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Ek Saal (1957)

Did the producer and director Devendra Goel specialise in film names that incorporated numbers? Have a look at this (admittedly select) filmography: Ek Saal, Ek Phool Do Maali, Ek Mahal ho Sapnon ka,… more →

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Sisterhood at the Oscars, 1942

jennymcphee wrote 2 months ago: Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland wish each other luck at the 1942 Academy Awards The story behi … more →

Tags: Oscars, Olivia De Havilland, Joan Fontaine, academy awards, Gone with the Wind, Suspicion

My weekend movie: I was a male war bride (1949) — 3 comments

Ella V wrote 3 months ago: I was a male war bride (Ero uno sposo di guerra) – USA 1949 Directed by: Howard Hawks. Starring: Car … more →

Tags: Blogging, Cinema, film, Movies, cary grant, Howard Hawks, Some Like It Hot, Ed Wood, Tootsie

My weekend movie: Hold Back the Dawn — 3 comments

Ella V wrote 4 months ago: Hold back the down (La Porta d’Oro) – USA 1941 Directed by: Mitchell Leisen. Starring: Charles … more →

Tags: Blogging, Cinema, film, Movies, Casablanca, Billy Wilder, Paulette Goddard, Sunset Blvd., Charles Boyer

Discovering the Films of Olivia de Havilland — 8 comments

Natalie wrote 8 months ago: This is the first in my proposed series of “Discovery” posts, in which I will endeavor to describe h … more →

Tags: discovery 2, Movies, to each his own, Olivia De Havilland, Gone with the Wind, classic film, hush hush sweet charlotte, The Heiress, The Snake Pit

Am Writing

jasondmepham wrote 1 year ago: Good morning world. I was kept awake most of the night by the wind and rain and guess what? Yup, the … more →

Classic Movie Countdown: Best Picture #’s 34 and 33

Josh Kaye wrote 1 year ago: 34. Oliver! (1968) Other Nominated Films: Funny Girl, The Lion in Winter, Rachel Rachel, Romeo and J … more →

Tags: Best Picture Countdown, Best Picture, josh kaye, Romeo and Juliet, Funny Girl, The Lion in Winter, Rachel Rachel, Oliver, Oliver Twist

Ek Saal (1957) — 67 comments

dustedoff wrote 2 years ago: Did the producer and director Devendra Goel specialise in film names that incorporated numbers? Have … more →

Tags: Bollywood, Ashok Kumar, brain tumour, Devendra Goel, Ek Saal, Film Review, I. S. Johar, johnny walker, Madhubala

Hold Back the Dawn (1941) — 15 comments

dustedoff wrote 3 years ago: A few preliminaries before I launch into a synopsis of this little-known but lovely little film. Thi … more →

Tags: Hollywood, Charles Boyer, Film Review, Olivia De Havilland, Walter Abel, Paulette Goddard, immigrant, Mitchell Leisen, Rosemary DeCamp

Obscure Oscar Nominees Part 2 — 3 comments

obscureclassics wrote 4 years ago: It’s Oscar night tonight (I may be live-blogging over at thoughtfulthinkingthoughts.wordpress. … more →

Tags: essays, CrossFire, academy awards, The Snakepit, watch on the rhine, The Talk of The Town, Our Town

From Boom to Bust — 16 comments

dcairns wrote 4 years ago: Like probably a lot of people, the first thing I knew about Mitchell Leisen was that Billy Wilder wa … more →

Tags: film, Politics, barbara stanwyck, Murder at the Vanities, Swing High Swing Low, Ray Milland, Easy Living, David Chierichetti, Raoul Walsh

Swing High! — 6 comments

dcairns wrote 5 years ago: Above is a very rare clip featuring director Mitchell Leisen (and star W.C. Fields). The only other … more →

Tags: film, Spielberg, Preston Sturges, Mitchell Leisen, barbara stanwyck, fred macmurray, demille, wilder, Hands Across the Table


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