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A trio of films bring to life Richard Matheson’s ‘I Am Legend’ The idea of the last man or woman on earth spurs my imagination. How will it happen? When will it happen? Why will it happen? “Germs. Bacteria. Viruses. Vampires.” That’s author Richard Matheson’s excellent read more

A trio of films bring to life Richard Matheson’s ‘I Am Legend’ The idea of the last man or woman on earth spurs my imagination. How will it happen? When will it happen? Why will it happen? “Germs. Bacteria. Viruses. Vampires.” That’s author Richard Matheson’s excellent read more

Carole Lombard poses with her beloved dachshund Commissioner in this 1938 color portrait taken by John Engstead. Great shot, though I'm a bit miffed for the doxie's sake that Engstead couldn't work his entire face in.That's one of three new Lombard images we have for you. Next up, also from '38 (May read more

Like many classic film fans, I’m becoming increasingly nervous about the status of physical media in our cultural landscape. A couple of years ago, I contemplated thinning my DVD/Blu-ray collection. Now I’ve decided to keep everything and save space by organizing everything into binders read more

I ended my October horror binge with a trio of unusual horror films recently released on Blu-ray from Warner Archive. Not a bad way to close out the month. The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck (1966) I’ve always had mixed feelings about this oddly-paced, e read more

Western RoundUp: A Trio of Wyatt Earp Westerns Real-life Western lawman Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) has been portrayed in countless films over the years. The stories always take a fair amount of dramatic license, but Earp’s legend was such that his name and incidents from his life were a seemingly read more

Unlike their American counterparts, most British film magazines such as Picturegoer were weeklies, not monthlies, enabling Carole Lombard (shown in the Dec. 4, 1937 issue) and other stars to appear on their covers more frequently. (A question to Michelle Morgan or any other UK readers: Is there any read more

Is "Brief Moment," from the fall of 1933, the least-known of Carole Lombard's five Columbia films? Perhaps. But this drama co-starring Gene Raymond, adapted from a Broadway play, has some things going for it -- among them a solid script and decent performances by both leads.Now, eBay has three still read more

There are few screen actors who have gone through as many career changes as Elizabeth Taylor. In the first part of that astonishing professional journey she transitioned from a sweet-tempered child actress, to a gorgeous ingénue and then decided that she was more than a movie star; she was going to read more

I know it's unkind to assume that a hardworking actress is simply being herself on the screen, but I've always felt that way about Marion Davies. Perhaps it is because I knew a lot more about her personality, and her popularity in Hollywood, before I saw her in a movie. She was never going to be an read more

While many silent film stars struggled, or chose to retire at the dawn of the talkies, a stream of stage stars descended on Hollywood to pick up the slack. These performers had to tone down their act and stop projecting to the back row, but they were  for the most part confident speaking, and s read more

Picturegoer was a popular weekly British film publication during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Carole Lombard was its cover subject at least three times over a 16-month span in the early '30s, before "Twentieth Century" carried her to full-fledged stardom. Above is the cover from March 26, 1932.I read more

Picturegoer was a popular weekly British film publication during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Carole Lombard was its cover subject at least three times over a 16-month span in the early '30s, before "Twentieth Century" carried her to full-fledged stardom. Above is the cover from March 26, 1932.I read more

No, I have no idea why Carole Lombard is leaning atop a portrait of a rabbit (though what she has on indicates it might have something with "They Knew What They Wanted," as her waitress character Amy wears a blouse with such stripes in the film). But it's a clipping, one of three (probably all taken read more

It’s not secret that I love me a little bit of Joan Crawford. I love Joan Crawford in all of phases… the imperious matriarchal period circa Mildred Pierce? Check. Full on crazy circa Strait-Jacket? Yes! And, of course, impossibly beautiful young ingenue Joan Crawford, from her silent fi read more

Prior to viewing Sophie’s Choice, it’s terribly easy to assume the film is the tale of one woman, the eponymous Sophie Zawistowska. (Indeed, the incontestable talents of a young Meryl Streep do nothing to refute this assumption.) Upon further inspection however, it is not one, but three read more

A trio of what, you say? Well, think of a souvenir program or herald distributed at movie theaters during the classic era in conjunction with a film being shown, such as "True Confession" (in which Carole Lombard is shown above with Una Merkel) or two of Carole's other movies making the rounds in ea read more

House of Voices follows a girl who arrives to work as a servant at the Saint Ange Orphanage, only to find that the decommissioned home isn’t quite as empty as it originally seemed. Lou Doillon (pictured above) stars as Judith, a disturbed girl who is cared for by one of the women who takes car read more

Happy Birthday to three wonderful actors today: Robert Montgomery (1904-1991): As a child, Robert Montgomery enjoyed a privileged life, as his father was the president of the New York Rubber Co. When he died, the fortune was gone and Robert worked at a number of jobs. He later went to New York to read more

While I’ve never been a particular fan of musicals, I’ve found them to be a wonderful escape in these tense times. Recently I enjoyed a trio of them on newly-released Blu-rays from Warner Archive.Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) Ginger Rogers is rightfully Fred Astaire’s most fa read more