Bogey and Bette. Like faithful friends, they just keep coming around.  I spent a Jesusly long time, weeks, practically fastened to a chair...

There is just something so blissfully beautiful about this - my two all-time-favorite Old Hollywood genius actors, together at last, in a tr...

I was drawn to these sumptuous photos of early-20th-century actress Gladys Cooper because of her unconventional looks - not exactl...

A harrowing scene from one of my favorite movies. Bette Davis is scary in this thing - at the height of her genius. Has anyone ever capt...

There was a time (think Mad Men ) when smoking was so entrenched in culture as to be expected, even required.  A non-smoker was a ...

You might not think so, boys and girls, but you are, you ARE in film school, or you wouldn't be reading this, and ...

I would have to call these two my favorites from Old Hollywood. They acted the stuffings out of a part while keeping it real. And th...

This is one of those movies that, when it comes on TV, you tell yourself: no way, I’m not watching this again, or if I do...