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TCM Week: March 26-April 1
Monday, March 26 2:45 p.m. Zero Hour! (1957) I’ll be tuning into this for two reasons, one being Dana Andrews, and and the other this oddly Airplane!-like synopsis: “When a flight crew falls ill, the...
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TCM Week – April 2-8
Monday, April 2 6:45 a.m. Born to Dance (1936) Eleanor Powell and James Stewart in a good old-fashioned (by that I mean, sorta corny) musical full of mistaken identity and misunderstandings. 8 p.m....
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TCM Week – April 23-29
Monday, April 23 There seems to be a lot of good ’20s-’30s stuff on this morning and into the afternoon that I have never seen before, including most of the all-silent Laurel & Hardy block: 6:30...
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TCM Week – July 16-22
TCM has some really intriguing stuff scheduled for this week. Crank up the DVR and let’s go…as usual, all times are Eastern. Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in GUNGA DIN Monday,...
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MHDL'S Fan Magazine Collection takes you back in movie time
A while back, I happened upon possibly the only site that may be a bigger time suck than tumblr….the Fan Magazine Collection put together by Media History Digital Library (MHDL). This remarkable...
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Evil Dead and a greedy family haunt the Redford Theatre
Our friends at the Redford Theatre are treating Detroit horror fans to two frightening classics this weekend. On Friday October 26th only, there will be a midnight showing of Evil Dead (1981), the...
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Announcing the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon
The envelope please… The winners, the losers, the snubs, the back stories, the gossip, the players, the games…this time it’s all about Oscar! We’re back! Myself, Kellee (@IrishJayhawk66) of Outspoken...
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31 Days of Oscar update
Time for an update on the 31 Days of Oscar blogathon (full rundown at the original post). We’re a little more than a couple of weeks out from the first deadline. Publish your post and email me the link...
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Presenting Week 3 of the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon
The winners, the losers, the snubs, the backstories, the gossip, the players and the games… it’s all about Oscar! The 31 Days of Oscar blogathon, hosted by myself, Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, and...
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Five Fave Classic Cinematographers, Pt. 1: John F. Seitz
If anyone out there has attended a TCM Party hosted by me, you know I always natter on about great Old Hollywood cinematographers, the crisp blacks and whites and beautiful contrast they produced, etc....
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Call for posts – 31 Days of Oscar
I accept this very gratefully for keeping my mouth shut for once, I think I’ll do it again. —Jane Wyman There’s been a lot of criticism over the years over […]
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31 Days of Oscar: The Movies – Could more be more?
Our 31 Days of Oscar blogathon wraps up with Week 5 posts — The Movies. I’ve been thinking about the Best Picture category a lot lately, since I read Movies […]
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British Invaders Blogathon: THE SECRET HISTORY OF MI6 is a movie waiting to...
This post is part of A Shroud of Thoughts‘ British Invaders Blogathon. Terry has been blogging there for an amazing 10 years. Happy blogaversary, Terry, and many many more! As […]
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Reckless Review – CHARLIE CHAPLIN: A BRIEF LIFE by Peter Ackroyd
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life, the new biography by Peter Ackroyd, definitely lives up to its billing. Yet for all its brevity, it’s packed with telling details about Chaplin and […]
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What A Character! 2014 – Ned Sparks
Brusque and grouchy, Ned Sparks’ lovable curmudgeons can usually be found as the still center of a storm of dizzy dancers, temperamental producers, and gangsters in crisis. His onscreen persona […]
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Announcing the 4th Annual WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon
UPDATE – November 21: WHAT A CHARACTER! Day 1 Posts are here. UPDATE – November 13: The WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon has been postponed until next weekend, November 21-22-23. We will promote everyone’s...
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Review: Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide
The third edition of Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide drops tomorrow (September 29, 2015). Updated for the first time since 2010, and presented by Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the Guide covers...
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4th Annual WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon – Day 1 Posts
WE’RE BACK for number 4! The WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon honors the players who rarely got leading parts, exhibiting instead a versatility and depth many leading actors wished they had. Aurora, Kellee,...
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What A Character! “Crazy Russian” Leonid Kinskey
Just like everybody goes to Rick’s, everybody knows Leonid Kinskey, whether they know his name or not. Kinskey portrays Sascha, the voluble Russian bartender, in that classic of all classics,...
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