By Movie StarAlfred HitchcockAudrey HepburnAva GardnerBarbara StanwyckBasil RathboneBette DavisBilly WilderBob HopeBoris KarloffBurt LancasterBuster KeatonCarole LombardCary GrantCharlie ChaplinClara BowClark GableClaudette ColbertDana AndrewsDeanna DurbinDebbie ReynoldsDoris DayElizabeth TaylorErnst LubitschErrol FlynnEsther WilliamsFranchot ToneFred AstaireFred MacMurrayGary CooperGene KellyGeorge CukorGinger RogersGloria SwansonGrace KellyGreer GarsonGregory PeckGreta GarboHarold LloydHedy LamarrHenry FondaHoward HawksHumphrey BogartIda LupinoIngrid BergmanIrene DunneJack BennyJack LemmonJames CagneyJames StewartJane RussellJean ArthurJean HarlowJeanette MacDonaldJeanne CrainJoan CrawfordJoan FontaineJohn FordJohn WayneJudy GarlandKatharine HepburnKay FrancisKirk DouglasLana TurnerLauren BacallLillian GishLon ChaneyLoretta YoungLouise BrooksMae WestMarilyn MonroeMarion DaviesMarlene DietrichMary AstorMary PickfordMickey RooneyMiriam HopkinsMyrna LoyNatalie WoodNorma ShearerOlivia de HavillandOrson WellesPaul NewmanPaulette GoddardPreston SturgesRichard WidmarkRita HayworthRobert MitchumRudolph ValentinoShirley TempleSidney PoitierSpencer TracySteve McQueenTeresa WrightTyrone PowerVincent PriceVivien LeighWilliam HoldenWilliam PowellWilliam WylerWoody Allen By HolidayNew Year's DayPresident's DayValentine's DayEasterMother's DayFather's DayMemorial DayJuly 4thLabor DayColumbus DayHalloweenThanksgivingChristmasBlack History MonthWomen's History Month All Blogs4 Star Films (3490)50 Most Influential Disney Animators (58)A Person in the Dark (367)All Good Things (815)Backlots (412)Caf? Muscato (572)Caftan Woman (904)Carole & Co. (3081)Cary Grant Won't Eat You (489)Cinema Crossroads (42)Cinematic Catharsis (920)Cinematically Insane (268)CineMaven's Essays from the Couch (152)Classic Cinema Gold (319)Classic Film & TV Cafe (1277)Classic Film Review (14)Classic Movie Hub Blog (1940)Classic Movie Man (959)Classic Movies (3247)Classic Reel Girl (95)Comet Over Hollywood (1321)Creme de la Creme (32)Criterion Blues (770)Critica Retro (1453)Curtains (58)Durnmoose Movie Musings (1105)Film Reviews and Anything Else I Get Inspired by (27)Finding Franchot: Exploring the Life and Career of Franchot Tone (161)Flickers in Time (2221)GlamAmor (587)Hitchcock Master (140)Hollywood Revue (532)Hometowns to Hollywood (846)How Sweet It Was (86)In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood (154)Lady Eve's Reel Life (733)Le Mot du Cinephiliaque (945)Love Letters to Old Hollywood (150)MacGuffin Movies (362)Movies Silently (1029)Noir and Chick Flicks (1998)Noirish (1273)Once Upon a Screen (420)Outspoken and Freckled (140)Phantom Empires (60)Pop Culture ImagineMDD (103)Serendipitous Anachronisms (82)Shadows and Satin (990)Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers (1910)Smum County (115)Stardust and Shadows (120)Studies in Cinema (118)The Baz (161)The Blonde At The Film (329)The Bogie Film Blog (147)The Cinema Dilettante (110)The Giddy Blog (152)The Great Katharine Hepburn (240)The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog (1731)The Jeanette MacDonald Blog (94)The Man on the Flying Trapeze (643)The Old Hollywood Garden (459)The Timothy Carey Experience (1181)The Vintage Cameo (134)The Wonderful World of Cinema (607)Timeless Hollywood (73)True Classics (573)Virtual Virago (1633)Where Danger Lives (136)Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest (639)

Dana Andrews was one of classic Hollywood’s top leading men, appearing in starring roles across a wide range of film genres. Author Carl Rollyson shines the spotlight on Andrews, an often overlooked talent, with an exceptionally researched book. Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews is supported by read more

Hattie McDaniel was an accomplished Golden Age actress who became the first African American woman to win the Academy Award. Her successes and challenges, both personal and professional, have been well documented, in addition to her groundbreaking win. However, McDaniel soon found herself struggling read more

