Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 20, 2011

The motion picture is the people's art. -Adela Rogers St. Johns Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 18, 2011

A short history of the Hollywood sign-- Slate Zediva: a new competitor for Netflix-- Slog I’m sad for Zsa Zsa Gabor. She will reportedly be in bed for the rest of her life-- IMDB It's brief, but this is my favorite tribute to recently departed character actor Michael Gough-- Mondo...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 16, 2011

These upcoming Criterion Collection releases look amazing. I haven’t heard of a lot of them. How exciting!— Criterion Cast It's wonderful how quickly the movie blogger community has gotten this Japanese movie/fundraising blogathon together. Millie does a good job capturing the essence   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 14, 2011

This is a nice mini tribute to the friendship between Shelley Winters and Marilyn Monroe. I love the first picture-- Time Machine to the Twenties The original Psycho (1960) score is up for sale— IMDB This is an interesting take on Old San Francisco (1927)-- Silent Volume Terry Gilliam wr   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 13, 2011

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. -Elia Kazan Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 11, 2011

Ben Hecht’s newly re-discovered and supposedly much better, dramatic 1964 version of a script for Casino Royale (1966)--a crappy movie that I can’t help watching over and over again-- /Film Leonard Maltin visits Jean Harlow’s former home-- Movie Crazy 36 simultaneous Hitchcock d   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 9, 2011

My guest post: Lisa Kudrow gets a quiz question about Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine— Olivia and Joan: Sisters of the Silver Screen A review of the boring, pointless and hideously inaccurate Harlow (1965) with Carroll Baker (I’m still curious to see the Carol Lynley version)-- C   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 8, 2011

I just realized this morning that it is International Women’s Day and I wanted to have an impromptu celebration. Here’s a list of some of my favorite flicks with fascinating female relationships—be they strong and mutually supportive, comical, complicated, toxic or all of the abo   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 7, 2011

This is wonderful news: the Library of Congress has recovered ten lost silent films from Russian archives—and there will eventually be almost 200 of them!— NPR Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson looking fantastic on the Oscar red carpet last week— Alt Film Guide Stars on the set, bet   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 6, 2011

When we climbed out of the airplane [in Beijing], to my amazement I saw about two hundred little Chinese Audrey Hepburns waiting at the airport. Roman Holiday was playing in China for the first time - thirty years after we made it - and attracting enormous crowds. Everywhere we went...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 6, 2011

Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972) (I love this pic of Hudson.) Lou Costello (1906-1959) Guy Kibbee (1882-1956) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 5, 2011

Dean Stockwell (75) Rex Harrison (1908-1990) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 4, 2011

Have you been participating in Monty’s classic movie actress March Madness? Good fun!— All Good Things Check out the Jean Harlow blogathon.-- The Kitty Packard Pictorial Claudette Colbert shimmies in Cleopatra (1934) Ferdy On Films If you haven’t seen Stars in My Crown (1950)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 4, 2011

Dorothy Mackaill (1903-1990) Paula Prentiss (73) Joan Greenwood (1921-1987) John Garfield (1913-1952) Shemp Howard (1895-1955) Pearl White (1889-1938) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 2, 2011

There have been a lot of nice tributes to Jane Russell, RIP: I love this candid of Monroe drinking a Coke next to Russell on a break Obituary/ The Guardian Movietone News Out of the Past Leonard Maltin/ Movie Crazy David Thomson/ The Guardian Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on February 28, 2011

For your Academy Awards hangover: Bette Davis and the Oscar-- Sunset Gun Deanna Durbin goes to the Oscars-- The Amazing Deanna Durbin There’s a clip here of Durbin and Fredric March performing The Good Fairy on the radio--after a darn good review of the 1935 movie with Margaret Sullavan&#8   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on February 27, 2011

She didn't want to be famous. She wanted to be happy. -Clark Gable, on Jean Harlow Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on February 25, 2011

Here’s an interesting list of books about the Oscars— The Guardian This is a nice montage of all the best actress Oscar winners— Olivia and Joan: Sisters of the Silver Screen I like this handy chart that breaks down all the major instant streaming services— /Film Hang i   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on February 24, 2011

Have you ever heard of the Kessler Twins? They’re a German triple-threat sister act, beloved in Europe, and particularly Germany and Italy. The sisters enjoyed the peak of their fame in the fifties and sixties, though they are still adored in Europe today. In this Scopitone video the Kessler   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on February 23, 2011

The final tally for the film noir blogathon and a thank you from Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation-- Ferdy on Films Self-Styled Siren Laura provides a helpful classic movie fan’s perspective on the titles available on the new Amazon streaming service-- Laura's Miscellaneous Musings   read more