Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 25, 2014

Dean Jones (83) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 24, 2014

Ann Todd (1909-1993) Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 24, 2014

Interesting that TCM will be honoring Jerry Lewis at the TCM Film Festival this year. Thought I've never been a big fan, I've always been intrigued by his eccentric performances. Sometimes they just seem goofy, but often they can be clever in the most fascinating way. He's got an edge...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 23, 2014

Sergei M. Eisenstein (1898-1948) Jeanne Moreau (86) Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) Randolph Scott (1898-1987) Dan Duryea (1907-1968) Franklin Pangborn (1889-1958) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 22, 2014

Conrad Veidt (1893-1943) D.W. Griffith (1875-1948) Constance Collier (1878-1955) Ann Sothern (1909-2001) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 22, 2014

William Wyler: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director Gabriel Miller University Press of Kentucky, 2013 William Wyler had an astoundingly successful career on every level. He was strong box office, drawing in crowds with classics like Jezebel (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Ben-   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 20, 2014

My movie viewing is always all over the place. I always ended up watching random flicks on YouTube or re-watching old favorites. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I know that I'm missing a lot of good stuff because of my lack of focus. I perked up when...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 19, 2014

Tippi Hedren (84) B.P. Schulberg (1892-2009) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 19, 2014

The literal content of his scenes, which in silent films had been imagined, was too intense to be put into spoken words. -King Vidor, about John Gilbert Quote Source, Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 18, 2014

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

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 17, 2014

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

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 17, 2014

How cool is this? Flicker Alley is now offering streaming of select titles via its website, Hulu and Fandor--Flicker Alley I had no idea Hitchcock made a documentary about the Holocaust in 1945. The film was withheld for years, surfacing in poor condition on PBS in 1984. Now it has...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 16, 2014

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

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 15, 2014

Margaret O’Brien (77) Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 15, 2014

Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 Robert Matzen GoodKnight Books, 2013 In order to properly tell the story of the 1942 death of 22 passengers in TWA flight 3, a crash that has endured in memory because one of them was the glamorous film star Carole Lombard,...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 14, 2014

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, 2014

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

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 13, 2014

As Joan Crawford is the Star of the Month on TCM in January, I've been seeing her name around a lot lately. It got me to thinking about how many of my favorite stars were named Joan, the kind of women who are indescribably amazing to me. Mentioned the crazy...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 12, 2014

Luise Rainer (104) Patsy Kelly (1910-1981) Tex Ritter (1905-1974) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on January 12, 2014

He was almost unbearably handsome. In my first love scene with him…I was so overwhelmed, I froze. -Colleen Moore, about John Barrymore Quote Source, Image Source   read more