The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 12, 2020

Happy Kate Day! On May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized It’s Katharine Hepburn’s birthday! And we are all in quarantine! Woo! If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you will have seen my ‘Classic Hollywood stars reac   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on May 8, 2020

SCREENPLAY BY: Donald Ogden Stewart On May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized American society was a hot topic in 1930s and 40s soph-coms (yes, I’m still trying to coin that) and none was more deliciously scathing than The Philadelphia Story   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 25, 2020

FAVORITE ANGRY MAN #9: Juror 10 (Ed Begley) On April 25, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized Bigoted, close-minded and irrational, Juror 10  (Ed Begley) bases his vote on his personal opinions about ‘those people’, of which ‘the boy’ is on   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 15, 2020

SCREENPLAY BY Daniel Taradash On April 15, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized Adapting James Jones’ gigantic novel From Here to Eternity into the 1953 classic may have been one of the most laborious jobs in Hollywood, but not only did Daniel Taradash insis   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on April 4, 2020

Classic Literature on Film blogathon – Crimes at the Dark House (Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White) On April 4, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized The stupendously hammy Crimes at the Dark House (1940, dir. George King) follows a plot not too dissim   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 23, 2020

FAVORITE ANGRY MAN #10: Juror 12 (Robert Webber) On March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized Like Juror 7, Juror 12 is much more interested in his life outside of that room than in the case. He’s an adversiting executive and his constant   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on March 8, 2020

SCREENPLAY BY: Virginia Kellogg On March 8, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized There isn’t a whole lot of information about Virginia Kellogg out there, but the information I got was enough for me to want to include her in the SCREENPLAY BY series. She has   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 23, 2020

FAVORITE ANGRY MAN #11: Juror 7 (Jack Warden) On February 23, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized My 11th favorite Angry Man is arguably the most obnoxious of them all. Right from the off, Juror 7 (Jack Warden) makes his position known: he is not happy about doin   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 13, 2020

Six classics, zero Oscar nominations On February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized It’s Oscar season! For the past four years during the month of February, I’ve talked about Oscar races – Best Actress of 1942/43 and Best Support   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on February 6, 2020

SCREENPLAY BY: Carl Foreman On February 6, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized The absolute omnishambles that was Carl Foreman’s career in Hollywood should be a lesson in decency, morals and how not to treat people and his blacklisting, along with that of s   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 27, 2020

Bernard Herrmann and Vertigo (1958) On January 27, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized If pressed, I would have to say that Bernard Herrmann’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) is my all-time favorite movie score. I’ve mentioned this a   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 16, 2020

FAVORITE ANGRY MAN #12: Juror 2 (John Fiedler) On January 16, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized The Old Hollywood Garden is proud to present a brand new series of posts: my top twelve favorite jurors from 12 Angry Men (1957, dir. Sidney Lumet)! Starting in Janu   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on January 5, 2020

SCREENPLAY BY: Frank S. Nugent On January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized Having the screenplay of the greatest Western of all time as your magnum opus is pretty grand as it is, but to claim a further ten scripts written for John Ford is as s   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 31, 2019

Hollywood’s Greatest Year: My ten favorite movies of 1939 On December 31, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized 2019 is almost over and what better way to finish it off than with a top ten list of my favorite Hollywood films of… 1939? Seems about right!   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 17, 2019

SCREENPLAY BY: Ben Hecht On December 17, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized A rare bonafide superstar in the screenwriting world, Ben Hecht was, as film historians have asserted, the embodiment of Hollywood. His perserverance, sharp wit and cynicism was the stu   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on December 6, 2019

COMEDY GOLD #20: George meets Clarence in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) On December 6, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized Well, here it is, the 20th and last ever COMEDY GOLD (booo!). Like DOUBLE BILL last year, I thought I’d end this series of posts   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 27, 2019

My six favorite film noir scores On November 27, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized I love film scores. And since it’s Noirvember, here are six of my favorite film noir scores, in no particular order: The Big Combo (1955, dir. Joseph H. Lewis) – Cool and j   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 16, 2019

SCREENPLAY BY: John Paxton On November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized One of the bravest screenwriters of the 1940s, John Paxton’s run as RKO’s top story-crafter between 1944 and 1947 culminated in one of the era’s most   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on November 5, 2019

Film noir’s seven hottest couples! On November 5, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized ‘From the moment they met, it was murder!’, goes the tagline of Double Indemnity (1944). And to be fair, that could be the tagline for any of them! Lust, angst,   read more

The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on October 22, 2019

The sad reality of Cat People (1942) On October 22, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized Last year’s Horror Month DOUBLE BILL focused on the similarities between The Invisible Man (1933, dir. James Whale) and The Wolfman (1941, dir. George Waggner). If one w   read more