We are so excited to welcome Paul J Bradley to our Classic Movie Recall team! Enjoy his very first piece for us on the film that is the subject of our latest podcast. Thank you, Paul, for writing for us!
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is …
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A Star-Studded Guest List: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
I (Lara) have never really thought of myself as a cemetery person, but after visiting Hollywood Forever Cemetery on New Year’s Eve (12/31/16) and taking a tour with Karie Bible, I would now definitely include myself in that category. Karie looks like a vision out …
How Katharine Hepburn Helped Get Judy Holliday Her Oscar-Winning BORN YESTERDAY Role
Even though Judy Holliday played the role of former chorus girl Billie Dawn in the stage version of BORN YESTERDAY for three years, she was not the first choice for the role in the film! Harry Cohn, who was the production chief at Columbia Pictures …
Universal Studios Backlot Pic
As promised in our Frankenstein episode… here’s the pic I grabbed of myself at the original location & set from Frankenstein (1931) at Universal Studios in LA. A tram full of theme park visitors drove by at this very moment and probably wondered who the …
The Beauty of John Barrymore in TWENTIETH CENTURY: How to Win A Gal, Lose A Gal, and Win A Gal in 10 Ways
I (Lara) first discovered TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934) because of Carole Lombard. I was fascinated by this gorgeous dame who had landed William Powell and Clark Gable, and I wanted to see what a “screwball comedienne” was. Watching the film, though, I was equally fascinated by …
Baroque ‘N Roll at the Los Angeles Theatre
The Los Angeles Theatre was the last (and many say the most beautiful) of all the theatres built in Downtown LA’s historic Broadway theatre district between 1911 and 1931.
The Los Angeles was designed by prolific architect S. Charles Lee (who also did the Tower …