Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 14, 2012

Julie Christie (71) Gloria Jean (86) Rod Steiger (1925-2002) Valerie Hobson (1917-1998) John Gielgud (1904-2000) Lee Tracy (1898-1968) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 13, 2012

Stanley Donen (88) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 13, 2012

A plea for the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education-- A Mythical Monkey Writes About the Movies I finally got to this article about Eadweard J. Muybridge. Wow, he was an intense guy— LA Times An account of the TCM Fest— The Guardian Bogart’s son is going to sail on...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 12, 2012

Jane Withers (86) Ann Miller (1923-2004) Virginia Cherrill (1908-1996) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 12, 2012

The Testament of Judith Barton Wendy Powers and Robin McLeod 2011 I felt like the embattled heroine of The Testament of Judith Barton when I started reading this book. I meant to read a few pages, but then it sucked me in, and my only escape was to see it...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 11, 2012

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Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 11, 2012

Monty has put up banners for his summer-long Cinematic Trip Around the World blogathon— All Good Things Here’s another great blogathon idea: The Best Hitchcock Films Hitchcock Never Made— Classic Becky’s Brain Food A beautiful review of God is the Bigger Elvis, a document   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 10, 2012

George Arliss (1868-1946) Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990) Omar Sharif (80) Max von Sydow (83) Harry Morgan (1915-2011) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 9, 2012

Paul Robeson (1898-1976) Jean-Paul Belmondo (79) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 9, 2012

Google has found a wonderful way to celebrate Eadweard J. Muybridge’s 182nd birthday. If that name doesn’t sound familiar to you, the Google tribute will probably ring a bell— Google The Short Animation Blogathon sounds like a lot of fun-- Pussy Goes Grrr The steamer that served   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 8, 2012

Mary Pickford (1892-1979) John Gavin (81) Sonja Henie (1912-1969) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 8, 2012

One day I was having coffee on the set, just drinking coffee out of a styrofoam cup. And I was wearing the black dress with the red embossed roses. It was the day of the auction scene when there were a lot of extras around. And he came up to...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 7, 2012

Walter Winchell (1897-1972) James Garner (84) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 7, 2012

I'm not sure why I always assumed that the moon in Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon (1902) was a man. It could be anyone under all that goo. I think it’s mostly because whenever I read about the movie, the writer would inevitably make that common reference to “the...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 6, 2012

Walter Huston (1884-1950) Joi Lansing (1929-1972) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 5, 2012

Bette Davis (1908-1989) Frank Gorshin (1933-2005) Roger Corman (86) Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 5, 2012

As much as I adore Le Voyage Dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) (1902), I tend to watch the shorter films of Georges Méliès more often. They are so playful, inventive and surreal. Here are a few of my favorites: Le papillon fantastique (1909) I love the bright...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 4, 2012

Rosemary Lane (1914-1974) Frances Langford (1913-2005) Image Source   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 4, 2012

An amazing single-shot edit of the courtyard scenes in Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954)-- /Film This is a wonderful birthday interview with Doris Day. She still sounds so Doris-y— NPR A couple of posts about the fight to save the Lot studios-- Examiner The Cinementals An   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 4, 2012

Air is one of my favorite bands, so I would have thought I’d be delighted when I heard they would be composing the soundtrack for the color restoration of A Trip to the Moon (1902), but I wasn’t so sure about it at first. Though the band has always used...   read more