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!

Monday, November 5, 2018

Classic Movies on Amazon Prime in November 2018

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Aubrey Hepburn has breakfast. It's been a couple of months since we last explored what Amazon Prime had to offer in the way of class...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The Phantoms of the Opera

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Claude Rains as the Phantom. Just eleven years after Lon Chaney thrilled audiences in The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Universal was p...
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Monday, October 29, 2018

Children of the Damned

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Clive Powell as Paul. Children of the Damned  (1964) is not a sequel to the 1960 science fiction classic Village of the Damned , but rat...
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Movie-TV Connection Game (October 2018)

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What do these actors have in common? As you enjoy the brisk days of October, you can still pull out your phone or tablet and play the ...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

What's My Line?

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One of the summer's most pleasant--and surprising--viewing experiences was the 1955 season of the long-running CBS quiz show What'...
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Thursday, October 18, 2018

George C. Scott Unravels the Mystery of "The Changeling"

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George C. Scott as John Russell. When we recently asked our Twitter followers to name their favorite scary movie, several responded with...
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Sunday, October 14, 2018

Seven Things to Know About Neil Simon

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1. In a 1979 interview in Playboy , Neil Simon noted: "There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in L...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Blacula Is "One Strange Dude"

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William Marshall as Blacula. Based on Count Dracula's reputation alone, I question the rationale in seeking his support to abolish s...
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Monday, October 8, 2018

The Hardy Boys, Disney, and Pieces of Eight

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Tommy Kirk and Tim Considine. I was probably too old to fully appreciate The Mickey Mouse Club by the time it was syndicated in my home...
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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Our YouTube Channel Reaches a Milestone

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This past week, we uploaded the 100th video to our YouTube channel , which was established in October 2014. Today, we have over 2,600 subscr...
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Monday, October 1, 2018

The Longest Yard: "It's just a game."

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I'm sure many critics would opt for Deliverance , but I'd rate Burt Reynolds' performance in The Longest Yard  as his best. That...
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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Walter Matthau Makes House Calls With Glenda Jackson

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Walter Matthau as a widower. Relationship comedies were all the rage in the late 1970s. Jill Clayburgh played a woman who becomes sudden...
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Monday, September 24, 2018

Seven Things to Know About Robert Goulet

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With Julie Andrews in Camelot . 1. Robert Goulet was a virtual unknown when he auditioned for the role of Lancelot in the 1960 Broadway ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Movie-TV Connection Game (September 2018)

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What do Gene and Robin have in common? With autumn just around the corner, that means, well, it's time for another edition of our m...
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Monday, September 17, 2018

Classic Film Stars--Not Terror--in the Wax Museum

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Wax Jack the Ripper and Ray Milland. Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Louis Hayward, Broderick Crawford, John Carradine, Maurice Evans, and...
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