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What started out as a song to get party guests to leave is now a Christmas favorite that has come under some scrutiny in recent years. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has evolved into a song never left off a Christmas album. The catch? When it was written in 1944, songwriter Frank Loesser wasn̵ read more

It was the age of "Yeah, yeah, yeah," Carnaby Street couture and "Bond, James Bond." The Beatles ruled the world of popular music, having launched the "British Invasion" with their performances on The Ed Sullivan Show early in 1964. A year later that takeover was in full force, and yet for Frank Sin read more

It was the age of "Yeah, yeah, yeah," Carnaby Street couture and "Bond, James Bond." The Beatles ruled the world of popular music, having launched the "British Invasion" with their performances on The Ed Sullivan Show early in 1964. A year later that takeover was in full force, and yet for Frank Sin read more

It was the age of "Yeah, yeah, yeah," Carnaby Street couture and "Bond, James Bond." The Beatles ruled the world of popular music, having launched the "British Invasion" with their performances on The Ed Sullivan Show early in 1964. A year later that takeover was in full force, and yet for Frank Sin read more

I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies Illeana Douglas Flatiron Books, 2015 When I picked up I Blame Dennis Hopper, my plan was to read it for fun and not write a review for once. But I couldn't do that. It's a hilarious book, impossible to put down. Peo read more

Originally published December 8th, 2014 I was wary of watching any versions of A Christmas Carol this year after I did an entire month of various adaptations for my old podcast.  Let’s just say after you watch four of those in a row you get bored with the story.  Interestingly, in looking back read more

Have a Franchot Tone fan in your life or want to treat yourself to a new Franchot DVD this holiday season? Here are my picks for the movies that should be wrapped under your tree!   Wish you had been able to see Franchot in a live play? Buy the 1957 film Uncle Vanya. The film is staged like read more

Carole Lombard and Dorothy Lamour each played dancers in Panama smitten with trumpeter Fred MacMurray in the 1937 musical "Swing High, Swing Low." One tends to think of them as residents of different cinematic universes -- Carole the high-spirited queen of screwball comedy, Dorotny the sultry exotic read more

This fall, the media is a top-trending topic (surprising in a season when we’ve lost Jon Stewart’s acerbic touch): Ted Cruz won applause for attacking the media, Spotlight accolades for celebrating them. For the second year in a row, news-centered movies have garnered Oscar buzz; this y read more

If you have been reading this blog much over the years, you know that I love classic Westerns. I grew up watching them with my father and grandfather, and I've always had a nostalgic love for the Old West. You also know that I love LEGO and am an active member of a large LEGO hobby club for adults. read more

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) starring Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, and Ann Sheridan is one of the classic Christmas movies airing this week. If you love classic holiday movies, there's plenty of choices this week. You can tune in to several versions of A Christmas Carol or watch holiday musi read more

Carole Lombard and Dorothy Lamour each played dancers in Panama smitten with trumpeter Fred MacMurray in the 1937 musical "Swing High, Swing Low." One tends to think of them as residents of different cinematic universes -- Carole the high-spirited queen of screwball comedy, Dorotny the sultry exotic read more

This fall, the media is a top-trending topic (surprising in a season when we’ve lost Jon Stewart’s acerbic touch): Ted Cruz won applause for attacking the media, Spotlight accolades for celebrating them. For the second year in a row, news-centered movies have garnered Oscar buzz; this y read more

If you have been reading this blog much over the years, you know that I love classic Westerns. I grew up watching them with my father and grandfather, and I've always had a nostalgic love for the Old West. You also know that I love LEGO and am an active member of a large LEGO hobby club for adults. read more

A Princesa e o Plebeu / Roman Holiday (1953) Se você gosta de filmes antigos, já deve ter passado por esta situação: na ânsia de compartilhar sua paixão com as pessoas ao seu redor, recebeu como resposta uma careta e a recusa veemente de parar para ver um filme “velho”, em preto read more

There are times while I’m researching these posts that I am completely caught off guard by something that will turn up. That’s what happened while I was looking for information for today’s post on Dan Rowan and Dick Martin’s Laugh-In. As a matter of fact, it happened twice. L read more

  First Merriwell Story, April 18, 1896   The Preface: Our story begins in 1971 in Hilversum, Netherlands, a city about twenty-miles south-east of Amsterdam; a municipality of less 100,000. Hilversum is often referred to as “media city,” because it is the principal capital of radio and read more

  First Merriwell Story, April 18, 1896   The Preface: Our story begins in 1971 in Hilversum, Netherlands, a city about twenty-miles south-east of Amsterdam; a municipality of less 100,000. Hilversum is often referred to as “media city,” because it is the principal capital of radio and read more

  First Merriwell Story, April 18, 1896   The Preface: Our story begins in 1971 in Hilversum, Netherlands, a city about twenty-miles south-east of Amsterdam; a municipality of less 100,000. Hilversum is often referred to as “media city,” because it is the principal capital of radio and read more

Mae West in a publicity photo for “Go West Young Man” (1936) Mae West, known for her buxom figure, long Gibson-girl like gowns and sultry voice, slinked through 1930s films throwing around phrases like “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime?” But after only 10 film read more