The TCM Remembers memorial for 2009: Another really difficult year. I think that every year, but when I first saw the memorial last night I just lost it, and I continue to lose it on repeat viewings. The song is “To Live is to Fly” by Steve Earle, off his 2009 tribute album to Townes…
Bette Davis Project #6: The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
Ruth Chatterton is Caroline Grannard, the daughter of a fabulously wealthy tycoon and wife of handsome businessman Greg (John Miljan). Caroline often lunches with Julian Tierney (George Brent), a handsome journalist who is in love with her, but while she enjoys his company she makes certain he knows she’s not interested in an affair. Tierney…
Isle of the Dead (1945)
D for Doom and I got to talking about the film “Isle of the Dead” (1945) in the comments of my last post, plus of course today is the last day of the Boris Karloff Blogathon, so I thought I’d post a few pictures. One day I may get around to actually writing about the…
The Devil Commands (1941)
Frankensteinia has been holding a Boris Karloff Blogathon all week, which I discovered a couple of days ago thanks to Ivan at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear and W.B. Kelso at Scenes from the Morgue. Now keep in mind this post isn’t part of the blogathon, I just had this post ready to go and it…
Diana Dors
Last month I watched two 1955 Diana Dors movies on TCM: “As Long as They’re Happy” and “An Alligator Named Daisy”. To be honest, I watched ALaTH but could only make it through the first 20 minutes of “Daisy” before giving up completely. While these movies are usually billed as Diana Dors movies, she’s not…
Recently Watched: Two Thrillers
October — for me, anyway — was a big month for horror films and thrillers, and now that I have some time on my hands (as I mentioned over on technoknob, although I got the impression said post went over like the proverbial lead balloon) I can finally blog about a few films I watched.…
The Marie Prevost Project
Edit 07/06/2013: For anyone interested in doing their own project on Marie Prevost, due to problems over the years, you need to know a few things: 1) You can use my blog posts for sources, but they must be credited in footnotes or bibliography (as should any book, blog, magazine, or other source). You cannot…
Halloween (1978)
The house used in “Halloween” (1978), located at 1350 N. Orange Grove Ave. in Hollywood. Photo originally found here. The Michael Meyers House, located at 1000 Mission St, South Pasadena, CA. Photo originally found here. It can be seen via Google Street View here, a lone house in the midst of a business district. The…
The Innocents (1961)
Sheffield Park Manor, used for exteriors on The Innocents (1961).
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
The Dakota, New York City, known as “The Bramford” in Rosemary’s Baby (1968).