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Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics Blu-Ray  On Sale May, 21 2013 Buy on: Amazon Barnes & Noble Best Buy Warner Bros. The Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics Blu-Ray boxed set went on sale this week. There is also a Contemporary version of the same set with 4 different movies. The read more

Peter Bogdanovich and Dave Karger at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival - Photo source: Getty/TCM Director Peter Bogdanovich's follow-up to his Academy Award-winning drama The Last Picture Show (1971) was something wildly different. What's Up, Doc? (1972) is an homage to the screwball comedies read more

Angela Lansbury and Peter Shaw Married 53 years Peter Shaw was a businessman and an actor and helped oversee Angela Lansbury's long career in film. They were married until he passed away in 2003. I hope you enjoyed my wedding extravaganza! There are a lot of other couples I wish I could h read more

Seeing Bachelor Mother (1939) on the big screen has been a dream of mine for a long time and I'm so grateful to TCM for making that dream happen at their classic film festival. I cherished every moment of this experience and I'm so grateful to have seen my beloved film on the big screen in Hollywood read more

Left to right: Tabesh, Dorian, Mankiewicz & McGillicuddy On Wednesday April 27th, TCM held a press conference before the start of their classic film festival. The conference panel consisted of Charles Tabesh, senior VP of programming, Jennifer Dorian, Ben Mankiewicz, host of TCM and Genevieve M read more

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) is a Western and the last film produced by the independent outfit Robert Goldstein Productions. The film was directed by Burt Kennedy and features a wonderful cast including Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, both David and John Carradine and Martin Balsam. Other n read more

Christopher Plummer's hand and footprints in cement. Sleep? Who needs sleep? I got up early on Friday to attend the Christopher Plummer Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre courtyard. Last year's event with Jerry Lewis was so much fun so I was looking forward to this one. B read more

Hedy Lamarr, inventions "Heddy invented as a hobby. Since she made two or three movies a year, each one taking about a month to shoot, she had spare time to fill. She didn't drink and she didn't like to party, so she took up inventing. When she was a girl, her father, a Viennese banker, had enco read more

Frank at his wedding This week's Warner Archive Wednesday is a little different. We have a guest blogger in the form of my good friend Frank! He's a co-worker and a good friend. I love chatting with him about classic film and anything related to pop culture. I'm very honored that he was willing to read more

Every Frenchman Has One by Olivia de Havilland Crown Archetype 2016 Reissue ISBN: 9780451497390 - 144 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells Imagine sitting down for a nice long chat with actress and living legend Olivia de Havilland. Unless your Robert Osborne or some lucky soul, de Havilland& read more

Washington, D.C. during WWII was a hectic place. The new jobs created to support the war effort drove many to the nation’s capital. The influx of people caused a housing shortage that had workers and hotels scrambling. And with so many men away on duty, D.C. became a 10-women-to-every-man kind read more

  Prisoners of war are interrogated and tortured for their secrets. But what happens when they're tricked out of them? Directed and adapted for the screen by George Seaton, 36 Hours (1965) is a fascinating WWII film about a major in the US Navy whose drugged and captured by the Germans. When read more

The Saturday of the TCM Classic Film Festival was packed with amazing events and movies. I still had plenty of energy and by sheer luck made it to everything on my schedule. I got up early and headed to Grauman's Egyptian Theater for the 90th Anniversary of Vitaphone presentation. Me and Joel of read more

Fiddler on the Roof (1971) was always one of those classic musicals that I've meant to see but I never got around to. When the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival schedule was announced, I saw the film was part of their Sunday morning line-up. And the director Norman Jewison, who has directed some o read more

Finally it's getting warm here in New England. For me, warmer weather means a lot more time spent outdoors reading. I love sitting on my front porch with a tall glass of iced tea and a good book. My summer reading challenge will be announced soon. In the meantime, here is a list of new classic film read more

It's that time again when I offer my dear readers a bevvy of bookish delights that are ready to make a dent in your bank account and find a home in your personal library. There are so many good offerings this Fall. I know I say that every time but each new round-up continues to amaze me. Are you ne read more

Have you ever fallen head-over-heels in love with a movie? That's what happened to voice actress Nancy Cartwright when she saw Frederico Fellini’s La Strada (1954). So much so that she wrote letters to Fellini and traveled to Italy to meet him in hopes that he would grant her request to adapt read more

She Damned Near Ran the StudioThe Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Kovermanby Jacqueline R. BraitmanUniversity Press of MississippiHardcover ISBN: 9781496806192352 pagesOctober 2020Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmunds Bookshop"Koverman was a magnetic, centrifugal force; a powerful read more

I'm ending my 2018 Cinema Shame challenge with a bang! I continue my exploration of Michael Caine's filmography with a first time viewing of Get Carter (1971). While I was expecting a great thriller, what I wasn't expecting was one of the most brutal revenge stories of all time. Directed by Mike read more

Bank clerk Ruth (Nancy Carroll) is a prized date for a "hot Saturday". Fellow bank employees Archie (Grady Sutton) and Connie (Edward Woods) have their eye on Ruth. But they're about to face major competition with rich playboy Romer (Cary Grant). He's invited the bank employees and all their friends read more