Apr 152 minPre-CodeTop 6 "Pre-Code" Flicks Black-and-white movies often get a bad rap as creaky relics, hobbled by lame plots, corny acting and married couples exiled to twin beds...
Apr 12 minStarsThe Eyes Have It Rated 4 out of 5 stars.(1)Nobody looked like her. Spoke like her. Or smoked like her! Bette Davis wasn’t an actress. She was a force of nature. The two-time Oscar...
Mar 152 minStarsThe Idols of March: Joan Crawford You’ve probably heard the Mommie Dearest and “No-wire-hangers!” jokes. Or rumors of her Dueling Divas feud with Bette Davis (who quipped,...
Mar 12 minStarsThe Idols of March: Jean Harlow Most articles about her open with some variation on “Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Jean Harlow.” It’s true. Harlow was Hollywood’s...
Feb 152 minRom-ComIt Happened One Rom-Com Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)Clark Gable began the 1930s as a wannabe, but ended the decade as a “King.” Initially, he played tough guys, generating screen sparks...
Feb 12 minDirectorsOscar's "Maine" Man Decades before Cambridge whiz kids Ben Affleck and Matt Damon went Hollywood, another New Englander trekked West to make a wicked big...