Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 3, 2012

Doris Day (88) Marlon Brando (1924-2004) Iron Eyes Cody (1907-1999) Leslie Howard (1893-1943) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 2, 2012

Alec Guinness (1914-2000) Buddy Ebsen (1908-2003) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 2, 2012

As a part of my Georges Méliès tribute, I’ve decided to share a special edition of classic links devoted to the man of the week: I love this Méliès gallery. The photo of him reading the paper is my favorite-- Tout Le Cine This is a good, brief bio. of...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 2, 2012

When I read an article at Fast Company last year about the restoration of a color-tinted version of George Méliès’ most famous film, A Trip to the Moon (1902), I almost didn’t believe what I read. I shared it in my Classic Links, and I was excited, but the story...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 1, 2012

Jane Powell (83) Lon Chaney (1883-1930) Debbie Reynolds (80) Jonathan Haze (83) Toshirô Mifune (1920-1997) Mary Miles Minter (1902-1984) Wallace Beery (1885-1949) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 1, 2012

One night the phone rang around 2:30 in the morning; I thought something terrible had happened. He said, "Hey, what are you doing?" I said, "Well, I was sleeping." He would call at all hours just to say hello. He got a big kick out of that. -Doris Day, about...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 1, 2012

George Méliès was born in 1861, in Paris, France. His father was a wealthy shoe manufacturer. Young Georges was interested in sketching, and he liked to make sets for and perform his own marionette shows. His parents did not encourage these fanciful pastimes, and Méliès eventually found himself work   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 30, 2012

I’ve got two ridiculously exciting events coming up at Classic Movies in April: Georges Méliès The first is a tribute to a man you could call the godfather of this blog (he’s also the creator of the moon you see floating above), Georges Méliès. I’ve wanted to pay tribute to...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 30, 2012

Turhan Bey (90) Anna Q. Nilsson (1888-1974) Warren Beatty (75) Robert Riskin (1897-1955) Samson Raphaelson (1894-1983) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 29, 2012

Mexican Movies in the United States: A History of the Films, Theaters and Audiences, 1920-1960 By Rogelio Agrasanchez, Jr. McFarland, 2006 This book was born from a pile of documents, specifically the records of Clasa-Mohme, Inc., one of the largest US distributors of Mexican movies. Author Agrasan   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 29, 2012

Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) Warner Baxter (1889-1951) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 28, 2012

Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992) Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 28, 2012

I've never heard of Goodbye Again (1933), with Joan Blondell and Warren William, but it looks like a lot of fun. How could it not be with those two?— Can’t Stop the Movies It’s sad to think of Warner Hollywood Studio being torn down. The movies that came from these...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 27, 2012

Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) Harold Nicholas (1921-2000) Budd Schulberg (1914-2009) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 26, 2012

Sterling Hayden (1916-1986) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 26, 2012

Now that’s a version of Ghostbusters I’d like to see— The Cinementals This is a fascinating group of classic actress eyebrow shots. Marilyn Monroe had such a pointy arch— Old Hollywood Glamour A trip through the history of title design— Riku Writes Classic movie s   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 25, 2012

Simone Signoret (1921-1985) David Lean (1908-1991) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 25, 2012

The night that I won the Oscar, [my dad] called me very late and said that he thought it was fine and that I should send it back to the hardware store and he'd put it on the knife counter. That's what I did, and it stayed there twenty years...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 24, 2012

Steve McQueen (1930-1980) Richard Conte (1910-1975) Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (1887-1933) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 24, 2012

This post is part of the March-in-March blog event at Sittin' On a Backyard Fence. Check out the rest of the entries here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though I love Fredric March in dramas, his comedies usually leave me kind of &#8   read more