Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on September 7, 2024

They were cute little honey bees – just one or two fluttering around the walkway by my back stairs. Not an unexpected sight on a warm summer day and, knowing the importance of the pollinators, I left them alone. I should have looked closer. A few weeks later there was...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on June 1, 2020

If I ever needed Carole Lombard (aided by Chester Morris), today is that day.To put it mildly, this is not the happiest of days, and 99 percent of you should know why. Curfews in hundreds of American municipalities, including both the city and county of Los Angeles. (I reside in...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 18, 2018

Superman to the Rescue fails to feature one thing–Superman to the rescue. The cliffhanger resolution goes from sped-up film fistfight to Kryptonite gas filling a room. Tommy Bond saves himself–lucking out because apparently a convener belt is poorly designed–while Kirk Alyn’s Superman stumbles out   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on April 11, 2013

Another tattered cover… Last time, I shared the biographical collection Ladies in Distress, now I will do the same for its follow-up, Gentlemen to the Rescue. This collection contains select biographies of silent era leading men. This book is long out-of-print but you can find a reading copy   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on March 7, 2013

This is a series of posts this month wherein I will focus on Disney films. For more on my background with Disney films and about the timing of this focus please read the introductory post here. One of my more recent revisits in the Disney library were the two Rescuers...   read more