Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on October 4, 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: Transatlantic Merry-Go-Roun   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on November 11, 2016

This is my entry in the Circus Blogathon hosted by Critica Retro and Serendipitous Anachronisms. Click HERE for more Big Top excitement! Sunny (1930) Sunny in her circus costume. Wasn't she a pretty little bareback rider? "Sunny" started out with high hopes. It was based upon a successful B   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on October 16, 2013

Between 1929-35, Lee Tracy appeared in more than twenty films as a reporter, shyster lawyer, press agent, publicity man, promoter, politician and puppeteer. And in all of them he. Talked. All. The. Time. Fast, and with authority, punctuating his words with jabs into the air. Or, when he is "contri   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on October 16, 2013

Between 1929-35, Lee Tracy appeared in more than twenty films as a reporter, shyster lawyer, press agent, publicity man, promoter, politician and puppeteer. And in all of them he. Talked. All. The. Time. Fast, and with authority, punctuating his words with jabs into the air. Or, when he is "contri   read more