GlamAmor Posted by on May 4, 2011

The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival officially kicked off on Thursday, April 28th in Hollywood with some 2500 fans arriving at the Roosevelt Hotel to celebrate cinema for four fun-filled days. Venues and events at this year's festival promised to be even bigger and better than its inaugural year. W   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 3, 2011

The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival took place April 28th through May 1st in Hollywood, but my incredible experience at the festival actually started a day earlier. TCM invited me to film a Fan Story with them since the impact of classic cinema has been so significant in my life....   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on March 4, 2011

Grand Hotel(1932). Drama directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by William A. Drake and Béla Balázs is based on the 1930 play of the same title by Drake, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum. The film is the only one to have...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on February 23, 2011

I’ve been getting increasingly interested in the Barrymores recently and watching a lot of their films, so I want to write about some more of them here. Glossy drama Grand Hotel is one of three  films made in 1932 which starred brothers John and Lionel together – the others were...   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on January 29, 2009

I'm starting our weekend off in a New Wave kind of mood, so here's a glimpse of one my favorite pictures, 1982's Starstruck (from which we have previously experienced the delirious water ballet).Once upon a time, this was exactly how I wanted to look, dress, sing, and dance. No   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Grande Hotel (1932) / Grand Hotel (1932) “Grande Hotel” não precisa de propaganda – nem o filme nem o local. O Grande Hotel é o hotel mais caro da Alemanha, como diz o personagem de Lionel Barrymore. “Grande Hotel”, o filme, é uma aula magna sobre o star system,   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

"I'm an old-fashioned innkeeper. I take care of my employees and they take care of my guests. That's the way I want it to be. I don't want it to change." - Melvyn Douglas as Warren Trent Hotel (1967) follows the story of the fictitious New Orleans hotel the St....   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

"I'm an old-fashioned innkeeper. I take care of my employees and they take care of my guests. That's the way I want it to be. I don't want it to change." - Melvyn Douglas as Warren Trent Hotel (1967) follows the story of the fictitious New Orleans hotel the St....   read more