Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on April 26, 2021

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: It’s Love...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 9, 2021

Shirley Jones is about to enjoy a kiss from Pat Boone in this scene from April Love ( 1957 ), a delightful musical remake of the 1944 film Home in Indiana. It was a big hit at the box office and the title song was nominated for an Academy Award....   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on December 10, 2020

Noir Nook: Five Things I Love About Martha Ivers When you think about femme fatales in film noir, who are the first dames to come to mind? Phyllis Dietrichson from Double Indemnity, certainly, and Kathie Moffat from Out of the Past? Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice? Kitty...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 7, 2020

The nine films Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy made together may vary in quality, but it is always fascinating to watch these two together. I was reminded of that as I recently watched two of their collaborations on new Blu-rays from Warner Archive. Without Love (1945) and Pat and Mike...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on October 3, 2020

The look of love? Yeah, I think so. Carole Lombard and Clark Gable gaze at each other as if there were no other people in the world...and if Lombard was in love with me, I'd give her that gaze, too.That's a Clark and Carole image I'm pretty certain I've never...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on September 25, 2020

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Gary Vitacco-Robles on September 7, 2020

Monroe’s Last Completed Musical-Comedy:Let’s Make Love (1960) “Marilyn Monroe is the greatest farceuse in the business,” Fox film producer Jerry Wald asserted. “A female Chaplin.” In the summer of 1959, Wald approached Monroe with The Billionaire, a musical comedy by Norman Krasna who had scr   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 4, 2020

There is a very significant reason to be watching It’s Love I’m After at this time. Her name is Olivia de Havilland, and by some brilliant piece of Providence, she has just recently turned 104 years old! She, of course, was in her early 20s when this movie came out...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 4, 2020

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original theatrical release of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, here are 40 things I love about the movie. These are listed in no particular order, except for No. 1. 40. That thing about Luke's dad. 39. "You do have your moments." 38. Luke's...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on May 1, 2020

The Love Goes On Blogathon is hosted by Steve at MovieMovieBlogBlogII on May 1 to 3. All of the movies presented speak to that eternal emotion that survives even death. Click HERE to enjoy the contributions. al Sally (Mimi Kennedy), an after-life bureaucrat, makes an on-the-spot diagnosis of re   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 28, 2020

Francois Truffaut has a knack for understanding children in all their intricacies. One suspects it’s because he’s never really grown up himself. He is a child at heart with even his earliest films of the Nouvelle Vague channeling the joy and the passion of a younger individual. First, th   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on April 22, 2020

It’s a packed, but never frantic episode–Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano are the “Frasier” all-star writers right now and they’ve got a lot of inventive work here, both the plotting and character arcs. Every development is combination delight and surprise. The episode starts with Frasie   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on April 11, 2020

What might have been...It's a cruel irony of classic Hollywood that the actress and actor most identified with screwball comedy, Carole Lombard and Cary Grant, never made one together. (Apologies to William Powell fans, although he's won belated acclaim in recent years for his aplomb in the genre.)B   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on March 19, 2020

When Carole Lombard stopped at Salt Lake City's train station on Jan. 13, 1942, she was probably focused on the upcoming war bond rally in Indianapolis. But in the back of her mind, she may have occasionally thought about her career, and the script she planned to film after her...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on March 11, 2020

YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU is a 1933 British film starring Thelma Todd and Stanley Lupino. I happened to obtain a grey-market DVD copy of the movie. It's a title that deserves a proper American home video release, and is must-viewing for Thelma Todd fans. The story begins with Stanley...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on February 23, 2020

Carole Lombard had built a reputation for unpredictability over the years. So in the fall of 1940, it shouldn't have beenthat much of a surprise that after four consecutive dramatic films, she'd return to comedy -- her most popular genre -- by calling on the master of suspense to direct...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on February 13, 2020

Noir Nook: Love in the Shadows A wise man once said, “Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever.” In that spirit, and in this season of love, this month’s Noir Nook celebrates three of my favorite dysfunctional noir couples – ladies and gents...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on February 10, 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: Let’s Make...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on February 10, 2020

It’s a strong episode. Like, really strong; great pacing too. It starts with Constantine (Matt Ryan), who teleported to Hell at the end of last episode, getting to Hell and having a chat with lost soul turned season villain Olivia Swann. It’s a welcome scene not so much for the...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on January 20, 2020

Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts is a charity anthology of original short (in fact, short-short) stories, from humorous to dark, of love that goes ‘orribly wrong; it’s being published on Valentine’s Day by the Australian press Things in the Well. All profits from the anthology wil   read more