EPISODE # 15: The film takes place in Alabama in the 1930s, and is told through the eyes of two kids, a young brother and sister whose father is a small town lawyer named Atticus Finch. The first part of the film is a …
Tag: Classic Film
Adam’s Rib (1949)
EPISODE # 14: There were nine films starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, but ADAM’S RIB is arguably the best. Writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, friends of the famous couple, wrote the film specifically for them, and Hepburn insisted on her favorite director, …
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
EPISODE # 11: Arguably the greatest movie ever made about Hollywood, Billy Wilder’s masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) is a tremendously entertaining combination of noir, horror and black comedy. An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended, and she hires …
Safety Last (1923)
EPISODE # 09: This is Harold Lloyd’s comic masterpiece, and is the film that gave us the most iconic image of the silent era: Harold dangling from a clock on a skyscraper. Even today, SAFETY LAST(1923) is considered one of the greatest film comedies …
A Vintage Playlist For Your Classic Film Night
I (Lara) think this playlist works well when you’re having a casual get-together, like on a night where you have invited friends over to watch a classic film. This is a perfect warm-up playlist for something like Casablanca or Sunset Boulevard! You can …
Classic Films on the Big Screen at Old Town Music Hall
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to go to a movie in the 1920s, you do not need a time machine—just a ticket to Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo. And at ten dollars a ticket to see a film, …
Top Hat (1935)
EPISODE # 04: TOP HAT is not a movie you watch for the plot so much as to experience the star power and the chemistry of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. In this rapid-fire review that was recorded at the historic Los Angeles Theatre …
City Lights (1931)
EPISODE # 03: Charlie Chaplin, playing his iconic Tramp character, falls in love with a blind flower girl…and hilarity ensues? What happens when one person writes, stars, edits, and directs a movie? And is the ending of this film possibly the GREATEST ending ever? …