The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 1, 2016

Christmas has come and gone, a new year arriving today. Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating last night… but not too much fun, eh? Here in the movie blogosphere, a new month means it’s time to take a look at the past month in viewing… so let’s get...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 27, 2015

Note: This post will contain some spoilers. Read with caution if you’ve never seen For Me and My Gal. Additionally, this post was written for The Classic Movie History Project blogathon. For more information on this blogathon, see the end of the post! With World War II looming heavily over...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 26, 2015

Born at the turn of the 20th century, Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) lives a charmed life in northern California. As she gets older, she finds love, marrying and starting a family. Everything seems perfect. But tragedy strikes one evening, during a rare occurrence of snowfall, as Adaline is driving t   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 25, 2015

Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney) is a man with a bad reputation, known as “dangerous” by the police in Chinatown, where he lives. He has few friends, due not only to his bad reputation, but also to the fact that he can’t walk without the assistance of crutches or a wheelchair...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 24, 2015

The favorite film: Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1944 black comedy directed by Frank Capra (Image via Happy Otter) The synopsis: Mortimer Brewster is a soon-to-be-married drama critic. He’s “sneered at every love scene in every play.” His reputation is one of a permanent bachelor, and he   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 23, 2015

Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends, where I share five films you should keep an eye out for on TCM over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing! (Image via Classic Movie Stills)...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 22, 2015

Jack Kelly (William Haines) is a talented golfer, but can’t spend all of his time on the sport. He and his father (Bert Woodruff) both work for Mr. Waters (George Fawcett), a fellow golfer who runs a shipping company. (Image via IMDb)One day, Mr. Waters fires Pop Kelly, and Jack...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 21, 2015

Mark Winston may very well be the most popular man in America. He’s a famous pilot, with a handsome face and good values. Millions of women have fallen for him. (Image via Movie Poster Shop) There’s just one catch: he’s fictional! Novelist Kit Madden (Claudette Colbert) has written   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 20, 2015

For last month’s Shorts Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently, the wonderful blog Silver Screenings covered the 1912 drama Falling Leaves, describing it as follows: “There is a film that makes us a little weepy every time we watch it. Every. single. time. Get this: The film is not even 12   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 19, 2015

The series finale of Mad Men aired last month, and I have yet to fully recover. Naturally, this has led me to begin re-watching the series from the beginning. “Mad Men Memories” is a new series on the blog where I’ll simply be sharing my favorite moments from each season,...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 18, 2015

American novelist Ben Ames Williams was a prolific writer, crafting over 30 novels and over 400 short stories throughout his career. Quite a few of his works, including Small Town Girl, All the Brothers Were Valiant, Leave Her to Heaven and The Strange Woman were adapted to the screen. (All the Brot   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 17, 2015

Heather Halloran (Sandra Dee) wants to live a normal life — go to college, become a secretary, maybe settle down and start a family some day. (Image via movieposter.com) But her overbearing mother (Celeste Holm) has other ideas. She wants Heather to be a star. Setting up shop in an...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 16, 2015

Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends, a series in which I share five films you should be keeping an eye out for on TCM over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing! (Image...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 15, 2015

Marie Morgan (Helen Parrish) is visiting the home of her deceased grandfather, who disliked everyone but her. He passed away when she was eight years old, but before he died, he told her to return to the house when she reached the age of twenty-one. Having finally reached that age,...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 14, 2015

One year, one film: 1935 The film: Mad Love, dir. Karl Freund starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive Rating: Recommended | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Must-See (Image via wrongsideoftheart.com) Peter Lorre stars in Mad Love as Doctor Gogol, a famed surgeon who has become obsessed with actress Y   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 13, 2015

NOTE: This post is a part of TMP’s Historical Context series, in which I share excerpts from my old magazine collection. The purpose of this post is not to gossip about classic stars or assert the magazine’s stories as fact, but to look at how they were portrayed in the media...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 12, 2015

Brock Miller (Forrest Tucker) is a man on the run from the law. After being framed for a murder in New York, he has fled the country. Brock has taken up residence in an abandoned beach house near San Juan, Puerto Rico. He enlists the help of Manuel (Jackie Wayne),...   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 11, 2015

Amelia Cornell (Olivia de Havilland) is a talented violinist, studying at the Brissac Academy of Music in New York City with her friends, jack-of-all-musical-trades Dusty (Eddie Albert) and fellow violinist Joy (Jane Wyman). (Image via notrecinema.com) Amelia’s scholarship isn’t enough t   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 10, 2015

Sheila Wayne (Cathy O’Donnell) was born in the United States but has lived in Switzerland for most of her life. She’s recently married an American man named Philip Justin (Gerald Mohr), and the two are soon returning to the United States to start their lives together. (Image via St. John   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on June 9, 2015

Welcome to TMP Recommends, the series in which I share five films that you should keep an eye out for on Turner Classic Movies over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing! (Image via League...   read more