Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 17, 2014

Maureen O'Hara (94) Mae West (1893-1980) Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) Monty Woolley (1888-1963)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 16, 2014

Source Julie Newmar (81) Ann Blyth (86)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 15, 2014

Source Wendy Hiller (1912-2003) Signe Hasso (1910-2002) Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 15, 2014

Image I'm going to go old school and say this week really needed a spanking. From the frustrated community in Ferguson to the deaths of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, it was sometimes difficult to even find solace from the movies. They always help though. I'm dedicating this week's links...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 14, 2014

Wheeler and Woolsey Robert Woolsey (1888-1938)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 13, 2014

Source Bert Lahr (1885-1967) Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) Gene Raymond (1908-1998) Charles “Buddy” Rogers (1904-1999)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 13, 2014

Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley Jeffrey Spivak The University Press of Kentucky, 2011 I've been wanting to check out Jeffrey Spivak's biography of Busby Berkeley ever since it came out a few years ago. Recently, I finally had the chance to do so, and it was worth...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 12, 2014

I will approach life with the zest and sassy dance steps of a Kessler sister:   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 12, 2014

Source Cantinflas (1911-1993) Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) Jane Wyatt (1910-2006)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 11, 2014

Image Source Lloyd Nolan (1902-1985)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 11, 2014

The Hunted (1947) A low budget, but classy film noir, The Hunted is a minor treasure. It's moody, romantic and above all, it has the gently haughty presence of Belita. A woman of many talents, the star who was most famous for her accomplishments on the ice also carved a...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 10, 2014

Image Source Jack Haley (1898-1979) Norma Shearer (1902-1983) Eddie Fisher (1928-2010) Curt Siodmak (1902-2000) Walter Lang (1896-1972)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 10, 2014

Audiences watched him as they would watch a baby or a white kitten on the screen; the camera loved him. -Fred Zinnemann, about Gary Cooper Quote Source, Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 9, 2014

Image Source Charles Farrell (1901-1990) Robert Aldrich (1918-1983)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 8, 2014

Image Source Rory Calhoun (1922-1999) Esther Williams (1921-2013) Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 8, 2014

Image After reading this review, I'm dying to see The Secret of Convict Lake (1951). The cast alone would make it worthwhile: Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore and Zachary Scott--wow--Noir of the Week I love this photo tour of the Margaret Mitchell Museum in Atlanta. Lots of pics and...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 7, 2014

Image Source Billie Burke (1884-1970) Ann Harding (1901-1981)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 6, 2014

Image Source Hoot Gibson (1892-1962) Ella Raines (1920-1988) Lucille Ball (1911-1989)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 6, 2014

Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance J.E. Smyth University Press of Mississippi, 2014 Before I picked up Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance, I didn't think I had any set notions about the Vienna-born director's style. I only knew that if I saw his name in the credits...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 5, 2014

Image Source Robert Taylor (1911-1969) John Huston (1906-1987) Reginald Owen (1887-1972)   read more