I was very pleased to be invited to contribute to the new classic film site The Cinementals, which has quickly become one of the must-read attractions in the realm of classic movie blogging. As a part of our continuing monthly salute to “movie memories,” my first contribution features the reminiscences of writer and retired professor…
It’s that time again … the Large Association of Movie Blogs (the LAMB) has opened up nominations for the 2012 LAMMY awards to recognize the best that film blogging had to offer in the previous year! If you are a LAMB, please consider nominating us for one of the categories listed in our “For Your…
by Angela Petteys My earliest movie memory isn’t of going to a movie theater, but of watching a movie at home. One night when I was about three years old, my mom and dad decided to rent a movie and order pizza for dinner and the movie they decided to rent was E.T. (1982). I…
What’s the next best thing to watching Robert Osborne on TCM? Listening to him on Siriusly Sinatra on my hour drive home from work! I’m not surprised to learn that Mr. Osborne has such good taste in music, considering he’s a demigod. Some of his favorites include: Jack Jones – “She Loves Me” Frank Sinatra…
by Kym Golden Gore I have two “first movie memories.” I was three years old when my parents went to the drive-in to see Grease (1978). They took my brother and me with them. We were dressed in our pajamas. We had a white Ford Pinto with blue interior, and my parents laid the seats…
I am beyond pleased to announce that we have a new member of the True Classics crew! Sarah is a dear friend and fellow classic film fanatic, and I am happy to welcome her aboard! You can find out more about her and her favorite films on her personal profile page. And look for her…
This summer is shaping up to be a great time for classic film bloggers to participate in some really interesting events. Over the next three months, a number of blogathons are scheduled on some wide-ranging topics, and we here at True Classics could not be any more excited to throw our collective hat into the…
by John Greco I first became aware of movies as a young kid watching “B” westerns on TV with my father on Saturday afternoons; Johnny Mack Brown westerns always come to mind when I think of this. There were plenty of other cowboy films in the 1950s; showing westerns was popular back then with TV…
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