Jack Lemmon in The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Scotland Yard suspects a landlady of being a female Bluebeard. They ask her tenant to become an informant. Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon s...

Monday, September 28, 2015
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Enemy Agents Defect for Love in Classic Movies

"An enemy agent defects for love" is a standard movie plot that has been around for a long time.  Omnia Vincit Amor, or some such...

Friday, October 25, 2013
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The Band Wagon (1953): The Martons

Lilly and Lester Marton are a New York writing team who convince former film star  and friend Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) to try Broadway...

Monday, October 14, 2013
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7 1/2 Labor Day Movies

Ah! The vacation day that celebrates work. Here is a list of job-centered classic movies for Labor Day. Enjoy! Bedtime Story (1941) - ...

Monday, September 02, 2013
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Is it possible for an entertainer today to have a career like Fred Astaire's?

Is it possible for an entertainer today to have a career like Fred Astaire's? An interviewer once posed a similar question to Tony ...

Wednesday, August 08, 2012
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Dancing Chic to Chic

Dancing Chic to Chic is a fun little article on Fred Astaire' s clothing. Although many attach the idea of  Astaire's classic sense...

Friday, January 28, 2011
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Dancing With the Stars - Marge and Gower Champion in the "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Number (Update: Marge's Documentary) (Update 2: Why The Champions Divorced)

There are the Castles, the Murrays, Astaire and Rogers. And then there are the Champions - Marge and Gower Champion.  They are the last gre...

Friday, December 17, 2010
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Julie Andrews sings Noël Coward's 'Parisian Pierrot' in Star! (1968)

Watched Star! (1968) , starring Julie Andrews , the other day. It was mesmerizing. Nearly three hours of extravagant, yet succinct, storyt...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Robert Wagner's autobio Pieces of My Heart

I'm reading Robert Wagner 's autobio Pieces of My Heart: A Life . He tells what first interested him in acting : " [W...

Sunday, May 30, 2010
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12 More Random Movie-Related Tidbits About Java

12 More Random Movie-Related Tidbits About Java 12. For a long time I didn't know that Fred Astaire was bald. Then I read that infamou...

Friday, May 14, 2010
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Quote of the Day: Alan Jay Lerner

"Although Burton Lane wrote some spiffy songs [for ROYAL WEDDING] and Fred [Astaire] danced in a way that made all superlatives inadequ...

Saturday, May 01, 2010
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A Classic Movies Survey from the Classic Forever Blog

The Classic Forever blog made a survey for the Classic Film/TV blogosphere to take. Here it is. Which actors do you always (or did you alwa...

Friday, April 16, 2010
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