Classic Couple

Hers: Kami’s Take Street of Shadows (1953) is part of the February 2019 lineup on The Film Detective. For us, it’s a new classic movie discovery and one we wanted to collaborate on writing about as the Classic Couple. Street of Shadows is the original name of a British film noir set in the streets […]

In preparation for seeing the TCM Big Screen Classics 55th Anniversary showing of My Fair Lady (1964), I cast around for some trivia about the cast. Controversy about the leading roles abounds. Still, the resulting film garnered the following Oscar wins at the 1965 Academy Awards: Best Picture – Jack L. Warner Best Actor in a […]

A Walk in the Sun (1945) is part of the February 2019 lineup on The Film Detective. For me, it’s a new classic movie discovery. The film begins in 1943 on a landing barge, with a group of infantry soldiers from Lee Platoon of the Texas Division awaiting their upcoming landing on a beach near Salerno, […]

Special Guest Blog By Lisa Bistreich-Wolfe Since I was a child, my favorite movie has always been The Wizard of Oz. I watched it every year when it aired on TV, and my family complained that they had to listen “in stereo” as I recited/sang the entire production. Needless to say, when I learned there […]

It’s 2019 and I’m writing about an 80-year-old-film taking in $1 million in a single day at the box office. This past Sunday. Simply stupendous! Yesterday it was announced that the Sunday, January 28, 2019 80th anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of The Wizard of Oz set a record for Fathom Events as the highest-grossing […]

Yesterday the Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter was off to see the 80th anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics screening of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Before the show I made the acquaintance of a six-year-old Wicked Witch of the Popcorn seeing the movie for the first time in a theater with her aunt. We had a […]

Are there any more iconic shoes in film history than Dorothy’s ruby slippers? Lovers of The Wizard of Oz (1939) movie surely cannot imagine Dorothy’s slippers being any color other than ruby red, but originally they weren’t. In the book, they are silver. The Silver Shoes are only mentioned in the original The Wizard of […]

I came across this iconic image today, and it made my day. Funny Girl (1968) is one of my favorite films; Barbra Streisand a favorite performer. This wonderfully captioned photo from the film made me think about all of the unforgettable moments, the great lines, the memorable scenes from the movies that have made an […]

Readying to see the 80th Anniversary screening of The Wizard of Oz (1939) this month, I sought out some IMDB film trivia. Here are some tidbits I found intriguing, related to wardrobe and costume makeup. When the wardrobe department was looking for a coat for Frank Morgan (Prof. Marvel/The Wizard), it decided it wanted one that looked like […]

When TCM features the 80th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz (1939) later this month, Frank Morgan will take the spotlight as the title character of the beloved movie. Indeed he will always be remembered as Professor Marvel/The Wizard in one of the most famous films ever made. But my favorite performance of Frank Morgan’s, […]