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If this month has taught me anything it’s how many fantastic actors were blessed to work alongside Ms. Marilyn Monroe.  Tonight’s film boast one of the most enigmatic actors to ever grace the silver screen, in my humble opinion: Robert Mitchum!  To me, Mitchum will always be Max Cady in read more

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a film that, up till now, I’ve only seen bits and pieces of and I need to rectify that.  Directed by Howard Hawks, a director who has crafted some of my favorite classic films, makes another delightful movie that plays around with the theme of love vs. money.  At read more

Back to our interrupted My Month with Marilyn!  I know it’s been awhile but we’re back with the final eleven films and we’re jumping right into the 1953 thriller, Niagara.  This is my second time viewing Niagara and I have to say, I liked it better the second time.  It’s some read more

Here's more on the Newspaper Archive discussed in yesterday's entry, and it has to do with the period in which Carole Lombard posed for the above image -- 1929. It's no secret that until late 1930, Lombard often used "Carol" as her first name for film purposes (or had it used by studios), but how mu read more

Not long ago I sat down with the 1956 British translation of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's D'Entre Les Morts (1954). The book is now published under the title Vertigo (it was originally called 'The Living and the Dead') owing to the legend that is the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film based on Boile read more

Not long ago I sat down with the 1956 British translation of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's D'Entre Les Morts (1954). The book is now published under the title Vertigo (it was originally called 'The Living and the Dead') owing to the legend that is the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film based on Boile read more

Not long ago I sat down with the 1956 British translation of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's D'Entre Les Morts (1954). The book is now published under the title Vertigo (it was originally called 'The Living and the Dead') owing to the legend that is the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film based on Boile read more

Tonight’s film connects the stream of connections seen in O. Henry’s Full House.  Monkey Business is a 1950s screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks.  Hawks directed my favorite segment of last night’s O. Henry’s Full House, “The Ransom of Red Chief,” and will read more

So I have to apologize to everyone assuming this blog has died, I’m very much here and ready to get back to work.  My school year is winding down so I actually have time to watch movies and write.  I have a long overdue review on the movie musical Gypsy which I’m hoping to get to, and read more

This is an odd one in the group of Marilyn movies as she’s literally in it for a minute (I’d say less but I didn’t time it).  It’s an anthology film of adapted stories from the works of O. Henry (who I didn’t know up until this film…I’m a terrible English ma read more

Hello again! I hate to keep spamming the community with questions about Carole's life, but since this is the best source of Lombard information on the internet, I figured I'd take advantage of it. I have a few quick questions tonight about two of the most important men in Carole's life - read more

William Wellman and Dorothy Coonan on the set of 'Wild Boys of the Road ' It’s been a while since I did any full reviews of William A Wellman movies here, but I have been watching more of his work in the meantime and have updated my Wellman page with brief details of all the films of read more

Here’s another batch of great Polish posters. In spite of the post title, I realize, of course, that one or two of these films aren’t American. No blurbs, no countdown — just great design from one of the world’s most renowned poster cultures. In a few instances, the poster wa read more

John Bengtson is the author of three books about the triumverate of silent comedians, Silent Echoes, Silent Traces, and Silent Visions. These books track the real world settings used as background in the films of Keaton, Chaplin, and Lloyd and document them in a then and now fashion. For lovers of read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Previous posts Interview with Jeff Rapsis Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater What an excellent opportunity it was to be able to watch 3 more Bus read more

In memoriam to Peter Falk, an actor who I've seen some ganster flicks and the many Colombo's I've decided to discover a little more about his life by reading his memories. This is not an Autobiography in any way. There are chosen moments by the man himself, some that make you laugh others that make read more

The 52-person-strong MGM makeup department (according to film scholar Jeanine Basinger in her juicy book The Star Machine) bragged that they could make “any plain-looking woman beautiful in one hour and any beautiful woman hideous in four minutes”. Eleanor Powell (see last week’s post) fell into read more

Jeanne Crain: More Than Just a Pretty Face A Fan's Perspective I’m an unabashed fan of Jeanne Crain. Today is her birthday; if she were still with us, she’d be 86 years old. Crain was a beauty for sure, but she was also a talented movie actress who doesn’t get the credit she read more

Jeanne Crain: More Than Just a Pretty Face A Fan's Perspective I’m an unabashed fan of Jeanne Crain. Today is her birthday; if she were still with us, she’d be 86 years old. Crain was a beauty for sure, but she was also a talented movie actress who doesn’t get the credit she read more

Memorial Day weekend is just a few days away and in commemoration of this special holiday, The Lady Eve's Reel Life is giving away a copy of the DVD boxed set Errol Flynn Adventures from TCM Spotlight/Warner Home Video. A collection of five World War II actioners, the set includes Flynn’s o read more