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Earlier this year we read an article that compared 2017 Oscar nominated films with classic movies. A sort of “if you liked this, watch this” kind of thing. The Shape of Water –– see 1954’s Creature From the Black Lagoon. Lady Bird — see 1937’s Stella Dallas. Phantom Thread — see 1940’s Rebecca. We agree. […]
Remakes. The studios loved them. Easy to see why. They already owned the property, and the first film had been a success. The studios often remade a film when the original picture was five or six years old. Stars like Clark Gable and Betty Grable, sometimes remade their own films. But even after the studio […]
He’s one star who hasn’t faded. In fact this week down in Key Largo, Humphrey Bogart’s son, Stephen, will host the first Humphrey Bogart Film Festival. Hello Everybody. Morella and Segers here with the answers to some of those questions about one of the durable stars Hollywood ever produced. How did you do with our Humphrey […]
JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT HUMPHREY BOGART ? Hello everybody, Joe Morella and Frank Segers here again. Today we have a real challenge for you. It revolves around one our favorite personalities and probably one of yours as well. So, here we go. There is absolutely no question that Humphrey Bogart remains […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your clasic movie guys, here with another episode of star meets pooch. Last week we asked you to identify two famous Hollywoodites and the breed of their pets. It was, of course, Doris Day, a well known animal lover with her pet schnauzer and Humphrey Bogart with his great […]
Hello, everyone. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, suggesting today that the unnerving headlines about the Costa Concordia disaster bring to mind a favorite film of Frank’s. And, no, it’s not any of the Titanic titles. Before we reveal the identity of this movie, it should be said that Joe regards it more […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys, wondering today about how the womanly actress seen in the photos here today wound up with a man’s name. On Monday (Aug. 29), we published one of those wonderful, early Forties snapshots from The Donald Gordon Collection showing […]
Hello everybody. Mister Joe Morella and Mister Frank Segers here again. MRS. Norman Maine is out getting pizza. We know that you have all been waiting breathlessly for the other shoe to drop in our Humphrey Bogart Quiz. How well have you all done so far? OK, don’t give up hope. And keep in mind […]
Hello Everybody. Mr. Joe Morella and Mr. Frank Segers here again. OK. Let’s see how you did with our Humphrey Bogart Quiz We deliberately tried to avoid slam-dunk questions, and tried to genuinely test your knowledge about the most enduring star to emerge from the classic Hollywood studio era. Like the weekly cliff-hanging movie serials […]
Hello everybody. Morella and Segers here. The never before published photo of Alan Ladd which we ran yesterday — (he once said of himself that he had the face of an aging choirboy) — was taken by Donald Gordon in the early-to-mid 1940’s when Ladd was at the height of his reign as Paramount […]