A look at the star system, specifically why it took so long for there to be film stars when we already had a star system on the stage. Illustrated with playing cards from 1908 featuring theatre stars.
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Tyrone Power’s masterful final performance as Leonard Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, directed by Billy Wilder.
Ronald Colman is The Late George Apley (1947)
In “The Late George Apley” we join the title character, played by Ronald Colman, in the Boston of 1912 … Apley, member of a Bostonian family dating back …
Cary Grant in Night and Day (1946)
Cary Grant plays Cole Porter in Warner Brothers’ Night and Day (1946), a heavily fictionalized and still somewhat unrewarding tale filled with Porter standards.
Laurel & Hardy Collector Bob Duncan Shares His Display
Real collectors from various niches answer, “How do you display your collection?” Laurel & Hardy collector Bob Duncan shares photos of his massive collection.
Today in 1878 – Birth of Lionel Barrymore
Happy birthday to a member of acting’s first family, Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954), with a complete run-down of today’s TCM schedule plus images of vintage movie collectibles.
Dixie Premiums Checklist by Tom Popelka
The book I turn to whenever I acquire a new batch of Dixie Lids or Dixie Premiums. This checklist by Tom Popelka includes everything there is to know about Dixies.
Charles Laughton as Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Charles Laughton is a gentleman’s gentleman in Ruggles of Red Gap who’s transferred through a card game from his British master to the backwards Flouds in the USA
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn
Far from being simply the greatest swashbuckler since Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and with all apologies to Tyrone Power fans, none to top him since, Flynn played in variety of roles, and played them well.
Merrily We Go to Hell starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney
“Merrily We Go to Hell,” a 1932 Paramount production starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney, is one of 6 movies featured in the Pre-Code Hollywood Collection released earlier this month by Universal.
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