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The Hollywood Revue Turns 3!
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Feb 1, 2013
Three years ago today, The Hollywood Revue was launched! It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three years since I started blogging. I have so much fun writing things, it’s easy for the time to fly by. This past year, I participated in some awesome blogathons such as Comet read more
What Price Hollywood? (1932) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 25, 2013
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Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) is a waitress with aspirations of making it in Hollywood, but she realizes it’s rare to make it big in a town full of people who have the same goal.
But while working at a diner, she befriends Max Carey (Lowell Sherman), a director who gi read more
Out & About--Celebrating Loretta Young's Centennial at the Hollywood Museum
GlamAmor Posted by on Jan 14, 2013
This month marks what would have been the 100th birthday of Loretta Young and it seems that all of Hollywood is celebrating. To kick off the Centennial, Turner Classic Movies made Loretta their TCM Star of the Month and the Hollywood Museum now hosts its eagerly anticipated exhibition for Lore read more
Feministing the Classic Hollywood Starlet
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Jan 14, 2013
Feministing the Classic Hollywood Starlet
Labels:
Bette Davis,
Dick Cavett,
Feminism,
Mary Wickes
Attempting to categorise classic Hollywood stars as feminist or anti-feminists is basically a futile exercise.
In the first place, the term "feminist" or "feminism" d read more
Feministing the Classic Hollywood Starlet (1)
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Jan 14, 2013
Feministing the Classic Hollywood Starlet
Attempting to categorise classic Hollywood stars as feminist or anti-feminists is basically a futile exercise.
In the first place, the term "feminist" or "feminism" didn't come into wide usage until the late 1960s, when the "2nd wave" read more
Feministing the Classic Hollywood Starlet (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 14, 2013
Secondly, the level of an actress’s feminist tendencies is not inherently indicative of her strength of character. Nor does it in any way quantify or qualify her abilities as a performer. For example, some may call Joan Crawford a feminist because she worked so hard to earn a fantabulous caree read more
My gift to you: More Hollywood Christmas photos
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Dec 25, 2012
As a reporter, sometimes you have to do things like work Christmas Day. So as I am here at work, I will entertain all of you good people with more classic Hollywood Christmas photos. Gloria Swanson Mary Martin in 1940 Louise Brooks, sort of matching her Christmas tree Jean Arthur and Lillian Roth f read more
Motion Picture, April 1931: Hollywood vs. the Corn Belt
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 23, 2012
Calls for censorship eventually led to strict enforcement of the Production Code not long after Carole Lombard's breakthrough film "Twentieth Century" (from which the above promotional photo was rejected by Joseph Breen) was released in the spring of 1934. Some censorship came from state boards (htt read more
Book Review: A Son of Hollywood Writes About His Childhood
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 20, 2012
Moving Pictures: Memories of A Hollywood Prince
Budd Schulberg
eBook edition, 2012
Open Road Integrated Media
Several years ago, I ran across a copy of Moving Pictures in a London book shop. Though I had once enjoyed reading a library copy and wanted one of my own, I thought about my suitcase read more
Book Review: THE THREE STOOGES: HOLLYWOOD FILMING LOCATIONS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Dec 15, 2012
I own a number of what I call "film location" books. These books show the actual locations, or buildings, or streets, that were used for filming certain movie productions. I have one on Hammer Films which just came out this year, and I have a couple written by John Bengtson and published by Santa Mo read more
Book Review: THE THREE STOOGES: HOLLYWOOD FILMING LOCATIONS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Dec 15, 2012
I own a number of what I call "film location" books. These books show the actual locations, or buildings, or streets, that were used for filming certain movie productions. I have one on Hammer Films which just came out this year, and I have a couple written by John Bengtson and published by Santa Mo read more
Sequins, Satin, and Silk: Hollywood Costumes at the V&A
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 1, 2012
Earlier this week I had the most amazing opportunity to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London to see their Hollywood Costume exhibit. The exhibit showcases more than 100 iconic film costumes from the last 100 years of cinema. About thirty of the costumes were from what I consider th read more
Sequins, Satin, and Silk: Hollywood Costumes at the V&A
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Nov 30, 2012
Sequins, Satin, and Silk: Hollywood Costumes at the V&A
Earlier this week I had the most amazing opportunity to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London to see their Hollywood Costume exhibit. The exhibit showcases more than 100 iconic film costumes from the last 100 years of cine read more
Sequins, Satin, and Silk: Hollywood Costumes at the V&A
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Nov 30, 2012
Sequins, Satin, and Silk: Hollywood Costumes at the V&A
Labels:
Adrian,
Alfred Hitchcock,
Audrey Hepburn,
Bette Davis,
Cleopatra,
costume,
Edith Head,
Gone with the Wind (1939),
Marlene Dietrich,
Mary of Scotland (1936),
The Philadelphia Story (1940),
Walter Plunkett
Earlier this wee read more
Old Hollywood Book Reviews: Dana Andrews – Hollywood Enigma
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Nov 26, 2012
I must admit I don’t know nearly enough about star Dana Andrews other than seeing his role in Laura, watching about 30 minutes of Hot Rods From Hell (which my mother and I didn’t realize wasn’t Let’s Scare Jessica to Death), and the reference to him in “Science Fiction read more
Steven Spielberg and Hollywood History
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Nov 24, 2012
Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN is another triumph for the director, and it will surely be given a number of Oscar nominations. Some people seem surprised that Spielberg made this movie, but they really shouldn't.
When one thinks of Steven Spielberg, the first thing that comes to mind are the read more
Steven Spielberg and Hollywood History
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Nov 24, 2012
Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN is another triumph for the director, and it will surely be given a number of Oscar nominations. Some people seem surprised that Spielberg made this movie, but they really shouldn't.
When one thinks of Steven Spielberg, the first thing that comes to mind are the read more
Old Hollywood Book Reviews: Goddess – The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Nov 19, 2012
Anthony Summers seems to have inspired future writers based off his 1984 book Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe. In reading the recent reprint of the book, I found myself reading several excerpts that were lifted, and placed, in Darwin Porter‘s recent book about Marilyn. Since Port read more
My Classic Hollywood Christmas Wish List
Stardust Posted by Vanessa on Nov 15, 2012
My Classic Hollywood Christmas Wish List
Every year around this time the movie studios come out with their special edition discs (be they DVDs or blurays) and every year around this time I find myself loosing all sense of reason and totally going bat-shit crazy over every single disc that's r read more
Old Hollywood Book Review: The James Bond Omnibus
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Nov 12, 2012
This week we’re taking a breather from biographies to look at Bond, James Bond. I had wanted to do a whole 23 days of Bond, but after Halloween I was wiped out. Thankfully, Titan Books has put out another installment in the James Bond Omnibus for me to review. The James Bond Omnibus, Volume read more