Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 3, 2010

David Dwight (Warren William) is a man who only cares about two things: the hundred story skyscraper he’s built and women.  Lots and lots of women.  He’s married to Ella (Hedda Hopper), but only technically.  He pays all her extravagant bills and she doesn’t mind the many other wom   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 2, 2010

Gilda Karlson (Dorothy Mackaill) had been working as a secretary until she g0t involved with a man named Piet (Ralf Harolde), who caused her to lose her job.  Unable to get any other work, she turned to working as a lady of the night to support herself.  One night, she’s...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 1, 2010

Leslie Crosbie (Jeanne Eagels) is married to Robert (Reginald Owen), a rubber plantation in Malaya.  When Robert leaves for a night, Leslie sends a letter to her lover Geoffrey Hammond (Herbert Marshall), asking him to come see her.  When he gets the letter, Geoffrey is with his new mistress Li-Ti   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween, Hollywood Revue readers!  Yes, this year I dressed up as Norma Desmond!  She was such a fun person to dress up as.  Anyone else dress up as any classic film actors/actresses or characters?   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 29, 2010

Wow, I can’t believe we’re already up to number 30! This week is another week where if you don’t know anything at all about my style and only saw these ten movies, you’d get a pretty good idea of what my taste is.  So, let’s get on with the list!...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 28, 2010

It seems like I can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about something related to time travel.  First it was the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future, now I keep hearing about a guy who claims to have found a person talking on a cell phone in footage from...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 27, 2010

On Saturday, I had the absolute pleasure of going to a Halloween double feature at The Redford Theater of It Came from Outer Space in 3-D and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.  I can’t think of a better way to spend a rather dreary Saturday afternoon just before Halloween!  The...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 25, 2010

Site news time!  As you may or may not know, November is NaBloPoMo, or National Blog Posting Month.  And because I love a challenge, I’ve decided to take a shot at participating.  That’s right, I’m going to try to update the blog every single day in November!   To make things...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 22, 2010

Welcome to week seven of my 100 favorite movies!  When I was making this list, I didn’t set out to give each week a theme, but this week is definitely my Cary Grant week.  I honestly didn’t realize I’d put so many Cary Grant movies together until I started writing...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 20, 2010

When Besty Connell (Frances Dee) agreed to take a nursing job in the Caribbean, little did she know she would soon find herself caring for the living dead.  When she finds out Paul Holland (Tom Conway), a sugar plantation owner in Saint Sebastian, needs a nurse for his wife Jessica,...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 18, 2010

In Blackmail, John Longden plays Frank Webber, a detective for Scotland Yard.  One day, after work, he meets his girlfriend Alice (Anny Ondra) for dinner.  Only Alice has secretly arranged to meet another man, so she starts a fight with Frank to get him to leave.  She succeeds, but as...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 15, 2010

Another week, another ten movies!  Up this week: Jacques Tati, Marion Davies, and The Ramones.  No, really.  You’re not going to see that combination on any AFI lists!  We’re already up to the halfway point… 50.  Rock and Roll High School  (1979) I don’t care how goofy this   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 13, 2010

When Libby Mannering’s parents go out-of-town for the night, she does what any typical teenager would do and invites her friend Kit to come over.  Libby, Kit, and Libby’s little sister Tess decide to spend the evening making prank phone calls.  It’s all innocent enough until they   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 11, 2010

Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn, not to be confused with Bette Davis) is a middle-aged, unmarried secretary from Akron, Ohio.  After spending a few years saving up the money, she finally fulfills her lifelong dream of vacationing in Venice.  Even though she makes friends on the trip over and at the   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 8, 2010

Welcome to the next installment of my top hundred movies!  This week is another rather diverse bunch of movies.  Silents, modern stuff, foreign, musicals, suspense, it’s just all over the board.  So let’s get to number 60… 60.  Breathless  (1960) The definitive French New Wave fil   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 6, 2010

I’m pretty sure everyone has a general idea of what Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is all about: a doctor invents a concoction that turns him into an evil creature.  But if you’d like to be more specific, Fredric March plays Dr. Jekyll, a kind and respected scientist who believes...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on October 1, 2010

Welcome to week four of my 100 favorite movies!  This week is going to be my most 1970s centric bunch of movies of this countdown.  I’ve got two of the biggest hits of the 70′s along with one set in the 70′s.  Appropriately, this week’s list starts with number 70…...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on September 30, 2010

It’s certainly been a sad week for classic film fans.  In the past few days, we’ve lost a centenarian, an outstanding director, and one brilliant actor. Gloria Stuart, star of Gold Diggers of 1935, Dies at 100 Even though Gloria Stuart spent most of her career relegated to B-movies, s   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on September 27, 2010

Happy Halloween!  Before we get to the TCM schedule for October, it’s time for a little site news.  To celebrate Halloween, I’ll be reviewing a different horror film every Wednesday this month.  I promise it will be a mix between some typical Halloween favorites and some more unusual ch   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on September 26, 2010

This weekend was another good weekend to be a classic movie fan in the Detroit area.  Friday night, I went to a midnight screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Now that’s a movie you definitely need to see in a theater to get the full effect.  This certainly wasn’t the...   read more