The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 12, 2022

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Woman of the Year (1942) On May 12, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Pinterest It’s Katharine Hepburn’s birthday and you know what that means. May’s edition of ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES goes out to her! No, not The Philadel   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 6, 2022

CAFTAN WOMAN BLOGATHON: A Paddy Nolan-Hall Tribute On May 6, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized On March 7th, our dear Paddy Nolan-Hall of the Caftan Woman blog sadly left us. If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll have no doubt seen her comments on many of   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 25, 2022

Film-related books I own (and recommend) On April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Litstack As a lifelong film nerd, I’ve collected some great books on film, screenwriting and Hollywood over the years. Not as many as I’d like but   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 11, 2022

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Dinner at Eight (1933) On April 11, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Pinterest A few years ago, I wrote about Marie Dressler’s performance in Dinner at Eight (1933, dir. George Cukor) and why she’s the stand-out performer   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 26, 2022

Oscar Season: Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948) On March 26, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image in doctomacro It’s Oscar season! Woohoo! I was going through the Garden’s previous Oscar posts, and I realized I have never talked about o   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 12, 2022

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: The Naked City (1948) On March 12, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Ahh, the Screenplay Oscars. Has there ever been a more confusing Academy Award category? Starting with the very first ceremony in 1929, they have had many iteratio   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 26, 2022

Frank and Bing, Well Did You Evah! On February 26, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized High Society (1956, dir. Charles Walters) may not be everyone’s cup of tea. A lot of people don’t like musicals, and a lot of people don’t like remakes. And a lot of people   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 13, 2022

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: An Affair to Remember (1957) On February 13, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day! So, of course, ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES is getting all mushy and romantic with none other than An Affair to Remember (1957, di   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 23, 2022

My most-read article of each series of posts On January 23, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized So, every once in a while, I check my blog stats. I think it’s important to keep up with your audience as that is a good way of knowing where to go next and   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 12, 2022

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Notorious (1946) On January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Happy 2022… whatever’s left of it at this point, as we all slowly despair… But hey, let’s not dwell, because I’ve got a   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 31, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Aniki-Bóbó (1942) On December 31, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized As 2021 comes to an end (thank God), so does WORLD CINEMA (boooo!). And because I’ve spent the past few weeks in my home country for the holidays, that’s exactly w   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 12, 2021

Four classic movie families I would love to spend Christmas with On December 12, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized I actually, literally cannot believe it’s December. Like, what happened? Is this even allowed? Anyway, Christmas is (almost) here and I brin   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 24, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: En La Palma De Tu Mano (1951) On November 24, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized For Noirvember’s WORLD CINEMA, we travel all the way to Mexico for a dose of clairvoyance and melodrama, with En La Palma De Tu Mano (In the Palm of Your Hand), a   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 12, 2021

The Distraction Blogathon – Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and the glowing box… On November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized I’ve been flirting with the idea of taking this blogging thing to a whole new level – no, not podcasts. You   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 6, 2021

Overlooked and Underrated: Film Noir’s unsung heroes, villains and in-betweeners On November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized Happy Noirvember to all of you dames and misters out there in the dark! This year, I thought I’d do somet   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 22, 2021

CMBA’s Laughter is the Best Medicine blogathon: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) On October 22, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized The wonderful silliness of the ‘Abbott and Costello Meet…’ series of films is an absolute joy to behold! And   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 18, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: I Vampiri (1957) On October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized Not going to lie, picking a horror film for the WORLD CINEMA series wasn’t easy. There are too many great ones that I have already talked about, like Les Diaboli   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 8, 2021

The Night of the Hunter (1955), Charles Laughton’s horrifying masterpiece On October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized Can you believe it’s October already? I certainly can’t. But you know what that means. Horror Month is here! And w   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 23, 2021

WORLD CINEMA: Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958) On September 23, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized Granted, it’s a 12-minute short so we don’t get to look at Jean-Paul Belmondo for as long as we’d like. Granted, his voice is dubbed by director Jean-Luc God   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on September 11, 2021

The beauty of Dark Suburbia and Douglas Sirk On September 11, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized A few weeks ago, I posted an article on Medium about my 30 favorite Cold Case episodes of all time and, coming in at number 30 was The Brush Man (Season 6, episo   read more