Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 28, 2013

I've been sitting here admiring the lovely new Google doodle, which was created to celebrate the October 28 birthday of eight-time Oscar winning costume designer Edith Head. I couldn't believe that I did not immediately determine the film and star connected with each dress. This woman is one of my...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 27, 2013

Teresa Wright (1918-2005) Ruby Dee (89) Jack Carson (1910-1963) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 27, 2013

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. -Audrey Hepburn Image Source, Quote Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 25, 2013

Able Gance (1889-1981) Billy Barty (1924-2000) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 25, 2013

Missing footage from Samuel Beckett's Film (1965) has been found, a discovery that is exciting because this short flick features Buster Keaton. I hear making the movie was an unpleasant experience for Keaton and that he and Beckett didn't really get each other, but I'm dying to see what this...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 24, 2013

Jack Warner (1895-1981) Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 23, 2013

Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and The Scandal That Changed Hollywood Greg Merritt Chicago Review Press, 2013 My introduction to Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was via a magazine feature about Hollywood scandals. Through that I learned that the silent screen   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 23, 2013

Coleen Gray (91) Bella Darvi (1928-1971) Diana Dors (1931-1984) Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 22, 2013

Constance Bennett (1904-1965) Joan Fontaine (96) Catherine Deneuve (70) Curly Howard (1903-1952) Annette Funicello (1942-2013) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 21, 2013

Edna Purviance (1895-1958) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 20, 2013

Charley Chase (1893-1940) Olive Thomas (1894-1920) Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) Rex Ingram (1895-1969) Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 20, 2013

When you become a legend, people become experts on your life. -Joan Fontaine Image Source, Quote Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 18, 2013

Evelyn Venable (1913-1993) Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) Melina Mercouri (1920-1994) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 18, 2013

This 1967 letter from Groucho Marx to Woody Allen amazes me. It's like a comedy act. Did he write everything like this?--The Guardian It's interesting how much Helena Bonham Carter researched Elizabeth Taylor for her role in the BBC biopic. She seemed to relish that as much as playing the...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 17, 2013

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

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 16, 2013

Linda Darnell (1923-1965) Angela Lansbury (88) Rex Bell (1903-1962) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 16, 2013

Zachary Scott: Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad Ronald L. Davis University Press of Mississippi, 2006 Zachary Scott came from money. He was pampered, even a little spoiled, though he was always pleasant and grateful for his parent's generosity. His biography answers the question: what happens to a mov   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 15, 2013

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

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 14, 2013

Roger Moore (86) Lillian Gish (1893-1993) Benita Hume (1906-1967) Clarence Muse (1889-1979) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on October 13, 2013

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