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Somehow, throughout these last four days, time had continued progressing in a forward motion to the point that we now reached the LAST day of TCM Fest, a thought that seemed unimaginable on Thursday, or even still today. But we festival-goers now faced that terrible chasm of darkness after Sunday read more

Saturday was a bit of an odd day for me, as I only ended up watching one, single film! If you’re wondering how that’s even possible: while, yes, there are slews of amazing films to see every day at the festival, there’s also a bevy of non-film-screening related programming as well& read more

Day 2 of the TCM Classic Film Festival was my biggest day of pure movie watching madness, although I ended up not having to make a choice on the death match in the 9am block that I’d been concerned about—The Thin Man, East of Eden, Stagecoach, and On Approval—as I’d lost my phone read more

This post summarizes the events of my first full day at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday, April 10. Check out my introductory post about the festival here. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/WireImage) Ok, so I’m already contradicting myself with the title of this post, but for me, the fe read more

Well, I’m sadly back in the real world after four days of classic films and fun, thanks to the TCM Film Festival in Hollywood, California. This was the fifth year of the festival, which celebrates all things classic, and was leading up to the 20th anniversary of the channel, so there were a lo read more

On Thursday, we ran an entry about the availability of one of the rarest promotional items from a Carole Lombard movie -- the 12-page "Diary Of A Debutante" booklet created by Universal and distributed to theaters to promote "My Man Godfrey" (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/635990.html):At the read more

"My Man Godfrey" is one of Carole Lombard's most beloved films...and it also features one of her movies' rarest promotional items. That artifact is now available -- but let me warn you at the outset that even though it measures a mere 3" x 4", it won't come cheaply.It's called "Diary Of A Debutante, read more

Skip O’Hara (William Traylor) is a New York City bachelor who has decided to give up his exciting, romance-filled lifestyle for a marriage to a woman named Joanne (Dagne Crane). When Skip gets called to work one night while he’s supposed to be going out with Joanne. While waiting for him read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Avoidable” for the constant “rude humor” that pops up every few minutes or so, but I will admit that it is funny and mostly entertaining. This is the third installment of the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movies and so your children have probably already fou read more

A Silent Film Diary is pretty much what it sounds like, one dude’s diary about the silent films he watches. How awesome is that? In the interest of full disclosure, A Silent Film Diary hasn’t been udpated since October 2012. Typically I don’t like to point out what may be defunct read more

David Holzman’s Diary Directed by Jim McBride 1967/USA Produced by Jim McBride #486 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die First viewing I ran out of 1934 rentals to watch so I picked this at random because it was on Netflix streaming. First, let me say that I was really glad I knew absolu read more

Ah, Louise Brooks! Diary of a Lost Girl (Tagebuch einer Verlorenen)  was released on September 27, 1929. It was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starred Louise Brooks, their second pairing after the classic Pandora’s Box (1928). If you’ve never seen this film skip YouTube and get the read more

Ah, Louise Brooks! Diary of a Lost Girl (Tagebuch einer Verlorenen)  was released on September 27, 1929. It was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starred Louise Brooks, their second pairing after the classic Pandora’s Box (1928). If you’ve never seen this film skip YouTube and get the read more

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a better film than its predecessor. This was something I rather anticipated, however, I don’t believe its to the detriment of this installment that it is second. There is not too much shorthand used and the narrative is accessible enough that that much en read more

You never know what you’re going to get when you purchase a book that ties into the release of a film that purports to be a diary or some other kind of making of chronicle. Some I flip through are quite flimsy (like alleged shooting scripts with too many photos and goofy formatting), some are read more

During my senior year of college at Mississippi University for Women, I took an independent study course under the supervision of my mentor, Dr. Bridget Smith Pieschel. The subject was Women’s Autobiography, and my job was to transcribe and notate the diary of a former student of the school, M read more

Mary Astor's Purple Diary The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel Liveright (W.W. Norton & Co) October 2016 Hardcover ISBN: 9781631490231 165 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's It was the 1960s. Edward Sorel and his new bride had just moved into their apartment on the Up read more

Mary Astor's Purple Diary The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel Liveright (W.W. Norton & Co) October 2016 Hardcover ISBN: 9781631490231 165 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's It was the 1960s. Edward Sorel and his new bride had just moved into their apartment on the Up read more