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African Americans in Classic Hollywood
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Feb 28, 2010
It’s been lots of fun celebrating African American History this month at Classic Movies. I feel great admiration for the many black performers who overcame the twin hurdles of a tough industry and a prejudiced society to make their mark in the golden age of Hollywood. Here are some of those wo read more
Monday Serenade: Hollywood Party!
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 26, 2009
Singer and Broadway performer Frances Williams makes a rare movie appearance, singing the catchy title song from Hollywood Party (1934). I love the stylish Art Deco sets, the lively pre-code sauciness of the chorus girls (is sauciness a word?), and the racy “getting ready” vign read more
Hollywood to Broadway to Hollywood trivia
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Oct 14, 2009
JANIS PAIGEDonna Mae Tjaden, born September 16, 1922Talented and lovely Janis Paige has starred in film (One Sunday Afternoon, Silk Stockings), Broadway (Remains to be Seen, The Pajama Game), television (Wagon Train, All in the Family) and toured (Gypsy, Mame). Did you see her on the Tony's a coupl read more
More Hollywood Haiku
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Sep 24, 2009
The gathered suspectstremble 'neath Inspector's glare"You are murderer" read more
Classic Hollywood Screen Tests, Part II
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 4, 2009
Here’s the follow-up to my collection of great screen tests from last week. This time, I’m posting tests with three of the most legendary Hollywood personalities: James Dean, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe.
James Dean, Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood have great loose energy together in thi read more
Classic Hollywood Screen Tests, Part I
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 27, 2009
This great clip from a James Dean and Paul Newman screen test that Nicole posted on Classic Hollywood Nerd last week inspired me to search for more interesting tests from classic Hollywood. Here are some of my favorites:I’ve seen this Audrey Hepburn test for Roman Holiday (1953) dozens of time read more
From Montreal to Hollywood: Norma Shearer's Story
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Mar 29, 2009
About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Edith Norma Shearer was born August 11, 1900 or 1902 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It's unclear which year. Norma came from a privileged Scottish family. Her father Andrew Shearer owned his read more
More Broadway to Hollywood Trivia
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Mar 11, 2009
Victor Moore1876 - 1962Victor Moore was a stage and screen star with a lengthy and successful Broadway career. Movie fans recall him best as Fred Astaire's pal in Swing Time. Among his original characterizations was the role of Moonface in Cole Porter's Anything Goes which ran on Broadway for 420 read more
Hollywood Legend
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Mar 8, 2009
Rumor has it that by late '38, Louis B. Mayer was so eager to get the Widow Thalberg out of Marie Antoinette that he tested every single actress on the lot. Sadly, Marjorie Main's supposedly heartbreaking reel has disappeared, and all that remains of Margaret O'Brien's is this haunting still. Yeah read more
Hollywood at Play
Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on Jan 24, 2009
'Round about 70 years, Edgar Bergen - pioneer and, really, sole practitioner of the very odd profession of radio ventriloquist - gave a party. The theme? The Gay '90s. It looks like it was great, if slightly quirky, fun. The host, of course, entertained, in the company of a blackfaced Charlie McCart read more
More Broadway to Hollywood trivia
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Jan 13, 2009
Horace "Stephen" McNally1913 - 1994Former attorney Horace McNally decided to become an actor in the late 30s and toiled in Hollywood under his given name in a number of small roles in B pictures roles and the Broadway stage. A Broadway hit was Elmer Harris' Johnny Belinda in which he played the rol read more
Broadway to Hollywood Trivia
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Oct 20, 2008
Did you know that Eduardo Ciannelli (1889 - 1969) played "Diamond Louis" in the 1928 Broadway production of The Front Page?Did you further know that Abner Biberman (1909 - 1977) played "Diamond Louis" in the 1940 film version of The Front Page, Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday? And did you also know th read more
Queen Norma Shearer ~ Hollywood Revue of 1929
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Oct 20, 2008
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I finally sat down and watched The Hollywood Revue of 1929 all the way through! And by golly I enjoyed every minute of it. Well, all the minutes in between Conrad Nagel's presentations, be read more
Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Volume II ~ It's so Pretty!
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Mar 29, 2008
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It's so pretty! And it's mine, all mine! It comes with 5, count 'em 5 films plus a documentary. What a great deal and what a beautiful package. My picture doesn't do it justice. Go out and read more
Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume 2
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Mar 23, 2008
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So on Friday I broke down and went ahead and purchased the TCM Archives Boxed Set "The Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume 2". I was going to buy it eventually but had just been renting read more
The Hollywood Tirade
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 9, 2007
In real life, when you lose your temper, you've only given up something you can't get back. In the movies, losing your temper can be the key to stardom, accolades and audience sympathy. These three women unleashed some of the best tirades of classic Hollywood:The Miracle Woman (1931), Barbara Stanwy read more
Documentário: Buster Keaton, um Gênio Desajustado em Hollywood (2016)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Documentário: Buster Keaton, um Gênio Desajustado em Hollywood (2016) Documentary: Buster Keaton, the Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016) Buster Keaton está na moda! Dois livros sobre o homem que nunca ri acabam de ser lançados, e uma cinebiografia está sendo preparada. Mas a renascenç read more
Mean... Moody... Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend by Christina Rice
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Mean... Moody... Magnificent!
Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend
by Christina RiceUniversity Press of KentuckyISBN: 9780813181080June 2021392 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells “The movie star turned out to be devastatingly human. read more
Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic
by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira
Running Press
Hardcover - pages
November 2014
If you're going to invest in a high quality coffee table book, you shouldn't just go for looks alone. There is a pride in ownership of Cecil B. DeMille: Th read more
Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic
by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira
Running Press
Hardcover - pages
November 2014
If you're going to invest in a high quality coffee table book, you shouldn't just go for looks alone. There is a pride in ownership of Cecil B. DeMille: Th read more