To this day Casablanca is regarded as one of the most iconic and well-regarded films in Hollywood. Michael Curtiz directed and Hal B. Wallis produced the 1942 Warner Bros. movie, which starred Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid and featured[…] Read More

During the Great Depression, movie theaters offered a two-for-one deal to attract more customers. For the price of one ticket, people would get to see two movies. This was called a double feature. A shorter, less expensive film (referred to[…] Read More

Few partnerships in Hollywood will be as well remembered as that of lyricist and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein and composer Richard Rodgers. Almost everyone, even young people, recognizes some of the songs from The Sound Music. During their careers, Rodgers and[…] Read More

The first time I saw Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film, The Birds, I was in high school. To this day, I cannot gaze upon a congregation of birds without feeling suspicious and uneasy. Apparently, Hitchcock had this effect on other people[…] Read More

In 2015, I attended the Turner Classic Movie festival, which is held every spring in Hollywood. Thousands of devoted and knowledgeable classic movie fans attend this event. The selection of films and panel discussions are definitely worth the trip to[…] Read More

If you ask my husband, he will tell you that a museum poster is a one of a kind, extremely rare or of special interest. Those are the facts. However, the poster you see on this blog of Trinidad, starring[…] Read More

The last scene from Mr. Skeffington is one of the most memorable moments in cinema. “A woman is beautiful when she is loved, and only then,” Job Skeffington tells his ex-wife, Fanny. There are two lessons in this scene: nothing[…] Read More

Unless you’re a huge Errol Flynn fan, Captain Blood is not the first Flynn film I would recommend watching. Flynn’s body of work, including The Sea Hawk, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dive Bomber and Gentleman Jim show his tremendous[…] Read More

Relationships are complex, and few movies demonstrate this as well as The Bad and the Beautiful. The 1952 black and white film starred Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, and Barry Sullivan. The film, which was directed by[…] Read More

If I mention the name Andy Griffith, you’re probably going to think of The Andy Griffith Show or Matlock. Well, before Griffith gained success as the affable and wise Sherriff Andy Taylor on the Andy Griffith Show during the early[…] Read More