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New Feature: TINTYPE TUESDAYS!! Fun Classic Movie Pix for That In-Between Day
We all have our little tricks to get through Monday, and Wednesday is Hump Day, and by Thursday we can see the weekend peering over the hill… but what of Tuesday? To throw a little love to the neglected almost-middle child of the week—which we’re supposed to muddle through without, well, anything—Sister Celluloid is launching a …
Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant: An “Indiscreet” Friendship
“A kiss could last three seconds. We just kissed each other and talked, leaned away and kissed each other again. Then the telephone came between us, then we moved to the other side of the telephone. So it was a kiss which opened and closed; but the censors couldn’t and didn’t cut the scene because …
Here’s to Margaret Dumont—Who Always Got the Joke
“I’m not a stooge, I’m a straight lady—the best in Hollywood. There is an art to playing the straight role. You must build up your man but never top him, never steal the laughs.” — Margaret Dumont in 1937, discussing A Day at the Races, her fifth of seven films with the Marx Brothers. Take that, …
At the Capitolfest, Mickey Rooney Mixes It Up with Cowboys in MY PAL, THE KING
Have you ever wished you could watch a 1930s movie in the 1930s? I kinda had that chance last weekend at CapitolFest, a weekend of silent films and early talkies screened at the old Capitol Theatre in Rome, N.Y. The 1788-seat movie palace looks much as it did when these films first flickered to life on its …
THE MAN I LOVE: Ida Lupino Rides to the Rescue of, Well, Everyone
In The Man I Love, Ida Lupino enters smoking. She’s also got a cigarette. If, after this, you wouldn’t want to stick around for the rest of the movie, just please don’t ever speak to me again. It’s clear that for Petey Brown, the man she loves has come along… and come and gone. And like most of Lupino’s …
Three Cheers for Eva Marie Saint! (And Happy Birthday!)
Happy 91st Birthday, Eva Marie Saint!! I’m trusting that tons of vintage photos of this luminous star are all over the intertubes today. But here are some I needed to share with you. Please forgive the blurriness—I was in the bleachers with my little Brownie camera! On the opening night of the TCM Film Festival, the …
The George Sanders Touch: Even More Fabulous When He Sings
Originally posted on Sister Celluloid:
Need a little warmth to soothe you through those chilly nights? Wrap yourself in The George Sanders Touch….. Songs for the Lovely Lady. He had me at the over-long ellipses… And you needn’t be content just to gaze at the cover of this hard-to-find album, where a slightly sleepy George, who always wakes…
STAGE FRIGHT: Hitchcock Goes Home
As the 1950s rolled in, Alfred Hitchcock needed a change of pace. And a hit. One out of two ain’t bad. Stage Fright was certainly different: much lighter, for the most part, than most of his films and a return to his home turf, with an almost entirely British cast. But it was also a resounding …
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