Classic Couple

2020 was so startlingly different from any year we’ve experienced in our lifetimes. Challenges abounded. While it certainly wasn’t the year we expected, it did deliver its own unique gifts. Hunkered at home, we resisted the temptation to cease production. Indeed upon reflection, we took a lot of action as the Classic Couple in 2020. […]

Our TCM Club held its virtual Holiday 2020 Gathering December 20. We enjoyed libations and toasted our friendship with one another, sustaining us all in a challenging year. Courtesy of our TCM Club Games Committee, we engaged in a competitive round of Classic Christmas Movies Bingo. And some of us enjoyed cookies baked from our […]

Over the course of 14 weeks in 2020, we studied Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema on our sister site, Classic Couple Academy. Each episode presented a several chapters exploring filmmaking techniques employed by the filmmakers. Below is a list of the themes we explored and the 14 films we wrote about […]

As TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming winds down, we enjoyed some more impromptu live-tweeting. We simply could not ignore Claudette Colbert and Paul Henreid, actors who starred in some of the most beloved films of all time. It Happened One Night (1934) was the first film to win every major Academy Award, including Best […]

Couldn’t let William Powell day of TCM Summer Under The Stars programming pass by without a #TCMParty. Appreciate the opportunity to watch the first airing on TCM of The Senator Was Indisceet (1947). Apropos to watch during an election year.

We’ve been having a ball this month watching TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming. Naturally, some impromptu live-tweeting ensued. Two stars whose days we enjoyed and whose films we live-tweeted are John Barrymore and Cary Grant. Follow @CoupleClassic as the month continues.

Each year we look forward to TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming where each day in the month of August the channel devotes the day to airing the films of one actor. This year we plan to live-tweet a number of films on the schedule. Our first installment is below. See the captions for when […]

Most memorable scenes from Red Headed Woman (1932) –  TCMFF Special Home Edition. Jean Harlow as the red headed woman you love to hate in a film that delivers everything you want from a Pre-Code.                                   

Most memorable scenes from Casablanca (1942) –  TCMFF Special Home Edition. A timeless classic, enjoyable no matter how many times you watch.  But how about viewing it next time as a buddy film?            

Most memorable scenes from They Live By Night (1949) –  TCMFF Special Home Edition. A must-see film noir.