Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on January 11, 2016

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Sun Valley...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on January 11, 2016

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Sun Valley...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on January 7, 2016

Share This! “We’re old friends. I should hate to see you make such an ass of yourself as wrongfully to arrest the future son-in-law of Sir Henry Baskerville.” – Sherlock Holmes to Inspector Lestrade Shockingly to some, there were highly regarded actors who portrayed Sherlock   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 28, 2015

“You have the darndest way of bouncing a fellow down and bumping him up again” ~ Henry Fonda as Charles Pike The story goes that screenwriting wunderkind Preston Sturgest penned The Lady Eve with Barabara Stanwyck in mind. He promised her a great picture and he most certainly delivered a   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 28, 2015

“You have the darndest way of bouncing a fellow down and bumping him up again” ~ Henry Fonda as Charles Pike The story goes that screenwriting wunderkind Preston Sturgest penned The Lady Eve with Barabara Stanwyck in mind. He promised her a great picture and he most certainly delivered a   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on December 28, 2015

Pimpernel Smith ~ 1941 12/28/2015 2 Comments What a stunningly good film! Hot on the heels of the OTHER Leslie Howard version of the Pimpernel story (from 1934, which I reviewed HERE), this one from 1941 takes th   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 28, 2015

“You have the darndest way of bouncing a fellow down and bumping him up again” ~ Henry Fonda as Charles Pike The story goes that screenwriting wunderkind Preston Sturges penned The Lady Eve with Barabara Stanwyck in mind. He promised her a great picture and he most certainly delivered a   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 19, 2015

US / 68 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Elmer Clifton Pr: George R. Batcheller, Max Alexander, George M. Merrick Scr: Arthur G. Durlam Story: Fred McConnell Cine: Eddie Linden Cast: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull, Ian MacDonald, Jay Novello, Richard Deane, Lois Austin, Earl Gunn, Guy Wilkerson,...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 16, 2015

vt In the Night US / 61 minutes / bw / Monogram Dir: Jean Yarbrough Pr: Lindsley Parsons Scr: Edmond Kelso Cine: Mack Stengler Cast: Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Robert Homans, Irving Mitchell, Ed Cassidy, Pat Gleason, Jack Kenney, Jack Ingraham, Laurenc   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 12, 2015

US / 63 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: Max Nosseck Pr: George R. Batcheller, T.H. Richmond Scr: Joel Kay, Arnold Phillips, Genevieve Hogan Story: Sidney Sheldon, Ben Roberts Cine: Mack Stengler Cast: Cecilia Parker, Roger Pryor, Robert Baldwin, Sigi Arno, Gale Storm, Charles Miller, Al Hall, Eddie Foster,   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on December 9, 2015

vt Bombsight Stolen UK / 86 minutes / bw / Gainsborough, Gaumont, BPC Dir: Anthony Asquith Pr: Edward Black Scr: A. de Grunwald, J.O.C. Orton Story: Cottage to Let (1939 play) by Geoffrey Kerr Cine: Jack Cox Cast: Leslie Banks, Jeanne De Casalis, Carla Lehman (i.e., Carla Lehmann), Alastair Sim,...   read more

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on December 2, 2015

via: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(1941)  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. First, it must be said that Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is not a remake of this movie. Besides sharing a title and focusing on a married couple, the two films   read more

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on December 2, 2015

via: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(1941)  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. First, it must be said that Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is not a remake of this movie. Besides sharing a title and focusing on a married couple, the two films   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 1, 2015

So the title doesn’t have a bearing on much of anything, but who cares? It sets the tone brilliantly for this wickedly twisted noir. The film opens like other films, after the death of a beautiful young women. Two people are getting grilled in adjoining rooms. Frankie Christopher (Victor Matur   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 1, 2015

So the title doesn’t have a bearing on much of anything, but who cares? It sets the tone brilliantly for this wickedly twisted noir. The film opens like other films, after the death of a beautiful young woman. Two people are getting grilled in adjoining rooms. Frankie Christopher (Victor Matur   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on November 16, 2015

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Blues in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 7, 2015

After the immense critical and box-office success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney Studios was bombarded with requests from his fans to show how these cartoons were created. The brass at RKO Pictures were also keen to see how the cartoons that they were distributing...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 7, 2015

After the immense critical and box-office success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney Studios was bombarded with requests from his fans to show how these cartoons were created. The brass at RKO Pictures were also keen to see how the cartoons that they were distributing...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 7, 2015

After the immense critical and box-office success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney Studios was bombarded with requests from his fans to show how these cartoons were created. The brass at RKO Pictures were also keen to see how the cartoons that they were distributing...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 5, 2015

Hold Back the Dawn was written by the winning combination of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, but the director was actually Mitchell Leisen. That was the last time Wilder would let someone else take hold of his work. It’s actually rather meta, a film within a film. We see our...   read more