Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 19, 2012

Tippi Hedren (82) B.P. Schulberg (1892-2009) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 18, 2012

Cary Grant (1904-1986) Danny Kaye (1913-1987) Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 17, 2012

Nils Asther (1897-1981) Moira Shearer (1926-2006) Noah Beery (1882-1946) Mack Sennett (1880-1960) Carl Laemmle (1867-1939) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 16, 2012

Katy Jurado (1924-2002) Ethel Merman (1908-1984) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 16, 2012

RIP two actresses: Denise Darcel (pictured)-- The Guardian Dorothy Morris-- Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings There’s a slapstick version of The Wizard of Oz?— Forgotten Films I love this scalding and brilliant letter Raymond Chandler wrote to Hitchcock— Pondering Life Th   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 15, 2012

Margaret O’Brien (75) Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 15, 2012

Technical progress kills a kind of human quality in us. -Jean Renoir Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 14, 2012

Bebe Daniels (1901-1971) Harold Russell (1914-2002) Joseph Losey (1909-1984) Russ Columbo (1908-1934) William Bendix (1906-1964) Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) Hal Roach (1892-1992) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 13, 2012

A book about the real life events that inspired Double Indemnity-- Shadows and Satin I’m disappointed that the new Loy bio. does not appear to have much more to say than the actress said about herself in her autobiography, Being and Becoming. I’ve had a copy of that for years...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 13, 2012

Kay Francis (1905-1968) Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) Robert Stack (1919-2003) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 12, 2012

Luise Rainer (102) Patsy Kelly (1910-1981) Tex Ritter (1905-1974) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 10, 2012

Ray Bolger (1904-1987) Sal Mineo (1939-1976) Paul Henreid (1905-1992) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 10, 2012

Late last year, I received an invitation to try Constellation TV, a new online theater. Rather than streaming titles at any time, users buy individual admissions to specific show times. This is meant to heighten the social experience of watching the movies in a couple of ways. Some showings are...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 9, 2012

I’d love to have this in my backyard too, but I’m afraid it would spook the dogs next door. They have enough trouble with my cat and her evil eye— If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger. . . RIP silent era screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas, 111. She was the third...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 9, 2012

Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989) Vilma Bánky (1898-1991) Fernando Lamas (1915-1982) Anita Louise (1915-1970) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 8, 2012

José Ferrer (1912-1992) Elvis Presley (1935-1977) [Thanks Tom!] Yvette Mimieux (70) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 8, 2012

A film is a ribbon of dreams. The camera is much more than a recording apparatus; it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world that is not ours and that brings us to the heart of a great secret. Here magic begins. -Orson Welles Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 7, 2012

Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995) Adolph Zukor (1873-1976) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 6, 2012

Loretta Young (1913-2000) Capucine (1928-1990) Mickey Hargitay (1926-2006) Danny Thomas (1914-1991) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 6, 2012

Have you seen the version of Metropolis with songs by Adam Ant and Freddie Mercury? It’s kind of awful and kind of mesmerizing. This review sums it up beautifully, though Chris is more generous about all the tinkering than I am— Silent Volume There’s a new print of Nap   read more