Classic Movie End-of-the-Year Giveaway [Closed]

UPDATE: We have randomly chosen a winner - Randi C. We have sent an email  for  the winner to claim the prize. Thanks to all who participat...

Saturday, December 03, 2016
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Joan Crawford by Anna Raeburn [Book Review]

In 1986, Little, Brown and Company published a coffee table book of one of Hollywood's brightest stars of the 20th century titled simp...

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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Elizabeth Taylor's Self-Help Book: Elizabeth Takes Off [Book Review]

Even Hollywood legends have tough times. Personal problems become public news, whether you like it or not. Actor Elizabeth Taylor most ce...

Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon [Book Review]

Actor David Niven released his autobiography in 1972 to rave reviews. The title - The Moon's a Balloon - references an e.e. cummings ...

Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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Disney's Peter Pan w/ Mary Blair's Art [Book Review]

For 34 years, Mary  Blair worked at The Walt Disney Company, creating concepts for many of the company's animated feature films. On...

Monday, August 22, 2016
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Mitzi Gaynor in The Birds and the Bees (1956) [Movie Review]

The Birds and the Bees (1956) stars David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor  as a father-daughter card sharp team who bilks wealthy people out of th...

Monday, August 01, 2016
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Tyrone Power's Biography - Searching for My Father, Tyrone Power by Romina Power [Book Review]

    When Tyrone Edmond Power ( The Mark of Zorro , Witness for the Prosecution ) died on November 15, 1958, he left not only grievi...

Saturday, July 23, 2016
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Robert Wagner's You Must Remember This (Book Review)

In 2008, movie legend Robert J. Wagner released an autobiography, Pieces of My Heart , which details  his life from childhood to the presen...

Saturday, June 18, 2016
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5 Classic Movies on an Island Blogathon

Which five movies would you choose to take with you on a deserted island? Clearly, if you could prepare, you'd  throw out the movies and...

Sunday, May 15, 2016
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Toast of the Town - Ben-Hur Remake/Robert Osborne/Citizen Kane/Film Preservation

BEN-HUR With the news of a remake of Ben-Hur   (coming out in August 2016), what could be better than a look to the past to get our bearin...

Monday, March 21, 2016
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Marge Champion's Documentary is Available to Watch Online

The Marge Champion and Donald Saddler documentary Keep Dancing (2009) is on Vimeo for a short while as of January 27, 2016. Watch it...

Friday, January 29, 2016
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January Favorites

Every time you blog, older posts are buried in your archives and often are not read again. So today, we are combing through our classic movi...

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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Harold Hill and Broadway's Hamilton | Now and Then, Part 1

In The Music Man , Harold Hill's theme song is "76 Trombones, " which has the same melody as Marian's song, "Goo...

Monday, January 25, 2016
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