Classic Movie Star Quote on Merriam-Webster Online

Guess who is featured in a Merriam-Webster Online Top 10 List!  Ingrid Bergman. The list is the M-W  "Top 10 Favorite Quotations About...

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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5 Radio Shows for December

If you find yourself with some downtime this month, gather the family around the cozy computer and listen to classic movies adapted for rad...

Saturday, December 17, 2011
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Doris Day and Gene Nelson are so cute

From Lullaby of Broadway (1951). My sister and I learned Doris Day's dance steps throughout the film. I loved these steps for their sim...

Sunday, December 11, 2011
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"You can't hold comedy back, because it needs to be exposed."

GQ Magazine published an interview with Jerry Lewis this past August. Interviewer Amy Wallace commits to the usual recap of the comedian...

Monday, December 05, 2011
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Deanna Durbin Has a Birthday Party

Deanna Durbin's 15th Birthday (Click to enlarge) Deanna Durbin David celebrates her 90th natal year this December. Happy Birthday, M...

Sunday, December 04, 2011
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Preview The Lots for Debbie Reynolds' 2nd Auction

Preview the lots for Debbie Reynolds' 2nd Auction at the auction house or online here: http://bid.profilesinhistory.com/Debbie-Reynolds...

Monday, November 21, 2011
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A Slob Recants

I owe Margie Frake an apology. She flounces around the state fair in those impractical (but totally gorgeous) heels and skirts and I laugh ...

Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Doris Day-Rock Hudson Inspired Music Video

Nestled among the end credits of Down With Love (2002) - that spoof of Doris Day and Rock Hudson movies - is a TV segment where Renee Zellw...

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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I could smell the sweat! West Side Story (1961) on the Big Screen

What a night! My first time watching a classic movie on the silver screen! Turner Classic Movies presented West Side Story (1961) in movie...

Sunday, November 13, 2011
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Judy Garland Mesmerizes Us Again In Song

Judy Garland sings "The Man That Got Away" on her eponymous television show in 1963. Brilliant.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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House of Strangers (1949)

Manhattan's Lower East Side of the 1930s is the setting for a biblical Jacob and Joseph dynamic in House of Strangers (1949). The plot ...

Monday, October 31, 2011
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Doris Day Gets Mad

No one gets angry quite like Doris Day. Here's an excerpt from the 1993 documentary "Sentimental Journey" on just that subject...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor Sizzle in a Diner

Another great dancer in classic movies, Mitzi Gaynor, here partners with Gene Kelly in Les Girls (1957). What the movie, as a whole, lacks ...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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Top 10 Unnecessary Remakes

MSN Movies has a list of Top 10 Unnecessary Remakes (because the oldies are just fine, thank you). Ah yes. This is a game that classic movi...

Monday, October 17, 2011
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Debbie Reynolds: The 2nd Auction

Movie legend Debbie Reynolds is holding the second of her two-part auction on December 3, 2011 . It will be in the same place as last time...

Friday, October 14, 2011
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Tony Randall Instructs Johnny Carson on Storytelling

I have the biggest crush on Tony Randall.... Ahem. Here Mr. Randall visits the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in May 1985. He tries to teac...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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Movie Stars in Food Art. Bent Objects with Terry Border

This photo is too cute. It's called " Marilyn ." Terry Border, BentObjects.blogspot.com Photographer Terry Border makes am...

Sunday, October 09, 2011
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Fair Flair: A Tribute to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'s Wardrobe

20th century screen star Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. apparently looked just as dapper off screen as on.Will at A Suitable Wardrobe recounts his ...

Wednesday, October 05, 2011
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2011 CiMBA Awards

The nominations for the 2011 CiMBA Awards are in and Java's Journey is among them. I'm stoked! Thanks everyone and congratulations t...

Tuesday, October 04, 2011
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Dick Van Dyke Blogathon: Sally Is A Girl

For television characters with self-possession and acerbic wit, Sally Rogers ( Rose Marie ) from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is one o...

Monday, October 03, 2011
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Just felt like looking at Dean Martin today.

   That was a nice break. via

Monday, October 03, 2011
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Those Creepy Pictures

When we left off with MorphThing.com, I combined images of Cary Grant and Marylin Monroe. The results were not kind. Monroe disappears and ...

Friday, September 30, 2011
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Laszlo's On Lex Blog Author, Gerald Stewart, Has Died

I can't stop crying. I've only just learned that Gerald Stewart of the Laszlo's on Lex blog died this summer. You can read Gera...

Thursday, September 29, 2011
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Best Tango Ever!

Salome Otterbourne, author of romantic novels full of  "good, strong sex" here teaches Colonel Race the Tango "with a sensuou...

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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Finally! A Chance to Lick Kirk Douglas!

[Not in that way.] Today the United States Postal Service announced that it is looking for living persons to honor. Classic movies stars...

Monday, September 26, 2011
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Hollywood Revue: Film Fashion Blogathon: Auntie Mame (1958)

Mame Dennis changes fashion styles almost as often as she changes her mood. Rosalind Russell plays an eccentric 20th century New Yorker in A...

Saturday, September 24, 2011
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