The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on October 18, 2018

My Dolores Hart Blogathon, known as From the Star to A Star: Celebrating Dolores Hart, is finally here! I’ve announced this event at the end of July, so obviously we waited a lot! Dolores Hart is a great lady who surely deserves her own blogathon. Plus, this event will hopefully...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 16, 2018

Already three years ago, Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood hosted a blogathon in honour of Lauren Bacall. Three years later, she is B-A-C-K with a second edition of the event celebrating “The Look”. Even if I still have mixed feelings on my appreciation for Lauren   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 12, 2018

Yesterday, veteran actor Earl Holliman turned 90! I’ve always liked him for being an actor without any false pretensions. Highly underrated, he surely deserved more recognition. If you remember, a bit more than two years ago, I wrote him a letter to which he answered with two autographed phot   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 6, 2018

Ah, Jo, Joseph, Joseph Cotten… What a man! Perhaps one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood, he surely deserves his own tribute. And his own blogathon! Crystal from In The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Maddy from Maddy Loves Her Classic Films are back to take care...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 6, 2018

Hello everybody! As usual, next November, I’ll be hosting The Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon (4th edition) in honour of this unique lady. But, but, but! I made a little change this year as I asked Emily from The Flapper Dame to co-host the event with me and she gladly accepted!...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 6, 2018

I had a great surprise when I woke up yesterday. I saw that The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s Facebook page had been tagged by Feedspot Blog Reader‘s Facebook Page. So, as I naturally wondered what it was all about, I decided to go and see (natch) to discover that my...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on September 2, 2018

I had a hard time finding a title who would do justice to this post. But let me explain what this article is about. Yesterday, I was thinking about all these facts from Alfred Hitchcock films and career that people tend to forget, or that are a bit weird or...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on August 30, 2018

Three Enchanting Ladies It’s that day of the year again: August 29 or Ingrid Bergman’s birthday (and unfortunately, also her 36th death anniversary). For the occasion, I’m, once again, hosting my Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon via my main blog The Wonderful World Of Cinema. But I decided to wri   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on August 30, 2018

It’s been a pleasure for me to host The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon for the 4th year! I had a great time reading the various articles written by YOU talented bloggers! I could feel your admiration and respect for Ingrid in each one of them, which is perhaps the best...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on August 27, 2018

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The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on August 18, 2018

The Barrymores were to Hollywood what the Redgraves were to England: A “royal” family of talented actors, expended on more than one generation. My friend Crystal is one of the Barrymore’s great admirers and she reminds it to us every year with her always expected Barrymore Trilogy   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on August 12, 2018

The other day, I decided to read old diaries I was writing during my high school years. And honestly, that was a very entertaining read as I apparently had a lot of interesting things to say. However, the truly fascinating thing about it was to read about the actors and...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 30, 2018

I invite you to read my text on Ingrid Bergman as a transnational figure.   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 29, 2018

La Nuit américaine (Day for Night) is one of those films I watched during the first years of my cinematic exploration. I remember liking back then but when I saw it for the second time years after, at the Outremont Theatre in Montreal, my reaction to it was completely different....   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 24, 2018

The enthusiast Michaela from Love Letters to Old Hollywood and Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood are hosting together an event celebrating one of the most iconic on-screen duos to mark the history of classic films: The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Blogathon. This dancing du   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 20, 2018

Ah, Lawrence of Arabia… An illustrious man and the subject of one of movie history’s best films. It is British movie director David Lean who created this masterpiece. With movies like Lawrence of Arabia (of course), Great Expectations,  The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago and B   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 20, 2018

Hello everybody! It’s been some time now since I’ve been considering hosting a blogathon honouring Dolores Hart. Those who have been following my blog since the beginning know it’s not the first time I talk about her. Dolores Hart’s story is a unique one in the Hollywood his   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 17, 2018

Rebel Without a Cause was among the first films I watched when I was in full discovery of classic films. This first viewing seems forever ago but I remember it as if it was yesterday. I rent the DVD at a video store that unfortunately doesn’t exist anymore. They had...   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 6, 2018

After a non-movie related post on The Doors, I’m back to my old habits with good old Hitchcock. Yes, we discussed his films a lot on this blog and this isn’t going to stop! The occasion, today, is Maddy’s Second Annual Hitchcock Blogathon that she’s hosting on her blog Maddy   read more

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on July 5, 2018

Let’s talk a bit about music, ok? “But this is supposed to be a movie blog!” I know, but it’s important sometimes to go out of your comfort zone! Steve from Movie Movie Blog Blog is hosting The Favourite Foursome Blogathon. The participants are writing either about a real or...   read more