Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on April 20, 2014

I imagine every single TCM and classic film fan that attended this years TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is having as difficult time as I am reconciling the fact it is already a week past.  The four-day event, which we all looked forward to since last April seems a blur,...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 16, 2014

TCMFF is quite a starry event. You can expect to run into famous people everywhere. Tippi Hedren in the restroom of the Roosevelt Hotel. Leonard Maltin walking down Hollywood Boulevard. Illeana Douglas, Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz seemed to be everywhere. It was exciting to see these glamorou   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on July 21, 2013

A note from Lindsey: This review is part of a tiny two-blog blogathon which has no title. Todd of The Derby Killer is also reviewing Invasion of the Star Creatures today! Head over to his site for a different take on the film. TYPO ALERT: I accidentally listed the release...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on May 15, 2013

This post is a “thank you” to Rachel over at All Night Knits for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award. It’s a collection of WWI-era articles featuring movie stars and their knitting. Here is comedienne Billie Rhodes knitting away at some socks. (I talk to myself when I do   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 12, 2013

In honor of Mother's Day we have gathered together some photos of classic "star" mothers with their children, who have become famous actors or singers in their own right. These images capture the love between mother and child despite the conflicting relationships that some of them may have had in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 12, 2013

In honor of Mother's Day we have gathered together some photos of classic "star" mothers with their children, who have become famous actors or singers in their own right. These images capture the love between mother and child despite the conflicting relationships that some of them may have had in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 12, 2013

In honor of Mother's Day we have gathered together some photos of classic "star" mothers with their children, who have become famous actors or singers in their own right. These images capture the love between mother and child despite the conflicting relationships that some of them may have had in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 12, 2013

In honor of Mother's Day we have gathered together some photos of classic "star" mothers with their children, who have become famous actors or singers in their own right. These images capture the love between mother and child despite the conflicting relationships that some of them may have had in...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 24, 2013

This blog deals with the big screen adventures of the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew. The TNG cast only made four movies, and while none of them are as terrible as say, STAR TREK V, none of them are as great as STAR TREK II. The term "missed opportunities"...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 23, 2013

The hype machine is already being cranked up for next month's debut of the new Star Trek feature from J. J. Abrams. I'm not all that particularly excited about this latest re-imagining/re-working/re-interpretation of the Star Trek Universe--but it gives me an excuse to discuss the entire Star Trek m   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on April 23, 2013

The hype machine is already being cranked up for next month's debut of the new Star Trek feature from J. J. Abrams. I'm not all that particularly excited about this latest re-imagining/re-working/re-interpretation of the Star Trek Universe--but it gives me an excuse to discuss the entire Star Trek m   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on April 22, 2013

Los Angeles is commonly identified through several key locations: the Hollywood Sign, the Hollywood Bowl, etc.  But one principal location that is both a representation of, and a forgotten symbol of, Hollywood is the infamous Chateau Marmont Hotel.  Authors Raymond Sarlot and Fred E. Basten seek to   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on December 10, 2012

Many happy returns today to two of Hollywood's most fondly remembered ladies; neither was ever the biggest star - one a second-tier leading lady, the other a reliable character trouper - but both delighted audiences for a goodly number of years, and both seem to have been thoroughly good eggs....   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on December 10, 2012

Many happy returns today to two of Hollywood's most fondly remembered ladies; neither was ever the biggest star - one a second-tier leading lady, the other a reliable character trouper - but both delighted audiences for a goodly number of years, and both seem to have been thoroughly good eggs....   read more

ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on July 3, 2012

For classic movie lovers, TCM’s Summer Under the Stars is like Christmas, the Oscars, the Super Bowl, and every Hollywood red carpet gala rolled into one.  For 31 days, we are treated to a collection of films featuring the stars we love, the stars we discover for the first time,...   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on May 30, 2012

The Star (1952)      It is no Sunset Blvd., but Bette Davis did a fine job playing an actress gone “box office poison” who desperately seeks another part. The Star was released two years after the powerful William Holden-Gloria Swanson flick and treads along the same lines but holds its   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on February 7, 2012

Roman Polanski's 1974 masterpiece Chinatown will be shown at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival--Style in the Movies--as part of the 100th anniversary of Paramount Studios and Robert Evans' Paramount Renaissance. I consider Chinatown one of the ten best movies of all time, so I am absolutely thr   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on September 15, 2011

By 1940, Margaret Lockwood had become one of the most popular British actresses in film, having made a splash two years prior in The Lady Vanishes for director Alfred Hitchcock. She had tried to follow in the footsteps of fellow India-born Brit Vivien Leigh by moving to Hollywood, with the...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on April 29, 2011

The Star(1952). Directed by Stuart Heisler. Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood. Bette Davis received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The story begins when, Oscar Award winning Margaret Elliot, a bankrupt movie star, has to sell all her beautiful possessions a   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 29, 2010

Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy chat with reporters as the Queen Elizabeth approaches the shores of Southampton. (I can't believe Taylor has to maintain that teeny little mustache while on vacation; what a drag.)   read more