The 1920s - Then and Now series #1 - Intro

The 1920s - Then and Now series #1 - Intro

Februari 01, 2018
Busby Berkeley, Carol Channing, Joan Crawford, Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Our Dancing Daughters, Our Modern Maidens, The Boy Friend, The Racket, Thoroughly Modern Millie

The 1920s were silent – but only as far as the movies. It was actually a loud and raucous decade, but one that, despite our image of quaint ...

The Post (2017), All the President's Men (1976), and All the King's Men (1949)

The Post (2017), All the President's Men (1976), and All the King's Men (1949)

Januari 25, 2018
All the King's Men, All the President's Men, Broderick Crawford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards Jr., John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Meryl Streep, Raymond Greenleaf, Robert Redford, The Post, Tom Hanks

One cannot watch the movie The Post (2017), out in theaters now, without immediately recalling All the President’s Men (1976), at least fo...

Extras - A Life in the Background

Extras - A Life in the Background

Januari 18, 2018
Ann Dvorak, Bess Flowers, Beverly Washburn, extras, Gilbert Roland, Joan Crawford, Joel McCrea, John Wayne, Ramon Novarro

Extras line up for a job in Meet John Doe (1941) Spotting familiar “extras” is fascinating to classic film buffs, and is something we can’t...

Beverly Washburn's Reel Tears

Beverly Washburn's Reel Tears

Januari 11, 2018
Beverly Washburn, book review, Here Comes the Groom, Jack Benny, Old Yeller, Shane, television, The New Loretta Young Show

Beverly Washburn’s memoir, Reel Tears - The Beverly Washburn Story chronicles the career and private life of an actress remembered primarily...

Mary Astor - 1930 portrait

Mary Astor - 1930 portrait

Januari 04, 2018
Howard Hawks, Kenneth Hawks, Mary Astor

This is Mary Astor in a portrait from Stars of the Photoplay , a book of photos of Hollywood stars published by Photoplay Magazine in 1930. ...

Joy Cometh in the Morning

Joy Cometh in the Morning

Desember 21, 2017
It's a Wonderful Life, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, The Best Years of Our Lives

I think that classic film fans are idealistic.  We may differ in our lives in many ways, but we share that basic element of idealism that is...

Mankind Was My Business - A Christmas Carol (1951) and Scrooge (1935)

Mankind Was My Business - A Christmas Carol (1951) and Scrooge (1935)

Desember 14, 2017
A Christmas Carol, Alastair Sim, Jack Cassidy, Jim Backus, Paul Frees, Royal Dano, Scrooge, Seymour Hicks

John Krakowski, Chicopee, Mass., 1911, photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, Library of Congress A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a novella wri...