Hi everyone, Moira suggested I post this link to this story of four of our most beloved actors, Ronald Colman, Claude Rains, Herbert Marshall and Basil Rathbone, and their extraordinary valor in World War I. Honestly some of their stories are so incredible that they would have been rejected by Holly...

http://gwtwbook.wordpress.com/2014/02/0 ... cial-lady/

According to this report, Olivia de Havilland has been hospitalized in Paris with a lung infection. Please, prayers, love and good thoughts for her!!

Dear Moira, Thank you so much for your kind words about my reminiscences of Colin Clive! They really mean a lot to me. And oh boy, do I know what you mean by spending time "polishing" work!! :) I look forward to seeing yours about "Journey's End"! I am hoping to get a good copy o...

Considering the acronym TCM uses for Summer Under The Stars is SUTS, I guess it's fortunate they didn't call it Summer Languishing Under The Stars...

Moira, Did someone say COLIN CLIVE?!? I've been in love with the man since I was eight years old; I wrote about him and "Journey's End" on the TCM fan blog in case you'd like to have a peek: http://fan.tcm.com/_Love-and-War-and-Childhood/blog/6501397/66470.html And he really didn't have a ...

Rita, Thank you so much!! This is the post I put up on FB yesterday; I hope you enjoy it! So happy to find a kindred spirit!! Happy, Happy Birthday Anniversary, Charles Boyer!! I love you beyond all reason and sanity. I wish I could have found a better copy of this picture from the Hollywood Canteen...

I was trying to describe this movie recently and said something like, "It's a melodrama/thriller/romantic comedy thing that somehow works." And how could it not, really, with those actors and that director? I love the scene where Jean kicks off her evening slippers and they dance to "...

Eve, I was asking you to imagine yourself as one of his friends, not some strange woman from the future... but yes, as you say, his friends did tell him all those things. They probably also told him, in vain, not to drink so much, though no one can tell anyone else that. I think, as you say, he may ...

Eve, I loved the book; read it in one sitting! I love the conversational, natural tone and how, though you obviously have great affection for Jack, you don't let him get away with anything either. I am a great lover of Hollywood lost causes, and I'm wondering this: It's the mid-1920s. You are Jack's...