Actress Jean Peters appeared as a leading lady alongside numerous Hollywood notables, including the likes of Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, and more. On screen, she preferred to portray down-to-earth characters and refused to be turned into a sex symbol. While she thrived professionally, her off-scree read more

Author Phillip Lopate explores his interest in art house cinema through a compilation of essays in My Affair with Art House Cinema. This book showcases his passion for art house cinema in addition to highlighting particular film and directors. Moreover, Lopate also includes analysis from film critic read more

One of the TCM library’s latest additions is Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film by Alonso Duralde. This book offers an interesting look at not only on-screen depictions of the LGBTQ+ community in films but also discussions of Hollywood talents who read more

TCM has added to its library Forbidden Cocktails: Libations Inspired by the World of Pre-Code Hollywood by André Darlington. This book is sure to delight fans of Pre-Code cinema, offering a wide range of cocktail recipes to pair with specific films. While these cocktails are inspired by various Pre- read more

One of my favorite new releases pertaining to film history is easily Hollywood Behind the Lens: Treasures from the Bison Archives by Mark Wanamaker and Steven Bingen. Wanamaker has amassed an archival collection relating to the story of classic Hollywood and beyond. In particular, Wanamaker’s read more

For over 80 years, Chicago’s Drake Hotel housed one of the city’s oldest restaurants, the Cape Cod Room. During its 83 years of service, this fine dining location became known for its seafood fare and celebrity clientele. The Cape Cod Room opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress In read more

“Aw gee, I never get a break.” –Wheezer to Jackie in The First Seven Years (1930) Robert Eugene Hutchins was born on March 29, 1925, in Tacoma, Washington, to James and Olga Constance Hutchins. As a child, Hutchins was extremely outgoing, and family friends persuaded his paren read more

Dr. Annette Bochenek loves to take Hometowns to Hollywood on the road–in person or virtually–to offer fun and engaging presentations about Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her presentations range from focusing on various subjects related to Golden Age Hollywood, in addition to presentations that profile read more

Bette Davis was one of classic Hollywood’s most popular leading ladies with a lengthy career. The latter entries to her filmography are also quite interesting and varied including films such as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Wicked Stepmother (1989), bringing horror into DavisR read more

Classic Hollywood has inspired numerous novels and one of the latest ones is The Audrey Hepburn Estate by Brenda Janowitz. In this novel, readers are taken through the fictional Emma Jansen, who returns to the home where she grew up before it is demolished. Like Hepburn’s character in Sabrina read more

Exploring the stories behind the making of different films can be quite fascinating, as is learning about film production from the directors themselves. Mavericks: Interviews with the World’s Iconoclast Filmmakers by Gerald Peary offers interesting discussions with a variety of filmmakers on t read more

Fans of classic Hollywood-inspired fiction can rejoice in the publication of Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, cemented in the days of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Elizabeth Crowens’ novel is written in the spirit of The Thin Man series. Complete with a shrewd combination of screwball com read more

Film noir has long fascinated moviegoing audiences and continues to have ardent fans to this day. However, Double Indemnity (1944) was particularly influential and had a fascinating production story, from actual murder to magazine fiction and, later, a film incarnation. Alain Silver and James Ursin read more

The James Bond saga has long entertained readers and moviegoers. However, the story of the author behind this series is also quite fascinating and worth exploring. Nicholas Shakespeare’s Ian Fleming: The Complete Man offers a well-researched biography of Fleming, portraying his complex person read more

The Marx Brothers’ antics and entertained audiences on the screen for decades and have certainly kept them guessing as to how they will succeed in whichever silly situation they find themselves in. However, Matthew Cipa’s recent work explores one particular question tied to the quietest read more

American photographer Ruth Orkin had a keen eye for detail, as often portrayed in her excellent street photography. Rediscovered negatives from her archive, however, examine the lives of a group of women in the 1940s and 1950s, following them from cocktail parties to beauty salons to Hollywood film read more

George Cukor was no stranger to addressing elements of gender and sex in his films. An influential director in his own right, he frequently delivered on these topics by portraying fascinating characters through the lens of queer, feminist, and intersectional theories. Risquee for the time, CukorR read more

Location filming was quite the effort for Golden Age films but spoke to the power of filmmaking as a form of storytelling that could be quite creative in using various geographic areas to its advantage. Rather than filming within the confines of a studio, location filming allowed for a more natural read more