Mongo Joe...

Have a fantastic and fun birthday with your family. Does it seem like only yesterday, you were a young boy, going to your local Brooklyn movie theatre?

Brilliant!

Portrait of An Actor ( And Birthday Boy ) As A Young Man Click photo to find out who this is: http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt270/CineMaven/CineMaven153/95df6e98-5856-46a0-91cc-4b519dca4efd_zps76f9af0f.jpg October 9, 1878 - June 6, 1964 ( CLUE : It is NOT Jake Gyllenhaal. )

Think I can top you, Wendy: Charles Grapewin Henry Travers George "Gabby" Hayes Tully Marshall * * * * * * * * * * * * * Two words: Will...Wright. * * * * * * * * * * * * * ChiO - I'll see your Will Wright and raise you three words... C . Aubrey Smith . http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/...

“Whew! Just look at this guy! Those full sensitive lips, the clear gaze and long eyelashes….. who wouldn’t line up at the movie theater to watch him, even if he only stood there and looked pretty?” This is just the first lines of Jack Favell's wonderful piece on the great PEDRO ARMENDARIZ for the u...

Hello Fernando – What a wonderful tribute you gave Dolores Del Río , arguably one of the most beautiful women EVER on screen. ( Breathtaking! ) It’s so interesting that though some didn’t make it into the talkies because of their accents, others did…and others STILL were “typed” even though they car...

http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt270/CineMaven/CineMaven150/eb7e031e-5990-4ecc-80fa-a87172fe2ad9_zpsf1bfadfc.jpg Bullying is no good. No good at all. But when is bullying NOT [/u] bullying? I do see “Twentieth Century” a bit differently. It took me years to warm up to the movie because it was j...

http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt270/CineMaven/CINEMAVEN%20FEMALE%20ACTRESSES/d945dabe-6255-499d-b01b-e157e480bae2_zps6199ed05.jpg October 6th, 1908 - January 16th, 1942 She could be loud and raucous and ditzy. Or quiet, earnest, thoughtful with impeccable comic timing. Undeniably, she was one ...

HI THERE FOLKS!!

There’s an upcoming blogathon next weekend that’s going LATIN. Click on to Desi’s bongo drum to read more about it:

“HOLLYWOOD’S HISPANIC HERITAGE BLOGATHON” http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt270/CineMaven/CineMaven146/cfd221ef-a945-4813-b237-bcea63bfbbdc_zpsf6e9cbbd.jpg Hollywood’s Hispanic Heritage Blogathon - October 11-12, 2014, will be hosted by Once Upon a Screen and Movie Star Makeover where participan...

Thank you MovieMan. Thank you JackaaAaay. Maybe the older I get...the more I see. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The film overwhelmed me.

I admit I felt a little obligation to “The Classics” in my original reason to go see the movie. Reading some posts around FaceBook put a little of that ol’ enthusiasm bug in me. Not so quick on the draw with my keyboarding, I was timed out several times with Fandango to purchase my movie ticket, but...

She’s had a successful career, with the enviable luck to appear opposite some of Hollywood’s great leading men, including Gable, Peck, Mitchum, Tracy, Lancaster, Holden, Taylor, Pidgeon, Niven. Oh, and may I add Cary Grant. << Sigh! >> She finally received an ( honorary ) Oscar for her body of work....

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee485/suesueapplegate/imagejpg1_zps2d4f8695.jpg Here´s my latest blog entry about Dark Passage, airing tomorrow on TCM as part of the tribute to Lauren Bacall as it´s also her birthday : http://suesueapplegate.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/the-case-for-dark-passage/ H...

“BOMBSHELL” [/size][/b] Folks, for my money “BOMBSHELL” is a qualitative, unequivocal hit for me. Loud, shrill, one-note, over-the-top, shrieking, sharp? I wouldn’t agree with that assessment, but if I give it that...if I go along with what's been said, it’s those very elements that offers up the l...