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Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today to entertain Frank regarding a story he has to tell about Liberace (the guy pictured above). Please bear with us, says Joe. While on a visit to Las Vegas after Liberace died of AIDS in 1987 — he kept both his disease […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today to perform a bit of catchup. That is, Frank is. Whereas Joe has written a book about Lucille Ball, Frank remains farther behind the the informational curve on this great star, stuck in the period of her monumentally successful Fifties tv series […]
Hello, everybody. It’s time to dive into our trusty e-mail bag and see what our ever alert readers have to say about some recent — and not so recent — of our blogs. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys here today to reassure that we listen verry carefully to what you have […]
Hardcore Judy Garland fans will probably recoil at the notion that Frances Ethel Gumm was less than incomparable, but a case can be made that Cher is the the closest living performer we have to “Miss Show Business.” Is she today’s Judy Garland? The careers of these two […]
The other night I was thrilled to note in the TV listings that Bye Bye Birdie was to be shown that night. I eagerly turned on the tube to see one of my favorite films from the 60’s. But instead of the lovely Ann Margaret belting out the opening tune, instead of the wonderful Janet […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today to finish out our answers to our July 18 blog, ‘The French Connection’ Quiz. By this time, we hope we haven’t told you more than you ever wanted to know about this picture, directed by William Friedkin, but rather piqued your interest in […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here today with some of the answers to our quiz about director William Friedkin’s durable “policier,” 1971’s The French Connection. Let’s see how much you actually knew about this picture. 1) Question: The French Connection had such a strong script based on the Robin Moore book about two New York […]
In the 1940s in Hollywood these would have been three of the most recognizable people in town. One headed the biggest studio. One was known for her marriages as well as her career and one was “the woman’s director.” Who are they? Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, her to kick off […]
She was raised a Roman Catholic in Joliet, Illinois, and made the most of a naturally raspy voice highlighted by frequent bouts of bronchitis and professionally refined on radio, earning Orson Welles’ designation as “the greatest radio actress ever.” She won a best supporting actress Oscar for her 1949 movie debut in a memorable […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here to re-affirm that our website is indeed devoted to classic movies. So, going in, we admit we are stretching our purview a tad today with our reader quiz about a movie dating from 1971. Can ANY 1971 movie being considered a classic film? […]