Earlier this year I reviewed the basic tour presented by Scott Michaels’ tour company, Dearly Departed Tours. In short, Michaels and his gang are film experts of the highest (and … Continue Reading Kristen Takes the Dearly Departed “Harlow’s Hollywood” Tour
One of my first reviews gets a reprint due to Film Class Wednesdays. This review doesn’t do it justice, but my thoughts never wavered. Libeled Lady is of my favorite … Continue Reading Libeled Lady (1936)
The final installment of Golden Age on the Silver Screen till November, and I really wish I had picked a better movie for this mid-season finale. The Sex … Continue Reading The Sex Symbol (1974)
It’s August so that means TCM’s Summer Under the Stars happened and that seems to be all that happened. My film count went down this month as a result … Continue Reading The Month in Film: August 2012
I’ve officially dubbed my look at the various celebrity biopics made-for-television and/or are less than remembered The Golden Age on the Silver Screen. Today’s film didn’t start on television … Continue Reading Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
So sorry for the lack of posts this week. I was visiting relatives and figured I’d have all this free-time to watch movies and blog…when has that ever worked … Continue Reading My Movie Wish List: Part Two
I’m reviewing all five films in the Forbidden Hollywood volume two box set: Review of Night Nurse Thou Shalt Not is a 2008 TCM documentary and DVD supplement on the … Continue Reading Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
To start, the tie in the Leading Man Tourney for this week has been broken (for now)…hopefully the last few days of Week 1 don’t see a tie-breaker right off … Continue Reading Midnight Mary (1933)
Another book review for tonight, and this one has a prize attached to it! Yes, I’m giving away something for free…just for reading this (see how I lure you in … Continue Reading Old Hollywood Book Review: Hollywood Madonna – Loretta Young (GIVEAWAY)
I figured I’d do something a little different in today’s entry and do a list…my first of hopefully many. I started with a list of my ten favorite movies of … Continue Reading Top 10 Favorite Movies of the 1930s
I’m reprinting my article on The Lusty Men of Classic Film here in case people don’t want to transfer to a new site. The only problem is the videos that … Continue Reading The Lusty Men of Classic Film – Reprint
I thought instead of a summation of Harlow’s life and works I’d include a DVD review of the two box sets I was working with while doing this retrospective (might … Continue Reading The Films of Jean Harlow: DVD Reviews
The Films of Jean Harlow comes to a close and it’s all rather bittersweet as Harlow didn’t complete this final film. Saratoga just wasn’t for me, namely because I don’t … Continue Reading The Films of Jean Harlow: Saratoga (1937)
Another less than good movie and we’re coming down to the final days of Jean Harlow and her films. Personal Property was released three months before her death and while … Continue Reading The Films of Jean Harlow: Personal Property (1937)
Well it seems Wife vs. Secretary was a fluke because another weak movie today. It’s not that Suzy’s bad, it just doesn’t know if it wants to be a war … Continue Reading The Films of Jean Harlow: Suzy (1936)
I feel like I’ve been harsh on the films of Jean Harlow. It’s not that their bad movies, I just expected more from them…more humor, more heart, and I haven’t … Continue Reading The Films of Jean Harlow: Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
