Monday (January 17th) marks the Classic Movie Blog Association’s Hitchcock Blogathon! As anyone who has followed this blog for a while knows, I adore Alfred Hitchcock’s work, so I am thrilled that True Classics will be participating with a post on Hitch’s 1954 film Dial M for Murder. Quite a few members of CMBA will…
Sometimes when you’re watching a classic film, you see a face pop up in a minor or supporting role that makes you scratch your head and think, “I know I’ve seen him/her somewhere before …” This is inevitably followed by a trip to the TCM movie database to determine just who that random player may…
If Santa didn’t slide enough classic movies under your tree last month, give yourself a treat and grab the new Blu-Ray edition of The Bridge on the River Kwai. Taking place in 1943 in the jungles of Burma, the film deftly juggles the parallel stories of a cadre of British POWs forced to build a…
The end of another year is upon us, and with that comes the bittersweet memories of the stars we’ve loved and lost over the past year. As always, TCM provides one of the best retrospectives honoring those who passed away in 2010. We here at True Classics wish you all the best as we head…
It’s official: I now own Robert Osborne. Merry Christmas to me! Thanks, Nikki. Truly, you are a queen among queens. (Psst–you can own him, too, if you don’t already.)
I adore The Shop Around the Corner. I say that mainly to warn you that this post will feature much fawning and adoration for one of the best films I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. And the fact that it has become a holiday classic over the years is merely a bonus, meaning more…
Cary Grant as an angel … well, if that’s not the most obvious casting ever. And yet initally, our favorite dreamboat was actually cast in the role of a despairing bishop in the 1948 film The Bishop’s Wife. It wasn’t until filming was already underway that Grant realized he was more suited for the angelic…
Since we won’t be posting a full Saturday Morning Cartoons write-up this weekend, here’s a couple of awesome Disney Christmas shorts featuring everyone’s favorite waterfowl, Donald Duck. The first, 1942’s “Donald’s Snow Fight,” features Donald declaring snow “war” on his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Donald’s legendary mischievousness is nothing compared to what those three…
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