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After two great semi-final matches, we have our final two actresses. Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. Audrey defeated Barbara Stanwyck 52-45 while Liz held on to beat Ava Gardner 50-45. Now the stage is set to decide who will take home the crown as Favorite Classic Movie Actress of 2017. The read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “I Dood It” read more

Carole Lombard, in white wide-brimmed hat, is pushed out of a New York subway train apparently constructed on the Paramount lot in the opening of her 1935 film "Hands Across the Table." We have no idea whether Carole ever rode another train associated with Los Angeles, but chances are she did at one read more

Carole Lombard, in white wide-brimmed hat, is pushed out of a New York subway train apparently constructed on the Paramount lot in the opening of her 1935 film "Hands Across the Table." We have no idea whether Carole ever rode another train associated with Los Angeles, but chances are she did at one read more

Yes, Alucard spelled backward is.... Universal's best 1940s fright film was a rare collaboration between brothers Robert and Curt Siodmak. Robert, who directed, injects his noir sensibilities into the horror genre. He makes Son of Dracula a visually and thematically dark picture with a downbeat end read more

Yes, Alucard spelled backward is.... Universal's best 1940s fright film was a rare collaboration between brothers Robert and Curt Siodmak. Robert, who directed, injects his noir sensibilities into the horror genre. He makes Son of Dracula a visually and thematically dark picture with a downbeat end read more

Memory is a funny thing. Prior to a recent viewing of Marathon Man, the only things I could remember about this 1976 thriller were the unnerving tooth-drilling scene and Roy Scheider doing push-ups with his feet on the bed and hands on the floor. Although it's an atypical John Schlesinger film, the read more

Memory is a funny thing. Prior to a recent viewing of Marathon Man, the only things I could remember about this 1976 thriller were the unnerving tooth-drilling scene and Roy Scheider doing push-ups with his feet on the bed and hands on the floor. Although it's an atypical John Schlesinger film, the read more

My romantic comedy "Stand Tall!" is in the running for a $250 prize in the Thanksgiving best screenplay contest at IndieWise, part of the IndustryBOOST competition.You only have a few hours to help -- the deadline is 8:30 p.m. Pacific/11:30 p.m. Eastern, a bit more than 15 hours from when I typed th read more

My romantic comedy "Stand Tall!" is in the running for a $250 prize in the Thanksgiving best screenplay contest at IndieWise, part of the IndustryBOOST competition.You only have a few hours to help -- the deadline is 8:30 p.m. Pacific/11:30 p.m. Eastern, a bit more than 15 hours from when I typed th read more

Don’t miss The Narrow Margin. The other day, when I listed the films noirs that I watch over and over, I forgot one. The Narrow Margin. (Well, I actually forgot more than one, but that’s another story for another day.) This first-rate feature stars two of noir’s baddest bad-asses – Charles read more

Garfield and co-star Shelley Winters. John Garfield’s last movie was He Ran All the Way in 1951. Shortly after filming was completed on this film, Garfield was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The committee had been investigating Communism in the motion picture read more

A man walks into a police station and announces that he’s there to report a murder. “Whose?” he’s asked by a cop. “My own,” he replies. That’s D.O.A. (1950). This first-rate feature stars Edmond O’Brien stars as Frank Bigelow, the luckless fellow who forecasts his death at the start read more

When The Crooked Way was released in 1949, one critic gushed that it was “the most blood-thirsty crook melodrama in a long time.” If that ain’t enough of a recommendation for you, well, I just don’t know what. Distributed by United Artists, The Crooked Way stars John Payne as Eddie Rice, a veteran read more

It's been a long time since we played this game at the Cafe! The objective is simple: We offer a short, sometimes vague, description of a movie and you have to name it. As always, please don't answer more than three questions per day, so others can play. 1. Famous outlaw's chum is turned into a mon read more

It's been a long time since we played this game at the Cafe! The objective is simple: We offer a short, sometimes vague, description of a movie and you have to name it. As always, please don't answer more than three questions per day, so others can play. 1. Famous outlaw's chum is turned into a mon read more

It Happened in Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) Directed by Ladislao Vajda Written by Friedrich Durrenmatt, Hans Jacoby and Ladislao Vajda from Durrenmatt’s novel 1958/Switzerland/West Germany/Spain Praesens Film/Central Film Company Film/Chamartin Producciones y Distribuciones read more

it was a birthday I'll never forget...though Lord knows I'll try to.It was late morning, and I was in an office talking to a counselor. The next thing I know, I'm in an ambulance, headed to Glendale. (And while I wouldn't mind that city's Forest Lawn becoming my permanent home, assuming I can afford read more

it was a birthday I'll never forget...though Lord knows I'll try to.It was late morning, and I was in an office talking to a counselor. The next thing I know, I'm in an ambulance, headed to Glendale. (And while I wouldn't mind that city's Forest Lawn becoming my permanent home, assuming I can afford read more

Hollywood studios during the Precode era were some of the best at promoting films. On some occasions the films publicity posters, advertisements and promotional events were more interesting than the films themselves. Footlights Parade (1933), a movie filled dozens of chorus girls in skimpy outfits p read more