Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on February 13, 2011

Silence is Golden: Jane Wyman's Oscar-Winning Performance in "Johnny Belinda" Jane Wyman paid her dues. When she arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, Wyman worked steadily, but no one knew her name. During this early period in her career, she appeared in dozens of films, some classics, incl   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 16, 2011

Classic Movie Man's Guilty Pleasure: "Elephant Walk" Part of the fun of loving movies, is loving the ones that don’t quite hit the mark, the ones that are sometimes so bad they’re good. One of my guilty movie pleasures is 1954’s Elephant Walk. A big-budget spectacle from Param   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 16, 2011

Classic Movie Man's Guilty Pleasure: "Elephant Walk" Part of the fun of loving movies, is loving the ones that don’t quite hit the mark, the ones that are sometimes so bad they’re good. One of my guilty movie pleasures is 1954’s Elephant Walk. A big-budget spectacle from Param   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 3, 2011

Theodora Goes Wild: An Analysis Wild Analysis A writer-friend and associate at Facets Film School, Susan Doll, wrote a great analysis of the screwball comedy classic Theodora Goes Wild for TCM's Moviemorlocks.com blog. I presented this film at a midnight screening at Facets during the summer.   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 3, 2011

Theodora Goes Wild: An Analysis Wild Analysis A writer-friend and associate at Facets Film School, Susan Doll, wrote a great analysis of the screwball comedy classic Theodora Goes Wild for TCM's Moviemorlocks.com blog. I presented this film at a midnight screening at Facets during the summer.   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 1, 2011

Happy New Year from the Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald at 8:55 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: Classic Movie Man, Happy New Year 2011 Reactions:    read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on January 1, 2011

Happy New Year from the Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald at 8:55 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Classic Movie Man, Happy New Year 2011 Reactions:    read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 30, 2010

2010 Top-Ten Classic Movie Man Blog Posts What were the most popular blog posts for 2010? Here’s a countdown of the top-ten. Some got a remarkable number of reads, while others not as much. It’s hard to know why one post gets more reads than another, but that’s what makes...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 30, 2010

2010 Top-Ten Classic Movie Man Blog Posts What were the most popular blog posts for 2010? Here’s a countdown of the top-ten. Some got a remarkable number of reads, while others not as much. It’s hard to know why one post gets more reads than another, but that’s what makes...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 28, 2010

Karen Abbott Talks About Her New Book "American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee" Bestselling author Karen Abbott Several months ago, I had the good fortune to be part of a book club that was discussing Karen Abbott's first nonfiction book, Sin in...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 28, 2010

Karen Abbott Talks About Her New Book "American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee" Bestselling author Karen Abbott Several months ago, I had the good fortune to be part of a book club that was discussing Karen Abbott's first nonfiction book, Sin in...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 20, 2010

Classic Movie Man's Favorite Christmas Movies Meet Me In St. Louis—1944 This musical classic may not be thought of as a Christmas movie, but the story about the trials and tribulations of the Smith family in the year before the 1904 World’s Fair does contain the Christmas classic &#   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 20, 2010

Classic Movie Man's Favorite Christmas Movies Meet Me In St. Louis—1944 This musical classic may not be thought of as a Christmas movie, but the story about the trials and tribulations of the Smith family in the year before the 1904 World’s Fair does contain the Christmas classic &#   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 14, 2010

Long-time Host Bids Adieu to "Meet Me at the Movies" Almost two years ago, Jackie Walker, Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance Vice President, asked me if I would volunteer and host a monthly movie event, in the South Loop that became known as “Meet Me at the Movies.” The conce   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 14, 2010

Long-time Host Bids Adieu to "Meet Me at the Movies" Almost two years ago, Jackie Walker, Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance Vice President, asked me if I would volunteer and host a monthly movie event, in the South Loop that became known as “Meet Me at the Movies.” The conce   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 11, 2010

Turner Classic Movies Remembers: 2010 Some major movie talent passed from this life into the next. This is TCM's tribute to those many greats who recently left us, including Tony Curtis and Patricia Neal. TCM Remembers 2010 from TCMOnAir on Vimeo. Posted by Stephen Reginald at 12:2   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 11, 2010

Turner Classic Movies Remembers: 2010 Some major movie talent passed from this life into the next. This is TCM's tribute to those many greats who recently left us, including Tony Curtis and Patricia Neal. TCM Remembers 2010 from TCMOnAir on Vimeo. Posted by Stephen Reginald at 12   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 5, 2010

Maverick in the Making: Otto Preminger at Twentieth Century-Fox Otto Preminger at work Otto Preminger (1905-1986) was born and educated in Vienna, Austria. He earned a law degree, but only tried one case. Instead of pursuing a career in law, Preminger became the assistant to Max Reinhardt, th   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 5, 2010

Maverick in the Making: Otto Preminger at Twentieth Century-Fox Otto Preminger at work Otto Preminger (1905-1986) was born and educated in Vienna, Austria. He earned a law degree, but only tried one case. Instead of pursuing a career in law, Preminger became the assistant to Max Reinhardt, th   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 4, 2010

Deanna Durbin: The Reluctant Movie Star Deanna Durbin was born on December 4, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1923, Durbin’s parents moved to Southern California where they raised Deanna and her older sister Edith. From a young age, Durbin’s extraordinary singing voice   read more