Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 27, 2013

Marlene Dietrich, photograph by Edward Steichen Marie Magdalene Dietrich was born 112 years ago today in Schöneberg, Germany. She died well into her 90th year, in Paris, in 1992, and was by then known the world over as Marlene Dietrich, archetypal superstar of the silver screen as well as the...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 27, 2013

Marlene Dietrich, photograph by Edward Steichen Marie Magdalene Dietrich was born 112 years ago today in Schöneberg, Germany. She died well into her 90th year, in Paris, in 1992, and was by then known the world over as Marlene Dietrich, archetypal superstar of the silver screen as well as the...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 22, 2013

Marc Platt (shown here, in the purple shirt, in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) turned 100 on December 2 He was born Marcel LePlat in Pasadena, California on December 2, 1913, but was raised in Seattle, Washington. His training as a dancer began at age 11 at the local dance...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 22, 2013

Marc Platt (shown here, in the purple shirt, in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) turned 100 on December 2 He was born Marcel LePlat in Pasadena, California on December 2, 1913, but was raised in Seattle, Washington. His training as a dancer began at age 11 at the local dance...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 16, 2013

BOOKS AND DVDS IN YOUR STOCKING THIS YEAR? One of the things I love most about the holidays is giving gifts. This year I happen to have presents for a few classic film buffs and I'll be giving them this week. Literally the biggest gift to be given - at...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 16, 2013

BOOKS AND DVDS IN YOUR STOCKING THIS YEAR? One of the things I love most about the holidays is giving gifts. This year I happen to have presents for a few classic film buffs and I'll be giving them this week. Literally the biggest gift to be given - at...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 16, 2013

BOOKS AND DVDS IN YOUR STOCKING THIS YEAR? One of the things I love most about the holidays is giving gifts. This year I happen to have presents for a few classic film buffs and I'll be giving them this week. Literally the biggest gift to be given - at...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 10, 2013

The latest edition of the Film Noir Foundation's Noir City e-magazine is out and, along with major features on Dan Duryea and Peter Lorre, it brings news of Noir City XII, the FNFs annual film noir festival in San Francisco. Olga Zubarry The festival will again take place at San...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 10, 2013

The latest edition of the Film Noir Foundation's Noir City e-magazine is out and, along with major features on Dan Duryea and Peter Lorre, it brings news of Noir City XII, the FNFs annual film noir festival in San Francisco. Olga Zubarry The festival will again take place at San...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 10, 2013

The latest edition of the Film Noir Foundation's Noir City e-magazine is out and, along with major features on Dan Duryea and Peter Lorre, it brings news of Noir City XII, the FNFs annual film noir festival in San Francisco. Olga Zubarry The festival will again take place at San...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 3, 2013

Watching a console TV for long stretches from the living room floor at a distance of not more than a few feet was a good part of a typical day for most kids of my era. Much of what we watched was “old movies” because, for many years, the films...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 3, 2013

Watching a console TV for long stretches from the living room floor at a distance of not more than a few feet was a good part of a typical day for most kids of my era. Much of what we watched was “old movies” because, for many years, the films...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 3, 2013

The Gay Divorcee airs tonight on TCM as part of its month-long tribute to Fred Astaire Watching a console TV for long stretches from the living room floor and a distance of not more than a few feet was a good part of a typical day for most tots of...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 27, 2013

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 27, 2013

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 27, 2013

Clockwise from top left: Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson and Louise Brooks Fashion in Film Film and costume design history expert Kimberly Truhler, one of the presenting hosts at TCM’s 2013 Classic Film Festival, launched her new webinar series The History of Fashion in Film w   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 23, 2013

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo at Davies Hall, San Francisco, November 1, 2013 A few months ago the San Francisco Symphony announced that it would kick off a season-long classic film series with Hitchcock Week, October 30 - November 2. Each night a different Hitchcock movie was to be presented with it   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 23, 2013

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo at Davies Hall, San Francisco, November 1, 2013 A few months ago the San Francisco Symphony announced that it would kick off a season-long classic film series with Hitchcock Week, October 30 - November 2. Each night a different Hitchcock movie was to be presented with it   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 23, 2013

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo at Davies Hall, San Francisco, November 1, 2013 A few months ago the San Francisco Symphony announced that it would kick off a season-long classic film series with Hitchcock Week, October 30 - November 2. Each night a different Hitchcock movie was to be presented with it   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 22, 2013

Personal Memories of John F. Kennedy At 43, he was the youngest man to be elected and the only Catholic President of the United States. His youth and religion were issues in 1960 when he won the office by quite a bit less than a landslide. After his assassination in...   read more