The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 11, 2015

Party like it’s 1943! On October 11, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Just when I start to think I can deal with this ‘living in the 21st Century’ thing, photos like this come up and I go like ‘Nope, never mind, can someone get me a time machine please?’. Ahh   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 8, 2015

Grace On October 8, 2015 By CarolMartinheira This is one of my favorite photos of all time. It’s just so cool and sophisticated and sexy. Grace Kelly could not take a bad photo. She was insanely beautiful. I just love her, she’s one of my favorit   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 6, 2015

Dinner party On October 6, 2015 By CarolMartinheira One of the most popular questions among classic movie buffs is ‘If you could have ten people for dinner, who would you pick?’ It’s a heart wrenching question as well, ’cause we love   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 2, 2015

The flapper On October 2, 2015October 3, 2015 By CarolMartinheira The tragic death of Olive Thomas in 1920 is widely thought to be one of the first major Hollywood scandals. Weirdly enough, like many silent movie actors and actresses, most of her movies are   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 29, 2015

Close-up… On September 29, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Now, Sunset Boulevard. I suspect if there was a worldwide poll to find the most popular Billy Wilder movie of all time, this might win. Yes, everybody loves Some Like It Hot (including me! Oh my God,   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 25, 2015

Desert Island movies! On September 25, 2015September 25, 2015 By CarolMartinheira I love desert island questions! You know, like ‘What three items would you take with you?’ and all that. They are seriously so much fun. Desert Island questions and   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 22, 2015

‘Baby, I don’t care…’ On September 22, 2015 By CarolMartinheira I have a friend who watches Out of the Past (1947) once a week, every single week. As you all should! This is pretty much the ultimate noir. Like The Big Combo, Out of t   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 18, 2015

The feud On September 18, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Before Taylor Swift and Katy Perry, before Oasis and Blur and before Bruce Willis and Kevin Smith, there was Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. They are the reigning queens of celebrity feuds. I mean, those two   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 15, 2015

Oh I see what you did there! On September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Do you remember that scene in His Girl Friday (1940) when Cary Grant describes Ralph Bellamy as looking ‘like that fellow in the movies, Ralph Bellamy’? That   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 12, 2015

No-no-notorious! On September 12, 2015September 12, 2015 By CarolMartinheira I’m terrible at doing top 10 lists. Or top 5, for that matter. You know what I’m good at? Top 4 lists. Somehow I always struggle to find my 5th favorite anything. So my Hitchcock t   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 11, 2015

Where have I heard this before? On September 11, 2015 By CarolMartinheira We all know and love Max Steiner and Bernard Herrmann, but what about the unsung hero of classic movie scores, Miklos Rosza? Take a look at his body of work: Double Indemnity (1944),   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 10, 2015

The fans On September 10, 2015 By CarolMartinheira We classic movie buffs are  one of the most fierce fandoms on the planet. We are experts, we know every line from every movie, we know who won an Oscar when and for what, we get references right away and we   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 8, 2015

Midnight! On September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Legend goes that when Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett’s script of ‘Midnight’ was turned in, the studio liked it but thought it needed something. So they hired new writers to rewrite the sc   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 7, 2015

Babs! On September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 By CarolMartinheira I just love Barbara Stanwyck! Unfortunately, most people will remember her from The Big Valley, instead of the many great movies she made during The Golden Age. After years of being a member of   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 6, 2015

The movie with the playroom On September 6, 2015September 6, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Of the four movies Kate and Cary made together, Bringing up Baby and The Philadelphia Story get all the attention. Everybody’s seen them and everybody loves them. Sylvia Sc   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 5, 2015

Welcome to The Old Hollywood Garden! On September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Share this:TwitterFacebookGoogleLike this:Like Loading...   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 5, 2015

Let’s talk about the classics, shall we? On September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 By CarolMartinheira I’ve got many friends whom I met on Facebook movie groups and with whom I share a passion for classic films. Some of them have blogs and review pag   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 5, 2015

That image… On September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 By CarolMartinheira Recognize this? Of course you do. This is on the cover of every book about film noir, it’s the cover photo on every Facebook film noir page and it has become one of the most iconic i   read more