Here at True Classics, we’re celebrating two major hallmarks: our 300th post (today!), and our upcoming two-year anniversary in November! And I say, what better way to celebrate than to give stuff away??? Well, I say “give away” when I really mean “participate in an awesome contest and WIN stuff!” Let’s begin with a little…
Today, my blog partners Carrie and Nikki celebrate their (mmph mmphth) birthday! Yes, they were born on the exact same day on the exact same year (and no, they aren’t twins). To celebrate the occasion, for today’s Saturday Morning Cartoons entry, I’m posting the appropriately-titled Disney short “Donald’s Happy Birthday” from 1949. Enjoy! Wishing a…
Before Carole Lombard was the “queen of screwball comedy,” she was just another ingenue trying to make a mark in Hollywood. Born Jane Peters in 1908, the soon-to-be-rechristened actress made her debut in silent films at the age of twelve. She eventually became a contract player for Fox, and though a near-deadly car crash in 1925…
The gang here at True Classics was thrilled to learn that we have been nominated for five CiMBA awards from the Classic Movie Blog Association! The nominated posts are: Best Film Review (Drama): “I’m an advertising man, not a red herring.” Best Classic Movie Article: Censorship and a Streetcar, Part I and Part II. Best…
This post is our contribution to the Dick Van Dyke Show 50th anniversary blogathon hosted by Ivan of Thrilling Days of Yesteryear. We adore Ivan for his unending love for classic film and his brilliant way with words (we’re not just saying that for brownie points or anything–though we never turn down brownies), so even though…
Tuesday, October 4th, marks silent screen icon Buster Keaton’s 116th birthday. TCM has already named Buster their “Star of the Month” and will be featuring a number of his beloved films and shorts on Sunday nights, beginning this evening with a showing of one of the actor’s most popular (and best) movies, The General (1926).…
In 1949, twenty-eight year old British actress Deborah Kerr starred opposite screen veteran Spencer Tracy in Edward, My Son. Though Kerr had already won critical acclaim for a handful of popular films in her native England–among them I See a Dark Stranger (1946) and Black Narcissus (1947)–Edward was only her third American film, and in my mind, presented the young actress with…
This month, the subject of the LAMB’s Acting School 101 is none other than Cary Grant. Naturally, we had to submit several of the entries we’ve written about the suave actor over the past year or so. Head on over the LAMB to see all of the submissions! It’s wuv. Twu wuv.
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