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,…
This August marks legendary comedienne Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday. We here at True Classics are huge Lucy-philes, and it has occured to us that it might be nice to host a blogathon focusing on Lucy’s memorable (and perhaps not-so-memorable) screen roles. Right now, we’re just curious to see how many people might be interested in participating…
In the mid-1930s, the screwball comedy was still a relatively new subgenre of film. Many critics label It Happened One Night, released in 1934, as the first “screwball” picture ever produced, and subsequent films such as Twentieth Century (also 1934) and Hands Across the Table (1935) built upon the elements that would become typical tropes of…
Tomorrow marks the start of the Jean Harlow Blogathon, hosted by the Kitty Packard Pictorial! We are so excited to be participating in this event to celebrate the centenary of one of the most gorgeous, talented, and truly funny actresses to ever come out of Hollywood. Harlow’s birthday is Thursday, March 3rd, and we will…
This post is our contribution to the ongoing For the Love of Film (Noir) blogathon. As we mentioned last week, the blogathon is being held in support of the Film Noir Foundation, and all of the funds collected will be dedicated to the restoration of 1950′s The Sound of Fury, starring Lloyd Bridges. See the…
We here at True Classics are very excited about two upcoming blogathons in which we will be participating! First up, starting on Sunday, Ferdy on Films and the Self-Styled Siren are joining forces to host For the Love of Film (Noir). Brandie will be contributing a post on the 1947 noir Lured, starring Lucille Ball…
Taking a short break from Summer Under the Stars to reminisce about some of my favourite childhood films: Shirley Temple. I’ve seen quite of them at one time or another, but certainly not all. Around the middle of her career, she was a very prolific actress, performing in movies at rates that would astound even…
Growing up, I was the very definition of a latch-key kid. And, as the oldest child, I spent many summers looking after my two younger brothers. We weren’t allowed to go outside when we were home alone, so much of our time was spent in front of the television, watching the scores of videotaped movies…
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