Preview of coming attractions...

Preview of coming attractions...

November 02, 2017
blogathon

Seventy years ago today - November 2, 1947 - the second of two half-hour radio programs aired called Hollywood Fights Back .  It was a caval...

Phantom of the Opera - 1943

Phantom of the Opera - 1943

Oktober 26, 2017
Ann Blyth, Claude Rains, Deanna Durbin, Edgar Barrier, Hume Cronyn, Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Lon Chaney, Margaret O'Brien, Nelson Eddy, Phantom of the Opera 1943, Susanna Foster, Wilbur Evans

Phantom of the Opera (1943) is a musical, a Technicolor feast for the eyes. There is a horror story in here, too, but it is cloaked in unde...

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima - 1952

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima - 1952

Oktober 12, 2017
Anne Whitfield, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Kruschen, Mae Clark, Sammy Ogg, Sherry Jackson, Susan Whitney, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, The Song of Bernadette

Tomorrow, Friday, October 13 th , marks the 100 th anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun,” the final apparition in Fátima, Portugal, of th...

A few thoughts on Ken Burns documentaries

A few thoughts on Ken Burns documentaries

Oktober 05, 2017
classic film fans, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Peter Coyote, Robert Ryan, television

The Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick  that was shown on PBS the previous two weeks is a triumph of historical reportage...

Sheet Music from the Movies

Sheet Music from the Movies

September 28, 2017
Ann Blyth, Ann Blyth: Actress Singer Star, Casablanca, Giant, High Noon, I'll Get By, Innocents of Paris, Ivy, Joan Fontaine, June Haver, Madge Evans, Maurice Chevalier, sheet music, The World in His Arms

This week's post on my Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. blog features a contribution from an Ann Blyth fan -- scans of sheet music fro...

Screen Magazine February 1943

Screen Magazine February 1943

September 21, 2017
Helmut Dantine, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, World War II

Olivia de Havilland graces the cover of Screen Guide magazine for February 1943.  Along with the usual star gossip and fan magazine article...

Manpower - 1941

Manpower - 1941

September 07, 2017
Alan Hale Sr, Edward G. Robinson, Egon Brecher, Eve Arden, Frank McHugh, George Raft, Manpower, Marlene Dietrich, Raoul Walsh, Ward Bond

Manpower (1941) is quirky; at times a evoking the iconic working man of the WPA art images, but somehow never glorifying it.   It is a hard-...