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Sullivan’s Travels: “There’s always a girl in the picture” The posters for Sullivan’s Travelsemphasize “The Girl.” Preston Sturges was one writer-director who could make fun of the American public and their conventions without insulting them. Even wh read more

This is part of the CMBA Fall Blogathon: Hollywood on Hollywood! Check out all entries! If "Merton of the Movies" isn't the first spoof of Hollywood, it comes close. Harry Leon Wilson's 1919 novel about a naive small-town clerk who goes to Hollywood with a correspondence course in film acting read more

This is part of the CMBA Fall Blogathon: Hollywood on Hollywood! Check out all entries! If "Merton of the Movies" isn't the first spoof of Hollywood, it comes close. Harry Leon Wilson's 1919 novel about a naive small-town clerk who goes to Hollywood with a correspondence course in film acting read more

Just when I thought I couldn't get any luckier, Carol from The Old Hollywood Garden nominated me for my second Sunshine Blogger Award! Thank you, Carol! It was very sweet of you! Once again, the rules are this: - Answer the 11 questions posed by the blog that nominated you. - Nominate 11 other blog read more

A “CLASSIC” QUIZ Test Your Knowledge of Hollywood’s Golden Age Stars A Big Thank You to authors James Bawden and Ron Miller of Conversations with Classic Film Stars for putting together this fun little quiz for us! Test your ‘Classic Knowledge’ by answering these fun questions read more

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Rita Hayworth, Paul Muni, and Glenda Farrell. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on fictional pre read more

Watching Humphrey Bogart and Dick Powell, you realize that being a detective looks hard. You have to constantly smoke, you need to be able to brood but still crack jokes, you probably need to be able to throw a punch, and you have to be witty all the time. Sounds exhausting, no? Well, luckily, the m read more

  In 1964 Stanley Kubrick, who had by this time directed several notable and some Oscar-nominated films (Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove) as well as one multiple-Academy-Award-winner (Spartacus), was now diving deep into science fiction. He'd become intere read more

  In 1964 Stanley Kubrick, who had by this time directed several notable and some Oscar-nominated films (Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove) as well as one multiple-Academy-Award-winner (Spartacus), was now diving deep into science fiction. He'd become intere read more

  In 1964 Stanley Kubrick, who had by this time directed several notable and some Oscar-nominated films (Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove) as well as one multiple-Academy-Award-winner (Spartacus), was now diving deep into science fiction. He'd become intere read more

The Innocents (1961), starring Deborah Kerr, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Christopher Lee, Paul Newman, and Deborah Kerr. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on trailblazing women in Hollywood and classic horror come read more

The 70s was THE golden decade for catastrophe movies. Some of the best ones were made during back then. Think of Airport, The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake and, of course, The Towering Inferno. It’s on this one, release in 1974, that we will concentrate today. The Towering Inferno was produ read more

This just in from Michelle Morgan:"The books have arrived in the warehouse and publisher's office! This means that UK bookshops will start to receive them very soon. Overseas fans can still order them though, from Amazon and The Book Depository, etc. Happy Birthday to Carole, and Happy Publication d read more

This just in from Michelle Morgan:"The books have arrived in the warehouse and publisher's office! This means that UK bookshops will start to receive them very soon. Overseas fans can still order them though, from Amazon and The Book Depository, etc. Happy Birthday to Carole, and Happy Publication d read more

A Face in the Crowd (1957), starring Andy Griffith, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Christopher Lee, Buster Keaton, and Carole Lombard. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on trailblazing women in Hollywood and classic h read more

Sometime next week, if all goes according to plan, The History Press, a British publisher, will release Michelle Morgan's long-awaited Carole Lombard biography, "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star." (I believe it's already available via Kindle, for those who prefer to go that route.)And Morgan w read more

vt Desirable Lady; vt Flaming Girls; vt Hollywood Nights; vt Not Enough Clothes; vt Reckless Youth; vt Room for Love; vt Strips and Blondes US / 69 minutes / bw / Carry Westen, Monogram Dir: Donald Brodie Pr: J. Richard Westen Scr: Elizabeth Hayter Story: Harry O. Hoyt Cine: Marcel Le Picard Cast: J read more

Sometime next week, if all goes according to plan, The History Press, a British publisher, will release Michelle Morgan's long-awaited Carole Lombard biography, "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star." (I believe it's already available via Kindle, for those who prefer to go that route.)And Morgan w read more

Dan Duryea Heel with a Heart Mike Peros Hollywood Legends Series University Press of Mississippi, 2016 Though Dan Duryea made his name playing slippery cinematic cads, it turns out he was one of the nicest guys in Hollywood, just like fellow screen rascals and beloved citizens Basil Rathbone and Au read more

"Call me Ishamael." Herman Melville's opening line to Moby Dick is one of the most famous first sentences in English literature, and yet, when a large volume of the book is opened to the first page in the credits of this pre-code take on the novel, there is no Ishamael in sight. The man himself neve read more