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Fireball (1950) is pure novelty! From the campy plot, to Marilyn Monroe's supporting role, to Mickey Rooney on roller skates. It's a film I've been waiting years to see, ever since I had plotted to watch every Marilyn Monroe film known to man. And I've seen a lot. The good, the bad and the downright read more

"Obits have next to nothing to do with the death and absolutely everything to do with the life." - Margalit Fox   Classic film enthusiasts are well-acquainted with obituaries. The deaths of our beloved stars are a common occurrence. When someone dies we take the time to reflect on their life. read more

I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies by Jeanine Basinger 9780307269164 Hardcover Alfred A. Knopf (Random House) On Sale: January 29, 2013 Find the book on: Powells Indiebound Barnes and Noble Amazon “... the traditional role for both the marriage movie and the divorce movi 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

Son of Harpo Speaks! by Bill Marx February 2007 Applause Books – Hal Leonard Paperback $19.99 315 pages My dad’s wonderful impact on people’s lives had given me an entree into a world I’m sure I would have otherwise never known.- Bill Marx Whenever I think of classic fil read more

The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935 by James Layton and David Pierce 448 pages - 9780935398281 February 2015 George Eastman House Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells Technicolor wasn't just a technology. It was a vision, a company, an aesthetic and a movement. Film scholars James Layton and David Pi read more

The lovely Carley of The Kitty Packard Pictorial has a series called The Kitty Corner in which she interviews classic film bloggers. She asked me to participate and I was absolutely thrilled to do so. It was such a fun interview and Carley was a gracious interviewer. Check out the interview here. 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

Celebrities in my town - I helped break a local news story that a scene from the HBO movie Clear History (2014) was being filmed in my town. Not only that the location was a block away from where I live. The film will star Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Jon Hamm (OMG), Kate Hudson and more. It's being read more

Coolidge Corner Theatre sign lit up at night is a beauty to behold. Lonesome (1928) on the Coolidge Corner Theatre marquee. Last night was simply magical. I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Pál Fejös’ Lonesome (1928) on the big screen. This event took place at the Coolidge Corner Thea read more

Arrowsmith (1931) With the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus dominating the news this Pre-Code film is timelier than ever. Independently produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by John Ford, Arrowsmith (1931) stars Ronald Colman as Dr. Martin Arrowsmith, a young doctor whose talents in the field read more

Was there anything more glamorous than a movie star flying during the golden era of aviation? I remember when I was a little girl and my parents and I dressed up to fly. It was a big deal. I even remember having a TWA bag (too bad we didn't keep it!). Today air travel is a lot more casual but we can read more

The seventh set in the popular Forbidden Hollywood Collection is a true gem. All four films, on 4 MOD-DVD discs, are rife with all the sins that make Pre-Codes so enjoyable to watch. I started to do something recently that I have been wanting to do for a very long time: watch Pre-Codes every morn read more

“He was a big shot once.” The 1930s saw Humphrey Bogart in countless crime dramas playing every different variation on the gangster character. It wasn’t until the early 1940s, thanks to some poor decisions made by fellow actor George Raft, that Bogart’s career would do an ab read more

Hollywood Forever Cemetery On the last day of my California trip in March, Laura of Laura's Miscellaneous Musings generously offered to  take Carlos and I to two Hollywood cemeteries: Hollywood Forever and Westwood Village Memorial Park. It's been a dream of mine to pay my respects to those fr read more

Spencer Tracy, Polo "There's something about horses which, once you really become interested in them, just naturally makes you think this is a pretty good world." - Spencer Tracy Director John Cromwell encouraged Spencer Tracy to take up polo and Tracy trained with Reginald Leslie "Snowy Baker read more

The Graduate signage at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival Another day in La La Land kicks off with the third day of the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival. Still weary from the midnight screening of Zardoz (1977), I managed to get up early for the 9 AM screening of The China Syndrome (1979). read more

Here is part two of my collection of classic film treasures. If you missed part one, make sure you take a look before you move on! Books Books books books. I love books. I especially love my collection of classic film books of which I have many. Every year I run a summer reading challenge to 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

Dolce Vita Confidential Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome by Shawn Levy W.W. Norton & Company 9780393247589 - 480 pages September 2016 Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells "Rome had always had a way of making even the most egregious aspects of its pa read more