Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 29, 2013

Bob Hope (1903-2003) Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 29, 2013

(d: Uday Shankar c: Uday Shankar, Lakshmi Kanta, Usha Kiran, Amala Shankar, India 1948, 160 min) The screening of the Indian dance epic Kalpana (1948) at Seattle International Film Festival 2013 held a rapt audience in its spell. This surreal fantasy mesmerized with its inventive production numbers   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 28, 2013

John Payne (1912-1989) Carroll Baker (82) Martha Vickers (1925-1971) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 28, 2013

(d: Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor c: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, Westcott Clarke, USA 1923, 67 min) I'm so glad I waited to see Safety Last! (1923) on the silver screen at Seattle International Film Festival 2013. It had always been on my list of movies to...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 27, 2013

Vincent Price (1911-1993) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 26, 2013

Norma Talmadge (1893-1957) John Dall (1918-1971) Peggy Lee (1920-2002) John Wayne (1907-1979) Charles Winninger (1884-1969) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 26, 2013

Acting, no matter what they say, is the same kind of art as a pianist or a violinist. We are interpretive artists, we interpret the script; the major thing is the script, the play. And we are as good as the scriptwriters. -Vincent Price Image Source, Quote Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 25, 2013

Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) Steve Cochran (1917-1965) Binnie Barnes (1903-1998) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 25, 2013

This post is my entry in the Children in Film blogathon taking place May 24-26 at Comet Over Hollywood. Head on over to the site for links to more kiddie movie star fun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gigi Perreau came to me o   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 24, 2013

How has there not been a Barbara Stanwyck blogathon yet? Thank heaven Aubyn is fixing that! Join in or check it out July 16-22--The Girls With The White Parasol Warner Archive Collection podcast recently snagged an interview with Margaret O'Brien. She's so enthusiastic about sharing her stories. Lo   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 23, 2013

John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars Eve Golden University Press of Kentucky, 2013 It's so great to be a part of anything like this. I can't believe I'm actually here. -John Gilbert, 1924 I've had a writer crush on Eve Golden for a long time. With a...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 23, 2013

Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) Joan Collins (80) Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002) Frank McHugh (1898-1981) Herbert Marshall (1898-1966) James Gleason (1882-1959) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 22, 2013

Alla Nazimova (1879-1945) Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) Richard Benjamin (75) Susan Strasberg (1938-1999) Charles Aznavour (89) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 21, 2013

Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) Raymond Burr (1917-1993) Kay Kendall (1926-1959) John Paxton, screenwriter (1911-1985) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 21, 2013

(d: Elio Petri c: Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Italy 1970, 112 min) Here is the soundtrack for the following three paragraphs. (This is actually a good rule of thumb: whenever possible, try to imagine things with an Ennio Morricone soundtrack): A man stalks the o   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 20, 2013

James Stewart (1908-1997) Patricia Ellis (1916-1970) Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894-1988) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 19, 2013

Nancy Kwan (74) Beverly Roberts (1914-2009) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 19, 2013

It is childhood and its environment which teaches us things that are poignantly influential on our later lives. -Mary Pickford Image Source, Quote Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 18, 2013

Frank Capra (1897-1991) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 17, 2013

Maureen O’Sullivan (1911-1998) Jean Gabin (1904-1976) Image Source   read more