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The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

Jack Albin took this photo of Carole Lombard in September 1937, awaiting Clark Gable to finish his rehearsal of "Cimarron" on "Lux Radio Theater." (I initially was informed this pic was from 1939, but a check of the covers of Screen Book and Hollywood, featuring Barbara Stanwyck and Dorothy Lamour r read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

Metropolis premiered in Berlin, Germany at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo Movie Theater on Monday, January 10th, 1927… Metropolis has been written about repeatedly, with those authors having direct access to much of the archival records of this celluloid monument to Science-Fiction. So, I will not att read more

Metropolis premiered in Berlin, Germany at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo Movie Theater on Monday, January 10th, 1927… Metropolis has been written about repeatedly, with those authors having direct access to much of the archival records of this celluloid monument to Science-Fiction. So, I will not att read more

Metropolis premiered in Berlin, Germany at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo Movie Theater on Monday, January 10th, 1927… Metropolis has been written about repeatedly, with those authors having direct access to much of the archival records of this celluloid monument to Science-Fiction. So, I will not att read more

Today is the birthday of my amazing hubby Byron, so in his honor I let him choose today’s pic. It’s Lord High ‘n Low again from Bob Rafelson‘s Head (1968). “BOYS……… Don’t you ever – but never – make fun of no cripple.” Wise adv read more

  Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the  read more

  Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the  read more

Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the venerab read more

I had wanted to post something for Christmas and New Year's Eve, but my brain just didn't want to function. I figured if I couldn't think of anything, I shouldn't publish something half-baked. But I hope you all had great holidays! I have some ideas in the works for this year's blogging, includ read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer was born on January 2, 1884. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer was born on January 2, 1884. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released read more

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux, Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter and film promoter with 42 credits as Director, 38 films as Producer and 39 movies as Writer was born on January 2, 1884. Micheaux was the first African-American to make a feature-length movie (The Homesteader) which was released read more

A Happy New Year to all readers of my blog, and thanks very much for your support, visits, comments and ‘likes’ during 2014. I’m hoping to post a bit more regularly here over the coming 12 months, so watch this space. A while back, I launched a series of mini-reviews mentioning 5 f read more

“The good old year is with the past;    Oh be the new as kind!” (From: A Song for New Year’s Eve, by William Cullen Bryant, 1859)        By C. S. Williams read more

“The good old year is with the past;    Oh be the new as kind!” (From: A Song for New Year’s Eve, by William Cullen Bryant, 1859)        By C. S. Williams read more