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The Lost Weekend (1945)
via: http://screeninsight.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-lost-weekend-billy-wilder-1945.html Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. In 1945, The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther called The Lost...
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History Through Hollywood: Vice
or: Lies Old Hollywood Told Me This is the second in my series of History Through Hollywood, a discussion of the little things you can pick up from watching Old Hollywood films. In the last edition, I...
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Fair warning: I love this movie. Bringing Up Baby has been my answer to the tricky “What is your favorite movie?” question since I was about twelve years old. It’s a movie I watch over and over, and a...
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Great Books on Classic Movies
Obviously I love to watch classic movies, but I also love to read about them. The Golden Age of Hollywood is an endlessly fascinating period (at least for me) so I’m always on the prowl for great books...
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National Classic Movie Day
May 16th, 2015 marks the first ever National Classic Movie Day! This holiday celebrates classic films from the silents to the seventies, and I’m showing my love by taking part in the “My Favorite...
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Easy to Wed (1946)
via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/133/Easy-to-Wed/#tcmarcp-352267 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. In 1936, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and William Powell starred in a hit...
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Movie Network: Top 5 Classics
In January I compiled a list of ten classic movies available to stream on the The Movie and Music Network, a website akin to Netflix offering streaming movies and music. They have a great collection of...
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History Through Hollywood: Fashion
This is the third in my series of History Through Hollywood, a discussion of the little things you can pick up from watching Old Hollywood films. In the previous editions, I’ve talked about...
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Double Indemnity (1944)
via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73500/Double-Indemnity/#tcmarcp-152119 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. In honor of TCM’s “Summer of Darkness” Film Noir Festival and online course,...
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Great Classic Films: July 4th
Independence Day is on the horizon, and if you’re craving a classic movie to enjoy between the parades, fireworks, and barbecues, I’ve got you covered. I compiled a list of Great Classic Films perfect...
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Paramount in Paris
or, Babel by the Seine Instead of looking at one movie or writing a more typical History Through Hollywood, this week I’m focusing on a strange chapter in movie history inspired by a recent encounter...
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Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1696/Nancy-Goes-to-Rio/#tcmarcp-411474 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Jane Powell conquered the backwoods in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...
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Netflix Instant: Classic Films, 7th Ed.
Netflix is constantly changing its lineup of classic movies available to stream, so here are five more great classic films you can watch instantly! For more streaming classics, check out my other...
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History Through Hollywood: 2nd Edition
The History Through Hollywood series takes a look at the little things you can pick up from watching Old Hollywood films. As I’ve discussed in the earlier posts, classic movies are inadvertent time...
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Midnight
The great site In The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is hosting a blogathon all about the legendary Barrymore dynasty. I’m taking part by freshening up a post on Midnight (1939), featuring John...
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Moon Over Miami (1941)
via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83933/Moon-Over-Miami/#tcmarcp-940385-940399 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. A reader asked if I would write about this movie, and I was only too...
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Anastasia (1956)
TIFF Bell Lightbox, the home of the Toronto International Film Festival, contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would write about an Ingrid Bergman film as part of their “Notorious: Celebrating...
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History Through Hollywood: Love
or: How Classic Hollywood Done Me Wrong My sister got married last weekend, and after all the happy dust settled, classic Hollywood wriggled its way into my brain-spotlight as it so often does....
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All Through The Night (1942)
via: http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20curriesummaries/A /All%20Through%20the%20Night.htm Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. If you’ve been searching for a comic-thriller about a bunch of...
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CMBA and ClassicFlix
It has been an exciting few weeks for The Blonde at the Film! First, the Classic Movie Blog Association held its annual awards and History Through Hollywood: or, What I Learned from Classic Movies won...
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