Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on April 27, 2020

The Fox masquerades as a director. Imagine Peter Sellers starring in a comedy written by Neil Simon and directed by Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves)! A talented trio, to be sure--but also a seemingly unlikely one. And yet they teamed up in 1966 to make the Italian comedy After the...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on February 19, 2019

As "Fox" fades out of sight as a film studio where Carole Lombard worked (she's seen above with Warner Baxter in 1930's "The Arizona Kid"), there's good news for fans of the fabled studio whose cinematic assets are headed to Disney. Alas, Lombard -- who made several silents for Fox...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on July 17, 2014

This still of Carole Lombard with Warner Baxter from "The Arizona Kid" in 1930 is more or less the last time Lombard was associated with the Fox studio. But thanks to the machinations of the telecommunications industry, that soon may change.The Rupert Murdoch-owned conglomerate now known as 21st Cen   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on October 30, 2013

Preston Sturges's "Strictly Dishonorable" is a story about love, honor, happiness and the relative merits of living in West Orange, New Jersey. The play had been a hit on Broadway, and Universal bought the rights for a then-unprecedented $125,000 -- not bad for something that Sturges wrote in six d   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on October 30, 2013

Preston Sturges's "Strictly Dishonorable" is a story about love, honor, happiness and the relative merits of living in West Orange, New Jersey. The play had been a hit on Broadway, and Universal bought the rights for a then-unprecedented $125,000 -- not bad for something that Sturges wrote in six d   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on July 31, 2013

On Sunday afternoon, I was excited to join Jill Blake–owner of Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence–and her husband, Thomas, for a screening of the 1962 David Lean epic Lawrence of Arabia at the “Fabulous” Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Photo credit: Bespoke Magazine True Classics&#821   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on April 6, 2013

The next five weeks sees us navigating the hostile waters of the Walt Disney Company in the 1980s, which will eventually end with us entering the last golden age Disney’s had for a while.  The Fox and the Hound continues the trend of downbeat stories we saw in The Rescuers,...   read more