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“Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” Book Giveaway via Twitter Time for our next book giveaway! This time, CMH is happy to say that we will be giving away FIVE COPIES of “Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” by Alan K. Rode, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky, from Oct 30 through Dec read more

I'm not certain when this beachfront pic of Jane Alice Peters (the future Carole Lombard) was taken with older brothers Stuart and Frederic, but not long after Jane turned nine in October 1917, mother Elizabeth Peters found a new place in downtown Los Angeles to treat her kids.And today, that place read more

Uma Página de Loucura / A Page of Madness (1926) Eu adoro receber recomendações de filmes – em especial quando estes filmes são recomendados por pessoas cultas. Eu confio no gosto da Nora Fiore (mais conhecida como The Nitrate Diva) em relação a filmes. Ela é uma jovem da geração read more

Armchair Thriller, a short-lived British television horror series of the 1970s, featured a number of genuinely creepy serials guaranteed to cover your skin with goosebumps. One of their best was Quiet as a Nun, a six-part serial that aired between April 18th and April 27th, 1978. This episode center read more

As it is said in the title, I’m simply publishing this post to thanks all the participants of the Joan Fontaine Centenary Blogathon for their marvelous pieces about Joan Fontaine’s films and their love and admiration for her. Of course, it also was a pleasure for me to co-host it with C read more

I’m a Fool gets off to a somewhat promising, somewhat precarious start. Eddie Albert is an onscreen narrator–precarious–talking about his younger days–his younger self played by James Dean–promising. Dean is leaving his small-town for the booming metropolis of Sandusky, Ohio, where he hopes read more

Carole Lombard loved baseball. She played pick-up ball on the street -- perhaps as a child in Fort Wayne, almost certainly growing up in Los Angeles -- and attended her share of games. (She's shown throwing out the first pitch at a Pacific Coast League game in LA's Wrigley Field, longtime home of th read more

TCM is airing a centenary tribute to actor Joan Fontaine on Wednesday. The lineup includes her Academy Award-winning performance in director Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Suspicion (photo above). TCM is airing an 100th birthday tribute to actor Joan Fontaine that includes her roles in Suspicion (19 read more

A Special Halloween Treat for CMH Fans! The Universal Classic Monsters Collection DVD Giveaway! We’re so excited to be running a VERY SPECIAL giveaway this week, just in time to celebrate  Halloween… so prepare to be scared… This week only, we’re giving away TWO COPIES of the read more

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Directed by Henry Koster Written by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Edward Streeter 1962/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Family vacation movies have been a comedy trend since the early days on cinema.  This is an OK one. Banker read more

To put it mildly, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary is narratively erratic. The film–a filmed ballet “converted” to a silent movie–opens with panic over Eastern Europeans entering Britain. At least, the onscreen text implies this panic. It’s quickly forgotten; after doing cast introductions read more

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: a tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) Em 1986, um documentário feito para a TV celebrou “o legado de Spencer Tracy” – e foi maravilhosamente apresentado por sua companheira dentro e fora das telas, Katharine Hepburn. Katharine é muito franca o tempo read more

Over the decade-plus Carole & Co. has run, we've featured plenty of items dealing with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable. But until now, we've never shown the document that surely meant most to them -- their marriage license. Came across this the other day; I'll let others judge (and comment) as to whe read more

TCM is airing two nights of Hammer Films horror movies this week. Sunday's lineup includes Christopher Lee in two of his many appearances as Dracula. TCM is airing a night of Hammer horror movies on Tuesday and two Hammer films starring Christopher Lee as Dracula on Sunday. There's also an evenin read more

John Wayne as ex-con Taw Jackson. After being "shot, framed, and sent to prison" for three years, Taw Jackson (John Wayne) intends to gain revenge on the goldmine baron responsible. Taw's plan is to rob the Pierce Mining Company when it transports $500,000 of gold ore across 43 miles of treacherous read more

John Wayne as ex-con Taw Jackson. After being "shot, framed, and sent to prison" for three years, Taw Jackson (John Wayne) intends to gain revenge on the goldmine baron responsible. Taw's plan is to rob the Pierce Mining Company when it transports $500,000 of gold ore across 43 miles of treacherous read more

The latest title in the series of novelizations based on the Star Wars Universe is particularly noteworthy. STAR WARS--FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original film by bringing together 40 different stories featuring the background characters of the story. The ch read more

Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski. They’re both so iconic not simply in the lore of cinema history but literature and American culture in general. It’s difficult to know exactly what to do with them. Stanley Kowalski the archetypical chauvinistic beast. Driven by anger, prone to abuse, read more

Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski. They’re both so iconic not simply in the lore of cinema history but literature and American culture in general. It’s difficult to know exactly what to do with them. Stanley Kowalksi the archetypical chauvinistic beast. Driven by anger, prone to abuse, read more

Who's the woman with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, attending a boxing match at Los Angeles Wrigley Field in the spring of 1937? It's actress Sally Eilers, an old school pal of Carole's (Fairfax High in Los Angeles) who appeared in a few of Lombard's two-reelers for Mack Sennett, then had a success read more