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• What’s on TCM: January 2014

  

  Happy new year! I hope you all had a very happy holiday season. I had a lot of fun revisiting all my favorite holiday movies in December, but now it’s time to... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dead Ringer (1964)

  

  In their youth, twin sisters Edith and Margaret (Bette Davis in a dual role) were both in love with Frank DeLorca. Even though Frank had been pursing Edith... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939

  

  1939 is widely regarded as being Hollywood’s greatest year. It was the year that gave us Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz and those two movies alone woul... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Sign of the Cross (1932)

  

  As Nero (Charles Laughton) watches Rome burn, he blames Christians for starting the whole thing rather than admit he started it. Nero’s accusation places all... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What’s on TCM: December 2013

  

  2013 is drawing to a close and TCM is ending the year in style! If you like musicals, this is your kind of month. First of all, Fred Astaire is December’s Star... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Blonde Crazy (1931)

  

  When Anne Roberts (Joan Blondell) tries to get a job as a hotel housekeeper, bellhop Bert Harris (James Cagney) takes one look at her and knows he wants her to... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Match King (1932)

  

  Paul Kroll (Warren William) left his home in Sweden to make a name for himself in America. When he settles in Chicago, he gets a job sweeping the sidewalks... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Wet Parade (1932)

  

  File this one under “misleading posters.” It really isn’t much of a romance.In 1916, the Chilcote family is known for their wealth. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Dinner With Zuzu

  

  For me, no holiday season is complete without a trip (or two) to Detroit’s Redford Theatre. Going there to see Christmas classics like White Christmas and... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

  

  Barbara O’Neill (Barbara Stanwyck) is one of the best dancers in the dime dance joint she works in. But lately, her personal life has been distracting her at... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Anna Christie (1930)

  

  When shew was five years old, Anna Christie (Greta Garbo) was sent to live with family on a farm in Minnesota. Fifteen years pass and her father Chris (George F... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Parachute Jumper (1933)

  

  After leaving the Marines, Bill Keller (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and Toodles Cooper (Frank McHugh) head to New York, thinking they have jobs as commercial... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Smarty (1934)

  

  Vicki Wallace (Joan Blondell) gets a real kick out of antagonizing her husband Tony (Warren William). She does it all in good fun, but one night, she pushes Ton... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

  

  Jerry Corbett (Fredric March) is a journalist, aspiring playwright, and known around Chicago for his love of alcohol. Heiress Joan Prentice (Sylvia Sidney)... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Front Page (1931)

  

  Just before Earl Williams (George E. Stone) is to be executed, the big question on many newspaper reporters minds is where isn’t about the execution, but where... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Evelyn Prentice (1934)

  

  Evelyn Prentice (Myrna Loy) adores her husband John (William Powell), but John is an attorney and often has to work long hours and travel for work. Lately,... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel

  

  Fans of pre-code cinema are no strangers to the name Ann Dvorak. Her electrifying performances in movies like Scarface and Three on a Match helped give those... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Monte Carlo (1930)

  

  Just as she’s about to marry Duke Otto von Liebenheim (Claude Allister), Countess Helene Mara (Jeanette MacDonald) leaves him standing at the altar and hops on... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sinners’ Holiday (1930)

  

  Running a penny arcade is a family affair for Ma Delano (Lucille LaVerne) and her grown children Jennie (Evalyn Knapp), Joe (Ray Gallagher), and Harry (James... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Midnight Mary (1933)

  

  Life hasn’t been easy for Mary Martin (Loretta Young). Her mother died when she was very young and as a teenager, she was sent to reform school for a crime she... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES