Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 21, 2020

For my money, John Payne is one of the most underrated stars of the film noir era. Like his fellow noir vet Dick Powell, Payne’s earlier career consisted of a number of comedies and musicals – lightweight vehicles that seemed a perfect fit for his good looks and breezy air....   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on September 10, 2019

Movies made Carole Lombard a legend, but it wasn't the only medium she made her mark in. Sometime in the 1920s, the Peters family -- Jane Alice (her birth name), brothers Frederic and Stuart, and mother Elizabeth Peters -- purchased their first radio set, and it may have resembled this...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 28, 2018

I just thought I’d pass on the news that YouTube and MGM have struck a deal to make scads of the studio’s movies free to view. You won’t find any classic noir in the bunch — at a glance, the oldest movies on the list are things like The Terminator...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 7, 2016

***The great movie (and other stuff) website Wonders in the Dark has just started a 100-strong countdown of science fiction movies that’ll be running for the next few months. I’ve volunteered to write a couple of the entries; my first effort appears today. While I was writing it, it stru   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on July 1, 2015

...but at least this year Joan Fontaine isn't one of them. Many happy returns on her 99th to the one and only Miss Olivia de Havilland. I hope that she's up for a little celebration; Paris, after all, is lovely this time of year.   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on July 1, 2015

...but at least this year Joan Fontaine isn't one of them. Many happy returns on her 99th to the one and only Miss Olivia de Havilland. I hope that she's up for a little celebration; Paris, after all, is lovely this time of year. As, I'm sure, is she.   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on December 11, 2014

This guy! Ol' Blue Eyes. The Voice. The Chairman of the Board. Every bobbysoxer's dream. Dear Frank has been my favorite singer for a good while now. His voice is absolutely magnificent. I love closing my eyes while listening to him sing--it gives me such a good feeling, like I'm...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on May 24, 2013

It's Nov. 7, 1936, and Jane Alice Peters officially bids adieu to her birth name and hello to the moniker known to the world as Carole Lombard. The February 1937 issue of Hollywood magazine would also commemorate the legal move, showing her (wearing the same hat you see in today's...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on March 24, 2013

Actress, opera singer Rise Stevens in 1941 A Kennedy Center Honoree, 351 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and handful of Hollywood films. Opera singer and actress Risë Stevens had an impressive resume, including a 62 year marriage. The singer who performed “Carmen” 124 times passed away   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on September 15, 2010

A message from Brandie: As of today’s post, True Classics has reached the one-hundredth post milestone. Yay! Let’s raise a glass to that. When Carrie and I had the idea to start a classic movie blog, I don’t think either one of us thought we would be able to maintain...   read more