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What ever happened to that glamorous, untouchable aura created by super celestial Hollywood stars of the classic movie period? No “just folks” acts for them. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers here today to muse on that magical period when the feet of big stars rarely, if ever, touched the ground. They were different […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today to note that many of you correctly identified last Monday’s mystery men, Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Ghandi. We still believe that judging from the photo we ran, the latter was giddy with excitement at posing with “The Tramp.” Chaplin, judging by his […]
Sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it. The term ‘film noir’ literally MEANS “black film” or “dark film.” The reference, originated by those canny French, refers to those marvelous American-made thrillers which played in France after World War II, chocked full of deadly violence, greed and sexual obsession shared by petty crooks, desperate (but often […]
She was a two-time Academy Award Winner, a feminine, gorgeous and refined star of her day, and she still has millions of fans. Hello everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here to comb through some of the mail we received about Vivien Leigh. We love to hear from our readers. In […]
Question: How is Gilbert Roland best remembered? For his movie roles or for his offscreen conquests? Both, we like to think. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today with another look at a south-of-the-border star well worth remembering — and honoring. We admit it, we are big Roland fans. […]
Few if any classic Hollywood stars have made more Film Noir movies than the sultry, deep voiced actress pictured above, Lizabeth Scott. Among femme fatales of the genre, Scott had stiff competition from such durable stalwarts as Marie Windsor and Audrey Totter, not to mention Gloria Grahame. But we believe Scott came out on top. […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys here today to continue our regular Monday exercise during the summer silly season of challenging you to identify who is who in our weekly series of candid photos. Today’s photo is of two of the biggest “stars” of the 1920s and 30s. They certainly make for […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, dipping once again into our reader emailbag, an exercise that always produces interesting results. It goes without saying that we love getting your emails, and enjoy corresponding. What a patriotic bunch you are! Our July 4th blog about Jimmy’ Cagney’s portrayal of legendary showman […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, continuing today our bout of summer silliness marked by our trivial pursuit of Alfred Hitchcock cameos in the director’s movies. We’ve just run a quiz asking you to match his many brief, often humorous bit appearances with the specific pictures that included them. We […]
Peter O’Toole’s recent announcement that he has retired from acting made us think of the old cliche: “Actors never retire, they’re just between engagements.” Ok, we take the 79-year-old Irish actor at his word, that “it’s time to chuck in the sponge…the heart has gone out of its for me.” (His most recent movie appearance was as […]