I was honored by Rob at MovieRob to get to choose the genre for November for his Genre Grandeur series! I picked Classic Fantasy Films {through the 1970’s} and am centering my post around the two mermaid films that both came out in 1948: Miranda and Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. I find it interesting […]
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The Mickey Rooney Belated Centenary Blogathon is here! I’m glad to be hosting this event. If you are a participant, please comment with the link to your post and I’ll get you added on this page. Mickey would have turned 100 on September 23rd of this year, so I wanted to make sure to mark
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When I came across Pure Entertainment Preservation Society‘s Claude Rains Blogathon, I was intrigued. I’d only ever seen him in Casablanca so I was interested to see what else he was in. Add in Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant and I was sold on Notorious . Before this I’d only seen Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
It’s A Wonderful Life is the quintessential Christmas movie. It is powerful and easily a favorite of many. I watch it every year. It helps remind me of the most important things in life. James Stewart’s performance is great, but it certainly wouldn’t be the same without Lionel Barrymore. The awesome evilness of Mr. Potter
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Yay! It’s almost Halloween and that means some fun spooky movies! I wanted to host this blogathon to help share some of the great spooky classic movies. Check out these fun ideas for what to watch this week! I’ll be updating as articles are posted. Participants please comment with the link to your post and
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I first saw Blithe Spirit a few years ago and was immediately taken with it. It’s a fun ghost story that is more comedy than scare. This movie was released in 1945 and stars Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings and Margaret Rutherford. If you decide to purchase this awesome movie through the link above,
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I am happy to participate in Love Letters to Old Hollywood and In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood‘s Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn Blogathon. I decided to go more with Katharine and write about my favorite movie of hers – Bringing Up Baby from 1938. If you purchase this great movie through the
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Happy to participate in The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s 120 Screwball Years of Jean Arthur! I originally thought this was my first time seeing any of her movies, but I realized she’s in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, which I haven’t seen in years. I decided to go with Too Many Husbands for this, which
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I was really excited to join in on Maddy Loves Her Classic Films‘ Eleanor Parker Blogathon. I’m a sucker for Sinatra, so I chose The Man with the Golden Arm. Both Eleanor and Frank are so great in this movie. I also really like Kim Novak in her role as well. If you decide to
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September 23rd would have been Mickey’s 100th birthday. It kind of snuck up on me, but Girl Crazy came out on November 26, 1943, so I’m going to coordinate the blogathon close to that anniversary. It will be taking place from November 20th through November 22nd since the 26th is Thanksgiving! Blogathon Rules No more
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