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So, I’ve been watching The Academy Awards loyally for the past few years, and I still don’t know why I subject myself to it. They seem to drone on and on—every year just a little longer than the year before, but still, I watch.

Why do I bother?

On one hand, I always hope that one day, I’ll be nominated for an Oscar. I don’t care for what—it could be for “Best Motion Picture Title”! Being in love with film an...

In the midst of this blog refusing to cooperate with me, I really wanted to post about this English course I’m taking. Its’ called “Movies as Literature” and it counts as one high school English credit—which is all I’m technically missing to graduate. (If you weren’t aware, I’ve been home schooled for the past two years as a result of illness.) I’ve been using Prentice Hall high school textbooks all throughout this jo...

Alright, so if you didn't know it before, CLARK GABLE was the first classic star I fell in love with, and really, my love for this man has never left. While I may have discovered other leading men who I also adore (such as Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper), I love them all differently, and still am able to find a place for Clark. Really, it was because of him and my searching into his earlier work before "Gone with the Wind" (1939) that led me to find Jean Harlow, who is my favorite actress/woma...

Jean Simmons, British motion picture actress, died in her home on January 23rd, 2010, surrounded by her family. She passed away as a result of lung cancer.

(Image courtesy of SImply Classics.)

She was probably best-known for her leading lady role in "Guys and Dolls" (1955) with Marlon Brando, but she...

"Bardelys the Magnificent" (1926) was thought to be lost, all copies of this movie gone forever. But that all changed in 2004, when in France, one lone copy of this movie was found and restored. Some reels had been lost, however, but luckily, so many photographs of the movie were taken, the scenes were reconstructed using photographs.

"Bardelys" starred John Gilbert in the title role, who makes a bet with a friend, Chatellerault (played by Roy D'Arcy), who looks a bit like Capta...

I've realized that I wasn't happy with the way the blog was looking. I felt like I was being forced to write movie reviews, and while I enjoy watching them, I don't feel like I want to write about them every single Sunday. I don't need the pressure! I think I'm going to much prefer writing about what I like pertaining to old Hollywood, and maybe a few movie and book reviews in between wouldn't be so bad, either.

Anyhow, I'm going to start this blog off with something I've been r...

So, as I was checking my TCM Guide (Yeah, I'm a TCM whore, what ya gonna do about it!?) last night, I realized "Night Nurse" was going to be on this morning. And while I haven't seen all that much with Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable is one of my favorite actors, and sure, he is nice to look at. To wrap this up, I got up this morning to record and watch it at the same time. At seven in the morning. If you haven't discovered it yet, I AM CRAZY about such things.

Basically, "Night N...