Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 17, 2014

Image Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) Marian Marsh (1913-2006) Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) Beverly Garland (1926-2008) Arthur Miller (1915-2005) Jean Arthur (1900-1991) Spring Byington (1886-1971)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 17, 2014

Image Source Starting in November, several items once belonging to Joan Fontaine will be auctioned. My heart broke a little when I read that her Academy Award would be among them--ABC News This piece about German actor Udo Kier is one of the most fascinating actor profiles I've ever read....   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 16, 2014

I've been enjoying checking out a few of the early talkie rarities recently released by Warner Archives. Last week I wrote about Bette Davis' breakout role in The Man Who Played God (1932). While that film helped launch an actress at the beginning of a legendary career, One Night at...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 16, 2014

Image Linda Darnell (1923-1965) Angela Lansbury (89) Rex Bell (1903-1962)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 15, 2014

Image Melville Cooper (1897-1973) Jane Darwell (1879-1967) Mervyn LeRoy (1900-1987)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 14, 2014

Image Clarence Muse (1889-1979) Roger Moore (87) Lillian Gish (1893-1993) Benita Hume (1906-1967)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 14, 2014

Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood William J. Mann Harper, 2014 I love this book. It reads like a novel, but everything, from the words spoken to the color of the wallpaper is true. Just check the thirty pages of tidily referenced notes at the end...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 13, 2014

Image Yves Montand (1921-1991) Laraine Day (1920-2007) Cornel Wilde (1915-1989)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 12, 2014

Image Grace Kelly (1929-1982) Kim Hunter (1922-2002) Jacques Tourneur (1904-1977) Jack Oakie (1903-1978)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 11, 2014

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Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 10, 2014

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Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 10, 2014

These shots of Tippi Hedren, daughter Melanie Griffith and family at home with their lion are both sweet and frightening. I wonder what that maid thought of it all?--Mashable There have been lots of different viewpoints about the recent Turner Broadcasting Network layoffs, which unfortunately affec   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 9, 2014

After an unsatisfying six film run with Universal Studios, 22-year-old Bette Davis thought she was through in Hollywood. Her contract had not been renewed by the studio, and she was preparing to return to New York, and the stage, when she received an offer to play opposite the much-respected George   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 7, 2014

Image June Allyson (1917-2006) Andy Devine (1905-1977)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 6, 2014

Image Carole Lombard (1908-1942) Janet Gaynor (1908-1984) Britt Ekland (72) Mitchell Leisen (1898-1972)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 6, 2014

My Days With Princess Grace of Monaco: Our 25-Year Friendship, Beyond Grace Kelly Joan Dale (with Grace Dale) In-Lightning, 2014 Since she first arrived on the shores of Monaco, her face partially obscured by a domed white hat, there have been rumors and speculation about Princess Grace of Monaco.   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 5, 2014

Image Source That is the sadness of being human today. We still don’t realize that there is no “other”. We still think we are the audience to everything; we don’t understand we are not witnesses, we are participants. You cannot save the world....But if we do allow beauty, i   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 5, 2014

Image Donald Pleasence (1919-1995) Glynis Johns (91)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 4, 2014

Image Buster Keaton (1895-1966) Charlton Heston (1923-2008)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 3, 2014

Image Leo McCarey (1896-1969) Warner Oland (1879-1938)   read more