Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 1, 2010

Even if you don’t know Marni Nixon’s name, you probably know her singing voice--Ottawa Citizen This interview with Olivia de Havilland has been out for a while, but I wanted to make sure you all saw it--London Evening Standard A great interview with film noir advocates Eddie Muller a   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 1, 2010

Lon Chaney (1883-1930) Debbie Reynolds (78) Jonathan Haze (81) Toshirô Mifune (1920-1997) Mary Miles Minter (1902-1984) Wallace Beery (1885-1949) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 31, 2010

Hollywood, April 19, 1932 Hollywood Heyday An interesting David Bordwell post about perspective in movies-- David Bordwell An in-depth obituary of June Havoc-- The Guardian More information about the Media History Digital Library that I posted a link for a week or so ago--Movie Morlocks/TCM   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 30, 2010

Mel Blanc somehow manages to keep a straight face while he demonstrates the hilarious sound effects he created for Jack Benny's radio show. Benny and Johnny Carson can't help collapsing into giggles. Check out that shag carpeting. It looks like they're sitting in a grassy field!   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 30, 2010

The name game: who is the actress in this photo?-- Classic Film and TV Cafe Party Girl (1930), a review with lots of screenshots--She Blogged By Night Silent movie star Colleen Moore--Noir and Chick Flicks Last week, Tom of Motion Picture Gems received one of the last autographed pictures of...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 29, 2010

I love this lively closing number from the early Technicolor musical King of Jazz (1930). It isn't really a serenade, but it makes me smile, so I had to share. This is the perfect rebuttal to anyone who tells you early musicals were clunky.   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 29, 2010

RIP June Havoc-- Just a Cineast Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in a Korean beauty salon ad-- Sheetal Makhan Olivia de Havilland on Joan Fontaine-- Alternative Film Guide A wonderful pic of Dr. Seuss, Boris Karloff and Charles M. Jones during the making of How the Grinch Stole Christmas(1966   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 28, 2010

Every time I see him work, it looks to me like a bunch of firecrackers going off all at once. -Will Rogers (about James Cagney)Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 27, 2010

I have to admit I don't get the Three Stooges. I have an idea of where in their routines I am meant to laugh, but the giggles never come. Instead, I always watch them wearing my confused face. That said, I do admire how well they translate to cartoons. I...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 26, 2010

A recent photo of silent movie actress Dorothy Janis, whose passing I missed on 3/10. Alternative Film Guide One of my favorite noir actresses: Helen Walker (Nightmare Alley (1947), Impact (1949) -- Movie Morlocks/TCM Roger Ebert plans a new TV show-- Cinematical Newly-found recordings of Orso   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 25, 2010

A wonderful obituary of Robert Culp (and so nice to hear from Ivan again!)— Thrilling Days of Yesteryear Technicolor donates archive to Eastman House— Variety Cary Grant and his fondness for LSD— Newswire Daily Monty is in search of “guest programmers”—what   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 24, 2010

Steve McQueen would have been 80 today (but I have a hard time picturing him at that age)— Silents and Talkies Ten movie theater gimmicks-- Mental Floss If you ever have a chance to see Joseph Losey’s grim, but fascinating drama, The Prowler (1951), go for it-- Movie Morlocks/TCM   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 23, 2010

Yes, from 1957 to 1959, How to Marry a Millionaire was TV show! It starred Merry Anders, Lori Nelson and Barbara Eden before her I Dream of Jeannie days. Eden steals the show as the bubbly Loco. Despite sharing a name with the Betty Grable character in the original, this...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 23, 2010

Life has a gallery of 20 never-seen Steve McQueen pics--very intimate shots— Life The African Queen (1951) DVD release is today!-- NY1/Entertainment Weekly A newfound appreciation for Cecil B DeMille Movie Morlocks/TCM A gorgeous gallery of classic shots now up for auction— Daily N   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 22, 2010

A bit of news about the much-missed Ivan Shreve Jr.— Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear Lots of pics of Anna Sten-- Allure Ah, Ricardo Montalban was a wonderful dancer!-- Flying Down to Hollywood Philip French’s screen legends: Judy Garland— The Guardian Interesting bits of   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 22, 2010

Well, as you can see from this promo, Clara Bow wasn't meant to be a musical star. That said, she's awfully cute--and quite a sport for dancing and singing when she was terrified to even speak on film. After hearing the many stories of Bow's negative experiences with the talkies,...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 21, 2010

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.-Sophia LorenImage Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 20, 2010

Oswald the Rabbit struggles with his robot cow. Oswald's chattering sounds more monkey than rabbit-like to me, but at least his girlfriend speaks the same way.   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 19, 2010

Watch the first Frankenstein movie—from 1910— Cinematical Exhuming DeMille's set for The Ten Commandments (1923)-- LA Times Eva Marie Saint gives great interviews-- Chicagoist A review of the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland— Classic Movies Digest An interview with film   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on March 18, 2010

Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970) Peter Graves (1926-2010) René Clément (1913-1996) Robert Donat (1905-1958) Image Source   read more