Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fightin’ (1948)
With the unlikely coupling of Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride capturing the public’s hearts after their winning performances as The Kettles in 1947’s, The Egg and I, opposite leading players […]
Murder, He Says (1945)
Supposedly Fred MacMurray stepped in to this eerie tale of backwoods madness as a Bob Hope substitute over at Paramount and in the end, he delivers a hilarious performance while […]
Featuring Claudette Colbert on the Movie Poster
What’s the first film you ever saw that featured the beautiful lady who for me has always had a quirky, playful personality on screen in so many of her roles. […]
Guest Wife (1945)
Screwball comedy Queen, Claudette Colbert, once again gives us her best side as she reteams with her co-star Don Ameche from the hilarious 1939 movie Midnight. Though this Sam Wood […]
How Do You Spell Holiday?
For the next week or so I’m spelling it beginning with an R for road trip as I head to the province of Nova Scotia to visit family. Yes Mike’s […]
Midnight (1939)
The writing team of Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder score a bullseye once again with this wonderful screwball comedy. Another excellent title released in 1939, Hollywood’s banner year. Taking directing […]
Three Cornered Moon (1933)
Light comedy director Elliott Nugent, who had just started his career with 1932’s The Mouthpiece, helmed this early screwball comedy with Claudette Colbert taking center stage in black and white under […]
Looking Back at 2016 and The Road to Hollywood
Another year come and gone and I’m still having fun with this extension of my movie crazed collecting and knowledge so I hope those of you who drop in are finding […]
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Aside from being introduced to movies I have yet to see, Kristina’s monthly assignments continue to nudge me into watching some of the movies I’ve had on my shelf far […]
TCM Festival 2016 ; The Movies Part 2
No fire alarms to speak of over the next two days worth of movies. Just plenty of friendly fans waiting in the lines and sitting in on a few conversations […]
Meet the Press …. A Poster Gallery
Here I am attending the opening Press conference in just a few hours at the TCM Festival in Hollywood so why not throw together a gallery of movie posters featuring […]
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Though the characters of Ma and Pa Kettle first appeared in the Fred MacMurray – Claudette Colbert winning comedy The Egg and I, it is here in the first of […]
Four Frightened People (1934)
This deliciously fun Cecil B. DeMille film mixes great adventure with high camp and a stunningly beautiful Claudette Colbert. Four strangers are tossed together off the Malayan coast when the […]
Ray Milland : Wide-Eyed In Babylon
Ray published his autobiography back in 1974 and having recently come across a hardcopy edition I thought it about time I give it a go. Like many film fans I […]
Film Books We Rely On Vol. 3 or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crime Movies
After a couple months of intense negotiations over finding the right director to film the third installment of videos dedicated to having the right books lying around to better your […]
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
If Kristina from Speakeasy has set a personal goal to get me reaching for a box of kleenex at multiple times during a film of her choosing, then she has […]
