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Great directors can take a restriction like a single, confined location and turn into something especially extraordinary. Because the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and Louis Malle prove that these are not limits at all, but sources of cinematic inspiration. It what you do with that space read more

Great directors can take a restriction like a single, confined location and turn into something especially extraordinary. Because the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and Louis Malle prove that these are not limits at all, but sources of cinematic inspiration. It what you do with that space read more

A Man for All Seasons (1966), starring Robert Shaw (left) and Paul Scofield, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Errol Flynn, Jane Russell, and James Cagney. Plus, they are featuring films adapted from historical plays and B read more

Producer and director of 1944s Laura, Otto Preminger is quoted in Rudy Behlmer's Behind the Scenes regarding the casting of Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker: "...he (casting director LeMaire) said"  "You can't have Clifton Webb for this part.  He flies."  I said:  "What do you m read more

From the late 1920s onward, Carole Lombard was noted for her sharp sense of story -- although as far as I know, Lombard herself never attempted to write a screenplay. (Had that infamous automobile accident that prematurely ended her tenure at Fox been even slightly more career, dooming her career as read more

From the late 1920s onward, Carole Lombard was noted for her sharp sense of story -- although as far as I know, Lombard herself never attempted to write a screenplay. (Had that infamous automobile accident that prematurely ended her tenure at Fox been even slightly more severe, thus dooming her care read more

After I shared my post on DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! with the "Hammer Films NOT Horror" Facebook group, the administrator, Paul Meadez, asked if I would be interested in writing about another film on the Mill Creek Hammer DVD set--NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER, also known as NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A S read more

Classic Film Aficionados Moving Picture World, November 14, 1914 The Jefferson name had been inexorably tied to, Rip Van Winkle since the mid 1800’s, when first Joseph Jefferson III who appeared in a different version (playing the role for fourteen years[1]) to his son’s and grandson’s production read more

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), starring Tim Holt, Walter Huston, and Humphrey Bogart is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Basil Rathbone, Warner Oland, and Marie Dressler. Plus, they are featuring films from Broadwa read more

Classic Film Aficionados Moving Picture World, November 14, 1914 The Jefferson name had been inexorably tied to, Rip Van Winkle since the mid 1800’s, when first Joseph Jefferson III who appeared in a different version (playing the role for fourteen years[1]) to his son’s and grandson’s production read more

Ten little monkeys jumping on a bed One fell off and broke his head Nine little monkeys jumping on a bed… While watching the 1963 bicycle safety PSA One Got Fat, I couldn’t help but think about the strange little chanting song above that is often used by teachers and parents to teach you read more

Dragon Inn (1967) is one of the first wuxia (Chinese martial arts) films; it's been a huge influence on the genre, having been remade two times. However, it is in only the past couple of years that it has been seen in Western theaters. For that reason it was especially thrilling that SIFF premiered read more

As a little girl, I wanted to be a princess and be married to a policeman (a policeman, not a prince). That would have been the ideal life for me. But, of course, I grew up and made wiser decisions. Because being a princess doesn’t only involve wearing beautiful dresses and being rich, but al read more

The King and I (1956), starring Deborah Kerr, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Marlon Brando, Veronica Lake, and Robert Mitchum. Plus, they are featuring films from Broadway dramas and musicals. So, without further ado, l read more

For the eight weeks that I was away, I was so determined to keep my posts in synch with where I was at. I thought it would be cute... until I couldn't find any suitable films for Prague or Spain. I faced two restrictions: I didn't have anything in my DVD collection that worked, and whatever I did fi read more

A Espada era a Lei / The Sword in the Stone (1963) É ótimo ver animações quando se é criança, mas é uma experiência completamente diferente (e reveladora) revisitá-las quando você é adulto. Embora minha memória não seja meu melhor atributo, lembro-me de ter visto “A Espada read more

Norma Jeane Baker (Mortensen on her birth certificate), who would grow up to become Marilyn Monroe. Pictured here around the time when she lived at the Los Angeles Orphan’s Home Society, now known as EMQ FamiliesFirst Hollygrove. June 1, 2016 marks what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s read more

Some Like It Hot (1959), starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Tony Curtis, Patrick McGoohan, and Roy Scheider. Plus, they are featuring films from Broadway dramas and musicals. So, withou read more

Classic Film Aficionados From my earliest memories I have lived with the knowledge and particular thrill associated with it, that I love tunnels; the sound of vehicles traveling through a concrete tube, which passes under the massive bulk of a mountain or the crushing weight of water, still has the read more

The Animals in Classic Film Blogathon hosted by Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood has arrived and runs May 26 - 28.  Enjoy all the interesting contributions by clicking HERE. "A tiger walks the streets of Scotia today while residents cower within their homes gripped by the p read more