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A note from Lindsey: I couldn’t resist the temptation to be a total cornball and post a review of a movie with “September 30″ in the title on September 30. Please forgive me. (Image: movieposter.com) When we meet Arkansas undergrad Jimmy J. (Richard Thomas), he is enraptured by a f read more

Step Right Up! Step Right Up!  Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls...come one, come all to see the amazing, the mysterious, the fantasmagorical, and the most imaginative films that were never made! That's right folks, it is only here that you can              read more

Step Right Up! Step Right Up!  Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls...come one, come all to see the amazing, the mysterious, the fantasmagorical, and the most imaginative films that were never made! That's right folks, it is only here that you can              read more

Step Right Up! Step Right Up!  Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls...come one, come all to see the amazing, the mysterious, the fantasmagorical, and the most imaginative films that were never made! That's right folks, it is only here that you can              read more

Clara Bow is an Apache whose boyfriend is taken away by a do-gooder. Determined to show the goody-two-shoes a lesson, she decides to marry him. Yes, that is the plot they decided to go with. Clara was a very busy woman. Clara Bow was one of the hardest workers in Hollywood. Need proof? Well, this read more

Last weekend was the first time in a while I missed one of these posts. I will attempt to make it up at some point. Essentially I didn’t have my horror shorts lined up yet. This one I found courtesy of Film School Rejects. It’s a rather apropos star because one of the earliest scares I read more

Turner Classic Movies turns 20 next April. And they want you to party like it’s 1939. Today, the network announced the dates for the 2014 edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival, the most anticipated event of the year for old movie buffs. From Thursday, April 10 through Sunday, April 13, thousands read more

The year is 1939, and Chicago’s brand new WBN radio network is about to go on air for the first time. (Image: Cinema Passion) As premiere night begins, assistant director Penny Henderson must contend with a stressed out station owner, an unhappy sponsor, angrily over-worked script writers and read more

The Birth of a Classic Film Buff Classic films have been a big part of my life for many years. They have been my friend when I have had a bad day, my companion when it was storming outside, and my date on New Year’s Eve.  The love I have for these films started when I was young, and as a resul read more

It’s that time of year again! TCM summons Classic Movie Fandom to Hollywood for its Annual Cinematic Celebration.. Well, what can I say — except that I can hardly contain my excitement! Not a minute after arriving home from the 2013 TCM Film Festival last April, I was already hankering t read more

New York City is full of tour buses, some seats even sold right off street corners.  There are double deckers, stop-and-go, even some with stadium seating so you don’t have turn your head to look out the window.  It is really hard to create a tour which has something new to offer which is worth read more

I’ve written before about how hard it can be to make a proper short film. You really have to be skilled to get in, establish your characters, setting, and plot, then carry things out and bring everything to a (hopefully, anyway) satisfying conclusion. Also, most often, these films are working read more

I’ve written before about how hard it can be to make a proper short film. You really have to be skilled to get in, establish your characters, setting, and plot, then carry things out and bring everything to a (hopefully, anyway) satisfying conclusion. Also, most often, these films are working read more

Check out YouTube Channel: JustOneNightOnly1. I have been obsessed with this site for months. It’s amazing, especially for Precode content. The owner has gotten around Youtube’s restrictions regarding copyright and ownership by only uploading films over a 24 hour period and then deleting read more

Check out YouTube Channel: JustOneNightOnly1. I have been obsessed with this site for months. It’s amazing, especially for Precode content. The owner has gotten around Youtube’s restrictions regarding copyright and ownership by only uploading films over a 24 hour period and then deleting read more

I had a great response for my silent movie picture book so I want to make another. What is a silent movie picture book, pray tell? I take screen grabs from the film, add some snarky dialogue underneath and tell the story of the film. Here’s a sample from my story book for The Sheik. (You ca read more

There’s a special treat in store for fans of seventies classic horror, sitcoms and sexploitation when the gorgeous Françoise Pascal makes a special guest appearance at the Camden Film Fair on Saturday 19th October. Francoise not only starred in the hit ITV sitcom Mind Your Language but also appeared read more

This month’s TCM noir pick was a no-brainer – The Strange Love of Martha Ivers stars the fabulous Barbara Stanwyck, backed up by the mega-talented Van Heflin, the underrated Lizabeth Scott, and the always entertaining Kirk Douglas. The movie has lots more to recommend it – a fabulous Miklos Rozsa read more

Introduction Firstly, I’m glad to be contributing to Comet Over Hollywood and Lindsay’s Movie Musings blogathon. Secondly, I have to say that there are two very distinctive reasons why I chose these films for analysis: one, I am currently ensconced in my 61 Days of Halloween theme so any read more

Once upon a time…during World War II… A U.S. Navy Destroyer is hit by enemy torpedoes.  The results are catastrophic and only two men survive.   After nearly twenty days floating at sea, the two are rescued and taken to a naval hospital for care. One of the two men, Jefferson Jones (Denn read more