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Raw Deal (1948) - Film Locations
There is a lot to like about the film Raw Deal (1948) directed by Anthony Mann. The story is fast paced, the action violent and thrilling and the cinematography is beautifully shot by John Alton. On...
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Talking Old Hollywood: Steven Berger, Producer
Steven Berger, Producer of The Pretty One (2014)To be honest, when I first learned of actress Zoe Kazan, I probably wouldn't have been as curious about her work if I had not known that her grandfather...
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City of Fear (1959) - Film Locations
I first learned of the film City of Fear (1959) from reading a review over at Laura's Miscellaneous Musings and I'm glad she put it on my radar. This little B film has a lot of things going for it; a...
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Cary Grant Walks His Siamese Cat
Cary Grant with his Siamese Cat. Beverly Hills 1955.Film scholar and writer Farran Nehme, a.k.a. the "Self-Styled Siren," posted the above picture taken in 1955 of Cary Grant walking his Siamese cat...
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Book Review: Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows by Ken LaZebnik
In addition to wanting to work in the entertainment industry, part of the reason I moved to Los Angeles was to be able to live in an area where so much Hollywood history has taken place. To me Los...
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The Toluca Lake Homes of Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard of The Three Stooges.Toluca Lake, a tony neighborhood located partly in Burbank and Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, has long been a favorite place to live for Hollywood...
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Jersey Boys (2014) - Film Locations
Jersey Boys, the hit Broadway musical about Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons, is getting the cinema treatment. The film version, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Christopher Walken and...
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Perfect Strangers (1950) - Film Locations
Dennis Morgan and Ginger RogersWhen I watch classic movies I often watch them differently than contemporary films. With classic films I can get sucked in just by the vintage fashions and sometimes the...
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Katharine Hepburn's Hiking Spot
 Hepburn hiking country road during break from filming in London.Katharine Hepburn was always athletic. At an early age, while growing up in Hartford, Connecticut, Hepburn's father, a doctor,...
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Cass Timberlane (1947) - Film Locations
In the film version of Sinclair Lewis's story, Cass Timberlane (1947), Spencer Tracy plays the title character, a judge who falls for a younger woman (Lana Turner) from the "wrong side of the tracks."...
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My Summer Classic Film Book Reading List For 2014
 Raquel of Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog is once again hosting a classic film book summer reading challenge. I missed out last year, but I thought if I participated in the challenge this year,...
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Welcome, Foolish Mortals: The Life and Voices of Paul Frees
First up as part of my participation in the classic film book summer reading challenge is Welcome, Foolish Mortals: The Life and Voices of Paul Freesby Ben Ohmart. The name Paul Frees may not be...
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Meet John Doe (1941) - Film Locations
Frank Capra is one of those directors where I can watch just about any one of his films and be entertained. Many of Capra's movies are heavily sentimental, wholesome message pictures which some critics...
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Big City (1937) - Film Locations
Luise Rainer and Spencer TracyWhen I really like an actor I feel the need to see all of their films. I know not all of them will be great. Some will probably be only so-so or simply bad, but I get some...
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Life at the Marmont: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Legendary Hotel of the...
I first visited the Chateau Marmont, a Gothic European inspired hotel located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, about eight years ago. A friend of mine was celebrating a birthday and her boss had...
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Bronk (1975-76) - Film Locations: Koontz Hardware
Bronk (1975-1976) is a TV series starring Jack Palance. It would be only one of a couple times that Palance would be the star of his own show, but unfortunately, it only lasted one season. In films...
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Happy Land (1943) - Film Locations
Happy Land (1943) is a sentimental story about a father struggling with grief after learning that his only son was killed during World War II. The subject of the story is still relevant. Parents still...
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Bronk (1975-76) - Film Locations: Banning House
Another landmark that can be seen in the pilot episode of the television series BRONK (1975-76) starring Jack Palance is the Banning House. Built in 1863, the Banning House was originally the home of...
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The Young Philadelphians (1959) - Film Locations
 Coming up on TCM as part of their Summer Under the Stars tribute to actress Alexis Smith, is one of my favorite Paul Newman films, The Young Philadelphians (1959). Newman plays an up and coming young...
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Hollywood Frame By Frame - A Book Review
 Hollywood Frame By Frame: The Unseen Silver Screen in Contact Sheets, 1951-1997Between my digital camera and my camera phone I probably take way too many photos. For about every ten photos I take,...
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