Here are our daily recommendations for your 31 Days of Oscar viewing this week: Tuesday, February 15th 10:30AM EST: Black Orpheus (1959) The first time I saw this film was in a postcolonial literature class in college, and I fell in love with its musical, magical beauty. It’s a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and…
The upcoming March 2011 issue of Vanity Fair has an excellent interview with the grande dame of old Hollywood, Lauren Bacall. At the age of 86, Bacall remains a sharp, intuitive, and fiercely independent figure whose legendary profile still leaps out of a photograph. In the interview, Bacall reminisces about her relationship with first husband…
I had to take Robin Hood (1973) on our Disney list. I grew up with an older brother (more or less) who absolutely loves this one. He spends a lot of times whistling “Oo-De-Lally.” My sister rewatched this with me, per a tradition of ours: watching animated films when we’re together (some have a…
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…
Confession: it’s hard to remember to come over here every day and post the daily recommendation for 31 Days of Oscar. As you may have noticed, I neglected to do it yesterday and … um … the day before (bad Brandie!). So instead of worrying about whether or not my forgetful little brain will recall its…
The Aristocats marks the beginning of the transitional period between the Walt era and the Renaissance that took the studio by storm in the late 80s and 90s, and as such is full of lasts and firsts. Most notably, this was the last story that Walt approved and the first film to be completed after…
The Kitty Packard Pictorial has posted a great interview with Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira, the authors of the new Jean Harlow biography Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937. The book is set for release on March 1st, and is currently available for pre-order. The book is set to be released two…
Few actors (at least in my mind) have ever been able to match the comedic physical prowess of the former Archibald Leach. When the athletic young Brit rechristened himself as the smooth, charming Cary Grant, he balanced his new romantic persona with a seemingly endless streak of youthful exuberance that shone through even the…
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