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Dear Old Hollywood
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Exploring Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the Valley, with a nostalgic look to the past, while still enjoying the present.
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Visiting Old Hollywood at Forest Lawn Cemetery

The entrance to Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CaFor a Memorial Day weekend activity my wife and I took our two month old daughter Hazel to visit some classic Hollywood stars at Forest Lawn Mem...

27 may 12

Inside the Script eBooks, More Than Just a Screenplay

With the new "Inside the Script" eBooks from Warner Bros. film fans can read classic movie scripts like North By Northwest or Casablanca and also delve deeper into the making of the film with...

20 may 12

Minnie And Moskowitz (1971) - Film Locations

Minnie Moore (Gena Rowlands) is a quiet, highbrow, museum curator in Los Angeles who feels that the "movies are a conspiracy. They set you up to believe in everything. They set you up to believe ...

13 may 12

Your Dream TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule?

At the recent TCM Classic Film Festival Robert Osborn announced that the festival would become an annual event, which means that Osborn and his entourage will be back in Hollywood next year. But, bef...

29 apr 12

Big House, U.S.A. (1955) - Film Locations

Royal Gorge Park in ColoradoThe film Big House, U.S.A. (1955) has more holes in the story than a pair of fishnet stockings but the cast of characters and location photography make this documentary st...

16 apr 12

Gun Crazy (1950) - Film Locations

Those attending the 2012 TCM Film Festival this coming weekend will have to make a difficult choice in which film to see during the early evening screenings on Saturday. The obvious choice is the 60t...

07 apr 12

The Hard Way (1943) - Film Locations

When I watched the film The Hard Way (1943) I wanted to reach into the screen and slap actress Ida Lupino. Her character was just so unrelentingly ruthless. Lupinos performance was so believable that...

02 apr 12

Sylvia (1965) - Film Locations

First, something a little off subject - on March 22, my wife gave birth to our daughter and future cinephile, Hazel! It was a really long day, beginning at 1:00am when my wifes waters broke and conti...

26 mar 12

Fredric March - Attack Ads "Dirty Trick"

Fredric March with wife Florence EldridgeWith an election coming up later this year and with a Republican presidential primary in progress, its hard to avoid the many political attack ads airing on t...

17 mar 12

Liberace and Terry Thomas Duet

Liberace and Terry Thomas DuetThe last few weeks have been incredibly busy both at work and at home. On the home front, my wife and I have been getting ready to welcome a daughter into our lives. Wev...

10 mar 12

Harry and Tonto (1974) - Film Locations

Art Carney was primarily a television star for most of his career, but at the age of fifty-five, Carney would win that award most coveted by film stars, the Oscar. The year was 1974, a year that incl...

27 feb 12

Whos Got the Action? (1962) - Film Locations

Dean Martin and Lana Turner headline this story about a man with a gambling addiction (Martin) and his wife (Turner) who does what she can to make sure her husband doesnt lose all of their money. The...

21 feb 12

Havana Widows (1933) - Film Locations

In the pre-code film Havana Widows (1933) Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell play a couple of hardworking and underpaid burlesque girls who, after losing their jobs, find their next move as gold digger...

14 feb 12

A Different Side of Cary Grant

Jennifer and Cary Grant (Photo from Parade.com)This past Sunday, CBS Sunday Morning news ran a great segment on Jennifer Grant reminiscing about her famous father, Cary Grant. The segment includes ma...

08 feb 12 2 people like this

The Big Fix (1978) - Film Locations Part One

Imagine all those detective films from the 1940s with Humphrey Bogart, but instead its the 1970s and Bogart is a dope smoking, counter-culture has-been nostalgic for the radical days of protests and ...

04 feb 12

The Big Fix (1978) - Film Locations Part Two

This is my second entry on the filming locations for the Richard Dreyfuss detective film, The Big Fix (1978). To read part one click here. In this second post we get to see more of downtown Los Angel...

04 feb 12

Whos Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963) - Film Locations

Dean Martin at grand opening for Market BasketOriginally, I was going to post part two of The Big Fix (1978) film locations, but I decided to push that back to next week to make way for the swingin, ...

28 jan 12

Will The Academy Move the Oscars From the Kodak Theatre?

Photo (c) Getty ImagesAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, the Academy may consider moving the Oscar ceremony to another venue, namely AEGs Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The Academys lease w...

13 jan 12

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970) - Film Locations

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970) is one of those movies I just had to see because of the all-star cast but when I finally did see the film I knew why, despite all the names in the film...

08 jan 12

No Time For Sergeants (1958) - Film Locations

No Time For Sergeants stars Andy Griffith as a dim witted country bumpkin who gets drafted into the Air Force. Griffiths character, Will Stockdale, is similar to the character Forrest Gump, but ...

08 jan 12

Charlton Heston Saves Rose Bowl

Charlton Heston with wife Lydia at home.He fought for mankind in Planet of the Apes, he battled zombie, vampire like beings as the last man on earth in The Omega Man, he saved a 747 from disaster in ...

31 dec 11

NINOTCHKA / DESIGN FOR LIVING Double Feature

Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins inDesign For Living (1933)Earlier this month The Criterion Collection released a high definition digital restoration of the pre-code classic film, Design Fo...

24 dec 11

Down Three Dark Streets (1954) - Film Locations

Down Three Dark Streets (1954) stars Broderick Crawford as John Ripley, an FBI agent who takes on three unrelated cases in hopes that one will lead to the killer of his fellow agent. As with so many ...

05 dec 11

Your favorite Christmas films?

Christmas with the GriswoldsNow that Thanksgiving has passed Im in full Christmas mode. The tree is up, wifey has been putting up decorations, weve both started the shopping madness and now were read...

27 nov 11

Hollow Triumph (1948) (a.k.a. The Scar) - Film Locations

Hollow Triumph (a.k.a. "The Scar")Actor Paul Henreid, probably best known as Victor Laszlo in the film Casablanca (1942), gives a thrilling and very different performance in the noir Hollow T...

21 nov 11

Marilyn Monroes LA Haunts and Hangouts

Marilyn MonroeTo celebrate the release of the upcoming film My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams as the iconic Marilyn Monroe, the Huffington Post has put together an interesting list of s...

12 nov 11 1 person likes this

Impact (1949) - Film Locations

Impact (1949)Im going beyond the borders of Los Angeles again, this time exploring the Northern California filming locations for the 1949 film, Impact. This is the second time Ive tracked down locati...

07 nov 11

John Wayne Tribute Event

The Jules Verne Festival is back again and this time they are honoring the legendary actor, director and producer, John Wayne. The festivities include a special screening of the Wayne film, True Grit...

30 oct 11

The Big Night (1951) - Film Locations

The Big Night (1951)Director Joseph Losey had a short career making films in America before he was forced to move to Europe after being blacklisted in Hollywood during the era of red-baiting and HUAC...

23 oct 11

Donovans Brain (1953) - Film Locations

Donovans Brain (1953)Its not a horror film, but Donovans Brain (1953) is creepy enough (ok, campy enough) for October Halloween viewing.  In the film, Lew Ayres plays Dr. Patrick Cory, a scienti...

15 oct 11

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