Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 26, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “You Were...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 23, 2013

This is the thirty-first installment of the monthly classic actress beauty tips that I have read about and tested. Elizabeth Taylor in 1991, introducing her perfume at Macy’s Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift. These celebrities may not have a perfume named for them if it wasn&#8   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 12, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Les Parapluies de...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 10, 2013

“Babies for Sale.” Few film titles have made me chuckle  as much as this 1940 B-movie did. But the movie starring Glenn Ford and Rochelle Hudson is not a comedy but a crime drama about organizations posing as charitable adoption agencies who are actually selling babies for thousands of dollars....   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 7, 2013

Lindsay’s Movie Musings and Comet Over Hollywood present the Breaking News: Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon! When: September 21-22, 2013 What: Classic films are filled with stories featuring journalists and journalism. Being newspaperwomen ourselves, we wanted to feature the roving reporters o   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 5, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Broadway Melody...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on August 2, 2013

Georgia Garrett is a fast talking, cigarette smoking, flirtatious night club singer–and she is the character played by Doris Day in her very first film “Romance on the High Seas” (1948). While other actresses worked their way up to stardom through bit parts and uncredited roles, Day starred i   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 31, 2013

This is July’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s film references in music videos. The 1920 German silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” is the story of a Francis recalling his memory of a carnival show. Dr. Caligari has a somnambulist Cesare who wakes up during the act. When Cesare   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 29, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Lili“– Musical   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 22, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Three Smart...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 16, 2013

During a time when law enforcement and the military weren’t popular in the United States, Officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed patrolled the streets of Los Angeles. Kent McCord as Jim Reed and Martin Milner as Pete Malloy in “Adam-12″ (Source: KentMcCord.com) From September 1968 to May 197   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 15, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, I’m starting a weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Summer Magic (1964)...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 3, 2013

Comet Over Hollywood is doing a mini-series of “Classics in the Carolinas.” I’ll be spotlighting classic movie related topics in South Carolina (my home state) and North Carolina (where I currently live and work). Elkin, North Carolina is a small town of roughly 4,000 people. It also is the setting   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on July 1, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, I’m starting a weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Thank Your...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on June 26, 2013

This is June’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s film references in music videos. In the film “Big,” a 12-year-old boy makes a wish on a Zoltar fortune teller machine at the fair to be grown up. The next day, he is a 30-year-old man in the form of Tom Hanks....   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on June 24, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, I’m starting a weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Something for...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on June 17, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, I’m starting a weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical:  “Second Ch   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on June 16, 2013

My dad, Bill Pickens, is a practical movie watcher. When the Wicked Witch of the West cries “I’m melting!” after water is thrown on her in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) he says, “Water wouldn’t make her melt. She would dissolve.” James Stewart as George Bailey asks Thomas Mitchell as...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on June 13, 2013

My dear friends at True Classics has invited bloggers to share their “Movie Memories” during the month of June. I am honored that I was invited to participate . Head to True Classics to read the other marvelous posts! Little Mermaid I remember sitting in a dim theater and looking at lit   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on June 10, 2013

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Thrill of a...   read more