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My random thoughts on how it is to live as a fan of Grace Kelly! read more

TCM is airing three of James Stewart's films with director Alfred Hitchcock this week. Vertigo (1958), which costars Kim Novak (photo above), is airing on Wednesday night. TCM's November star of the month is beloved actor James Stewart. The network is airing three films he made with Alfred Hitchc read more

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. The 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's controversial mystery Murder on the Orient Express spawned a string of theatrical and made-for-TV films based on her works. I recently revisited Orient Express and, for comparison purposes, also watched the 2010 version starr read more

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. The 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's controversial mystery Murder on the Orient Express spawned a string of theatrical and made-for-TV films based on her works. I recently revisited Orient Express and, for comparison purposes, also watched the 2010 version starr read more

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story DVD Giveaway #2 Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “Harold and Lillian” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the DVD via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of Kino Lorber. And, remember, we’re read more

Here's an old Hollywood photo gallery about the life and career of Grace Kelly. This article is part of The Third Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema.  During her eventful lifetime, Grace Kelly was one of the most photographed people in the world. Her b read more

This post is the direct result of the announcement that Disney is going to produce another Star Wars trilogy, one that will deal with new characters and a new story line. I'm sure most of you are thinking, "You love Star Wars, don't you Dan? Isn't this great??" Yeah, I love Star Wars. But my defini read more

JOAN FONTAINE comes close to her famous one-picture-to-stardom Rebecca role in her currently releasing Suspicion with Cary Grant. And so, the great question of whether Miss Fontaine - or Mrs. Brian Aherne, if you prefer - was a flash in the pan is definitely settled. She's not.  She is an read more

In the fall of 1941, Carole Lombard was fulfilling a years-long dream by starring in a film for director Ernst Lubitsch, "To Be Or Not To Be." A United Artists production (thus enabling Carole to boast she had worked for all of the industry's eight major firms), it was shot at the Goldwyn Studios of read more

It's late December 1938 and Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, not yet married but well on their way to doing so, joined an array of Hollywood notables attending the grand opening of the cinema capital's latest nightclub. It was on Sunset Boulevard, not far from the Columbia Square (CBS) and NBC West C read more

The B.R.A.T. Patrol is about a group of kids on an airforce base who discover one of the MPs is selling military hardware to literal junk yard arms dealers. None of the adults believe them because it’s a “Wonderful World of Disney” movie and there are rules. There are limits and there are rules. read more

The holiday classic The Shop Around the Corner is airing this Wednesday on TCM. It stars James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as a pair of bickering store employees who are secret pen pals. TCM's November star of the month is beloved actor James Stewart. The network is airing 24 hours of his films read more

“Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our of “Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University read more

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story DVD Giveaway “Passionate and Beguiling” -Owen Gleiberman, Variety We are happy to announce another fun giveaway this month, courtesy of Kino Lorber. This time, we’ll be giving away FOUR copies of the delightful documentary Harold and Lilli read more

A Dama, o Vagabundo e o espaguete / The Lady, the Tramp and the spaghetti Alguns momentos cinematográficos ficam para sempre nas nossas mentes. Gene Kelly cantando na chuva. Dorothy e seus amigos indo ver o maravilhoso mágico de Oz. Scarlett O’Hara prometendo nunca mais passar fome. read more

Nearly four years ago, I took part in the "What A Character!" blogathon, providing an entry on Walter Connolly, shown standing over Carole Lombard and Lyle Talbot in 1932's "No More Orchids" (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/647552.html). Next month, the blogathon returns for its sixth edition:T read more

A Watery Doom opens with scheming villain Paul Panzer hiring a “gypsy” (honestly, calling them Romani in this context seems inappropriate), played by Clifford Bruce, to drown his ward, Pearl White. But Panzer’s worried her fiancé Crane Wilbur will come along and save her at the last minute. So read more

Sure, you can just drive a stake through a vampire's heart...but the movies have proven that there are far more creative ways. What better way to start Halloween month than to list ten memorable movie methods (with a nod to Sarkoffagus for his help): The old "use a windmill to form the shado read more

Sure, you can just drive a stake through a vampire's heart...but the movies have proven that there are far more creative ways. What better way to start Halloween month than to list ten memorable movie methods (with a nod to Sarkoffagus for his help): The old "use a windmill to form the shado read more

TCM is airing 24 hours of James Stewart films this Wednesday. TCM's November star of the month is beloved actor James Stewart. The network is kicking off the month-long celebration with 24-hours of his early films on Wednesday, including his iconic performance in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (193 read more