The classic movie world sadly lost two players this week: director Blake Edwards and actress Neva Patterson. Blake Edwards is best known as a deft director of comedies such as 1959’s delightful Operation Petticoat and The Pink Panther series (beginning with the eponymous film in 1963), which introduced the world to the bumbling Inspector Clouseau,…
Though our humble blog tends to focus on the classics (which we generally categorize as pre-1970s movies, with a few notable exceptions), this does not mean we thumb our nose at so-called “modern” film. Quite the opposite, in fact. Well, except for crap like Transformers. Or The A-Team. Or Jackass 3-D. And so on. I,…
This 1952 Disney short, “Pluto’s Christmas Tree,” always makes me giggle. Gotta love a pair of smart-assed chipmunks.
Susan Slept Here (1954) is a delightful, if somewhat creepy (by today’s standards, anyway) bit of holiday fluff. Starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell, the film played with the censors at a time when it seemed everyone in Hollywood was determined to give the Hays Office its share of hell. Reynolds stars as the titular…
Just a quick heads-up: You may have noticed that we did not post an entry for Saturday Morning Cartoons this week. What with the craziness surrounding the holidays and work schedules, we’re scaling back regular contributions to SMC until the new year. Nikki will post an entry on Lady and the Tramp this weekend, and…
In addition to some of our regular posts this month, we’re going to be looking at several of our favorite Christmas flicks from over the years–an admittedly cliched “12 Days of Christmas” celebration, if you will, highlighting some of our classic faves as well as maybe a couple of “modern” Christmas classics. We’ll be kicking…
The second in a series of what would come to be known as the “English cycle” of animated films, Walt Disney’s adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Peter Pan, was released in 1953 to much of the same critical furor that surrounded its predecessor, Alice in Wonderland (1951). As with the previous film, Disney’s…
As a classic movie fan, what am I thankful for? Well, for one, I am thankful for this man … … who makes watching TCM even more of an absolute delight than it would be otherwise. Speaking of the bestest cable channel EVARRRR … I am thankful that the Powers That Be at TCM continue…
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