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Recently we received a note from photographer John Lot who happened upon one of our older blogs about Joan Crawford and her co-star in Mildred Pierce, Ann Blyth. We asked John to share some of his photos and reminiscences about Ann. Here’s John: I had been interested in art director Anton Grot’s work for a […]
Today there are many film and TV stars who are considered famous, but in 30 or 40 years they will be almost totally forgotten. Think not? Then consider Dennis Morgan. Never heard of him, right? A pity since he was once one of Hollywood’s leading romantic actors with an appealingly light touch in musicals and […]
Bette Davis was, of course, not only a great and popular actress who launched a one-woman rebellion against the studio contract system than led to fundamental changes in the way Golden-age Hollywood did business. As we pointed out earlier, she asserted her independence long before the feminist movement was even heard of. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, once again dipping into our emailbag — one of our favorite pastimes — to unearth recent reader comments. This time, our March 15 blog (YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES FOR SAINT PADDY’S DAY?) drew some interesting responses. Just to refresh, Joe’s pick was what he termed “the obvious.” […]
It was published in 1975, and for years thereafter author Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon set the standard for juicy, tell-all star guides. The book covered the scandal waterfront from the silent movie era through the 1960s, and it still makes for entertaining reading. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here to catch up with our email. It’s a great pleasure to hear from you, our very knowledgeable readers, who always keep us on our toes. First up is Vincent, who weighs in about the time-honored subject of how many movie actresses Howard Hughes […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here again to continue for one more day our look at cougars — older woman of Hollywood-past bedding and wedding young men. Yesterday, we noted the surprising array of female stars who, in one way or the […]
We thought that headline would grab you. Hope it did. Certainly, we all have our choices about who were the biggest stars of the golden years of Hollywood from the Thirties to the early Fifties, when the old line studios commanded the movie universe. (The greatly transformed Hollywood studios still do today more or less, […]
EUREKA! We flipped through our files, and finally found a picture of the real Don ‘Red’ Barry (above left) posing with Donald Gordon. That dapper gent to the right is THE Donald of THE DONALD GORDON COLLECTION, the marvelously informal stash of Hollywood photos from the early Forties that ClassicMovieChat is delighted to share with you. […]
Who is this gorgeous Fox star of the 1940’s whose short life ended after a house fire broke out while she was watching one of her early movies? Hello Everybody: (reminds you of Kate Smith a bit, doesn’t it? ) Well, Joe Morella and Frank Segers here and have been for over two weeks […]