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Musical Monday: The Girls on the Beach (1965)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 20, 2015
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: “Girls on the Beach” read more
Review: “Gidget Goes Hawaiian” (1961)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 17, 2015
I almost stopped this movie after watching for 20 minutes. “Gidget Goes Hawaiian” (1961) is the worst of the Gidget series. Even the 1969 made-for-TV film, “Gidget Grows Up” starring Karen Valentine, is better. The success of the 1959 “Gidget” film was followed by two feature films, three read more
Musical Monday: Honolulu (1939)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 13, 2015
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: “Honolulu” (1939)– read more
Gidget: Bringing the Surf Culture to Mainstream
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 10, 2015
When I first started getting interested in classic films, my mom would get excited about movies she wanted to introduce to me. “Gidget” (1959) was one that she could hardly wait to show me. Views of Sandra Dee in some of my favorite swimsuits and dresses from “Gidget.” Sitting there read more
Musical Monday: Bathing Beauty (1944)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 6, 2015
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: “Bathing Beauty” (1944)– read more
Musical Monday: “Let Freedom Ring” (1939)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 29, 2015
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: “Let Freedom RingR read more
Actress Beauty Tip #36: Oatmeal face mask
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 24, 2015
This is the thirty-sixth installment of my classic actress beauty tips that I have read about and tested. Syndicated beauty columnist Lydia Lane interviewed actresses from 1938 to 1980. Along with sharing the beauty secrets of actresses like Greer Garson, Jan Sterling and Anne Baxter, Lane also too read more
Musical Monday: Beach Ball (1965)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 22, 2015
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: “Beach Ball” –Musical read more
Father’s Day with Comet’s Dad
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 21, 2015
Father’s Day from Comet Over Hollywood! This year, we have a few words from my dad. As we did on Mother’s Day, I have a video of telling about his film love and introducing his children to classic films–particularly “West Side Story” (1961) to me: Father’s Day from the read more
A Familiar Face: Character actor John Ridgely
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 19, 2015
Character actor John Ridgely They are the highlights of most of our favorite films; coming in with the most striking lines and comedic moments. A character actor is often the best part of the film. Not the star and a little lower than the secondary lead, a character actor has something distinct tha read more
Musical Monday: Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 15, 2015
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: “Happy Go Lovely” –Musical read more
Musical Monday: Show Business (1944)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 8, 2015
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: “Show Business” –Musical read more
Classic films in music videos: “Gimme Some More” by Busta Rhymes
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 2, 2015
This is June’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s film references in music videos. Composer Bernard Herrmann’s music is constantly sampled in contemporary pop culture; from commercials to spoofs on TV. Several popular music artists have incorporated Herrmann’s music into their songs or read more
Musical Monday: The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 1, 2015
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: “The Fabulous Dorseys” read more
Memorial Day Musical Monday: Four Jills In a Jeep (1944)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 25, 2015
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: “Four Jills and a Jeep” read more
Col. Maggie Raye: A One Woman USO
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 24, 2015
During world wars and conflicts, celebrity USO shows travel to military bases and overseas to raise morale for the men and women fighting for freedom. One film star who is the most associated with entertaining troops is Bob Hope, who entertained during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. Hope read more
Musical Monday: My Blue Heaven (1950)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 18, 2015
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: “My Blue Heaven” –Musical read more
Musical Monday: The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 11, 2015
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: “Eddie Cantor Story” read more
Mother’s Day with Comet’s Mama
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 10, 2015
Comet Over Hollywood is working to bring back our video feature. Our first video back from our lengthy hiatus is in celebration of Mother’s Day. As I have written many, many times before, my parents have been influential in my classic film love. In this video, my mother speaks to her love of read more
From Citizen Kane to Paul Masson: Orson Welles the constant perfectionist
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 6, 2015
Orson Welles in 1938 on CBS radio Orson Welles was a media renaissance man. As an actor, director, writer and producer, he experimented with several entertainment art forms. His work such as making the United States believe they were under alien attack to making a critical film about one of the mos read more