Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Holiday Gift Ideas for the Classic Film & TV Fan (2013 Edition)

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For the past five years, the Classic Film & TV Cafe has published a list of holiday gift ideas recommended by our staff. Click here to ...
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Ursula Andress Is She Who Must be Obeyed

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Although Hammer Films remains best known for its horror films, the studio frequently dabbled in other genres. In fact, it achieved solid suc...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Seven Things to Know About Frankie Avalon

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1. Frankie Avalon learned to play the trumpet as a child--and was very good at it. He played trumpet for singer Al Martino (Johnny Fontane i...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

Jimmy Takes a Vacation, Clint Fights a Grizzly, and George Gobel Channels Henry Fonda

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation   (1962). In the best of his 1960s family comedies, James Stewart plays Roger Hobbs, a successful St. Louis ban...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Short Takes with Charles Laughton, Cowboys & Dinosaurs, and Neil Simon

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This Land Is Mine - When the Nazis invaded France during World War II, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Renoir relocated to the United States. Reno...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Rio Bravo: Howard Hawk's "Response" to High Noon

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The classic status attributed to Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo  (1959) has always puzzled me. While it's a solid, well-done Western, it do...
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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Seven Things to Know About James Robertson Justice

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1. James Robertson Justice's most famous role was as Dr. Lancelot Spratt, the blustery chief surgeon at St. Swithin's Hospital in th...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Dorothy Lamour Is Bob Hope's "Favorite Brunette"

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Confession: I sometimes get the plots of Bob Hope's three My Favorite... movies mixed up. While recently viewing  My Favorite Brunette ...
Monday, November 4, 2013

We Describe the Movie...You Name It!

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This is our 5th edition of this type of quiz. The rules are easy: Name each film below based on our vague description. Be sure to include th...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Five Best Made-for-TV Horror Movies

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What's Halloween without a post on classic fright films? This year, we are paying homage to the best horror films made specifically for ...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Billy Wilder and Jack the Ripper Take on Sherlock Holmes

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The 1970s featured two revisionist takes on Sherlock Holmes: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes was released in 1970 and Murder By Decree ...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Hammer Halloween Blogathon: The Plague of the Zombies

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The villain appears in a pre-title sequence--but he's masked. Dr. Peter Tompson's medical practice in a small Cornish village h...
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