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Gable and Crawford: King and Queen of Hollywood
This is the story of Hollywood royalty. Sparks flew and embers are still visible in their movie pairings – eight in total – all at Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Of all the stars in the heavens they were two...
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Hattie McDaniel for SUTS on TCM
A tribute in honor of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars star of the day on August 20, 2013, Hattie McDaniel – a pioneer and artist. Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895, to a family of entertainers in...
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A Free Soul (1931)
By all accounts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) producer and boy wonder, Irving Thalberg didn’t have the eye for talent that the studio’s chief, Louis B. Mayer had. But Thalberg was a whiz at developing...
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Errol Flynn, The Perfect Specimen
Errol Flynn (1909-1959) would have turned 104 years old this June 20th and I post this in tribute. A Lux Radio Theater performance of “The Perfect Specimen,” which originally aired on January 2, 1939...
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Burns and Allen
Not long ago I did a post on Gracie Allen, Just Gracie, one of my all-time favorite comedians and now here’s another honoring her on what would have been her birthday – and of course, George Burns –...
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The Gulf Screen Guild Show with Boland and Dietrich
Here’s an entertaining episode of a variety installment of The Gulf Screen Guild Show radio program directed by W. S. Van Dyke, which aired on January 29, 1939. Boland double talks and Dietrich sings....
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Cary Grant and Grace Moore in “Madame Butterfly” (OTR)
Greetings from Hollywood, Ladies And Gentleman…… Lux Radio Theater presents… “Madame Butterfly” Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Moore Original Air Date: March 8, 1937 Episode Number: 123Filed under: Audio...
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Mark of the Vampire (1935)
In the small village of Vioska in Czechoslovakia… Sir Karell Borotyn is found dead in his study – his body completely drained of blood. He has two small wounds on his neck. The local doctor, Doskil,...
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Happy 79th to “Lux Presents Hollywood”
To everyone from me and Cecil B. DeMille a hearty welcome! This post is in celebration of the 79th anniversary of the premiere of Lux Radio Theater on October 14, 1934. Following is information on Lux...
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WAR OF THE WORLDS 75th Anniversary
This week marks the 75th anniversary of (arguably) the most influential broadcast in media history – Orson Welles’ episode of Mercury Theater on the Air titled, WAR OF THE WORLDS. WAR OF THE WORLDS...
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Classic Movie History Project Blogathon
Following is the announcement for the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon as written by Fritzi of Movies, Silently. Why re-invent the announcement wheel when this one came from the source and is...
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Loretta Young 101
A&E’s Biography (1987) said Loretta Young “remains a symbol of beauty, serenity, and grace. But behind the glamor and stardom is a woman of substance whose true beauty lies in her dedication to her...
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Dancing Lady (1933)
Last June I dedicated a post to the film collaborations of Joan Crawford and Clark Gable as part of the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon, Gable and Crawford: King and Queen of Hollywood. The two...
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Just another Hitchcock spy story….The 39 Steps
A handsome, charming, innocent man who is wrongly accused of a crime runs into a smart, beautiful blonde in a chase thriller that revolves around international espionage. This is the story depicted in...
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Yes! There are no maracas in Warner Archive’s KONGO (1932)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) manages a fairly elaborate production number to end the 1932 pre-code musical, KONGO. A scantily clad Lupe Velez leads a conga line through jungle terrain. Velez shakes and...
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Paging Dr. Kildare for MGM’s 90th Anniversary
About a month or so ago I received the Dr. Kildare Movie Collection to review from the fine folks at Warner Archive. The set is a nine-film, five-disc collection of the popular MGM Dr. Kildare movie...
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Lupita Tovar in SANTA (1931), Mexico’s first talking picture
I’ve been shamefully negligent in even referencing the role Spanish language movies played in my life. While I didn’t spend as much time watching movies in Spanish as I did Hollywood productions I...
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Antonio Moreno and The Story of Spanish-language Hollywood
The decade of the ’40s has always been my favorite as far as classic movies are concerned. In my opinion you just can’t beat the quality of films produced en masse to match audience attendance, which...
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CMBA Forgotten Stars Blogathon: Eddie Cantor
On Saturday, October 30, 1937 Eddie Cantor was honored with a testimonial dinner at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The event, which was broadcast by the Columbia Broadcasting System was in...
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Season’s Greetings, “Good News” from MGM
It’s been an unusually busy few weeks around my neck of the woods, but I didn’t want the holiday season to go by without extending wishes to all those who’ve been so supportive of Once Upon a Screen....
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Lux Radio Theater: DESIRE
Starring Marlene Dietrich and Herbert Marshall. Filed under: Audio, Gallery Tagged: 1930s, Desire, Herbert Marshall, Lux Radio Theater, Marlene Dietrich, Old Time Radio, Radio
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Lux Radio Theater: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Lux presents Hollywood… Lux Radio Theater broadcast of The Thirty-Nine Steps starring Robert Montgomery and Ida Lupino from December 13, 1937. Produced and hosted by Cecil B. DeMille. Filed under: […]
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Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
Crime and criminals have been the focus of motion pictures since the birth of the medium. However, it wasn’t until the sound era (the 1930s) that gangster films truly became […]
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OTHER MEN’S WOMEN – James Cagney
James Cagney’s third picture is an odd little number and it’s my choice for submission to the James Cagney blogathon hosted by The Movie Projector. Cagney was on the brink of […]
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The DRIVE-IN turns 80
It was a Tuesday, eighty years ago today – June 6, 1933 – that people first drove their cars right up to a screen to watch movies on Crescent Boulevard […]
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Classic Movies return to the Heights!
I received a text from a friend a couple of weeks ago letting me know that The Palace Theater located in upper Manhattan was bringing back classic film. That may […]
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Buster Keaton, Prohibition and WHAT! NO BEER? (1933)
It’s late 1932 and the repeal of prohibition is looming. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had made the ban on alcohol a central issue in his campaign and within a year’s time […]
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Madeleine Carroll set the standard in Hitchcock’s SECRET AGENT (1936)
It’s almost impossible to read about or discuss Alfred Hitchcock‘s body of work without the topic of the “Hitchcock Blonde” being mentioned. That is, the cool, oft aloof, sexy, stylish female […]
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Pre-Code Blogathon: THE CUBAN LOVE SONG (1931)
A pre-code directed by W. S. Van Dyke that’s set in Cuba with “The Peanut Vendor” sung throughout – how could I resist? Terry Burke (played by famous baritone, Lawrence Tibbett) […]
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Pre-Code Blogathon: THE DIVORCEE (1930) – It doesn’t mean a thing
“I’ve balanced our accounts.” Simple. Direct. Refreshing. In just a few words a woman lets her husband know she’s cheated on him, a few words that could define the pre-code […]
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Happy 80th to an American Institution –“Your Hit Parade”
It became a tradition for several generations of Americans. When radio was king music served as both an escape and a respite from hard times and war. One show, an […]
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CMBA Blogathon: Fabulous Films of the 1930s – Fritz Lang’s M
I grew up watching the films of the 1940s. Those were the ones that were on Television regularly and the productions that remain my movie comfort food. Until as recently as […]
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My Favorite Classic Movie: Chaplin’s CITY LIGHTS (1931)
A few days ago I was looking for a bottle of wine to take to a friend’s house and it caught my eye as I turned into the aisle where […]
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