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In the semi-final matches, it was Louise Brooks crushing Clara Bow 30-18 and Greta Garbo doubling up over Norma Shearer 16-8. Setting up a championship match between Louise and Greta to decide the favorite silent actress. Catherine will host that epic match beginning on Sunday. Here's the link read more

This is our 7th edition of our most popular quiz. The rules are easy: Name each film below based on our vague description. Be sure to include the question number with your response. Please don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is one film that is the single best answer&n read more

Some of you may recall the initial blogathon hosted by "Carole & Co.", coinciding with the 103rd anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth in October 2011, so we called it the "Carole-tennial(+3)!" We're borrowing the "-tennial" part of that term to alert you to an upcoming salute to another Hollywood l read more

Like the characters in this film, I really don’t have much to say here. Mostly because if The Raid 2 is anything like its predecessor, very few words are needed because it’s all about the action, which certainly seems to be the case here. Yeah, this one is definitely gonna be a knock-ou read more

Like the characters in this film, I really don’t have much to say here. Mostly because if The Raid 2 is anything like its predecessor, very few words are needed because it’s all about the action, which certainly seems to be the case here. Yeah, this one is definitely gonna be a knock-ou read more

Above is an ad from Life magazine in early 1937 for Carole Lombard's latest movie, "Swing High, Swing Low." Paramount put forth an aggressive advertising campaign for the third teaming of Lombard and Fred MacMurray, and that included its most prestigious venue, the New York Paramount:That's right -- read more

Mabel Normand is determined to make it in the movies. This is her audition scene from Mabel’s Dramatic Career. She demonstrates her dancing abilities (no one could do a zany dance like Mabel) but is in danger of losing her balance. Ford Sterling comes to the rescue (or does he?) but the look read more

At first blush, Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder might seem to promise salacious tidbits of juicy Hollywood gossip. Upon closer inspection, however, you might notice that the controversy is attached only to the films of Wilder, not the life. So it is in this ext read more

A person's influence on another often lasts beyond their lifetime. Carole Lombard and Lucille Ball became friends on the RKO lot near the end of the thirties, but Lombard had been gone for nearly a decade when she appeared in a dream -- telling her old pal to "go for it" in television -- turning a s read more

Wow, was this an incredible year! It started with a massive movie musical missive against Les Mis (that lasted maybe longer than it should have), then for a while we juggled (mostly) regular posts and contributions to Hit Me With Your Best Shot at The Film Experience. That last one led to an ongoing read more

Most holiday movie viewers are familiar with a handful of classic pictures that get a lot of airing this time of year, especially It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but there are actually quite a few seasonally appropriate movies that attract admiration from serious fans. It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) read more

Most holiday movie viewers are familiar with a handful of classic pictures that get a lot of airing this time of year, especially It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but there are actually quite a few seasonally appropriate movies that attract admiration from serious fans. It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) read more

Most holiday movie viewers are familiar with a handful of classic pictures that get a lot of airing this time of year, especially It's a Wonderful Life (1946), but there are actually quite a few seasonally appropriate movies that attract admiration from serious fans. It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) read more

It’s easy for this Christmas film to slip through the cracks. It isn’t as well-known as other Christmas classics such as “Miracle on 34th Street” or “White Christmas.” And many of the leads are character actors rather than super stars who star in other Christmas films like Barbara Stanwyck read more

This is our 6th edition of our most popular quiz. The rules are easy: Name each film below based on our vague description. Be sure to include the question number with your response. Please don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is one film that is the single best answer to eac read more

Being a female of a certain age, I have very fond and specific memories of a little movie called The Parent Trap.  Not the Lindsay Lohan remake, but a film from the 1960s that starred Haley Mills, Brian Keith, and Maureen O’Hara.  But the actor who has the strongest memory for me will always be read more

Just a photo in my recurring series spotlighting Grace. Here she is in photos with Audrey Hepburn, backstage at the Oscars. Two amazing women together! To be there that night would have been awesome! read more

In 1964, 68-year-old Buster Keaton began production on FILM, a two-reel (mostly) silent short written by Samuel Beckett, the Irish playwright and author of Waiting for Godot. Things did not go smoothly. And, though it was completed and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1965, FILM turned out d read more

The championship match to decide favorite classic screen couple will feature two great film couples known for their dazzling musical prowess. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers will take on Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald for all the marbles. In the semi-final matches which concluded today, both cou read more

Since he’s a past honoree of the Lifetime Achievement Award, and all around great, I like to feature Werner Herzog whenever possible. It’s a short but effective PSA and mind you we’ve all seen many of them and in the wrong hands they’re overwrought. Here it’s simple, ef read more