I am so excited to begin a new series for True Classics: Sci-Fi Sundays! I love classic film, and I love sci-fi. So it’s only logical that I share my love of these genres by bringing you a new series dedicated to classic cinematic works of science fiction. To kick off the series, I’ve reviewed one…
Many thanks to everyone who entered our giveaway this week! We’ve drawn a name from our handy-dandy hat (literally), and the winner of a brand-spanking-new copy of Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella is … Aurora of Once Upon a Screen! Aurora, per the rules of the giveaway, you…
On Sunday afternoon, I was excited to join Jill Blake–owner of Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence–and her husband, Thomas, for a screening of the 1962 David Lean epic Lawrence of Arabia at the “Fabulous” Fox Theatre in Atlanta. True Classics’ own Sarah, an Atlanta native, has posted about her love for the Fox before, when she reported…
Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) has a slight problem. Our unlikely-named heroine is a young, pretty, slightly empty-headed girl, and all the handsome young men are headed off to war. They invite her to a dance; she accepts. But her stern father, the town constable (William Demarest), forbids her to go. Undeterred, Trudy calls up her…
Last week, we raved about the new biography on Mary Wickes, I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before (University Press of Mississippi, 2013). And now’s your chance to win a copy of this wonderful book! Author Steve Taravella has graciously contributed a copy of I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before for this contest, to be given to one…
“Not only is a woman as well-fitted to stage a photo-drama as a man, but in many ways she has a distinct advantage over him because of her very nature and because much of the knowledge called for in the telling of the story and the creation of the stage setting is absolutely within her…
And now, in the latest edition of “blogging news you can use”: There are two upcoming blogathons that we will be participating in that we want to bring to your attention (that is, if you haven’t already heard about them/signed up for them). First, as we mentioned earlier this month, the TCM Summer Under the…
Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before Steve Taravella Release Date: June 1, 2013 University of Mississippi Press Hardcover, 370 pages Throughout a seven-decade career in show business, Mary Wickes was a welcome and hilarious presence in hundreds of movies, television series and films, stage productions, and radio broadcasts. Much like contemporaries such…
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