Moonfleet (1955)

Did you catch Moonfleet (1955) on TCM the other day? Is George Sanders in every movie ever made in the 1950s? Check your home movies; he’...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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Betty on Betty

Looking around on my shelf I spy lyricist-playwright Betty Comden ’s memoirs Off Stage . Let’s randomly leaf through and find an anecdote… ...

Sunday, October 24, 2010
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Quote of the Day: Ingrid Bergman

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress. - Ingr...

Sunday, October 17, 2010
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Java has been LAMB Chopped

Joem18b,  of  Does Writing Excuse Watching , submitted one of Java's blog posts to the October 12th LAMB Chop this year. I had no i...

Friday, October 15, 2010
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Quote of the Day: Paul Newman

I'm always puzzled by this talk about star . . . image. I think there's people who are writers or barbers or mechanics or race car d...

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Career Girl (1944) starring Frances Langford

Java has a pack of public domain movie musicals. Here's one of them.  Career Girl (1944) stars singer Frances Langford in a poverty ro...

Friday, October 08, 2010
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Classic Movie Stars on Twitter part 2: Carrie Fisher on Eddie Fisher's Death

Dame Elizabeth Taylor 's Twitter account follows Carrie Fisher 's tweets. The entertainer/Princess Leia/ Debbie Reynolds ' da...

Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Classic Movie Stars on Twitter part 1: Dame Elizabeth Taylor Tweets

Or at least she did until July of 2010. The classic movie legend and star of National Velvet and Cat On a Hot Tin Roof has not updated in...

Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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5 Reasons to Miss Brick-and-Mortar Movie Rental Stores

Gertrude enjoys in-store retail therapy at Cartier's You might have heard that movie rental giant Blockbuster Video has filed for ban...

Tuesday, October 05, 2010
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Gene Kelly's 1958 TV Special

In Gene Kelly's obituary in the New York Times , columnist Albin Krebs mentions that in 1958, Mr. Kelly “conceived, wrote, narrated and...

Friday, October 01, 2010
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