Blogs about Classic movies

Yvette Mimieux with one of the chimps. We've been on a Disney movie run at the Cafe, revisiting some of the studio’s lesser-known live action films. There have been some pleasant surprises (Emil and the …

It’s almost here! Time for the CMBA Spring Blogathon! This year’s theme is Screen Debuts & Last Hurrahs. It will run from May 20-24, 2024.The blogathon, for CMBA members only, will celebrate the first tentative …

Sometimes one scene is all that’s needed for an actor to show her stuff. Margaret Lindsay in the 1940 film version of The House of the Seven Gables gets that chance. As young Hepzibah Pyncheon—whose …

Gone with the Wind Blew Back Last WeekA part of me is for shortening Gone with the Wind to simply Gone. And yet there are pockets that care, 116 of them showing up for a …

In just a few days, the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival will be getting underway. Which means I’ve spent the past couple of weeks obsessing over the schedule, trying to figure out my plans. As …

“Aw gee, I never get a break.” –Wheezer to Jackie in The First Seven Years (1930) Robert Eugene Hutchins was born on March 29, 1925, in Tacoma, Washington, to James and Olga Constance Hutchins. As …

Above is the whole wonderful movie.There's an old story in the theatre about a production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" where the actress in the title role gives such a bad performance that at …

A fresh-faced 21-year-old Lee Remick made her motion picture debut as a luscious baton-twirling high school drum majorette in Elia Kazan’s 1957 classic, A Face in the Crowd. Remick’s seductive rendering of a precocious but …

“I shall waste you and waste you and waste you…” The Ballad of Tam Lin, Tam Lin, Games and Toys or The Devil’s Widow 1970 “McDowall builds a broodingly enigmatic sense of menace out of …

One of the movies I most enjoyed at the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival was the pre-Code COCKTAIL HOUR (1933).The movie was introduced by the late Cari Beauchamp, so it seemed fitting that I watched …

Hi friends... it's autumn here now and the season is turning a different colour 'down under' (sounds like something a medic should promptly look into?) As such, it appears that it is that time again …

This post is for the Second Master of Suspense Blogathon hosted by Classic Film and TV Corner. NOTE: Extremely mild spoilers for The Unforgiven and Wait Until Dark— like so mild that I was torn …

New year, new books! 2024 is your year to read more film books and there are plenty of new ones coming out for you to enjoy. There is lots here for those of you who …

Thanks to the ongoing efforts of labels that specialize in soundtracks — and the fans who purchase their products, thereby maintaining the pipeline — quite a few scores have received enhanced treatment since my two …

It’s about that time again, y’all – time for the Turner Classic Movies film festival! I’ve been attending since 2013, so 2024 marks my 10th year attending the festival in person (and my 12th overall, …

This month's featured film album is a departure from the usual soundtrack LP and features two popular stars of the 1960s - Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren - joining forces for a rollicking good time …

Serious Question: Is there such a thing as a domestic film noir? And: Can a film noir take place in the bright California sunshine? Here’s our query: In the 1951 “B” movie, Cause for Alarm! …

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was and is one of the most beautiful women to ever enter the borders of Hollywood. She died too soon, but her memory and beauty lives on...