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The Ice Cream Blonde The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd by Michelle Morgan 9781613730386 - 288 pages Chicago Review Press November 2015 Barnes and Noble Shop Indie Bookstores Amazon How will you be remembered after you die? If you’re like me you dre read more

It's giveaway time! Warner Bros. has provided me with the opportunity to give away 3 DVDs of America America (1963). You could be a lucky winner!  You have the option of entering up to 3 times. The first entry is required and the second and third entries are optional. They just increase your ch read more

When we talk about the art of classic film many of us tend to focus on the work of the director. It's easy to do that. Their names are directly linked with their work in a way that other crew members, beyond the cast, are not. It's easy to ignore the contributions of the cinematographers who do so m read more

The Wrath of God (1972) is a Western filled with fake blood, guns, whiskey and dust. Based on a novel by James Graham, the film stars Robert Mitchum  as Father Van Horne, a gun-toting Catholic priest from the Boston Diocese, or so he says, traveling Central America looking for a bottle of read more

 Premiering tomorrow on TCM as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival is Nichols and May: Take Two, director Phillip Schopper's documentary on the famous comedy duo. It previously aired on PBS back in 1996 but it has been unavailable for many years. This will be the first time TCM is airing it.E read more

There are two common complaints about the TCM Classic Film Festival: 1) it's too expensive and 2) it's too far away. For those who live near L.A. the expense isn't nearly as great as it is for someone who is traveling internationally or from the east coast. I made these same complaints online in 20 read more

Born in jail, Eugene Francois Vidocq (George Sanders) seemed destined for a criminal life. On his birthday a few decades later, he finds himself once again behind bars. There he makes friends with fellow career criminal Emile Vernet (Akim Tamiroff). The Vernet matriarch sends Eugene a special birthd read more

Source: Jamie Schwaberow for The New York Times The New York Times Sunday edition has a wonderful article about Ron Akana, a Hawaiian flight attendant who has been in the business for 63 years. Wow! He was one of the first male flight attendants for United Airlines when he started back in 1949. In t read more

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A Columbus Day visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston cost us nothing but gave us many riches in return. Two exhibits in particular made this classic-film-loving-gal's heart sing. The first exhibit was a collection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh entitled Karsh Goes H read more

 Lily Tomlin Hand and Footprint CeremonyFestivities on the second day of the TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off with a hand and footprint ceremony honoring actress Lily Tomlin. Hosted by TCM and held on the courtyard of the TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre), the event b read more

It’s no secret that I’m completely enamored with mid-20th Century Las Vegas. If I could take a time travel vacation, one of my top choices would be a late 1950s or early 1960s Las Vegas. So it was inevitable that I watch Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) so I could swoon over all the glitz and read more

Promotional Still from The Last Command (1955). The film was shot in TruColor. (Photo Source) Director Frank Lloyd's The Last Command (1955) tells the story of Jim Bowie (Sterling Hayden) and the events leading up to the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Tensions between the Mexican government and read more

My TCMFF Book Haul In this video I discuss the books I acquired during my trip to the TCM Classic Film Festival. Books are the best souvenirs! Books mentioned in the video: Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital 1928-1937 by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira Into read more

Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 by Mark A. Vieira 336 pages - 9780762455232 May 2016 Running Press and TCM Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's “When I walk onto a set, I never have the slightest idea what I’m going to shoot. Then I sit in a chair for a few minu read more

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those stories that has eluded me for years. It was taught at my high school but I had taken certain English classes with certain teachers in a particular arrangement that skirted around having to read To Kill a Mockingbird. I didn't avoid it, it was avoiding me. I had read more

It's a Wonderful LifeThe Official Bailey Family Cookbookby Insight EditionsOctober 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9781683839453128 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — PowellsGeorge Bailey: There she blows. You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are?Uncle Billy: Uh huh. Breakfast is read more

Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes 97807636385534383 – Hardcover 9780307742957 - Paperback 272 pages Doubleday November 2011 Barnes and Noble Powells Indiebound “Her energy, curiosity and generosit read more

"I don't think Paul Newman really thinks he is Paul Newman in his head." William Goldman Harper (1966) Paul Newman needed something to get him out of his funk. He was in the midst of a box office drought and the movie he was currently working on was turning out to be a disaster. The year was 1965 read more

The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Sandomir Hachette Books 304 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9780316355056 June 2017 Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells The Pride of the Yankees (1942) is considered one of the greatest sports films of all time. It se read more

Check out my guest post on the Rupert Pupkin Speaks blog! I share my list of my five favorite underrated dramas and why I love them. read more