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• Eternally Marilyn

  

  photo by Milton Greene Like so many summer days in Los Angeles, this one began as a balmy and sunlit morning. It would grow warmer and sunnier, but the languid... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Art and Life: Autumn Sonata (1978), Ingrid Bergman’s Final Film

  

  One of the most beloved of Hollywood’s Golden Age stars, Ingrid Bergman lit up screens large and small in an acting career that spanned 50 years, included 54... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Lee Remick and the Dawn of the Mini-series

  

  A fresh-faced 21-year-old Lee Remick made her motion picture debut with an eye-popping turn as a baton-twirling high school drum majorette in Elia Kazan’s 1957... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Angela Lansbury Noir: A Life at Stake (1955) and Please Murder Me! (1956)

  

  It was only with her passing last month that I found out Dame Angela Lansbury had made a couple of low budget films noir during her long, storied career. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fun in the Sun: Excitement on the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock's "To...

  

  Romance, adventure and intrigue, plus dashing Cary Grant and delectable Grace Kelly. All of this along with a tour of the French Riviera courtesy of Alfred... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• For the Caftan Woman Blogathon: Champagne for Caesar (1950)

  

  In memory of our friend and world class classic film lover and blogger, Paddy, we gather to celebrate her with this, our Caftan Woman Blogathon: Honoring... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Caftan Woman Blogathon

  

  Tomorrow we gather to celebrate our friend and fellow classic film (and more) blogger, Patricia Nolan-Hall aka/Paddy, Paddy Lee - and Caftan Woman, the name of... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Caftan Woman Blogathon - Honoring Patricia Nolan-hall

  

  Patricia Nolan-Hall The Caftan Woman Blogathon – Honoring Patricia Nolan-Hallwill be hosted by Jacqueline at Another Old Movie Blog and Patty at Lady Eve’s... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Variations on a Genre: “Vehicular Noir” and “Noir on the Sea and in the Forest”...

  

  In this post, veteran noir programmer Don Malcolm considers the sub-genre implications of rare films noir - from the US, Croatia and Germany - set to screen whe... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Holiday Movie Memories: 3 Favorites from the Vault

  

  As time goes by I find myself in a reflective mood on Christmas Eve, often savoring memories of holidays gone by, some long, long ago, others from just a few... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What a Character! The Everlasting Imprint of Conrad Veidt

  

  Conrad Veidt packed nearly 120 film roles into his all too brief lifetime, but it was the last film released before his death that guaranteed him a special bran... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• FRENCH NOIRVEMBER RETURNS: The French Had a Name for It 2021

  

  On October 24, a rare and ferocious union of “atmospheric river” and “bomb cyclone” generated a savage storm that pummeled Northern California, dumping more tha... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• To Be Or Not to Be (1942), a Daring Mixed-Genre Satire from Ernst Lubitsch

  

  This Hollywood-savvy item appeared in the December 1932 issue of Vanity Fair, “…although a German director [he] is now claimed by America. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Belmondo Before "Breathless" and the Comeback of Jean Gabin

  

  Tributes to Belmondo and Gabin Kick Off a 17-Film Noir SeriesOne Sunday near the end of February 2020 I spent a sunny afternoon in the dark at the Roxie... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A New Edition of the Seminal Noir Classic, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir

  

  Eddie Muller's Original Noir Bible in an Updated and Expanded Edition Eddie MullerBefore he was film noir's czar and long before he was a TCM host, Eddie... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Old Hollywood Haunts: The Hollywood Canteen, 1942 - 1945

  

  Clockwise from top: Bette Davis and John Garfield; Rita Hayworth; Hedy Lamarr and Bob Hope; GIs at the Canteen A Very Special "Old Hollywood Haunt"In her 1987... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Summer's Here and the Time is Right for ... SUMMER MOVIES

  Just in time for summer, TCM and Running Press offer John Malahy's delectably readable Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Know Where I'm Going! a Black & White Jewel from Powell & Pressburger

  

  Rich, vivid Technicolor is one of the hallmarks of the most well known and celebrated of the gorgeous, masterful films from the production team of Michael Powel... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• For National Classic Movie Day: 6 Films - 6 Decades

  

  May 16 is here and once more it's National Classic Movie Day. Hooray! Happily, Rick over at the Classic Film TV Cafe is hosting his annual blogathon in honor... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Old Hollywood Haunts: Charlie Farrell's Racquet Club in Palm Springs

  

  Charlie Farrell, top center; Ava Gardner, bottom left; on the right, Marilyn Monroe and Spencer TracyMany years ago, Charlie Farrell was a movie star. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES