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  Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont: Maybe not the most romantic Dynamic Duo in Classic Film — but certainly one of the funniest… I’ve been a huge fan of The Marx Brothers ever since I was a little kid (thanks to my father) — and to this day I still laugh out loud when I read more

Well, I am thrilled to have kicked off Day One of the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon! Thanks to everyone for making this such a wonderful event — so far!  For your viewing pleasure, I’ve listed all of today’s entries below — and now I hand over the reigns to the fabul read more

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant This post is written in conjunction with the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon hosted by Once Upon a Screen and the Classic Movie Hub. This article and many like it can be found on margaretperry.org. HOLIDAY (1938) Katha read more

Really has there ever been a more kick ass lady in film than Frances McDormand as Marge in Fargo? Not only did she wear the pants in the family – Norm might have made awesome eggs, but he didn’t make many decisions – she tracked down a couple of vicious killers, all while navigati read more

I was, at first, a little reluctant to write a piece on Chaplin’s talents as an actor. We do, after all, see him as the the director too, as well as the producer, the writer, the editor, and even the composer, all rolled up into this other-worldly smidge of genius. The more I thought about it read more

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Labels: blogathon, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Cary Grant, Dynamic Duos Blogathon, George Cukor, Holiday (1938), Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Scarlett (1935), The Philadelphia Story (1940) This post is written in conjunction with read more

Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola in The Blue Angel might very well be the blueprint from every kick ass lady in film to follow. Lola Lola is in control – she owns her sexuality, a shocking idea in 1930. Come to think of it, maybe Marlene Dietrich was a serious ass kicker in every role she played read more

Classic Film Freak, run by the charmingly nom-de-plumed Orson DeWelles, is a nice little site devoted to Hollywood in 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Being something of freaks ourselves, I gotta say that Pretty Clever Films is a bit jealous that this site name was taken. Nevertheless, if you’re look read more

Star Susan Hart later married AIP founder James H. Nicholson. When a solicitor's body washes up on the Cornish coast, mining engineer Ben Harris (Tab Hunter) goes to the local hotel to see the dead man's employer, fellow American Jill Tregillis (Susan Hart). Jill only knows that Mr. Penrose, the&nb read more

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Cooper & Stanwyck "We're sexy and we know it." Although Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper made only two films together - Ball of Fire and Meet John Doe (both released in 1941) - they're one of my all-time favourite screen teams. I could sit here and w read more

Look man, Carrie was a sweet girl – until she was pushed to far. As Sissy Spacek proved in 1976′s Carrie, it’s the quiet ones you’ve got to watch for. Carrie kept her cool until she didn’t, but when she lost it… she really really lost it. Here’s to one kick read more

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926). A Romantic silent film directed by King Vidor. Cast: John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the 19 year old John Wayne, who had a small role. King Louis XIII sends Chatellerault to romance Ro read more

OK, I know what you’re thinking: What’s with the slashes? Well, quite frankly, I’m not sure I’ve had a post that’s changed so much from the day I wrote it to the day I was going to post it. Essentially, what I was setting out was the first in a series wherein I would pr read more

Journeys in Classic Film is a solid little classic movie blog from one young classic Hollywood obsessive. Kristen provides a steady stream of classic movie reviews (plus, she takes suggestions) and applies her very own “Ronnie Rating” based on how many Veronica Lakes a film earns. Plus, read more

With a tagline like “Her name is Coffy and she’ll cream you,” you knew from the outset that the 1973 blaxploitation film Coffy was gonna include one serious, kick ass lady. Indeed, Pam Grier as the leading lady, out for revenge on the dealers and suppliers who hooked her little si read more

From director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes the mind-blowing, psychological crime drama Trance. After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon (James McAvoy), a fine-art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting – and his memory – are missi read more

Charlie Chaplin was already wildly popular when he made this short for Essanay. Adapted from one of his pre-Hollywood comedy acts, this short has Chaplin play two disruptive and rowdy theater-goers: Mr. Pest, a drunken crumb from the upper crust, and Mr. Rowdy, an equally sloshed rough on the balco read more

Hitchcock is arguably one of the best directors of all time. Actually, scratch that – Hitchcock is one of the best directors of all time. He maintained excellence and quality throughout his entire career, and fomented some of the strongest careers in acting history – Stewart and Grant read more

Fooled you, didn’t I? You were expecting something from a certain Mr. Griffith, weren’t you? Well, I considered using The Birth of a Nation but I decided to go a riskier route and choose a film that is both acclaimed for its technical marvels and popular with modern audiences. (Althoug read more

Henny Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era. She performed in over 170 films between 1906 and 1955. Many of her earlier films were directed by her husband Kurt Stark, who died on the Western Front in 1916. In 1921, she remarried read more