Thrilling Days of Yesteryear (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I had originally planned to title this post “Movies I’ve stared at recently that were not on TCM” but I decided that might be pushing it a bit. But that part is true; I watched these two 20th Century-Fox sleepers online, courtesy of Hulu.com . As always, there may be a spoiler or two…so don’t say you weren’t warned. Come to the Stable (1949) – Sisters Margaret...
the Real Estalker (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Listen children, we know we are tardy for the party today but now that we are here, buckle your seat belts because Your Mama is really gonna give it to y'all today with a triple whammy of architecturally significant properties in Palm Springs, CA. Grab yerselves a snack, pour a tall glass of whatever fortifying liquid it is that gets you through the day and let's get on out to Palm Springs, the scenic...
Seraphic Secret (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood's legendary lover. The great pioneering director D.W. Griffith hired Rabbi Isadore Myers as the Jewish technical consultant on his great epic, Intolerance, 1916. Griffith was so happy with Rabbi Myer's expert advice and attention to detail that he said to the good Rabbi: “How can I ever repay you'” Replied Rabbi Myers: “I have a daughter who would like...
Home Living (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Lesson by Frederico Zandomeneghi (1841-1917) Italy Below are the most requested posts on Home Living. Many of them are listed on the left side. Don't Miss Out on Real Life - How pursuing education and careers delays marriage and childbirth. Protecting Our Daughters - Asks why we understand how to protect our most valued material posessions but fail to protect our daughters. Do What God
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Just about a year ago I reviewed the terrific pre-Code LETTY LYNTON, a romantic crime drama starring Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery. As detailed in my original review -- click the title of this post to read it -- LETTY LYNTON has a long, tangled legal history which has to date prevented it from being released on DVD or video. Whatever the original issues were, over 75 years on it's just not right...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I was absolutely delighted to receive an email from Turner Classic Movies today announced the TCM Classic Film Festival. The Festival comes to Hollywood next April 22-25, 2010. "In April 2010, we will gather to watch great movies, introduced by the people who made them, listen to behind-the-scenes stories, enjoy newly restored films, and share our enthusiasm for classic cinema...at the first ever...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In “Saturn Returns,” which opened Friday at South Coast Repertory, playwright Noah Haidle takes his inspiration from the heavens, structuring his play in 30-year intervals to reflect the time it takes Saturn to return to its position at the moment...
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
the other night i was watching a documentary on clark gable. there i sat enjoying all the early photos of clark before he got super famous. i knew about his loving and tragic marriage to the glorious carole lombard who died doing war time service but what i did not know was that he and loretta young had a child together. whoa. imagine being at a dinner party and telling someone that your dad was clark...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
When one of the country's oldest and most respected photography galleries announced its first-ever juried invitational exhibition earlier this year, it was no surprise that the event immediately sparked interest.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Rarely seen home movies shot by and featuring MARLON BRANDO, GENE KELLY and the late NATALIE WOOD are to be screened as part of a quirky one-day film festival...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
THE UNGUARDED HOUR reunites Loretta Young and Franchot Tone, costars of the pre-Code classic MIDNIGHT MARY (1933). This time around, Tone plays Sir Alan Dearden, a prominent British barrister on the path to becoming the youngest attorney general in England's history. Loretta Young plays his adoring wife, Helen. When Helen agrees to pay a blackmailer (Henry Daniell) in possession of letters which could...
The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love this! Maybe it's just become I am SO OVER Lady Gaga's crappy carboard-and-gluestick outfits from last night , that Kim Kardashian – YES, KIM KARDASHIAN! – looks like a gorgeous breath of fresh air. She actually looks elegant and refined, here! In fact, I'm going to go even one step further: SHE LOOKS LIKE A FUCKIN LADY! Yes! Like this generation's Loretta Young !...
The Best American Poetry (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
It is hard to account for my infatuation with certain movie stars over the years. Whenever I try to recall Janet Blair, well, I can't. I can only remember something of the way I felt about seeing her when I...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
If you watched television in the ’50s, you probably remember how Loretta Young would make her elegant entrance, coming through a door, swooshing onto the set of her show. Way before your time? OK, think about the wardrobes of January Jones and the other women in “Mad Men,” a show that takes place in the ’60s.
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
By Bonnie Bing McClatchy-Tribune News Service If you watched television in the 1950s, you probably remember how Loretta Young would make her elegant entrance, coming through a door, swooshing onto the set of her show.
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