Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 2, 2013

Bing Crosby (1903-1977) Hedda Hopper (1885-1966) Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) Brian Aherne (1902-1986) Lorenz Hart (1895-1943) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 1, 2013

Rose Hobart (1906-2000) Glenn Ford (1916-2006) Leila Hyams (1905-1977)   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 30, 2013

David Manners (1901-1998) Eve Arden (1908-1990) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 29, 2013

Celeste Holm (1917-2012) Tom Ewell (1909-1994) Fred Zinnemann (1907-1997) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 28, 2013

Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) Ann-Margret (72) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 28, 2013

Dietrich -- I don't know her. I wasn't on any of her films, but I shouldn't think that Miss Dietrich ever said, "Don't put so-and-so in a scene with me," or "I don't want her in my film." Dietrich didn't have to worry about that. She didn't have to. You...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 27, 2013

Walter Lantz (1899-1994) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 26, 2013

Jean Vigo (1905-1934) Douglas Sirk (1900-1987) Anita Loos (1888-1981) William Desmond Taylor (1872-1922) Niven Busch (1903-1991) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 26, 2013

It's been fun to get the first dispatches from the 2013 TCM Film Festival: Raquelle of Out of the Past , Laura of Laura's Miscellaneous Musings and Aurora of Once Upon a Screen and Lara of Backlots all had stories to share from their first day in Hollywood. Cary Grant...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 25, 2013

Though I would love to be spending time with my fellow classic movie fans at TCM Classic Film Festival right now, I have to say I was thrilled to attend the press launch for the Seattle International Film Festival today. As always, they've got an inspiring line-up of classic films...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 24, 2013

Shirley MacLaine (79) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 24, 2013

Hollywood and Hitler: 1933-1939 Thomas Doherty Columbia University Press, 2013 Whenever I used to think of Nazis in Hollywood, I'd have visions of Bugs Bunny mocking the Führer or newsreels trumpeting the progress of US battles in World War II. I never thought of the period leading up to war,...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 23, 2013

Sandra Dee (1942-2005) Shirley Temple (85) Frank Borzage (1893-1962) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 22, 2013

Eddie Albert (1906-2005) Vivian Dandridge (1921-1991) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 21, 2013

Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 21, 2013

The secret is to let the audience feel through the actress, rather than having the actress feel for the audience. When you can do that, you involved the audience almost without their knowledge or awareness. -Shirley MacLaine Image Source, Quote Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 20, 2013

Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) Nina Foch (1924-2008) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 19, 2013

Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) Constance Talmadge (1897-1973) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 19, 2013

I need to check out Dietrich's ABCs. It sounds crazy and brilliant--Sunset Gun This is a beautifully written post about using cinema to cope with tragedy. There's some good advice in here, in addition to a good list of movie recommendations--Backlots An epic examination of the gloomy and decadent   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 18, 2013

Hayley Mills (67) Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)   read more