year. The tributes run from December 15 to 17. John Alexander November 29, 1897 - July 13, 1982 You were distracted while watching a film and turned away to admonish or adm read more

We traditionally open each Carole & Co. entry with an image of Carole Lombard associated with its subject, and so we do here. But this pic, from the July 1935 Radio Mirror, frankly doesn't do justice to either Carole or the other woman pictured. (The men in this 1934 pic are, from left, Walter Winch read more

The What A Character Blogathon gives me the perfect opportunity to discuss one of my favorite movie supporting players--the English actor Michael Ripper (1913-2000). Anyone who is a huge fan of Hammer Films (such as myself) can't help but smile whenever Michael Ripper shows up on the screen. The fi read more

The 1930 western "The Arizona Kid" is the only surviving link of Carole Lombard, shown with Warner Baxter, to the Fox film studio (as a teenage starlet, she appeared in several now-lost silents there in the mid-1920s). She never worked for Walt Disney, but attended "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs," t read more

This is my entry in the What a Character! Blogathon hosted by the enchanting trio of Aurora at Once Upon a Screen, Kellee at Outspoken and Freckled, and Paula at Paula's Cinema Club. Click here to check out more of the characters who make movies great. Frank Crawley will not get the girl - ever read more

Above is a stylish Carole Lombard pic, Paramount p1202-1167, from late 1935 or early '36. Below is a GIF of Carole that I had promised to run on Oct. 6, the 109th anniversary of her birth, but never got around to installing. So here it is, better late than never...four minutes and 10 seconds of asso read more

Brenda Starr is rallying in its last third–A Double-Cross Backfires is a solid serial chapter. Sure, Joan Woodbury gets interviewing and kidnapped duty, but there’s some good action and some actual suspense. The chapter opens in Marion Burns’s house–rigged for her psychic scam–and no one except read more

The classic Christmas movie The Bishop's Wife (1947), starring Cary Grant and Loretta Young, is airing Sunday on TCM. TCM is airing a weekend filled with holiday classics, including TCM fan favorite The Bishop's Wife (1947). There's also a great lineup of Debbie Reynolds' movies and two days of f read more

Want to learn more about Carole Lombard? Of course you do. Now there's a way to do it, at a reasonable price.Michelle Morgan's bio "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star" (for which I assisted in research) is now available via eBay from Target -- that's right, the Minnesota-based department store c read more