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Making the case for Casablanca.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Jan 24, 2010
Anyone who has spent more than a couple of hours in my company is probably aware that my favorite movie of all time is 1942′s Casablanca. I have waxed rhapsodic about this film so many times in the past that when I am asked why I choose this film over all others, I can rattle off a quick list read more
Little women, big entertainment.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Jan 14, 2010
Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1868 novel Little Women has been adapted into film multiple times–by most counts, fourteen in all–and some of these versions are not readily available for today’s audiences (notably, the two silent versions from 1917 and 1918). Of all of them, per read more
A little-known musical classic.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Jan 8, 2010
One of Gene Kelly’s best dances was captured in a 1944 film with which not many people are familiar: the effervescent Cover Girl, co-starring Rita Hayworth in one of her better roles. I first caught this film several years ago on TCM and instantly warmed to it. True, the songs are not the mos read more
Book Review: Movie Menus
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Jan 1, 2010
For Christmas, my friend Erin (the heretofore referenced “number one reader”) decided to indulge both the classic film fan and the latent foodie in me, and thus gifted me with Francine Segan’s book Movie Menus: Recipes for Perfect Meals with Your Favorite Films. The result of years read more
New(er) Classics.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 31, 2009
The end of another year (and, perhaps more notably, another decade) is upon us, and as always at this time of the year, I find myself looking back and evaluating my “progress,” as it were. But as this is a movie blog, I’ll save self-analysis and retrospection for my personal blog, read more
Review: The Bogie and Bacall Signature Collection
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 22, 2009
When considering the greatest love affairs in the history of Hollywood, the smoldering pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall would have to rank near the top of the list. Though Bogart was twenty-six years older than the fledgling starlet Bacall (whom he nicknamed “Baby”), their re read more
Oh Come All Ye Faithful…
True Classics Posted by Carrie on Dec 19, 2009
…and not so faithful. Hi! It’s Carrie the-not-consistent half of the blog team. Better late than never, now that you’ve had time to go through Brandie’s holiday picks, I thought I’d give you mine. First, I have to concur with Brandie on Christmas in Connecticut. read more
Remembering Jennifer Jones
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 17, 2009
Classic film actress Jennifer Jones passed away today at the age of 90. Though Jones only appeared in 27 film projects throughout her career (three of them under her birth name, Phyllis Isley), the actress left a large mark on Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, landing five Oscar nominations and winn read more
Review: Preston Sturges (The Filmmaker Collection)
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 11, 2009
No film director in history had quite as deft a hand in crafting wild, outrageous comedy as Preston Sturges. The director also wrote and produced his own screenplays, in addition to dabbling in acting, songwriting, and playwriting, among other varied interests. A prototypical “Renaissance man, read more
Review: Leading Ladies and Leading Men
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 9, 2009
A couple of years ago, as a Christmas gift from both my blog “partner in crime” and our lovely “number one reader” (you know who you are), I received two of TCM’s compilation coffee table books: Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era, and read more
TCM Spotlight: Frank Capra
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 7, 2009
Tonight, Turner Classic Movies will show a lineup of some of director Frank Capra’s best. SET YOUR DVR. Now that I’ve gotten the warning/mild-threat-of-violence-if-you-don’t-comply out of the way … If you’ve read my introduction page (in the links to the right), you kno read more
Tidings of comfort and joy.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Dec 1, 2009
As Thanksgiving has passed us by, it is officially the holiday season, and that means TCM will be bursting at the seams with Christmas flicks in the upcoming month. The usual suspects (A Christmas Carol … yawn) abound on the schedule, but I want to direct your attention to a couple of particul read more
All about us: The ABCs of classic film.
True Classics Posted by Brandie on Nov 30, 2009
Hello, reader! We are Brandie and Carrie, classic movie buffs and bloggers extraordinaire (if we say so ourselves … and we kinda have to, since we’re both still relatively untested at this). We are also both huge fans of Turner Classic Movies, which is hands down the best cable channel ever crafted read more