Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on October 11, 2017

Who's the woman with Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, attending a boxing match at Los Angeles Wrigley Field in the spring of 1937? It's actress Sally Eilers, an old school pal of Carole's (Fairfax High in Los Angeles) who appeared in a few of Lombard's two-reelers for Mack Sennett, then...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on February 27, 2016

The second I discovered classic movies, I put myself through total immersion -- I had to watch as many as I could and I had to do it as soon as possible. I've been immersing myself in movies pre-1969 for about a decade now, and as such, I'll admit I've...   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on September 5, 2015

The Wisdom Of Miss Sally 9.5.15 September 5, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Sally Blane and Loretta Young between scenes of TLYS episode “Three Minutes Too Late,” 1954. In my continuing conversations with the remarkable Robert Foster, I’m starting to t   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on August 30, 2015

The Wisdom Of Miss Sally; A Week In Review August 30, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante It isn’t often that I get more than a chuckle out of snide comments clearly made about me. Oh, there’s the eye roll, too, but that hardly seems to count, as I eye roll...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on February 23, 2011

“Sally of the Sawdust” (1925) is a silent comedy starring Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields and Alfred Lunt. Directed by D.W. Griffith, this film is a fascinating departure from the austere moral drama in which he specialized. The story opens with the circus coming to town. Sally   read more