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Last Saturday, on January 31st, we celebrated Jean Simmons’ 86th birthday. Unfortunately, I was busy  with The Dueling Divas Blogathon, so I didn’t have time to write a tribute to her like I always do when it’s the birthday of a star I like very much. But instead of waiting next y read more

I’m happy to participate, today, to the 4th annual Dueling Divas Blogathon hosted by Lara Gabrielle Fowler from Backlots. As a topic, I chose the film Bonnie & Clyde directed by Arthur Penn in 1967. This is simply one of my very favourite movies or, more precisely, my favourite movie of t read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema is proud to participate to The First Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon organized by Silent-Ology! The event will take place on Fabruary 8 & 9 2015. Each participant have to choose a topic related to the wonderful Buster Keaton. It can be a film, a moment in his carrer read more

Today, on January 27, we celebrate the 94rd anniversary of the late Donna Reed. Even if I have seen only 3 of her films (It’s a Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity and Eyes in the Night), Donna Reed is one of my very favourite actresses. Well, for those who have seen my top 10, she is exact read more

Yesterday, I had the chance to see The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925) on big screen at The Cinémathèque Québécoise which is a film conservatory based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where I live. I have seen The Gold Rush many times before, but seeing it on big screen was a completely new a wonderfu read more

I have almost finished my William Holden’s films marathon (only 5 more to watch) so next week (probably in the middle of the week), I’ll start a third marathon! I choose Dolores Hart, because I haven’t seen any of her movies, but I’ve heard a lot about her and she seems to b read more

I have the honour to tell you that, tomorrow, on January 23th 2015,  I will go see The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925) on big screen. I will see it at La Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal where I live. It’s a movie I love and I have watched it so many times. Can’t wait to see it read more

As I said yesterday, The Wonderful World of Cinema will participate to the 31 of Days Oscar Blogathon 2015 hosted by Kellee (@IrishJayHawk66) of Outspoken and Freckled, Paula (@Paula_Guthat) of Paula’s Cinema Club and Aurora (@CitizenScreen) of Once Upon a Screen. The blogathon will take place read more

After this very nice Olivia de Havilland’s marathon, I have already started a new one: A William Holden’s films marathon. I introduced it with the I Love Lucy’s episode “Hollywood at last” where William Holden plays his own role. Also, the movies that I have already se read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema is proud to participate to 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon 2015 hosted by Kellee (@IrishJayHawk66) of Outspoken and Freckled, Paula (@Paula_Guthat) of Paula’s Cinema Club and Aurora (@CitizenScreen) of Once Upon a Screen. The blogathon will take place next month in read more

Very recently, I finished a little Olivia de Havilland’s film marathon. Olivia de Havilland is my 12th favourite actress. The first objective of this marathon was to see more of her films, because I liked her very much in the only two movies with her I had seen before the marathon, but I felt read more

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,000 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 17 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see t read more

I have the reputation to be a big Hitchcock’s fan. Not the biggest, but maybe one of the biggest. Anyway, this is not a contest. In fact, I’m telling you this because, today, I’m going to explain to you why I love Hitchcock’s films that much. Let me tell you right now that t read more

It’s time for me to let you know who are my 10 favourite actresses of all time. 1- Audrey Hepburn 2- Grace Kelly 3- Ingrid Bergman 4- Joan Fontaine 5- Katharine Hepburn 6- Jean Simmons 7- Vivien Leigh 8- Donna Reed 9- Teresa Wright 10- Margaret Lockwood read more

Spellbound is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. The first time I watched Spellbound, I realized it was a great movie; the second time, I realized it was a very great movie and the third time (yesterday), I realized it was just a masterpiece. So, I had to tell you why I think this movie read more

If I would have the chance to star in an Hitchcock’s film, I would certainly have loved to star in The Lady Vanishes. The Lady Vanishes was, as I said, directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock in 1938. It was produced by Gainsborough Pictures. Along with The 39 Steps, it is considered one of hi read more

As it is directed by one of my very favourite movie director, William Wyler, I really had to see this movie. Mrs Miniver was directed in 1942 and many great actors starred in it: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers and many more. This excellent drama won some read more

November 12: Today, it’s Grace Kelly’s birthday. She one of my very favourite actresses (number 2, more precisely) so I’ll take the occasion to explain how much I appreciate this actress. Grace Kelly is maybe the actress that I know the more things about. About her cinema’s read more

I think that the best way to end this Sunday would be to write  a tribute to my 7th favourite actor, the one and only Burt Lancaster. I really love this classic actor and today, November 2, it’s his birthday. After working in a circus, Burt was already 32 when he started a brilliant film care read more

Today, I’m happy to write this text to celebrate my 9th favourite actress, the marvellous Teresa Wright. Even if I had seen only two of her movies, I just fount her incredible, especially in Hitchcock’s Shadow of A Doubt (1943). For what I’ve seen of this actress, acting look so s read more