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More Robert Mitchum Video goodness
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Jul 26, 2010
Here is another Mitchum skit from Saturday Night Live with Dana Carvey and Phil Hartmann called "The Beggar". It's not particularly good. Death Be Not Deadly is much better.
Now all I need to find is "Out of Gas", the skit with Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum written by Mitchum's daughter Trina. Fr read more
They Wont Believe Me (1947): This is more than just a trip to Montreal.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Mar 31, 2010
They Won't Believe Me (1947). Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Young, Rita Johnson and Jane Greer. Film noir. Director: Irving Pichel. Produced by Alfred Hitchcocks longtime assistant, Joan Harrison.
Womanizer Larry Ballentine, is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend and wants to take the stand in read more
The Hays Code: Keeping Sex Off the Screen (But Not Out of Our Dirty-Minded Little Hearts) for More Than Three Decades.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Mar 26, 2010
I was asked recently to give a brief overview of the Hays Code, to which I have referred repeatedly in some of my previous entries on this blog. The Motion Picture Production Code, known in Hollywood as the Hays Code (named after its creator, Will H. Hays), preceded the Motion Picture Association of read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Oct 24, 2009
Handsome Ricardo Cortez (1899 - 1977), the screen's first Sam Spade, plays the title role in the 1936 Universal programmer Postal Inspector.
Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956), the screen's first sound Dracula, pleased his fans as a gangster.
Postal Inspector was written by Horace McCoy (They Shoot Hors read more
More random stuff from my old hard drive.
The Jeanette MacDonald Blog Posted by Della Street ™ on Oct 18, 2009
So this exists:Notice how Howard is a.) sitting at her feet and b.) apparently fascinated by her every word.AS HE SHOULD BE.The End. :) read more
More Warner Archives Titles
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 6, 2009
Another great crop of titles now available from Warner Archives (I'm so excited about the pre-codes!):
The Barbarian (1933) - Myrna Loy, Ramon Novarro
The Bribe (1949) - Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, John Hodiak
Comrade X (1940) - Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oskar Hom 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
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
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
Even More Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
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Buster Keaton and Live Musical Accompaniment at the Somerville Theater
What an excellent opportunity it was to be able to watch 3 more Buster Keaton films (2 shorts and a full-length film) on the big screen with the uber-talented Jeff Rapsis accompanying th read more
More Robert Mitchum Video goodness
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Here is another Mitchum skit from Saturday Night Live with Dana Carvey and Phil Hartmann called "The Beggar". It's not particularly good. Death Be Not Deadly is much better.
Now all I need to find is "Out of Gas", the skit with Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum written by Mitchum's daughter Trina. From read more
On Blu-ray: Real Life Marrieds Cary Grant and Betsy Drake in Room for One More (1952)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 30, -0001
Based on the 1950 autobiography by Anna Perrott Rose, Room for One More (1952) is a charming and surprisingly edgy story about a family that fosters two troubled children. Starring the then-married Betsy Drake and Cary Grant, it’s an interesting mix of humor, drama, and ideas about par read more
10 Tips on Getting in More Classic Film Reading
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I hear a lot of people say that they don’t read classic film related books or don’t read enough of them because they don’t have time. This is an issue for all of us really. We lead busy lives and it’s difficult to get a movie in sometimes let alone a whole book!
As you can t read more