Quote of the Day: Burt Lancaster

"I woke up one day a star. It was terrifying. Then I worked hard toward becoming a good actor." - Burt Lancaster , actor

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Flower Drum Song (1961) & Unrequited Love

Often the love triangle in a romantic comedy or musical film ends showing the 2 leading characters in love and very happy. Meanwhile you ca...

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Jessica Tandy

"I'm most comfortable on the stage. Because of the nature of film and television, you'll very often do the climactic scene on t...

Monday, June 29, 2009
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Vacation

Java Bean Rush is taking a vacation for 2 weeks so that she can . . . relax celebrate her birthday and watch more Classic Movies Why not...

Sunday, June 14, 2009
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Melvyn Douglas

I've only just decided to obsess over Melvyn Douglas . I took notice of him a few years ago in That Certain Age (1938) when on my Dea...

Saturday, June 13, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Betty Comden

On people thinking Betty Comden and writing partner Adolph Green were married to each other: " We never thought we were. That's th...

Saturday, June 13, 2009
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Movie Patterns: Elevators and Long Lost Wives

Noticed a movie pattern, thought I'd share it. Lord Tennyson's "Enoch Arden" poem and Kaestner's novel Das Doppel...

Friday, June 12, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Ralph Richardson

"Film is a wonderful medium and I love it, but I find that I cannot increase my talent by working in pictures, any more than a painter ...

Friday, June 12, 2009
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Java's 10 Favorite Classic Movie Stars

These are Classic Movie Stars who made it big in Hollywood's Classic Era (1930s - mid1960s) and big on Java's list of 10 stars (amo...

Friday, June 12, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Rosiland Russell

"At MGM there was a first wave of top stars, and a second wave to replace them in case they got difficult. I was second in line of defe...

Friday, June 12, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Danny Kaye

On being an overnight film success: "You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs a...

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Leslie Caron

"Cinema will always have an important role to play in society. " - Leslie Caron , dancer, actress, restaurateur

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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Relaxing with the "Wearing History" Blog

The author of the Wearing History blog has decided to introduce some leisure into her hectic life. "One of the things I'm trying ...

Monday, June 08, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Alfred Hitchcock

"There is a dreadful story that I hate actors. Imagine anyone hating James Stewart . . . . I can't imagine how such a rumor began. ...

Monday, June 08, 2009
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Mario Lanza and the Crooner's Coffin

Update 06/08/09: The link is fixed I have just found a link to a brief essay on Mario Lanza's contribution to the expansion of the imag...

Sunday, June 07, 2009
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Quote Of The Day: Bette Davis

"You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good." - Bette Davis, actre...

Sunday, June 07, 2009
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Quote Of The Day: Joanne Woodward

". . . . [I] don't think the[Academy] awards mean what they say they mean. The Oscar has become a political gesture, or a business...

Saturday, June 06, 2009
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Quote Of The Day: Audrey Hepburn

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the firs...

Friday, June 05, 2009
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Honorary Classic Movie: Duel (1971) starring Dennis Weaver

An Honorary Classic Movie, can be any movie of merit (according to Java's loose definition of the term) that was made after the mid-1960...

Thursday, June 04, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Alice Faye

"Six films I made with Don Ameche and, in every one of them, my voice was deeper than the plot." - Alice Faye , singer, actress

Thursday, June 04, 2009
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Quote of the Day: Judy Garland

"[MGM] had us working days and nights on end. They'd give us pep-up pills to keep us on our feet long after we were exhausted. Then...

Wednesday, June 03, 2009
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College Swing (1938) starring Gracie Allen & Bob Hope

College Swing (1938) [also released as Ritmi a scuola (Rhythms to School) in Italy and as Swing, Teacher Swing in the UK] is a musical c...

Tuesday, June 02, 2009
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