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Robert Osborne had no idea he would touch so many lives through movies. “People have said TCM has helped them get through divorce, unemployment or illness,” TCM’s primetime host said Friday. “I never thought I would be a nurse.” Osborne, TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and TCM read more

Readers, I apologize for the delay in this post–I returned from a screening of The Heiress last night to find that my internet had taken a holiday of its own and was on the blink. Unable to post online but determined to get you the coverage you expect from me, I started writing on my phone b read more

In case you wondered, that’s the back of my head and I’m talking to Kim Novak! The TCM Classic Film Festival is in full swing on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard and to admit the first day was unlike anything I’d experienced before is an understatement.  After an early-morning wa read more

The TCM Classic Film Festival continued seamlessly into its second day today, with a plethora of diverse films to choose from, running from 9:00 AM straight through midnight tonight. Though I am not attending the midnight movie this evening (I needed to get back to update Backlots), I will  be att read more

Wednesday was the start of my TCM Classic Film Festival activities. Carlos and I headed over to the Warner Bros. lot to meet up with Robby from Dear Old Hollywood. Robby was just as kind, friendly, generous and easy-going as I thought he would be. Robby works for Warner Bros. and offered to give us read more

Technically, the TCM Classic Film Festival starts tomorrow, but I flew in this morning in order to orient myself and accomplish a few small goals before the madness begins and I have zero free-time.  With that being said, I was able to find a few of the theaters, cross off a few items on my TCM Top read more

The 5th annual TCM Classic Film Festival kicks off Thursday evening but for me the festivities start early! Today I'll be hanging out at the Warner Bros. lot with Robby from Dear Old Hollywood,  shopping at Larry Edmunds Bookshop and attending a Tweet-up. I'm so excited to meet some folks for t read more

By Fritzi Kramer on April 9, 2014 in About Silent Movies, Article, Blog, Feature It’s happened to the best of us: We purchase a shiny new silent film, start to watch it and only then discover that the release is bad, bad, bad. Maybe the thing was transferred at the wrong speed. Maybe the sou read more

Today, the Comet really will be over Hollywood. Today I’m flying out from North Carolina to Los Angeles, CA for the fifth annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. After attending the festival for my first time last year, I knew I wasn’t going to miss it when it rolled around the nex read more

Here’s my favorite thing about the TCM Classic Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday in Hollywood: there’s no right or wrong way to pick the movies you see. Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce – like Burger King in the ‘70s, the only right way is your way.  This will be my fifth trip to read more

When I started this blog I never in my wildest dreams believed I’d attend the TCM Classic Film Festival (because the blog wasn’t classic based at the beginning but that’s beside the point).  Even now, the concept of attending is very surreal to me.  I doubt it’ll truly hit read more

I have never reblogged another writer’s material before, as it definitely smacks of plagiarism, but I just thought this was THE BEST memorial to Mickey Rooney and I didn’t even want to try to match it with something of my own. This post comes from Ashley, The Classic Film Broad. Check ou read more

Hard to believe I will be flying to Hollywood tomorrow for my first time attending the TCM Classic Film Festival. As a credentialed member of the media, I'll be sharing fun photos and tidbits throughout my trip. Most of my coverage during the festival will be on my social media accounts, and particu read more

By Fritzi Kramer on April 6, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review What was meant to be a light0hearted spoof turned into a protracted legal battle between Charlie Chaplin and the Essanay motion picture studio. However, the behind-the-scenes drama of Burlesque on Carmen does not take away from read more

The Gothic has played a heavy part in culture for hundreds of years. From classic novels from the likes of Emily Bronte and Bram Stoker, to the adaptations they’ve spawned in films and the countless horrors they’ve inspired, goth has been a key movement in cinematic history. I’ve read more

When a movie is described as being a product its time, it’s often meant in a sort of apologetic way.  It’s the sort of thing I say about creaky early talkies like The Broadway Melody or The Hollywood Revue of 1929.  It’s basically a nicer way of saying, “Look, I know this read more

“We’re going to do our best to uphold the high standards that this Peabody Award symbolizes,” Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne said in May of 2009 when the then-15-year-old network was first honored with the prestigious prize for excellence in broadcasting. He kept his word. Five years read more

By Fritzi Kramer on April 2, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Charles Ray stars as a bush league pitcher who makes it big and heads to the city. He leaves behind his girlfriend, Colleen Moore, but it looks like his arch-rival, played by a very young John Gilbert, is ready to step in to re read more

It's that time of the year--the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival kicks off next week! On April 10-13, 25,000 film fans will once again descend on Hollywood and take over historic venues like the Roosevelt Hotel, Chinese and Egyptian Theaters, and Hollywood Museum.  This is the Super Bowl f read more

The Selig Polyscope Company and the Birth of Film in the Windy City “Colonel” William Selig By the time William N. Selig died in 1948, he had produced thousands of films via the Selig Polyscope Company, discovered a number of silent film stars, and had been recognized as a true pioneer i read more