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

The legacy of screenwriter John Michael Hayes Best work with Hitchcock Screenwriter John Michael Hayes did some of his best work while under the employ of director Alfred Hitchcock. Their four-film collaboration was short, but it pro   read more

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

Carole Lombard: The Divine Screwball at Facets Film School Steve Reginald (Classic Movie Man) will be teaching "Carole Lombard: The Divine Screwball" at Facets Film School next month. The class will be a continuation of sorts to his last class at Facets: "The Screwball Comedy and the Feminine M   read more

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

Carole Lombard: The Divine Screwball at Facets Film School Steve Reginald (Classic Movie Man) will be teaching "Carole Lombard: The Divine Screwball" at Facets Film School next month. The class will be a continuation of sorts to his last class at Facets: "The Screwball Comedy and the Feminine M   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 24, 2009

Carole Lombard: The Divine Screwball A genre and a star is born With the exception of perhaps Cary Grant, no movie star has been more identified with screwball comedy than Carole Lombard. In fact, if it weren’t for Lombard, the genre might not have received its name. “Miss Lombard   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 24, 2009

Carole Lombard: The Divine Screwball A genre and a star is born With the exception of perhaps Cary Grant, no movie star has been more identified with screwball comedy than Carole Lombard. In fact, if it weren’t for Lombard, the genre might not have received its name. “Miss Lombard   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 21, 2009

Turner Classic Movies to air four films starring Jennifer Jones in January Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will honor the career of Jennifer Jones by airing four of her films January 7, 2010. They are Duel in the Sun costarring Joseph Cotten and Gregory Peck Beat the Devil costarring Humphrey Boga   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 19, 2009

Screen legend Jennifer Jones dead at 90 Academy Award winning actress, Jennifer Jones died Thursday December 17. Jones was one of the biggest stars of the 1940s and 1950s; she received a total of five Academy Award nominations, winning the award with her first starring performance in The Song o   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 13, 2009

"To Catch a Thief" is the next "Meet Me at the Movies" event The Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) invites you to "Meet Me at the Movies," Friday January 29, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College recital hall, 1312 S. Michigan Ave. Alfred Hitchcoc   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 13, 2009

Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief” Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, and Grace Kelly too! To Catch a Thief filmed on location on the French Riviera, is a picture-postcard treat of a movie. The Alfred Hitchcock classic pairs Cary Grant as a reformed jewel thief, John “The Cat&   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 6, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 3 A writer-director is born As the story goes, Sturges sold the screenplay for The Great McGinty to Paramount for $10, under the condition that he would also be allowed to direct. Since this seemed like a fairly reasonable risk for the...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on December 6, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 3 A writer-director is born As the story goes, Sturges sold the screenplay for The Great McGinty to Paramount for $10, under the condition that he would also be allowed to direct. Since this seemed like a fairly reasonable risk for the...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 28, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 2 Going Hollywood In 1932, Sturges went to Hollywood and signed on with Universal as a writer. From the get-go, his writing wasn’t a hit with the studio bosses and his scripts were rejected. On his own, Sturges wrote a screenplay call   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 28, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 2 Going Hollywood In 1932, Sturges went to Hollywood and signed on with Universal as a writer. From the get-go, his writing wasn’t a hit with the studio bosses and his scripts were rejected. On his own, Sturges wrote a screenplay call   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 27, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 1 Edmund Preston Biden Sturges was one of the most influential motion picture directors of the twentieth century. As a writer-director, Sturges produced seven films in three years. Of those seven films, six were box office and critical suc   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 27, 2009

Preston Sturges: Master of the Cockeyed Caravan, Part 1 Edmund Preston Biden Sturges was one of the most influential motion picture directors of the twentieth century. As a writer-director, Sturges produced seven films in three years. Of those seven films, six were box office and critical suc   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 17, 2009

"Meet Me at the Movies" wrap party at Grace O'Malley's On Friday, December 6, the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) presented the classic Miracle on 34th Street at the Columbia College, Sherwood Academy Recital Hall 1312 S. Michigan Ave. The "wrap party" was held at Grace O'Malley   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 17, 2009

"Meet Me at the Movies" wrap party at Grace O'Malley's On Friday, December 6, the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance (PDNA) presented the classic Miracle on 34th Street at the Columbia College, Sherwood Academy Recital Hall 1312 S. Michigan Ave. The "wrap party" was held at Grace O'Malley   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 10, 2009

The Lady Barbara Of all the great female movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood, Barbara Stanwyck is probably one of the most underrated. A star almost as soon as pictures could talk, Stanwyck worked with some of the best directors of the day. Frank Capra, early in his...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 10, 2009

The Lady Barbara Of all the great female movie stars from the golden age of Hollywood, Barbara Stanwyck is probably one of the most underrated. A star almost as soon as pictures could talk, Stanwyck worked with some of the best directors of the day. Frank Capra, early in his...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on November 3, 2009

Well Dunne: From "Queen of the Weepies" to the Queen of Comedy Few movie actresses had the critical and box office successes that Irene Dunne had in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939), My Favorite Wife (1940), and Penny...   read more