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Robert Osborne at last year's TCM Classic Film Fesitval On Monday TCM released the much anticipated (and rather late) festival schedule. Reactions were mixed however when everyone had time to analyze the full schedule and make their selections. I’m thrilled by many of the festival offerings read more

 Catch the latest episode of The CineHistorians Podcast. On this episode, Dr. Carl Sweeney and I discuss the British New Wave and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), directed by Karel Reisz and starring Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts and Shirley Anne Field. In this episode we also discuss read more

  The Beloved Brat (1938) could just be a story of a spoiled brat who learns the error of her ways and transforms into a well-behaved child. This Warner Bros. film is much more than that. In its mere 62 minutes of screen time it packs a wallop with two big takeaways: 1) there are big conseque read more

Thursday was the opening day of the TCM Classic Film Festival but day number 3 in my festival adventures. I spent the morning locked in my hotel room anxiously studying my notes, writing down questions, doing my hair and make-up and generally getting ready for my first red carpet event as a member o read more

Books, books and more books. One can never have enough books, especially classic film ones! I keep hearing from folks that you love these round-ups so I'll keep bringing them to you. They're a labor of love (no, seriously it's about 2 weeks worth of research!) and I hope if anything they're useful. read more

 For anyone who loves the 1940s music, dance and overall style, discovering Soundies is an absolute treat. What is a Soundie you may be asking? The Soundie was a precursor to the music video. These bite-sized musical short films were the length of a song and featured performers singing, dancing read more

Patric Knowles, Lucille Ball and Donald Woods in Beauty for the Asking (1939) Beautician Jean Russell (Lucille Ball) has just mastered her formula for astringent cold cream. The business and financial prospects are enough that she can finally marry her live-in beau Denny (Patric Knowles). However, read more

A fine World War II movie, indeed. What a superb war movie. It's got all the right elements: action, adventure, interesting characters, a couple of love stories, brains versus brawn, patriotism, etc. Plus, you have Humphrey Bogart as the effortlessly cool (I say that a lot huh?) Lt. Joe Rossi. T read more

It’s 1943 in wartime Scotland and the residents of the small island of Todday are fighting a battle far worse than anything they could have ever imagined when World War II began — they are plumb out of whisky! In Whisky Galore, a colorful group of characters band together to salvage case read more

Jack's Joke (1913) Photo Credit: courtesy Undercrank Productions/Library of Congress Before there was the Vitaphone there was Thomas Edison's Kinetophone. Over a decade before Al Jolson proclaimed "you ain't heard nothing yet" in The Jazz Singer (1927), Kinetophone brought talking pictures to audi read more

A Google Alert for keywords "Charles Emmett Mack" alerted me to the fact that http://pakway.blogspot.com and it's mirror site http://guromusic.blogspot.com have stolen entire posts from my site. I have gone through the site thoroughly, identified all of my blog posts and have written to the blog adm read more

Photo via Kate Gabrielle The enthusiasm level for this year's summer reading challenge is off the charts. Thanks to everyone who jumped in, signed up and got reading. There are lots of great reviews up and people have been sharing their TBR stacks too. If you're participating in the challenge, m read more

Mary Wickes I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella University Press of Mississippi Hardcover ISBN: 9781604739053 370 pages May 2013 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells “Mary was one of the most recognizable character actresses in the United States. Though the read more

I am in the throws of a heartfelt crush with Jack Klugman. My what a fine actor. What a great smile. What a lifespan! Jack Klugman is still with us at the ripe age of 89. And he has worked with everyone from Henry Fonda to Frank Sinatra to to Jack Lemmon to his dear old friend Tony Randall. I admire read more

Directed by George Roy Hill, Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) stars Julie Andrews as the eponymous Millie. As a young woman living in New York City, Millie has big dreams. She sheds her out-of-date style for the new 1920s flapper look and sets her sights on a job so she can ultimately marry her boss read more

Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Grandaughter by Sidney Poitier April 2008 HarperOne 285 pages Barnes and Noble Powell's IndieBound (your independent bookstore) "All I know for sure is that "stories" are the bedrock on which each human life is built." - Sidney Poitier Inspired by th read more

Greetings fellow readers! I'm proud to introduced the newest classic film related books publishing in the second half of 2025. There is a great mix of titles here and lots of different subjects and plenty of returning authors too. And per usual you'll find new titles on Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepbur read more

Seduced by Mrs. Robinson How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation by Beverly Gray Algonquin Books 304 pages November 2017 Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells No movie studio would touch it. Producer Lawrence Turman had shopped around Charles Webb's quirky novel The Graduate without m read more

Hail, Hail, Euphoria! Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup The Greatest War Movie Ever Made by Roy Blount Jr.  HarperCollins/It Books 9780061808166 October 2010 $19.99 US I recently read a review that claimed this book was a scene-by-scene look at the classic Marx Bros. movie Duc read more

Directed and produced by Sam Taylor, Coquette (1929): A Drama of the American South stars Mary Pickford in her first ever talking picture. Pickford plays Norma Besant, a "silly little coquette", as she calls herself, who enjoys being the toast of the town. She's the beloved daughter of Dr. read more