Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on September 2, 2014

As you can imagine, being a classic film fan, I love buying antiques and practically anything related to Old Hollywood, even things with the smallest association. Call me an old lady (my sister frequently does), but I find old furniture and other items pretty great. They hold up 100 times...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on August 24, 2014

Today is the day: my one-year anniversary for Love Letters to Old Hollywood. I’m glad I’ve been able to keep this venture up, especially since when it comes to actually writing a piece out instead of outlining it, I tend to get lazy and push it off for as long...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on August 14, 2014

"Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete: if you're alive, it isn't." It was Tuesday night, and I was finally going to watch Murder by Death, a comedy spoof on classic detective mysteries that had an abundance of talent in the cast. I...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on August 13, 2014

I’m feeling a lot of mixed emotions today. Yesterday, the incredible Lauren Bacall passed away, but today is Alfred Hitchcock’s 115th birthday. I wanted to write a post for both occasions and after trying to figure out a fitting way to honor both icons, I decided that today I would...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on August 2, 2014

Don't panic. I've changed the background, the colors...and pretty much nothing else because I have no clue how most of this stuff works. I realized I have had this blog for almost a year now (whaaaat?) and I’ve had a lot of fun with it. It’s been a great outlet...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on July 23, 2014

It’s time for the second installment of my “Forgotten Classic” series. This time I’ll be talking about the absolutely enchanting The Glass Slipper (1955). Directed by Charles Walters, this film is an interesting take on the Cinderella fairytale, with Leslie Caron as Ella, Mic   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on July 13, 2014

Being the Francophile I am, every year on July 14th, I try to celebrate Bastille Day. I know I’m American, but I feel a special affinity with France, so it’s fun to make some crepes and pop in a few films that are somehow associated with the country. Usually, I’ll...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on June 8, 2014

The other day, I finally got around to a film I had been wanting to see for a while: George Sidney’s Jupiter’s Darling (1955), starring Howard Keel, George Sanders, Marge and Gower Champion, and Esther Williams in her last role for her home studio of MGM. I won’t go into...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on May 28, 2014

Last Saturday, my sister got married. After months of ridiculous planning, the whole fiasco is over with and I am so damn grateful. Being maid of honor was definitely not my forte—I felt like…well, frankly it must have been similar to how Cary Grant’s David felt in Bringing Up Baby   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on May 5, 2014

I don’t know if any of you are aware, but May is absolutely filled to the brim with the birthdays of old Hollywood icons! I took one look at my calendar page and about had a heart attack. I’ve already missed a few and I apologize for that, but hopefully...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on April 26, 2014

Hello again! For a few days now, I kept saying myself “You’ve got to post something new, Michaela. It’s been quite a while since you wrote something.” Then I look and it hadn’t even been a month. Ah, me… Anyway, since I was in the posting mood (is th   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on April 7, 2014

I’ve seen Vincente Minnelli’s classic multiple times, so I was surprised to notice during one viewing that there was a lot of pairing being done. It sounds a little weird, I know. Maybe it’s just coincidental and I’m making too big a deal out of it, but it sparked my...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on April 3, 2014

Today is the 90th birthday of one of my favorite actresses, the lovely Ms. Doris Day. (It’s really her 92nd, but she says 90th, so just go with it.) From the first moment I saw Doris, I knew she was great. No, make that incredible. I’m not going to recount...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on March 26, 2014

I hope I’m not boring you guys with all my Hitchcock talk. It’s just so hard for me to stay away from him! Anyway, after this post, I’m going to really try and look at other film subjects and give you all a break from my Hitch obsession. Just let...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on March 6, 2014

Earlier this week, the Oscars aired and being the cinephile I am, I dutifully watched it as I do every year. This year’s ceremony did something that I absolutely loved—they honored the 75th anniversary of THE WIZARD OF OZ. As I’ve stated before, OZ is my absolute favorite film.   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on February 25, 2014

Salut, mes amis! Today I thought I’d start a new series on here called “Forgotten Classic: insert film name here.” The name’s kind of self-explanatory—this series will be dedicated to movies that I think have been unfairly forgotten. Sometimes I’ll also pick somet   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on January 15, 2014

Esther Williams is amazing. I didn’t find this out until after I heard about her death last year, and I’ve been kicking myself for it ever since. My beloved Turner Classic Movies aired a whole marathon of her films as a tribute to her and I decided to take the...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on January 5, 2014

I recently read a post on the Alfred Hitchcock Geek blog that compared Hitch’s VERTIGO to Henry Hathaway’s NIAGARA, and all the similarities fascinated me. I had seen NIAGARA a few years back, and while I enjoyed the film, I hadn’t really taken a second look at it. I didn’t...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on December 29, 2013

Today’s post will be my last one celebrating Fred and Ginger’s anniversary, and I’ll admit that initially I had no clue what more I could write. I tried thinking of many different things, but it wasn’t until I was watching ROBERTA a few nights ago that I figured something out   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on December 26, 2013

To honor the 80th anniversary of the pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, I wrote a post about the origins of their teaming, so today, I decided to post my personal list of Fred and Ginger’s films in order of my least favorite to favorite. This was a bit...   read more