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- Scope Samples #1on March 17, 2025
Wide Worlds: The Spirit of St. Louis and 55 Days at Peking“Wide Worlds” […]
- The Art of Selling Movies #2on March 10, 2025
Art of ... Carefree, Organ Hours, and Giveaway PerfumeAds again instruct. […]
- Watch List for 3/3/2025on March 3, 2025
Overlook Veronica if You Will, But Know She is Great in ThisWatched: So […]
- 'Twas Stanislavski Started Troubleon February 24, 2025
Where Straight and Forward Go the ActingAre contemporary actors but tics and […]
- Precode Picks #6on February 17, 2025
Precode: Night Nurse, Heated Up Ads, and DownstairsNIGHT NURSE (1931) --- […]
- Back Before the Digital Worldon March 18, 2025
"Actor-director Robert Montgomery inspects models of the sets to be used in […]
- Well, Maybe Not as Cool in B&Won March 13, 2025
Bob and Carole hamming it up while making Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941). […]
- Bob in Color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!on March 11, 2025
One gorgeous color slide of Bob ... great, except for the shadow blocking out […]
- Messrs Tully and Nolan Meant Businesson March 6, 2025
THEY MEAN BUSINESS......Tom Tully (left) and Lloyd Nolan, both detectives, […]
- He Just Looked So Good in a Tuxon March 4, 2025
The Divorcee (1930) is available to stream on TCM until March 31st. Not a […]
- The Crime Doctor Solves the Millerson Caseon March 10, 2025
One of the more offbeat "B" detective series of the 1940s was the Crime Doctor. […]
- The "How to Destroy a Monster According to the Movies" Quizon February 24, 2025
In this new quiz, we describe how a "monster" was killed in a specific movie […]
- Randolph Scott Rides Aloneon February 10, 2025
Randolph Scott as Buchanan. The Ranown Cycle consists of six Westerns made […]
- Revisiting The Red Shoeson January 27, 2025
Moira Shearer as Vicky Page.Black Narcissus is my favorite Michael […]
- Corbucci's The Great Silenceon January 13, 2025
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence.The most acclaimed Spaghetti Western […]
Classic Movie Blog Association
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Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings
- CMBA Profile: Nuclear Theateron March 2, 2025
The CMBA is excited to feature our newest member, James Oliphant of Nuclear […]
- Remembering Donna Hill: A good friend, kind soul and classic film championon January 20, 2025
The classic film community lost a dear friend with the passing of Donna Hill at […]
- CMBA presents: A Haunting Blogathon: In the Afterlifeon November 11, 2024
Welcome to this Fall's CMBA Blogathon with the captivating theme of the […]
- CMBA Profile: Watching Foreveron November 3, 2024
Each month, the CMBA profiles a classic movie blog written by one of our […]
- CMBA Profile: Silver Screen Classics and Nostalgiaon October 1, 2024
Each month, the CMBA profiles a classic movie blog written by one of our […]
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- Happy St. Patrick's Day!on March 17, 2025
Happy St. Patrick's Day!Here's actress Peggy Knudsen in a studio publicity shot […]
- Tonight's Movie: The Scarlet Hour (1956) - A Kino Lorber Blu-ray Reviewon March 17, 2025
THE SCARLET HOUR (1956) has had its long-awaited U.S. release for home viewing […]
- Latest TCM Classic Film Festival Announcementson March 16, 2025
TCM has made several interesting announcements in recent days regarding the […]
- Around the Blogosphere This Weekon March 16, 2025
Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet......In […]
- Tonight's Movies: Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Cartoon Collection - A Warner Archive Blu-ray Reviewon March 10, 2025
The Warner Archive Collection has released some wonderful cartoon sets on […]
Arliss Archives
Pre-code.com
Riding The High Country
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- BIG ANNOUNCEMENT plus Pre-Codes on TCM in March 2025on February 28, 2025
Long time readers will fondly recall the entirety of 2024 where I kept hinting […]
- Young Man of Manhattan (1930) Review, with Claudette Colbert and Norman Fosteron February 21, 2025
Claudette Colbert and Norman Foster star as a free wheeling pair of married […]
- Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel in February, 2025on January 30, 2025
Turner Classic Movies is a television channel that shows classic film. This are […]
- The Lady of Scandal (1930) Review, with Ruth Chattertonon January 17, 2025
Ruth Chatterton is set to stay with a family of square uppercrust Brits. Will […]
- Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930) Review, with Helen Kane, James Hall and Stuart Erwinon January 10, 2025
It's everyone's favorite BOOP-A-DOOP girl in... a movie. Yeah. That's all […]
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Silver Scenes
Silver Screen Classics
Classic Movie Hub
- Film Albums: The Victors and Other Themes by the Frank Chacksfield Orchestraon March 16, 2025
Frank Chacksfield has long been one of my favorite conductors. His name on an […]
- The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Gameon March 13, 2025
We have a real easy screenshot to share for this month's Impossibly Difficult […]
- From the Archives: Rome Adventure (1962)on March 9, 2025
In this original publicity photo for Rome Adventure (1962), Rossano Brazzi and […]
- Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)on March 1, 2025
"Gidget Goes to Rome....and it was never like home!"After riding the waves in […]
- Mary, Mary (1963)on February 23, 2025
Mary, Mary is one of those titles that I have heard about for years but never […]
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- Silver Screen Standards: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)on March 13, 2025
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) On my most recent visit to London, I went to […]
- Monsters and Matinees: The Evil Queen was a Beast Hidden within a Beautyon March 8, 2025
The Evil Queen was a Beast Hidden within a Beauty Her lips are as red as a […]
- Classic Movie Travels: Frank Morganon March 6, 2025
Classic Movie Travels: Frank Morgan Francis Phillip Wuppermann was born on June […]
- Western RoundUp: Final Resting Places, More Western Filmmakers 3on February 27, 2025
More Western Filmmakers Final Resting Places This month it’s time for another […]
- Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At: True Heart Susie (1919)on February 25, 2025
A Closer Look At: True Heart Susie (1919) Some of the best films of the silent […]
Virtual Virago
A Trip Down Memory Lane
4 Star Films
- Classic Films in Focus: SHOCKPROOF (1949)on March 17, 2025
Having already seen and enjoyed both Lured (1947) and Thunder on the Hill […]
- Classic Films in Focus: ROPE (1948)on January 29, 2025
Rope (1948), Alfred Hitchcock's first color picture, is a twisting, carefully […]
- Book Review: THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL (2024)on January 27, 2025
I recently devoured Stephanie Wrobel's new mystery novel, The Hitchcock Hotel, […]
- Love in Disguise on the Criterion Channelon January 16, 2025
Every month brings a new set of themed collections to the Criterion Channel, […]
- 2024 Movie Log in Reviewon January 7, 2025
It's time for my annual look back at the previous year's movie viewing! 2024 […]
- HOLLYWOOD TIDBITS: THE BROWN DERBYon March 16, 2025
In 1956, the entrance to The Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire Blvd in Los […]
- HISTORY OF A SONG: TOM DOOLEYon March 9, 2025
"Tom Dooley," made famous by The Kingston Trio, became a haunting folk ballad […]
- RECENTLY VIEWED: ZERO DAYon March 6, 2025
Recently I was look on Netflix and a limited series caught my eye by the name […]
- BING CROSBY - THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS: PART 6on March 2, 2025
- RIP: GENE HACKMANon February 27, 2025
Gene Hackman could trace back his entire acting career to one moment when he […]
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The Bing Crosby News Archive
Louise Brooks Society
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- BING AND HIS NET WORTHon March 15, 2025
Here are some interesting stats from the internet regarding Bing's net […]
- WELCOME STRANGER AND MEDICINE TODAYon March 1, 2025
Bing Crosby is a selfish, cocky young doctor from the city who goes to […]
- BING CROSBY HILLSBOROUGH ESTATE FOR SALEon February 26, 2025
Anyone with funds to spare - you can own a part of Crosby history...The Bing […]
- A LETTER FROM BING: NOVEMBER 30, 1934on February 16, 2025
Here is a really early letter that Bing wrote to a fan - way back in 1934!
