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Hooray for Hooray for Hollywood. Also, Boo.12 comments

Greg Ferrara wrote 2 months ago: Hollywood has long been in love with itself.  It has also loathed itself in equal share.  It’s … more →

Tags: Classic Films, Busby Berkeley, Dick Powell, Hollywood Hotel, Hooray for Hollywood, Hugh Herbert, lola lane, racism in movies, Rosemary Lane

For the Love of Film Noir :: T 'n T = Romantic Dynamite! (August, 1942)

WB Kelso wrote 2 months ago:         This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of F … more →

Tags: 1940-1949, movie ads, lana turner, Crime, Melodrama, gangsters and molls, film noir, Edward Arnold, robert taylor

Little Caesar

Mystery Man wrote 2 months ago: PLOT (spoiler alert!!!): Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello (Edward G. R … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, Classics, Drama, Gangster, Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, George E. Stone, Thomas E. Jackson

Classic Movie Night Recommendation

epclassicmovienight wrote 3 months ago: I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) Friday, February 1st 10:15PM (ET) Sergeant James Allen (Pau … more →

Tags: classic movie night, I am a Prisoner from a Cain Gang, paul muni, helen vinson, warner brothers, Mervin LaRoy, Robert Elliot Burns

Carrying a Torch for Torchy! (January, 1937)

WB Kelso wrote 5 months ago:       Glenda Farrell is awesome. That is all. Smart Blonde (1937) Warner Bros. Pictur … more →

Tags: movie ads, 1930-1939, Mystery, hal wallis, Comedy, Crime, Romance, screwball comedy, Jane Wyman

Secret Bride1 comment

RBuccicone wrote 5 months ago: Dullsville The Secret Bride (1934) Barbara Stanwyck is a good example of an actor who is remembered  … more →

Tags: Drama, Mystery, Crime, dullsville, barbara stanwyck, William Dieterle, Arthur Byron, Douglas Dumbrille, warren william

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Angela wrote 6 months ago: In 1921, Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill) is an exceptionally gifted wax sculptor living in London.  He run … more →

Tags: Pre-Codes, 1930s, Horror, Mystery, NaBloPoMo 2012, Michael Curtiz, Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill

When You First Knew Them by Name14 comments

Greg Ferrara wrote 6 months ago: As a small boy, years ago, three decades removed from the impending 21st century, I began to nurture … more →

Tags: Classic Films, Conrad Hall, Michael Curtiz, Charles Brackett

Merry Wives of Reno (1934)3 comments

Angela wrote 6 months ago: Frank and Madge Hammond (Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay, respectively) have been married for one … more →

Tags: Pre-Codes, 1930s, COMEDIES, NaBloPoMo 2012, Guy Kibbee, Margaret Lindsay, donald woods, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly

The Keyhole (1933)2 comments

Lindsey wrote 7 months ago: (Image via Wikimedia Commons) Anne Brooks (Kay Francis) is unintentionally polyandrous. She’s … more →

Tags: "New to me" reviews, 1930s, Comedy, Drama, george brent, Review, classic film, film, Melodrama

Da'King Lives! :: The Whole Mountain Junction is a Jumpin', Feudin', Lovin' and Smoochin'! (April, 1964)

WB Kelso wrote 9 months ago:             A genuine Sam Katzman Burger of Turd, but, eh, I love it a … more →

Tags: 1960-1969, movie ads, Comedy, Sam Katzman, Musical, Elvis Presley, yvonne craig, Romance, arthur o'connell

KAY FRANCIS, M.D.6 comments

Gene Zonarich wrote 9 months ago: Kay Francis is a rare (for the time) female M.D. who uses her wits and her gender to save a child fr … more →

Tags: film history, Kay Francis, TCM, warner brothers, Production code, lloyd bacon, Paramount, pre-Code, Lyle Talbot

Forever Upstate: Award-winning Actress Glenda Farrell

"Big Chuck" wrote 10 months ago: Glenda Farrell (with her husband) is buried at West Point Military Academy (Section 7, Row D, Grave … more →

Tags: New York State tourism, Upstate New York, Hudson Valley, West Point, Hollywood, Emmy award, Edward G. Robinson, paul muni, Dead Celebrities

Breakfast for Two1 comment

RBuccicone wrote 11 months ago: Gasser Breakfast for Two (1937)      The romantic concept underlying Breakfast for Two is a novel on … more →

Tags: Comedy, Romance, barbara stanwyck, gasser, Herbert Marshall, Eric Blore, Donald Meek, Alfred Santell

Breakfast for Two (1937)

Lindsey wrote 1 year ago: Valentine Ransome puts ‘em up (via painfullyhip.com) Drunken playboys, bankruptcy, one ditsy a … more →

Tags: "New to me" reviews, barbara stanwyck, Classic Film Review, breakfast for two, breakfast for two 1937, black and white comedy, Barbara Stanwyck comedy, Herbert Marshall, Eric Blore

I Love Trouble (Jan. 10, 1948)

Adam Lounsbery wrote 1 year ago: Are there any fans of the old ABC TV series 77 Sunset Strip (1958-1964) out there? If you have fond … more →

Tags: 1948, January 1948, Mystery, S. Sylvan Simon, Columbia Pictures, Janis Carter, Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Adele Jergens

Warner Archive New Releases - March 6, 2012

thesquonk wrote 1 year ago: This week’s new releases from Warner Archive features several film’s staring football pl … more →

Tags: Movies, 60's Movies, 50's Movies, 70s movies, '40s Movies, 30s movies, Warner Archive, Joan Blondell, Jim Brown

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)3 comments

Angela wrote 1 year ago: Like many men returning from World War I, James Allen (Paul Muni) finds himself a changed man. He ha … more →

Tags: Pre-Codes, Dramas, 1930s, NaBloPoMo 2011, paul muni, mervyn leroy

Girl Missing (1933)

Angela wrote 1 year ago: Kay (Glenda Farrell) and June (Mary Brian) are a couple of shameless, gold digging chorus girls.  Th … more →

Tags: Pre-Codes, 1930s, COMEDIES, Mystery, NaBloPoMo 2011, Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot, ben lyon, MARY BRIAN


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