During the whole month of August, TCM has a special event called “Summer Under the Stars”: one day, one star. Movies starring this star are broadcast on the channel from the morning until the night. Unfortunately, I don’t have TCM on my television… but that doesn’t prevent me to participate to the 2016 TCM Summer […]
Today, except from the fact that I was working at 10:30 and really was about to slap someone in the face, today is really one of my most favourite days of the year? Why, because we celebrate what would have been Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday. For the occasion, of course, we ought to watch some of his […]
My friend Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is hosting the Joan Crawford Blogathon to honour one of her favourite actresses. The event started on July 28, 2016 and takes an end today, on July 30, 2016. Of course, I had to be part of it as, even if I haven’t seen […]
In the world of movies, we can find many types of characters: good, bad, anti-heroes, people who “don’t give a damn” and so on. To celebrate the world of movie villains, Kristina from Speakeasy, Ruth from Silver Screening and Shadow and Satin are once again back with the Great Villain Blogathon! I always thought that […]
War is hell. We all agree on that. But the real hell doesn’t only happen during the conflict but also when the latter is over. Cities are destroyed and have to be rebuilt, countries are poor, families have lost relatives, and the soldiers who survived are mentally affected and/or badly hurt physically. That last case […]
When I think about the fact that William Holden is now my second favourite actor (after James Stewart), it makes me realize how a person’s tastes can change. We’re celebrating today what would have been his 98th anniversary and, for the occasion, I’m hosting my first William Holden Blogathon, aka The Golden Boy Blogathon. For my […]
Last Wednesday, on April 5, we celebrated the birthday of some legends of the silver screen such as Gregory Peck (his centennial), Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis. Unfortunately, due to school duties, I didn’t have time to write a tribute for any of them as I usually like to. But this doesn’t prevent me to be […]
Doris Day and Deborah Kerr are two of the 8 actresses left in this competition. Congrats to them! So, the final match for the 50s’ era is finally here! You have until Saturday April 9 at 1 pm to vote for your favourite actress. The finalist will then compete against the other era’s finalists to […]
So, here are the results for the 4th round of the tourney (round 4). We only have 2 actresses left who will be competing one against each other from tomorrow until next Saturday. This will last round will reveals us who will be the big 50s era finalist! Doris Day 52/ Thelma Ritter 37 Deborah Kerr […]
Only four actresses are now competing for each eras. So, that makes a total of 16 actresses. Congrats to them! We only need two more rounds to know which actresses will represent each era for the big final! You have until April 2 at 1 pm to vote. Make the right choices! OUR CHARACTER ACTRESS […]
So here are our winners and losers for the 3rd round of the tourney. Thanks for voting! CHARACTER ACTRESSES THELMA RITTER 63 /JUDY HOLLIDAY 28 THE CAN SING! DORIS DAY 65/ DEBBIE REYNOLDS 27 BEAUTIFUL BLONDES GRACE KELLY 63/JANET LEIGH 33 EUROPEAN DEBORAH KERR 69/SOPHIA LOREN 28 To see the results for the other eras, […]
We’re already at the third round of the 6th Favourite Classic Movie Actress Tourney! This round will let us know who will be the finalist for each categories! The four finalists will then move to the sweet sixteen round (round 4) that will determine the winner for each era before the big final! As always, […]
Here are your results for the second round (50s) of this marvellous tourney! All these actresses are wonderful, but, unfortunately, they can’t all win. CHARACTER ACTRESSES Thelma Ritter 87/ Shelley Winters 26 Judy Holliday 64/ Jean Hagen 47 THEY CAN SING! Doris Day 79/ Marilyn Monroe 36 Debbie Reynolds 77/ Jane Russell 34 BEAUTIFUL BLONDES […]
We’re back for the second round of The 6th Favourite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. This round contain 8 matches, all (divisés) in four categories of two matches each. I’m hosting the 50s era, Monty from All Good Things and Screwball Cinema is hosting the 30s and the 60s, and John From Mythical Monkey is hosting […]
Thanks again to all the voters! The level of participation was truly appreciated, as always. It’s now time for me to reveal the results for the second part of Round 1 of the 6th Favourite Classic Movie Actresses Tourney. I’m covering the 50s. BEAUTIFUL BLONDES Grace Kelly 35/ Jan Sterling 5 Kim Novak 28/ Dolores […]
First, thanks to you for voting! I’m very happy with the level of participation! 🙂 Here are the results for round 1 (part 1): the 50’s. I hope for you that your favourite actresses win! The second part of round 1 will start later this afternoon. CHARACTER ACTRESSES Thelma Ritter 76/ Vivian Vance 13 Shelley […]
First time I saw Highly Dangerous, I remember really enjoying it. I had to find another good occasion to watch it again, and The Movie Scientist Blogathon seemed to be the one. Hosted by Ruth from Silver Screening and Christina Wehner, this event starts today on February 19, 2016 and will end on February 21, 2016. […]
Last summer, I visited the beautiful city of San Francisco. I called it a “Hitchcock trip” because you can find many shooting locations of this films in this amazing city: Family Plot, The Birds and, of course, Vertigo. I saw so many places where this film was shot and decided to share my pictures with […]
About two years ago, I wrote an analysis of Hitchcock’s Vertigo for school, got a 96% and was very proud of it. Today, I’ve decided to translate it and publish it on my blog so I could share it with you. Of course, this is only my own interpretation of the film and we […]
Frank Sinatra, who was one of the most acclaimed crooners of music history, would have been 100 on December 12, 2015. The man wasn’t only a great singer, but also a talented actor. One of his most acclaimed performances was the one in From Here to Eternity for which he won an Oscar for Best […]
