On the last day of the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival, Angie Dickinson was briefly interviewed by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz before a screening of the 1959 John Wayne western, Rio Bravo. Ms. Dickinson t...
Director Stanley Donen was on hand to introduce his 1963 film Charade this past Sunday at the 2012 TCM Film Festival. Starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, Charade is a romantic mystery that takes ...
Kim Novak was honored this morning with a handprint ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Actress Debbie Reynolds and TCM host Robert Osborne were in attendance. Letters of congra...
Despite a few rain showers, the TCM Film Festival was in full swing for day two. I saw three films today, two of which I had not previously seen. I’m No Angel (1933) This was my umpteenth Cary ...
Last night officially kicked off the 2012 TCM Film Festival. One of my favorite movies, High Society, was set to be screening poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel. What a perfect setting it would be, as t...
TCM hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz gave roundtable interviews this morning at TCM Film Festival Headquarters, the Roosevelt Hotel. Both were friendly and approachable, as expected. My table ...
We are thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Anatomy of a Classic will have coverage of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival! Held in Hollywood, California, the Festival starts t...
This past Sunday I took advantage of the less-than-stellar weather and hunkered down to watch Doctor Zhivago for the first time. Five slices of pizza and 197 minutes later, I was able to cross anothe...
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier Co-Starring: Katharine Houghton (Hepburn’s niece!) Directed by: Stanley Kramer Other notable contributors: Frank DeVol – score F...
We’re happy to announce our recently opened Etsy shop, Frankly My Dears. The shop features vibrant, classic film-themed posters that we designed for our own dwellings and through the magic of E...
While I’m thankful that I’m off school for a whole week, I’m not so thankful for all the studying I have to do to get caught up for finals. Also, since it’s snowing I’m ...
In celebration of its 75th Anniversary, LIFE magazine has chosen 75 of the best covers. You can see all the covers here. The classic highlights: Gene Tierney 1941 Jeanne Crain 1946 Elizabeth Taylor...
December’s Vanity Fair includes a piece much like our Thanksgiving With The Stars post, where thoughts of classic actors are imagined – this time in “tweet” form. Have a read!
Happy Halloween everyone! For the third year in a row I dressed as a notable classic film character. As evidenced by the number of people I interacted with today who were not familiar with Lawrence...
So you never got around to watching one of the most highly regarded films of all-time. (Damn those Real Housewives marathons.) In honor of the film’s 70th anniversary, we’ve put together...
Once again school has restarted and my available movie time and blogging time has disappeared so this will be my last entry in the series (until maybe next summer). Hope you enjoyed the posts! The Pl...
This week, Al and I pick our favorite film from the vaults of Disney… Alix picks: Alice In Wonderland (1951) Disney’s Alice in Wonderland is my favorite adaptation of one of my favorite books. ...
Name: George Henry Sanders Famous Roles: Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950), Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), voice of Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (1967). Trademark: His ...
I’m sure most of you classic film fans have already seen The Best Years of Our Lives, but for those of you new to classic film this is a must see! This film isn’t set on the battlefield, ...
Lindsay picks: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) Watching Errol Flynn alongside frequent co-stars like Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale is tolerable. But put Flynn opposite an acting f...
I recently borrowed a copy of Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) from my library and was surprised when first handed the DVD case. My first thought was, “Did I ask for the remake of the film by mista...
Plot: Set during WWII, The Man Who Never Was follows an operation by the British Navy devised to deceive Germany into thinking the Allies plan to invade Greece while their true objective is Sicily. I...
Life Magazine’s website currently features a slide show of classic film stars as babies. The gallery includes photos of Humphrey Bogart (can you even imagine him being a kid?), Marlon Brando, ...
Since I don’t often get enough time to sleep much less watch movies during the school year, I try to make up for it during the summer. I somehow lucked out and managed to score a summer job thi...
Since reports of a Rob Marshall/Johnny Depp Thin Man remake have surfaced, all I’ve heard from the classic film community is negative comments about how it’s a stupid idea, leave the orig...
I first came across Stalag 17 (1953) sometime early in high school when AMC was running it for what seemed like twice a day for a couple weeks straight (I mean seriously, they get a hold of a film an...
Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, and Natalie Wood in West Side Story, appeared on a panel at the TCM Classic Film Festiv...
As part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, Hayley Mills made an appearance before a screening of her Disney classic The Parent Trap. Below are two video excerpts from her interview with Leonard Malti...
Peter O’Toole speaks briefly at his handprint ceremony held at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Saturday. Sorry for the wobbles at the beginning – I was standing on my tip...
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