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Today in 1908 – Birth of Jimmy Stewart

May 20, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to popular, Jimmy Stewart (1908-1997), with a filmography, a complete run-down of today’s TCM schedule plus images of vintage movie collectibles.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: biography, Biopics, Birthdays, filmography, James Stewart, jimmy stewart, Westerns

Early Frank Capra on TCM today, we go earlier with The Matinee Idol (1928)

May 18, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Frank Capra

Frank Capra silent feature The Matinee Idol is a great way to introduce yourself to Bessie Love who gives a fantastic performance as a local hick actor brought to Broadway for laughs … and tears.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1928, Bessie Love, Frank Capra, Johnnie Walker, Movie Reviews, Silent Film

Record Collecting – Grading, Buying, Loving Vinyl by Susan Leak

May 18, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Guest Post by Susan Leak a.k.a. the Renagade. Susan Leak explores the red hot hobby of collecting vinyl. Complete with a grading guide and buying tips, Susan introduces record collecting to new hobbyists.

Filed Under: News - Notes

Today in 1887 – Birth of Bull Montana

May 16, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to silent film actor and professional wrestler Bull Montana (1887-1950). Bull’s featured here on a movie card, also included are some excerpts about his career.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Birthdays, Silent Film, silent star

Edward Arnold as Blind Detective Duncan Maclain in Eyes in the Night (1942)

May 15, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold stars in the first of two Duncan Maclain films, Eyes in the Night (1942), as the blind detective who claims darkness as his kingdom. With Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Reginald Denny, Allen Jenkins, and Mantan Moreland.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Allen Jenkins, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Duncan Maclain, Edward Arnold, eyes in the night, Mantan Moreland, Movie Reviews, Mysteries, Reginald Denny

Film Directors Featured in 1938 Movie Millions Board Game

May 15, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The 1938 Movie Millions Board Game includes several movie cards featuring an eclectic mix of stars as well as several film directors, who are shown here.

Filed Under: News - Notes

"I’d Rather Be An Actor Than His Photograph" – Stars from Stage to Film

May 13, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: david warfield, dustin farnum, florence lawrence, james kirkwood, john bunny, Mary Pickford, other books

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

May 5, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1957, Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Charles Laughton, Courtroom Drama, Elsa Lanchester, Henry Daniell, john williams, Marlene Dietrich, Mysteries, ruta lee, suspence, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Tyrone Power, Una O'Connor, Witness for the Prosection

Ronald Colman is The Late George Apley (1947)

May 4, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Ronald Colman 1936 Nestle's

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 …

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1947, Edna Best, movie cards, Movie Reviews, Peggy Cummins, Richard Ney, Ronald Colman, the late george apley

Cary Grant in Night and Day (1946)

April 30, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Cary Grant plays Cole Porter in Warner Brothers’ Night and Day (1946), a heavily fictionalized and still somewhat unrewarding tale filled with Porter standards.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1946, Alexis Smith, Biopics, Cary Grant, cole porter, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Monty Woolley, Musicals, night and day

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