Lo and behold Once Upon a Screen turns one year old! I’ve been congratulating several bloggers, some of my favorites, as they’ve celebrated momentous milestones on their blogs of late all the while regretting I didn’t make note of when I started Once Upon a…
The home of the classics, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) played Frank Capra‘s 1934, Best Picture Academy Award winner, It Happened One Night this past weekend. This is, for some reason, a film I never think of when I consider Capra’s great films, and he made…
Widely considered one of the best films ever made, there is no lack of information and/or commentary available on Michael Curtiz‘ 1942, classic of classics, Casablanca. We can’t seem to stop watching this film and later, discussing it. It’s simply a wonder, a miracle of…
I’ll start with a warm message of appreciation to my two tweeting/blogging pals, Kellee of Outspoken & Freckled and Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club who honored me with a special recognition, the Liebster Blog Award. It means the world to be recognized by these two…
Years ago, while taking a film course on Hollywood’s, “The Studio Years,” I was given what I thought then was an odd assignment. We were discussing the period in Hollywood when an acting “technique,” for lack of a better word, referred to as “The Method”…
Radu of Radu Presents: The Movie Photo blog has once again tagged me to come up with a list. This time a list of top animated films. While Radu’s site often centers on compiling comprehensive lists on all manner of movie themes, lists I refer…
