As I prepare for this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, I am revisiting the films of some of the actors and actresses whose work is being featured at the annual event. With […]
When I was pregnant with my daughter, I made a promise that I would share my love of music and film with her. All throughout my pregnancy I cranked up the classic rock, 80’s alternative, […]
A few years ago I attended a very special screening at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre: 1920’s The Mark of Zorro starring the original King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks. Up until that point, I had never seen a Douglas Fairbanks film. […]
On this day in 1966, the motion pictures lost one of its few, true creative giants: Buster Keaton passed at the age of 70. Taken by an aggressive form of lung cancer, Keaton didn’t have any idea […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust one of the many wonders of silent film is that in every frame, a precious look back at a disappeared place and time is revealed before us. Locked therein are windows to the past. […]
[pullquote cite=”Valeria Belleti” type=”center”]Dear Irma: …Ronald Colman was trying to do the Charleston and couldn’t—he looked awfully funny…”[/pullquote] So reads an excerpt from one of the more permanent fixtures on my bookshelf: a sweet little […]
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