True Classics Posted by Brandie on May 1, 2011

Damn Nazis screw up everything—even love. ‘Least they still have Paris. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now. [These things are addictive, no?]   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 30, 2011

For this week’s Saturday Morning Cartoons entry, we’re jumping back in time a couple of years from last week’s post. On a whim last night, I decided to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Well, perhaps it wasn’t so whim-ish; I saw this post yesterday on grammatically-incorrect mov   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 29, 2011

Hoofing through puddles– a great way to catch a gal’s heart and a head cold. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now.   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 28, 2011

Just a couple of general notices: Nominations are now open for the annual LAMMY awards over at the Large Association of Movie Blogs. As you can see, we recently submitted a “For Your Consideration” banner to the site. If you are a LAMB, please consider nominating us! The nominations are   read more

True Classics Posted by Nikki G on April 23, 2011

Back last fall when Brandie originally came up with the idea for Saturday Morning Cartoons (and used it to talk me into joining True Classics), I was telling my sister about it and her first response was, “I love The Rescuers Down Under. You should do that one.” So here...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 22, 2011

The world of classic comedy lost another legendary contributor this week with the passing of writer Madelyn Pugh Davis. Davis, flanked by stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. At a time when there were few women writing in Hollywood (and even fewer writing for comedy), Davis took advantage of the...   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on April 9, 2011

Yup … for two weeks in a row, the Saturday Morning Cartoons post title is a villain quote. Oliver & Company (1988) is Disney’s animated and “animaled” take on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (if you must indulge in the Dickens canon, this is probably the way to go). Oliv   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 7, 2011

Two years after debuting a sparkling chemistry in 1959′s Pillow Talk, Doris Day and Rock Hudson re-teamed for another romantic comedy, Lover Come Back. Again, they were joined by Tony Randall and a slew of amusing bit players for an appealing, candy-coated concoction of wit, sex, and broad hum   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 6, 2011

This past weekend marked classic movie star Doris Day’s 87th birthday (at least, according to TCM’s online biography of the star … some sources list various other years as Day’s official date of birth). And what better way to celebrate than to dedicate this week’s posts   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on April 2, 2011

This weekend’s Saturday Morning Cartoon is one of my favourite Disney animated films: The Great Mouse Detective (1986). A rodent version of Sherlock Holmes, Basil of Baker Street is after the evil Professor Ratigan, the world’s worst criminal who manages to stay one step ahead.  Basil pl   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on April 1, 2011

Throughout her long and varied career, Bette Davis excelled at playing complicated women. From the slatternly waitress in Of Human Bondage (1934) to the spoiled Southern belle in 1938′s Jezebel to the grand dame of the theater, Margo Channing, in 1950′s All About Eve, Davis’ filmog   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on March 30, 2011

Lo at the awesomeness of this idea! The folks at Citizenrobot and Rupert Pupkin Speaks came up with the idea of creating a personal cinematic alphabet, with each letter representing a favorite film beginning with that letter. And since we are, for all intents and purposes, the “ABCs of Classic   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on March 29, 2011

The news that classic film actor Farley Granger recently passed away may have come as a surprise to those who weren’t aware that he was actually still with us. Seemingly as unassuming in real life as he was in many of his silver-screen roles, Granger’s Hollywood career was marked by...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on March 28, 2011

True Classics been tapped for a “Stylish Blogger Award” by no less than three of our absolutely favorite film bloggers: the lovely Carley over at The Kitty Packard Pictorial; Kendra, the brilliant mind behind Viv and Larry; and the insightful Marya over at Cinema Fanatic. Thank you very   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on March 27, 2011

This August marks legendary comedienne Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday. We here at True Classics are huge Lucy-philes, and it has occured to us that it might be nice to host a blogathon focusing on Lucy’s memorable (and perhaps not-so-memorable) screen roles. Right now, we’re just cu   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on March 26, 2011

The Black Cauldron is an odd installment in the Disney canon. The animation took an abrupt turn, possibly not for the best, but it really does reflect the common animation for the time–1985. I wish I could say what they were doing that made it different–media, camera, lighting, or what&#   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on March 24, 2011

As I mentioned yesterday, today’s Therapy Thursday post will showcase Suddenly, Last Summer, with Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor.  Oddly, I haven’t been able to come up with a good topic for this series in weeks upon weeks … I just had nothing. Then, yesterday, doing a brie   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on March 23, 2011

True Classics is saddened to hear of the death of Elizabeth Taylor, age 79.  She was extraordinarily famous for her personal life, as well as her acting. Sometimes, it may have even seemed that her larger-than-life persona overshadowed her talent, but her talent was considerable. She made numerous f   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on March 19, 2011

“My name’s Copper. I’m a hound dawg.” I love this part of The Fox and the Hound–the whole scene. Rewatching it to do this blog, I really started to think how depressing it really is, though. Many Disney films start with something sad, particularly the loss of a parent o   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on March 15, 2011

In celebration of Women’s History Month, True Classics is taking a look at some of the women who helped shape the movie industry through their contributions behind the camera. Last week, we examined the roles of some of the women directors who made their mark both in the silent era...   read more