Classic Film and TV Café

The Classic Film and TV Cafe is a blog devoted to classic movies and television series, ranging from the silent film era to the 1980s. Come into the Cafe and join in the conversation!

Thursday, May 29, 2014

There's a Crack...in the World!

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"Slow in takeoff and inclined to over-clinical scientific exposition, (the) action gradually hits its stride when the experiment backfi...
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Monday, May 26, 2014

Letters in Classic Movies

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Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Love Letters . Letters have brought lovers together, torn marriages apart, incriminated the innocen...
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Thursday, May 22, 2014

My Cousin Rachel: Is Olivia de Havilland a Murderer?

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Can you name two real-life sisters who each starred in a Hollywood adaptation of a Daphne Du Maurier novel? The answer, as you may have know...
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Monday, May 19, 2014

Seven Things to Know About "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

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1. It's been well-documented that Warner Bros. seriously considered James Cagney for the title role after his success in A Midsummer Nig...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Seven Things to Know about Robert Vaughn

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1.  Robert Vaughn earned a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Southern California in 1972. His dissertation was published as the...
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Monday, May 12, 2014

The Movie-TV Connection Quiz

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In the questions below, you'll be given be a pair of films, TV series, performers, or any combination thereof. Your task is to find the ...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Jane Wyman Romances Charlton Heston and Natalie Wood Befriends a Miracle Dog

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Compared to Jane Wyman's other "women's pictures" of the 1950s, Lucy Gallant  is neither as good as All That Heaven Allows...
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Monday, May 5, 2014

The Five Best American TV Daytime Dramas

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Enduring popularity and cultural impact were the major criteria used to select our picks for the five best daytime soaps broadcast on U.S. t...
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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Samuel Fuller's The Naked Kiss

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After pummeling her pimp with a shoe and spraying him with seltzer water, a bald prostitute takes the $75 he owes her. Two years later, Ke...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

The Five Best Cult Films of the 1960s

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Cult film--it's a label that's often applied far too loosely. For purposes of this list, my definition is that a cult film is a moti...
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

How Sight & Sound Fueled the "Greatest Film" Debate

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These days, it has become standard practice for film organizations and film-related magazines to publish their picks for the greatest films ...
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Monday, April 21, 2014

British Classic Television A to Z

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A   - The Avengers.  Could there be a better way to start this list? This lighthearted spy series starred Patrick Macnee as the well-tailore...
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