Hollywood Haiku: Casablanca
Damn Nazis screw up everything—even love. ‘Least they still have Paris. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now. [These things are addictive, no?]
Hollywood Haiku: His Girl Friday
Wedding? What wedding? Newsprint is a cruel mistress. Poor Ralph Bellamy. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now.
“I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.”
For this week’s Saturday Morning Cartoons entry, we’re jumping back in time a couple of years from last week’s post. On a whim last night, I decided to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Well, perhaps it wasn’t so whim-ish; I saw this post yesterday on grammatically-incorrect movie titles, and it reminded me that I’ve been…
Hollywood Haiku: Singin’ in the Rain
Hoofing through puddles– a great way to catch a gal’s heart and a head cold. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now.
Some general announcements of general interest.
Just a couple of general notices: Nominations are now open for the annual LAMMY awards over at the Large Association of Movie Blogs. As you can see, we recently submitted a “For Your Consideration” banner to the site. If you are a LAMB, please consider nominating us! The nominations are open until May9th. Next month,…
Remembering Madelyn Pugh Davis.
The world of classic comedy lost another legendary contributor this week with the passing of writer Madelyn Pugh Davis. At a time when there were few women writing in Hollywood (and even fewer writing for comedy), Davis took advantage of the dearth of male writers in the midst of World War II and carved a…
Listing About: Great Female Performances of Classic Film.
Last week, inspired by blogger R.D. Finch over at The Movie Projector, I posted a list of what I feel are the 30 greatest male performances of the silver screen. Today, the ladies get their due. These types of lists are very hard to compile. Inevitably, with a limited number of slots, someone great gets…
“You’re dealing with your wife. You can forget the Constitution.”
It’s been delayed by a couple of weeks (apologies—it’s been a busy month!), but today we’re going to take a look at the final Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairing, 1964’s Send Me No Flowers. In their third outing together, Day and Hudson are no longer sparring singletons, but a loving husband-and-wife duo, living out the mid-century…
True Classics 