Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

(or That Movie in Which Roddy McDowall Turns Into Tyrone Power And Becomes an Irredeemable Cad) Hear me out. This is a film  about a man re...

Monday, June 28, 2010
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Helen Rose's Autobio: A Brief Review [At SeraphicPress.com]

It's great what you can find in the least expected places. Sometimes you run across great biographies at yard sales, thrift stores and t...

Sunday, June 27, 2010
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The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) is another Paramount Studios ensemble comedy with some of the biggest names of the day. The plot is merel...

Thursday, June 24, 2010
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Rose Marie Mentions Deanna Durbin

I'm reading Hold the Roses , the autobio of Rose Marie (who is probably best known for her role as Sally on "The Dick Van Dyke S...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Quote of the Day: Frank Sinatra

[On Elvis Presley's music in 1957] "Sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons; and by means of its almost imbec...

Monday, June 21, 2010
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Just Launched! Search Engine for Classic Movies

Cliff Aliperti, the author of a Classic Movies website called Immortal Ephemera on Things and Other Stuff.com, has launched a Classic Mo...

Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Les Miserables (1935)

There have been countless movie versions of Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables about a compassionate fugitive who is for years pursued ...

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Quote of the Day: The Nicholas Brothers

"One day at the Standard Theater in Philadelphia, I looked onstage and I thought, 'They're having fun up there; I'd like to...

Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Watch Classic Movies for Free This Summer With Screen On The Green

It seems that Washington, D.C. has an annual free screening of classic films called Screen On The Green . The outdoor cineplex is on the Mal...

Monday, June 07, 2010
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Katharine Hepburn Graces a Stamp

Katharine Hepburn fans, movie mavens and stamp collectors, The United States Postal Service has issued a Katharine Hepburn commemor...

Wednesday, June 02, 2010
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