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Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray Written by Grigoriy Chukhray and Valentin Ezhov 1959/USSR Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   I love this sweet and beautiful tribute to the Soviet soldier. It is a simple story.  Nineteen-year-old signalman Alyosha single hand read more

TCM is airing a New Year's Day marathon of Alfred Hitchcock films, including Rear Window (1954), starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Sydney Greenstreet, Roland Young, and Myrna Loy. Plus, they are celebrating the new year with a dance part read more

Merry Christmas and a Very Happy Holiday Season to All! Classic Movie and TV Christmas moments… “And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say – that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day. And then – the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the read more

Multiple actors have played Ebenezer Scrooge in numerous adaptations of Charles Dickens’ story “A Christmas Carol.” But one actor performed the role every year, creating a 20 year tradition. From 1934 to 1953, Lionel Barrymore came into homes over the radio as the miserly Scrooge who is visited read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

To say that Holiday Affair was a Christmas Eve release (most modern reports state this) is true only from the perspective that it was seen around Christmas at most theaters nationwide; another film added to that always growing list of the soft-roll-out-national-opening. Post Standard, Syracuse, New read more

  Glimpses of the Portrait of Jennie in 1948: Portrait of Jennie had its general public premier on Christmas Day, 1948, at the Carthay Circle Theater, located at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California; a more than fifteen-hundred seat theater, with nearly one-thousand on the main read more

  Glimpses of the Portrait of Jennie in 1948: Portrait of Jennie had its general public premier on Christmas Day, 1948, at the Carthay Circle Theater, located at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California; a more than fifteen-hundred seat theater, with nearly one-thousand on the main read more

The poster for the 1983 kidnapping drama. When I reviewed Eye of the Needle (1981) earlier this year, I heard back from a number of Kate Nelligan fans via social media. It was refreshing to discover that the talented Canadian actress remains popular today. It also inspired me to dig out an old 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

The poster for the 1983 kidnapping drama. When I reviewed Eye of the Needle (1981) earlier this year, I heard back from a number of Kate Nelligan fans via social media. It was refreshing to discover that the talented Canadian actress remains popular today. It also inspired me to dig out an old read more

Special does not do service to the accomplishments and the staying power of Miracle on 34th Street; as the measuring-tape said of Mary Poppins, “practically perfect in every way,” so too are the celluloid triumphs of this 1947, summer blockbuster, produced by 20th Century-Fox. The apex that Miracle read more

Special does not do service to the accomplishments and the staying power of Miracle on 34th Street; as the measuring-tape said of Mary Poppins, “practically perfect in every way,” so too are the celluloid triumphs of this 1947, summer blockbuster, produced by 20th Century-Fox. The apex that Miracle read more

This week TCM is airing all six of The Thin Man movies starring Myrna Loy and William Powell. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Irene Dunne, Ruth Roman, and Myrna Loy. Plus, they are celebrating Christmas with dozens of holiday classics. So, without further ado, let's jump rig read more

Cora Witherspoon (1890 - 1957) It is time for the 5th Annual What a Character! Blogathon hosted by Paula's Cinema Club, Once Upon a Screen and Outspoken and Freckled.  Day 1.  Day 2.  Day 3. Cora Witherspoon was born in New Orleans on January 5, 1890. At the turn of the centu read more

When Paula, Kellee and Aurora announced that they’ll be back for a fifth edition of their famous What a Character! Blogathon, I said to myself that this was something I shouldn’t skip and  that I had to choose the right subject. I was supposed to write an entry, last year, about Jessie read more

Cora Witherspoon (1890 - 1957) It is time for the 5th Annual What a Character! Blogathon hosted by Paula's Cinema Club, Once Upon a Screen and Outspoken and Freckled. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Cora Witherspoon was born in New Orleans on January 5, 1890. At the turn of the century her elder read more

She stood six-foot-two and weighed in at 230 pounds. She was a performer for more than 30 years, gaining prominence in film, on stage, in radio and television, and entertaining audiences with her “hot” piano playing in supper clubs nationwide. And she possessed a uniquely versatile talent that allow read more

She stood six-foot-two and weighed in at 230 pounds. She was a performer for more than 30 years, gaining prominence in film, on stage, in radio and television, and entertaining audiences with her “hot” piano playing in supper clubs nationwide. And she possessed a uniquely versatile talent that allow read more

By the time director Frank Capra had come to the project of “It’s a Wonderful Life” he had already mastered the ability to tell a warm-hearted tale, with films such as: The Miracle Woman, 1931, American Madness, 1932, Lady for a Day, 1933, It Happened One Night, 1934, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936, read more