Friday, May 15, 2015. BB King holding a Fender Esquire, Memphis, Tennessee, 1951. Friday, May 1, 2015. Every so often an item pops up on eBay that somehow needs to be preserved. I am not necessarily talking about museum pieces, but rather curios that folks cut from a certain cloth just are interested in - or rather should be. Purloined from The Ivy League Look. The Chipp story is well documented elsewhere, particularly in this Ivy Style piece.

Monday, March 19, 2018. This has happened before, but you never know. Said drunk Jim after he woke up and got himself a beer. Is a cut above and probably left off the album for legal reasons.

Bogart, Shakespeare, The Maltese Falcon, Those Great Movies. Sunday, January 14, 2018. Save Room For Dessert! Have you ever had a meal so good and filling that you actually turned down the climactic finish of cherries jubilee, baked Alaska or strawberry cheesecake? Sunday, December 31, 2017. I Barely Made It! A post, as pitiful as can be. 2018 will find me back at the blog again, and I want to wish a Happy 2018 to everyone! Sunday, February 28, 2016.

MeToo, social media, and classic Hollywood feminism. The media has exploded in the last couple weeks in response to the Harvey Weistein controversy. Jimmy Stewart and the American Dream.

An irreverent blog of classic movies. See how John Barrymore labours for The Theatre. One of favourite oversized movie characters is the fictional Broadway producer Oscar Jaffe, as played by the legendary actor John Barrymore.

1930s and 1940s Film Star Warren William Tribute Site. Biography of Warren William, 1894-1948. From Broadway to pre-Code peak and popular detective series, this 5,000-word piece covers the life and career of our favorite actor. brought over Lil Dagover to be their Garbo in.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015. And that quibble about plot? Sure, the overall material is light,. But the songs and dances are not randomly placed entertainment to be burst into at any time. They further the plot and the relationship between the characters- a revolutionary idea when Astaire first arrived on the scene in the early 1930s. Relationship with his dance partner has evolved.

Celebrating the movies our ancestors loved. This was the third short. In 1917, coming out in June of that year. It may be the most famous of his early work, and has been a critical success since its release, unlike many of his earlier Keystone. Shorts, which were often dismissed as vulgar at the time or frivolous afterward. This movie begins by showing us a steamer ship. The movie begins similarly to The Champion.