Just what is a “comfort film”? Is it a film you turn to for merriment? Is it a film that allows you to cry freely, or is it a film that brings to mind old and cherished memories? For as…
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Articles by: Constance Metzinger
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Create Movie Magic in “Naughty Marietta”
Jeanette MacDonald knew how to flaunt spunk like no other woman in her time and, incredibly, she reigned during an era of ultra-spunky women. Jeanette knew how to be feisty and flirty without losing any of her natural refinement which…
Read more →6 From the ’60s: Favorite Films from the 1960s
My sister and I were first introduced to classic movies through the films of the 1960s since this was the decade that our father loved the most growing up in. He started us off on children’s classics from this time…
Read more →Romance and Fun Are Spotlighted in “Come Fly with Me”
“A Romantic Round the World Manhunt!” Three airline hostesses jet-set across Europe searching for handsome rich men to marry in the engaging 1963 MGM romantic comedy Come Fly With Me. Like How to Marry a Millionaire, all three women find…
Read more →Joan Crawford’s Western Classic: “Johnny Guitar”
Joan Crawford in a western? If that sounds incredulous, Ms.Crawford must have thought so, too, because it was not until 1954 that she starred in her first spurs-and-guns picture – Johnny Guitar. Unlike Barbara Stanwyck, Joan seemed out of place in the…
Read more →Guest Review: The Flight That Disappeared
Terror in the Sky….beyond known flight! Just when you thought you explored all the sci-fi films of the 1960s, “new” titles appear in a book or while browsing online. For us, it was The Flight that Disappeared that magically appeared….
Read more →Guest Review: Betty Hutton and Dana Andrews Have a “Spring Reunion”
In today’s guest post, Constance Metzinger shares her thoughts on the 1957 drama Spring Reunion: Maggie Brewster (Betty Hutton) has been looking forward to the fifteenth reunion of her high school class for weeks. It is the day of the…
Read more →Clark Gable and Constance Bennett Delight in “After Office Hours”
Clark Gable and Constance Bennett, two of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the early 1930s, teamed up only once for a fast-paced mystery/drama called After Office Hours (1935). This MGM release featured the King of Hollywood in a typical…
Read more →Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn Shine In 1958’s “The Black Orchid”
As some of you already know, underrated classics are what I love to write about most. There are hundreds of little-known treasures that deserve to be shared, one of which is The Black Orchid. The Black Orchid stars Sophia Loren…
Read more →Guest Review: Two Guys from Texas (1948)
Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson were great pals off-screen and they had the good fortune to play together on-screen in 11 films released throughout the 1940s. Most of these were simple comedies in the vein of the popular Bob Hope…
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