Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 25, 2023

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 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Sarge Goes...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 7, 2020

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 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: So This...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 2, 2019

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 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: College Humor...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 31, 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 more than 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “College Holiday”...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 15, 2015

The best sequence in College is also the longest. Protagonist Buster Keaton, after failing at baseball (he’s a bookworm who needs to get athletic to impress a girl), goes out for track and field. Keaton observes other men succeed at the various events, tries them himself, fails miserably (and   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 1, 2014

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: “She’s Working...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 16, 2013

I considered posting this in June but as significant a statement as this was not only about sexuality but about gun violence and bullying, I wanted to minimize the tragic albeit significant films or videos I posted in connection to what is LGBT Pride Month. However, this short film, which...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on October 1, 2013

So… Sex Kittens Go to College. Wow. Just wow. This recent release from the Warner Archive, directed by schlockmeister Albert Zugsmith, might arguably one of the oddest entries in the “sexploitation” category. Featuring a trio of sex kittens – Mamie Van Doren, Mijanou Bardot,   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 6, 2013

At Byrnes Auditorium at Winthrop University, actress Tallulah Bankhead performed her one of her favorite stage role in the play “Little Foxes.” Yes, Tallulah Bankhead performed at my alma mater in 1940. Tallulah Bankhead wasn’t your typical Southern Belle. Tallulah Bankhead as Regina Giddens in &#8   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on June 19, 2013

Source So This is College (1929) is fun collegiate romp and comes to us from the early talkie era. Eddie (Elliott Nugent) and Biff (Robert Montgomery) are college roommates at a USC fraternity and best buddies. Their bromance has carried them through until their senior year. They compete and r   read more

How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on February 17, 2013

“Let me put it this way…I follow my nose and when I get the scent there’s very little that I wouldn’t do in order to solve the case.” – Columbo Columbo is a guest speaker in a criminology course at a College.  The name of the College doesn’t matter –   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on January 28, 2013

Katharine Hepburn’s brand of feminism can be traced back to the philosophies and practices of Bryn Mawr College, one of the Seven Sisters Colleges of the East. Both Hepburn and her mother attended the college which was seen by many to embody the feminist ideals of its first dean and...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on January 27, 2013

The Hepburn Alma Mater: Bryn Mawr College Labels: Bryn Mawr, M. Carey Thomas, Seven Sisters "In a 1973 visit to the College, Hepburn told Bryn Mawr undergraduates, "Bryn Mawr isn't plastic, it isn't nylon, it's pure gold... I came here by the skin of my teeth; I got in and...   read more

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on January 27, 2013

The Hepburn Alma Mater: Bryn Mawr College "In a 1973 visit to the College, Hepburn told Bryn Mawr undergraduates, "Bryn Mawr isn't plastic, it isn't nylon, it's pure gold... I came here by the skin of my teeth; I got in and by the skin of my teeth I stayed....   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on January 11, 2013

Amores de Estudante / College (1927) No ano em que o cinema falado nascia, Buster Keaton foi para a faculdade. Isso não quer dizer que o ator de 32 anos desejava obter um diploma universitário porque já sabia que o som iria causar danos ao cinema mudo, mas sim que...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on January 11, 2013

Amores de Estudante / College (1927) No ano em que o cinema falado nascia, Buster Keaton foi para a faculdade. Isso não quer dizer que o ator de 32 anos desejava obter um diploma universitário porque já sabia que o som iria causar danos ao cinema mudo, mas sim que...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 2, 2012

Watched February 2, 2012 College (1927) : 4/5 The word “nerd” has taken on a bit more of a positive connotation in the past couple of years, with many young’ns carrying the label as a sort of badge of honor. When the word was thrown at me in middle school,...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on June 16, 2011

“College” (1927) is a silent comedy starring Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, and Flora Bramley. Directed by James W. Horne, this film stars Keaton in one of his most memorable roles as the hapless Ronald who gives a high school valedictory address that praises books and condemns sports.   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on June 16, 2011

Anne Cornwall (January 17, 1897 – March 2, 1980), performed for forty years in early silent films starting in 1918, and later in talkies, until 1959. Filmography: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) Men O' War (1929) (Laurel & Hardy movie) College (1927) (Buster Keaton's girlfriend) Ple   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on January 12, 2011

A typical day at Winthrop...not. (From "Good News After a fast Christmas break, I have moved back into my Winthrop University dorm for the last time.  In honor of my last semester as a college “co-ed”  here is a blog with different representations of college in classic film and jud   read more