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The late great George Carlin once posited, “Did you ever notice that their stuff is shit, and your shit is stuff?”  While I don’t believe Carlin was specifically referring to guilty pleasures, his statement certainly fits the bill here. It’s all a matter of taste.   read more

Just one more thing... 31 Stars in 31 Days kicks off tomorrow with my first star, Cary Grant. I will write my post about him and what movie I watch the following day. But I wanted to let everyone know that I will be trying to watch some of each individual star's lesser known films. So for tomo read more

This rather marvelous mash-up appeared on my radar courtesy of the very dashing Craig Carruthers, amusing Twitterer and keeper of the flame of the startlingly-not-late, great Luise Rainer. Perhaps it's been clattering around the Internet for ages and I'm just seeing it,&nbs read more

This rather marvelous mash-up appeared on my radar courtesy of the very dashing Craig Carruthers, amusing Twitterer and keeper of the flame of the startlingly-not-late, great Luise Rainer. Perhaps it's been clattering around the Internet for ages and I'm just seeing it,&nbs read more

Leonard Maltin has a great rundown of film sites that deal in silent movies, home movies and other oddities here. read more

Leonard Maltin has a great rundown of film sites that deal in silent movies, home movies and other oddities here. read more

Earlier this week, we noted several rare Carole Lombard photos from the estate of collector Lester Glassner were available on eBay (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/528122.html). More have been added to the collection (such as the above, p1202-25 from late 1930), for a total of 23 items.While no read more

In the late 1930s, Carole Lombard took up skeet shooting, then moved to hunting alongside eventual second husband Clark Gable. Several photos were taken of Lombard the huntress, but here's one you probably have never seen before:It's an 8" x 10" restrike from the original negative, and you can buy i read more

Last September, we did an entry about six rare stills from the Carole Lombard film "In Name Only" available (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/444871.html). Now, the estate of Lester Glassner, which auctioned those images, is selling some other Lombard pics via eBay. While all of these are reprin read more

Here’s a show that I forgot to include in my favorites list: CBS’s best comedy (in my opinion), How I Met Your Mother. As much as I love this show, I somehow completely missed season 7 – as in, didn’t even catch a millisecond of one episode. Soon after realizing that I neglec read more

There’s been some questions about my upcoming blogathon and to maximize the number of people interested I figured I’d provide a short little post fleshing out the details of the Universal Backlot Blogathon.  You don’t have to have a topic right now (I’ll be sending out a bunc read more

Word is spreading about the cinematic world tour as Rich from Wide Screen World sent me an email last night letting me know he had written a post as a contribution piece. And after reading his piece about Tokyo, I have to say it is one of the more creative pieces I have ever read. I had so much read more

Three Carole Lombard photos are in today's entry, and two of them are from movies that are labeled differently from what they're supposed to represent. Take the one above, for instance. Here's what the snipe on the back says about it:"The Beachcomber." you say? Paramount indeed filmed the story, and read more

A winner has been declared in the first (of many I hope) Journeys in Classic Film contests.  I would like to thank all those who sent in entries (and I apologize for the few I had to turn down due to shipping problems).  The winner, who will be getting a copy of Bernard F. Dick’s Hollywood Mad read more

For Your Consideration Another day with so many posts I had to do it twice (sorry, I didn’t have a quippy rhyme scheme to go with it).  To start, I’m throwing my hat into the ring and posting a For Your Consideration ad for the annual LAMMYS.  If you haven’t noticed on the sidebar, read more

Some more hosannas for Hollywood Paper, the eBay seller that's of late been issuing a slew of vintage Carole Lombard portraits, some of which are new to even veteran collectors and all of which are fascinating to examine. This lead photo is proof:That's Carole, with Gene Raymond and Monroe Owsley, i read more

In recent days, we've been running quite a few vintage Carole Lombard photos from the eBay seller "hollywoodpaper." These portraits are normally above $100 to either buy or bid for, though their value is deserved for both their rarity and (usually) their quality. We have a pair of additional example read more

First off, thank you to anyone reading this and to everyone who’s checked out a previous posting. It’s been a delightful time, giddy actually, connecting and interacting with those who have found something of interest in a post or two. I plan to do a better job of regularly sharing conte read more

For many people, "My Man Godfrey" is one of those films it's difficult to become tired of; the characters are so delightful, the writing so pointedly clever (but with the heart that prevents it from devolving into a polemic) that it's next to impossible to resist. "Godfrey" is returning to Turner Cl read more

Carole Lombard's signature, in a far more formal environment than this photo, can be found on three documents now up for sale at eBay. And whereas Lombard signed this candid shot for free only a few days after it was taken, to purchase all three documents you would need about as much money as Carole read more