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Happy 4th of July, Pilgrim
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jul 4, 2010
Today we celebrate the birth of America. I thought about what makes me think “Now that’s America” when I watch old movies. Here are a few things that I thought of: John Wayne looking VERY attractive in "Stagecoach" (1939). John Wayne: What other actor is so widely known read more
Actress Beauty Tips #2: Champagne Hair Rinse
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jul 1, 2010
This is the second installment of our monthly classic actress beauty tips that I have read about AND tested. Greer Garson in the 1940s Greer Garson is known for her vibrant red hair; Robert Mitchum even referred to her as “Big Red.” According to Divas: the Site, after Miss Garson shampo read more
Different look, same great product
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jun 23, 2010
“Comet Over Hollywood” has received a slight make-over. Not that I don’t love Cyd Charisse in “Party Girl,” I just felt that we needed to put on our bathing suits with Constance Bennett and dive in to summer movie fun blogging! My mink hat on Christmas Day 2009Cheesine read more
Hollywood Dads and Star Babies
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jun 20, 2010
On Father’s Day we remember the times dad taught us to drive, checked our oil and watched “Calamity Jane” with us. I would also like to remember Hollywood fathers that had children who also went on to have film careers. Here are a few of my favorite Hollywood families. Like fath read more
Confessions of a VHS User
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jun 17, 2010
222 classic movies on VHS tapes Recently my mother told me that we had an estimated 222 movies taped off of Turner Classic Movies. Why you ask? Every month I flip through the “Turner Classic Movie Now Playing Guide” and make a list of 20 to 50 movies to tape. Our family owns a DVR but w read more
Even Gaga likes the classics
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jun 9, 2010
Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers, lead singer of the Killers I am always listening for classic movie information, facts or references. Imagine my surprise while listening to my two favorite musical artists, Lady Gaga and The Killers, when I ran across some classic film references. I’m not talkin read more
Actress Beauty Tips #1: Boraxo Powdered Soap
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jun 1, 2010
One of my favorite things to read about with classic actresses is how they maintained their good looks. How did Veronica Lakes hair always look so lush? What perfume did Jean Harlow seduce men with? How did Rita Hayworth maintain her slender figure? I am starting a feature that I will do the first read more
RIP Dennis Hopper
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on May 29, 2010
Dennis Hopper, Nick Adams and Natalie Wood I have to admit, I haven’t seen many of his movies. Mr. Hopper is best known for his late 1960s and 1970s ”Easy Rider” like persona and continued on into the 1980s and 1990s with a long and successful film career. He was nominated for hi read more
Kate the Great (Bitch)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on May 27, 2010
I am an old movie fanatic, but it’s hard for me to choke down a Katharine Hepburn movie. I’d rather watch Mickey Rooney over her, and that says a lot. Beloved star. Award winning actress. First rate bitch. I know all actors and actresses won’t always be pleasant to each other, such as Miriam Hopki read more
Serenade me, Mr. Powell
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on May 24, 2010
Ginger Rogers was the Star of the Month for March on Turner Classic Movies. Ginger Rogers is a triple threat. She can sing, act and dance. She even won an Oscar for her 1941 performance in “Kitty Foyle.” I taped several of her films that I haven’t seen (I’m trying to see all of her mov read more
The Mystery of the Murdered Movie
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on May 17, 2010
I love Nancy Drew. I have played and solved 21 of the HerInteractive PC games and read most of the original yellow bound novels. I even own a Nancy Drew cookbook, a “Nancy Drew’s Guide to Life” book and a large Nancy Drew cut out. Nancy Drew has played a pivotal role for the past 80 years in read more
Star Collector
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Mar 9, 2010
Anita Page in the 1920′s. At one point she had more fan mail than Greta Garbo.
Not only am I old-fashioned in my movie tastes, but I am also pretty passe as a movie fan. I write fan mail. You may be thinking, “Who does that anymore?” A surprising amount do continue to write to st read more
Let’s talk about a little pet peeve of mine…
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jul 18, 2009
Last Friday I was hanging out with Books-A-Million coworkers, Markie and David. We went to David’s house to watch a movie. (Don’t worry this post isn’t a dull account of my weekend or anything, it is still classic film related.) Anyway, David had told me that his father was a huge read more
Bedtime for Bonzo is not the only movie Ronald Reagan made
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Jun 30, 2009
This is another post I wrote early in my blogging career on blogger. It is a little better than the Susan Slade one, but yet again just a plot summary. Hopefully you can see the improvements of the blog from then to now. It has once again been another long absence from my blog. I didn’t mean read more
Teen sex, mountain climbing accidents and babies on fire=Susan Slade
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Apr 1, 2009
This was one of my first blog posts from the Blogger version of my blog. I wrote it in 2009. I am aware it is very long, not very good and basically a play by play of this very silly movie. I put it up because I’m deleting the blogger “Comet Over Hollywood” and wanted my earlier p read more