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• Lights, Camera, Music!

  

  SF SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES 2014/2015 FILM SERIES Last year the San Francisco Symphony launched its first film series, film nights at Davies Symphony Hall where the... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• "Platinum Blonde and Beyond" Revisited for MGM's 90th Birthday

  

  From June 26 - 28, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the founding of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Silver Scenes is hosting the MGM Blogathon. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fabulous Films of the '50s: the Pajama Game (1957)

  

  The Classic Movie Blog Association is hosting a Fabulous Films of the '50s blogathon from May 22 - 26. This is my entry for the event - click here for links to... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tyrone Power and Loretta Young: The Romantic Comedies of 1937

  

  Once upon a time there was a feudal kingdom known as 20th Century Fox and in it lived a handsome prince and a beautiful princess… A too-fanciful opening? Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• POWER-MAD, the Tyrone Power Centenary Blogathon

  

  He rose to movie stardom at the ripe young age of 22 and remained an international star for another 22 years, until his sudden death in 1958. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Tyrone Power Centennial

  

  This month brings the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary actor Tyrone Power, “The King of 20th Century Fox." As part of a nationwide centennial... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hollywood Days and Nights

  

  A FIRST-TIMER'S NOTES ON THE 2014 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL Mid-day Thursday, April 10, as I waited for my repeatedly delayed flight to depart SFO for Burbank, ... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Roman à Clef, Part I: All About Eve...and Margo

  

  In black-and-white, from left: Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis and Elisabeth Bergner; front and center: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and Anne Baxter in a color stil... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Celebrating Tyrone Power’s 100th Birthday

  

  A One Day Blogathon on May 5 Monday, May 5th is the 100th anniversary of Hollywood mega-star Tyrone Power’s birth, and Patti of They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• April in Hollywood

  

  GETTING READY FOR THE 2014 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL The full schedule of screenings and events set for TCM’s 5thannual classic film festival had just posted... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Classic Hollywood Films, Classic Foreign Posters

  

  Notorious (1946) - French movie posterI love the posters of France, Italy, Spain, Germany and other countries of Western and Eastern Europe that were created fo... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Beginning This Spring - Classic Film Nights in California’s Wine Country

  

  The historic Napa Valley Opera House on Main Street in Napa, California, first opened its doors in 1880 with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Coming Soon: Roman à Clef

  

  According to J.E. Luebering of the Encyclopædia Britannica, a roman à clef ("novel with a key") is a work of fiction that has "the extraliterary interest of... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Reel San Francisco Stories

  

  Christopher Pollock's annotated filmography of the San Francisco Bay AreaWhile visiting Northern California, evangelist Billy Graham once commented, "The Bay... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Welcome Back, Christian!

  

  A week or so ago Silver Screen Modiste, the website of my dear blogger friend Christian Esquevin, was hi-jacked. When he discovered that he was no longer in... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Now Playing in San Francisco: Noir City XII

  

  San Francisco's annual Noir City film noir festival is in progress now at the city's iconic movie palace, the Castro Theatre.This year the festival theme is... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Touch of Lubitsch - Tuesday on TCM

  

  Beginning at 6:15 am Eastern/3:15 am Pacific on Tuesday, January 28, Turner Classic Movies will treat its viewers to thirteen hours of "The Lubitsch Touch"... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A New Year's Moment

  

  As 2013 departs, 2014 arrives with flair - courtesy of elegant and stylish Mr. Fred Astaire... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Happy Birthday, Marlene Dietrich!

  

  Marlene Dietrich, photograph by Edward SteichenMarie Magdalene Dietrich was born 112 years ago today in Schöneberg, Germany. She died well into her 90th year, i... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• As the Year Ends, and We Remember Many Who Are Now Gone, One Man Celebrates 100...

  

  Marc Platt (shown here in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, wearing a purple shirt) turned 100 on December 2He was born Marcel LePlat in Pasadena, California on... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES