Classic Couple

After a long hiatus, the Triangle Classic Movie Club (TCMC) held its first virtual gathering in September. Thirteen friends and film lovers came together to catch up on how everyone has fared during the challenges of 2020 and how classic movies have served as both tonic and respite during the global pandemic. Several club members […]

As the Classic Couple, most often we use this platform to write about classic movies—those dating from the 1910s through the 1970s. From time to time, we encounter a film we like to call a new classic discovery. These can be true classic movies we have only recently viewed. They can also be serendipitous encounters […]

As we celebrate two years as the Classic Couple, we’re thrilled to announce a new offering: Classic Couple Academy. Classic Couple Academy is dedicated to exploring classic film history, academy style. It’s an online community, where fans of classic movies can learn together and discover the magic of film-making behind the scenes and in front […]

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 […]

The remake. This history of film is raft with remakes, many sparking debates around which version is considered the best. Every remake beckons the true film aficionado to seek out the original. Love Affair (1939) is one such original. It stars Charles Boyer as French painter Michel Marnet and Irene Dunne as American singer Terry […]

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 […]

Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, follows the lives of two friends Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as they move through British high society. First published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, its popularity led to the publishing of a single volume in 1848. Today the book is regarded as a classic. […]

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.