12 Classic Summer Movies

Summer is here, but it's too hot . Stay indoors and catch up on classic summer movies. Here's a list to get you started. Sandra ...

Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Icebox Moment #1: Bullying in Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)

Sometimes you notice a movie's plot hole long after you've seen the film. Alfred Hitchcock called this the Icebox Syndrome , because...

Monday, June 20, 2011
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Jerry Lewis' autobio, Dean & Me (or the Playboy and the Pierrot)

Comedian Jerry Lewis pours out his brotherly love for crooner Dean Martin in a 352-paged letter. Lewis' memoir Dean and Me follows  the...

Thursday, June 16, 2011
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Dietrich Biography Winner [Contest is Closed]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Marlene Dietrich biography giveaway. The winner, Diana B., has been notified and the book has b...

Thursday, June 02, 2011
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Debbie Reynolds: The Auction - Get Your Red, Hot Catalogs!

Yours truly still has not received the catalog for Debbie Reynolds' Costumes Auction (June 18, 2011). However,  if you -unlike me-  had ...

Wednesday, June 01, 2011
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On Sinatra's Singing Style

While coming across the following passage in Broadway Babies Say Goodnight   , I discovered another reason why I like Sinatra's singi...

Friday, May 27, 2011
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Win a Free Marlene Dietrich Biography! [Now Closed]

Simon & Schuster is offering a free copy of Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography to readers of Java's Journey ! This c...

Thursday, May 26, 2011
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Judy Garland v. Deanna Durbin - Two Weddings, Same Article [Update: John Fricke Dubs This Blog Post "Bizarre"]

In the Judy Garland v. Deanna Durbin battle, Durbin seems to win in the following newspaper clipping. The big deal is that film star Durbin...

Thursday, May 19, 2011
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1981 Photo of Deanna Durbin

A post-1940s photo of reclusive megastar Deanna Durbin is rare. I'd seen the famous early '80s photo that she'd sent to Life Mag...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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CMBA Movies of 1939 Blogathon -- Never Say Die

While John Wayne was learning to walk like a girl, while Jimmy Stewart prepared for his Oscar-nominated faint, and while Clark Gable was too...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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