- TRAILER PARK BINGon February 2, 2025
A trailer park may have seemed an odd endeavor for entertainment mogul Bing […]
- Louise Brooks in Ireland, happy St. Patrick's dayon March 17, 2025
Happy St. Patrick's day from the Louise Brooks Society.... Just recently, a […]
- Original drawing of Louise Brooks by Willy Pogány for saleon March 15, 2025
An original drawing of Louise Brooks by famed artist / illustrator Willy […]
- Louise Brooks Auctionon March 11, 2025
Sixteen photos which once belonged to Louise Brooks are currently being […]
- Lulu in Motown, Louise Brooks in Detroiton March 7, 2025
Back on December 8, 2006, I had the honor of introducing Pandora's Box before a […]
- Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box screens in Detroit on March 22on March 5, 2025
Pandora's Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Detroit, […]
Vienna’s Classic Hollywood
Thoughts From Musical Man
Silent-ology
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Silver Screenings
A Person In The Dark
Grace Kingsley’s Hollywood
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- The Time of Their Lives: Bud and Lou Every Night at My Houseon November 11, 2024
This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association's A Haunting Blogathon: […]
- Why Do We Blog?on June 23, 2024
A funny thing happened recently. I received a comment on a post written over […]
- One, Two, Three - Seasoned Cagney Can Still Spice It Upon May 19, 2024
This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association Screen Debuts and Last […]
- New Movies Do Not Fill the Landscape of My Dreamson May 3, 2024
Why do I find going to the movies to see new films so unsatisfying? I want to […]
- I Don’t Care How the Sausage is Made: Give Me the Magic, Give Me the Make-Believeon February 15, 2024
I've been blogging a long time (13 + years) – lately not so much. I mean, […]
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Strictly Vintage Hollywood
Film Fanatic
Once Upon A Screen
- Pordenone Diary - Day One Saturday October 5, 2024on November 10, 2024
Teatro VerdiLe Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone is now a regular […]
- Tom Mix - Sky High and The Big Diamond Robbery - BluRay Reviewon June 2, 2024
A big hatted Tom Mix circa 1922Tom Mix was and still is a legend. My […]
- On the Bedside Table - The Sheik and I - The Life and Career of Agnes Ayreson May 10, 2024
102 years on, there is still a pretty fervent fanbase for Rudolph Valentino […]
- 27th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival Reporton April 18, 2024
The Black Pirate The unofficial theme for the 2024 edition of the San […]
- Rudolph Valentino's Hobbieson April 1, 2024
Valentino showing off his physique Rudolph Valentino had many interests […]
- Film Fanatic End of 2024 Greetingson December 31, 2024
Hello, GFTFF readers! As 2024 comes to a close, I’m excited to briefly […]
- Godfather, The (1972)on November 29, 2024
“I need a man who has powerful friends.” Synopsis: When the youngest son […]
- Femme Douce, Une (1969)on July 8, 2024
“She made me see woman as an instrument of pleasure.” Synopsis: A pawnshop […]
- Phantom India: Reflections on a Journey (1969)on July 7, 2024
“I’m afraid they’re dreaming India, like I am.” Synopsis: Louis Malle […]
- This Man Must Die (1969)on July 6, 2024
“Chance is wonderful — and it exists. It’s the only thing that exists.” […]
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Hometowns to Hollywood
The Movie Night Group’s Guide to Classic Film
Journeys in Classic Film
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- Jean is No Angelon November 15, 2021
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup (Robert Mitchum) is wooed by Diane Tremayne (Jean […]
- Don't Disturb Dorison October 23, 2021
Having relocated to England for her husband, Mike's (Rod Taylor), job, Janet […]
- Claudette Goes Madon October 20, 2021
As Ellen Ewing (Claudette Colbert) is about to take her wedding vows to David […]
- Bette Doesn't Ageon October 11, 2021
Reknowned New York beauty Frances Beatrice "Fanny" Trellis (Bette Davis) is […]
- Spencer's Daugher Gets Marriedon October 4, 2021
When Kay Banks (Elizabeth Taylor) informs her doting parents Stanley (Spencer […]
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Stars and Letters
Make Mine Film Noir
- YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (Francis Ford Coppola, 2007, USA)on March 17, 2025
Smoke and mirrors. Time. Illusion. Duality. Transmigration of the soul. […]
- ROMAN HOLIDAY (William Wyler, 1953, USA)on March 2, 2025
Joe Bradley is heartbroken and left abandoned, not before the Alter but a […]
- JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino, 1997, USA)on February 8, 2025
Jackie Brown is always starting over; fearing her middle-aged life has become […]
- THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin, 1940, USA)on January 20, 2025
Chaplin condemns the Fascist simulacra, machines in the shape men fueled by […]
- WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr, 2000, Hungary)on January 11, 2025
Music is the language of the gods…and the gods lie. What begins as a […]
- Except as a scientific achievement, I am not sympathetic to this "sound" businesson September 1, 2024
Following the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927, many people in Hollywood […]
- Let me function or else come down and shoot it yourselfon August 8, 2024
David O. Selznick's final film was his production of A Farewell to […]
- Your little monster, Jimon July 27, 2024
On 8 April 1954, a day after signing his contract with Warner Brothers, James […]
- I always feel stupid bringing up the matter of the Godfatheron June 26, 2024
As a follow-up to the previous post, I am sharing a letter from Francis Ford […]
- I think you’re the only actor who can play the Godfatheron June 16, 2024
Published in 1969, Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather tells the story of the […]
- Chicago Deadline (1949)on February 28, 2025
Chicago Deadline is one of those films noir where it really pays to follow the […]
- Chicago Calling (1951)on February 14, 2025
Chicago Calling begins with shots of technology that is fast becoming […]
- Crime, Inc. (1945)on February 1, 2025
Crime, Inc. is one of those films that fans of film noir will find interesting […]
- The Gangster (1947)on January 14, 2025
The Gangster is an odd film for a film noir. It depicts the downfall of a […]
- From Film Noir to Comedy: Woman on the Run (1950) to The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)on December 30, 2024
I ended my last blog article, about Woman on the Run, with the observation that […]
Classic Movie Man
Dear Mr Gable
Cinema Essentials
- Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, and Kay Francis star in “In Name Only”on March 4, 2025
In Name Only (1939) stars Carole Lombard and Cary Grant in rare dramatic form […]
- William Powell and Carole Lombard in “My Man Godfrey”.on February 25, 2025
My Man Godfrey (1936) is an American screwball comedy directed by Gregory La […]
- Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake in Preston Sturges’s “Sullivan’s Travels”on February 18, 2025
Sullivan’s Travels (1942) is a satirical look at life in Hollywood as only […]
- Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman star in “Gaslight”on February 5, 2025
Gaslight (1944) is an American psychological thriller set in […]
- Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas lead the cast in “A Woman’s Face”on January 29, 2025
A Woman’s Face (1941) is an American drama film directed by George Cukor and […]
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- Book Review: The Carry On Companion, by Robert Rosson February 14, 2025
The Carry On Companion by Robert Ross is a reasonably comprehensive […]
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)on October 31, 2024
Genre Horror Country UK […]
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)on August 16, 2024
Genre Historical […]
- Book Review: Stanley Kubrick - A Biography, by John Baxteron February 8, 2024
This biography of Stanley Kubrick is by the Australian author John Baxter, who […]
- Porridge (1979)on November 24, 2023
Genre Comedy Country UK […]
The Old Hollywood Garden
Another Old Movie Blog
Box Office Poisons
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- Zoom talk on my book CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS!on February 20, 2025
Join me online for a Zoom talk on my book, CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS! […]
- Birthright - 1938on February 13, 2025
Birthright (1938) would have astonished and enlightened white moviegoers, but […]
- Men Must Fight - 1933on February 6, 2025
Men Must Fight (1933) straddles the convictions of pacifism versus a […]
- Gabriel Over the White House - 1933on January 17, 2025
Gabriel Over the White House (1933) is an inventive fantasy and apparently, […]
- John Hodiak - a new biography by David C. Tuckeron January 13, 2025
David C. Tucker, prolific author of several film star biographies (some of […]
- GOOD NEWS! March 1945on March 11, 2025
They say men fall in love with the same type each time. Do you believe it?via […]
- Best Actress: Bette Davis IIon March 6, 2025
I found myself in quite the pickle last time Bette Davis won an Oscar, didn't […]
- Best Actress: Luise Rainer IIon March 4, 2025
I'm cranky that I had to rewatch this one. gif by meDoes The Good Earth have […]
- My Oscar Predictions 2025on March 2, 2025
It's Oscar Sunday!via giphyI've watched all the movies, I've got my dip ready […]
- What I Watched in Februaryon March 1, 2025
An overview of what I watched in February. Death Becomes Her (1992)via […]