Clark Gable Blogathon: Possessed (1931)

Directed by Clarence Brown, Possessed is a romantic drama starring Joan Crawford as Marian Martin, a factory girl determined to make a better life for herself in the big city, and Clark Gable as Mark Whitney, her mentor in high-class living and the object of her affections. This post is part of the Clark Gable blogathon hosted by Love Letters To Old Hollywood 1931 was […]

Rosalind Russell Blogathon: Four’s a Crowd (1938)

Directed by Michael Curtiz, Four’s A Crowd is a romantic comedy starring Rosalind Russell as reporter Jean Christy, Errol Flynn as editor-in-chief Robert Lansford, Patric Knowles as the newspaper’s owner Pat Buckley, and Olivia de Havilland as his fiancée Lorri. This post is part of the Rosalind Russell Blogathon hosted by In The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood Michael Curtiz was a highly experienced director by the time […]

The Blue Angel (1930)

Directed by Josef von Sternberg, The Blue Angel is a German tragicomedy starring Marlene Dietrich as the beautiful and alluring cabaret singer Lola Lola, and Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath, whose infatuation with her drives him to ruin. Josef von Sternberg, born in Vienna, emigrated to America when he was fourteen years old, and began his film career at the age […]

Joan Crawford Blogathon: From Kansas City to Hollywood

In 1916, a young girl named Lucille LeSueur cooked meals and scrubbed dishes for her fellow students at St. Agnes Academy, a Catholic boarding school in Kansas City where she was enrolled as a work student in exchange for her board and education. She would grow up to become Joan Crawford, the ultimate movie star, […]

It (1927)

It is a silent romantic comedy directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Clara Bow as Betty Lou Spence, the role that would forever immortalise her as ‘The It Girl’. Elinor Glyn, a romantic novelist from the Channel Islands, began working with William Randolph Hearst’s International Magazine Company in 1919, writing for publications including Cosmopolitan. She’d hit the American bestseller […]

4th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, Golden Boy is a romantic melodrama set in the cutthroat world of boxing, starring Adolphe Menjou as manager Tom Moody, Barbara Stanwyck as his girlfriend Lorna, and William Holden as talented young violinist Joe Bonaparte, who decides to become a boxer. This post is part of the 4th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration, hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema, The […]

The Fourth Annual Bette Davis Blogathon: Jezebel (1938)

Directed by William Wyler, Jezebel is a melodrama centred around a young woman from New Orleans in 1852 named Julie Marsden, played by Bette Davis, and her brazen and headstrong behaviour which loses her the affections of the man she loves, Preston Dillard, played by Henry Fonda. This post is part of the Fourth Annual Bette Davis Blogathon hosted by In The Good […]

Mystery Mania Blogathon: Laura (1944)

Directed by Otto Preminger, this classic film noir stars Gene Tierney as the titular Laura, Clifton Webb as her acerbic mentor Walton Lydecker, Vincent Price as her fiancé Shelby Carpenter, and Dana Andrews as Mark McPherson, the detective investigating her murder. This post is part of the Mystery Mania Blogathon hosted by Pop Culture Reverie, and contains spoilers for the film. Laura had a somewhat bumpy journey to […]

Outside The Law (1920)

Directed by Tod Browning and starring Priscilla Dean as Molly Madden, Wheeler Oakman as Bill Ballard, and Lon Chaney as both Black Mike Sylva and Ah Wing, Outside The Law is a silent crime drama set in the shadowy San Francisco underworld. The film opens in the Chinatown parlour of Chang Lo (Edward Alyn Warren), a Confucian philosopher who has been reforming local crime boss […]

The Jean Harlow Blogathon: Bombshell (1933)

Directed by Victor Fleming, Bombshell stars Jean Harlow as movie star Lola Burns, Lee Tracy as her studio publicist Space Hanlon, and Franchot Tone as love interest Gifford Middleton This post is part of The Jean Harlow Blogathon, hosted by Musings of a Classic Film Addict and The Wonderful World of Cinema Based on an unproduced play by Caroline Francke and Mack Crane, Bombshell is a fascinating […]