by Lesley Gaspar | Apr 30, 2016 | 1970s, Classic movies, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman, TCM Film Festival 2016 Coverage
Greetings, gentle reader! After another refreshing 5 hours of sleep I?m off to the day?s delights and trials, of which more in a moment. Here?s what happened yesterday: I hot-footed it down to breakfast at Club TCM, where I got to shake Leonard Maltin?s hand, miss...
by Lesley Gaspar | Apr 28, 2016 | Classic movies, film noir, TCM Film Festival 2016 Coverage
Greetings, gentle reader, from Hollywood! Here is a breathless post to begin my coverage of the festival, before I head out into Day 1. First stop: Karie Bible?s tour of Hollywood Forever, the cemetery where many classic film Titans found their final rest. That?s at...
by Lesley Gaspar | Mar 5, 2016 | 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Blogathons, Classic movies, Genres
What do?Duck Soup,?Anatomy of a Murder,?The Story of Temple Drake, and?Adam?s Rib?have in common? Whether dramas, comedies, or tragedies, they?re all courtroom movies. What?s your favorite? Second Sight Cinema?and?Cinemaven?s Essays from the Couch?are pleased as punch...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 22, 2016 | 1930s, 1930s Universal Horror, Blogathons, Classic movies, Claude Rains, James Whale, John Huston, Preston Sturges
The Invisible Man?is a bit of a?stepchild among James Whale?s Universal horror films, which is understandable since?Frankenstein?(1931) and even more?Bride of Frankenstein?(1935) were not just sensationally successful at the box office but embedded themselves...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 14, 2016 | 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Barbara Stanwyck, Blogathons, Classic movies
Aiyeeeeee! Not another Stanwyck snub?I just can?t take it! Oscar snubs has got to be one of the juiciest of blogathon topics?we?re all so?passionate?about it. Myself included?At the moment, working on this post, I am mad enough to spit that Barbara Stanwyck, who might...
by Lesley Gaspar | Feb 14, 2016 | 1930s, Blogathons, Clark Gable, Classic movies, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, Pre-Code films, Romance, Victor Fleming
Mary Astor?s memoir?A Life on Film?is fantastic?she?s a wonderful writer, and her sharp observations on the industry and what went on behind the cameras are fascinating and incredibly useful to anyone who writes about classic film. Astor writes of being asked by a...
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