True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 20, 2010

Cary Grant as an angel … well, if that’s not the most obvious casting ever. And yet initally, our favorite dreamboat was actually cast in the role of a despairing bishop in the 1948 film The Bishop’s Wife. It wasn’t until filming was already underway that Grant realized he w   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 18, 2010

Since we won’t be posting a full Saturday Morning Cartoons write-up this weekend, here’s a couple of awesome Disney Christmas shorts featuring everyone’s favorite waterfowl, Donald Duck. The first, 1942′s “Donald’s Snow Fight,” features Donald declaring snow   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 17, 2010

The classic movie world sadly lost two players this week: director Blake Edwards and actress Neva Patterson. Blake Edwards is best known as a deft director of comedies such as 1959′s delightful Operation Petticoat and The Pink Panther series (beginning with the eponymous film in 1963), which   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on December 16, 2010

Psychiatric Help Merry Christmas!  In the spirit of the season, True Classics will be doing a number of reviews of some of our favorite Christmas movies. This is not exactly the beginning of that series, but I have to say A Charlie Brown Christmas is still on my list. It’s...   read more

True Classics Posted by Nikki G on December 11, 2010

Let me just start by saying I absolutely adore this week’s movie. Part of the three-way tie for my affections, there is just something about this story that has always struck a chord with me (maybe it’s the spaghetti), but I remember wearing out a copy of the VHS as...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 10, 2010

This 1952 Disney short, “Pluto’s Christmas Tree,” always makes me giggle. Gotta love a pair of smart-assed chipmunks.   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 8, 2010

Susan Slept Here (1954) is a delightful, if somewhat creepy (by today’s standards, anyway) bit of holiday fluff.  Starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell, the film played with the censors at a time when it seemed everyone in Hollywood was determined to give the Hays Office its share of hell.   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 7, 2010

Just a quick heads-up: You may have noticed that we did not post an entry for Saturday Morning Cartoons this week. What with the craziness surrounding the holidays and work schedules, we’re scaling back regular contributions to SMC until the new year. Nikki will post an entry on Lady and...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on December 6, 2010

In addition to some of our regular posts this month, we’re going to be looking at several of our favorite Christmas flicks from over the years–an admittedly  cliched “12 Days of Christmas” celebration, if you will, highlighting some of our classic faves as well as maybe a cou   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on December 2, 2010

Hello, Classic Film World!  I apologize for my absence from the blog (and especially to Brandie and Nikki for leaving them to keep things going so swimmingly without help- *pause for a moment of applause*). So, I’m getting back in gear with Therapy Thursday again… and I’m taking it   read more

True Classics Posted by Carrie on November 29, 2010

True Classics is saddened by the recent passing of Leslie Nielsen. Born in 1926, he died on November 28th, 2010 in his sleep due to complications from pneumonia. Though not one of the classic film actors we frequently review here at True Classics, he was certainly a gem of acting...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 27, 2010

The second in a series of what would come to be known as the “English cycle” of animated films, Walt Disney’s adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Peter Pan, was released in 1953 to much of the same critical furor that surrounded its predecessor, Alice i   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 25, 2010

As a classic movie fan, what am I thankful for? Well, for one, I am thankful for this man … … who makes watching TCM even more of an absolute delight than it would be otherwise. Speaking of the bestest cable channel EVARRRR … I am thankful that the Powers...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 22, 2010

One of my favorite stories of all time is the tale of Alice and her journey down the rabbit hole. I’ve read the Lewis Carroll Alice books (1865′s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) more times than I can remem   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 20, 2010

Finally, one of my favorite video series, The Second City’s “Advice from a Cartoon Princess,” posted an update this week featuring Snow White. These parodies parse the “lessons” young girls can learn from these Disney-fied heroines. They’re relatively tongue-in-ch   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 17, 2010

UPDATE: Entertainment Weekly reports that Robert Zemeckis will NOT direct a remake of The Wizard of Oz as previously reported. Yay!! At least this is one classic story that won’t be CGI’ed beyond all recognition. (By the way, EW, I, for one, wasn’t howling like a “flying monk   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 15, 2010

Nothing makes me smile more than when I’m watching a movie on TCM that I have never seen before and the smiling, round face of Cuddles Sakall appears on the screen. And this past Friday’s lineup had double the Cuddles; the network’s night of Gordon MacRae films featured two movies   read more

True Classics Posted by Nikki G on November 13, 2010

As has been mentioned a couple dozen times over the past two weeks, today is the day I get to talk about one of my top three favorite Disney films of all time, 1950′s Cinderella. Everyone knows the story of the orphaned cinder girl who works for her evil stepmother...   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 12, 2010

I’ve heard the 1945 film noir Mildred Pierce called “anti-feminist” by some critics. This in itself is not surprising–the noir genre is notoriously woman-unfriendly, populated mainly by harridans, manipulative shrews, and sly seductresses, all depicted with broad, stereotypic   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on November 10, 2010

I’ve made no secret of my admiration for Ginger Rogers in the past–she’s an underrated comedienne, relegated in the minds of most moviegoers to a permanent place waltzing at Fred Astaire’s side. And while there is no shortage of entertainment to be drawn from the Fred and Gin   read more