Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on September 11, 2019

Kim Novak as the title character. With such a prestigious pedigree, I expected more from The Notorious Landlady (1962). Here's a British comedy headlined by Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire with a screenplay penned by the writers who were responsible for The Pink Panther movies (Blake Edwar   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on June 8, 2016

Back in February of 2015, I wrote a post on The Notorious Landlady, an underrated comedy from Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon in celebration of their birthdays. I was relatively pleased with the post and it seemed to get a good amount of page views, but then, just a few...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on April 16, 2015

Share This! “Are you sure this country isn’t on fire somewhere?” —— “Bill” Gridley (Jack Lemmon) inquiring about the thickness of a London fog Jack Lemmon.  Kim Novak.  Fred Astaire.  And the British, too.  Lionel Jeffries.  Estelle Winwood.  Henry Daniell.  A London setting.  A mystery-comedy about   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on April 16, 2015

Share This! “Are you sure this country isn’t on fire somewhere?” —— “Bill” Gridley (Jack Lemmon) inquiring about the thickness of a London fog Jack Lemmon.  Kim Novak.  Fred Astaire.  And the British, too.  Lionel Jeffries.  Estelle Winwood.  Henry Daniell.  A London setting.  A mystery-comedy about   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on February 13, 2015

Today marks the 82nd birthday of the gorgeous Kim Novak, a woman who is luckily still with us. I’m crazy about Ms. Novak, but rather than blabber on and on her, I thought it’d be nice to write up a little post about one of my favorite Novak films, The...   read more