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I’m afraid it’s time for another entry in the Miserable Sod series . Gig Young (1913-1978) (born Byron Elsworth Barr) is best known in cl...

Sometimes I think Nick Charles gets too much credit. Oh, he’s my favorite character of the Golden Age, and can simply do no wrong, but ...

Despite the fact that Father of the Bride is among my favorite movies of all time, I’ve never been an Elizabeth Taylor fan. I truly beli...

"Ginger Rogers Swing Time Dress" is the most-popular search term here at Hollywood Dreamland and it stems from this post from ...

First Movie I Saw Her In: My Man Godfrey (1936) Three Favorite Movies: Hands Across the Table (1936); Nothing Sacred (1937); To Be or...

I guess I'd better thank Turner Classic Movies for making Ginger Rogers their March Star of the Month! This, my own miserable corner o...

I'm spellbound whenever I watch Swing Time (1936) and see an absolutely stunning, peak-of-her-beauty-and-popularity Ginger Rogers in ...

I've long been fascinated with late-career performances of just about every Golden Age (or thereabouts) actor whose prime was during the...

With the recent death of Nora Ephron, I got to thinking--yes, even I do that sometimes--about her filmography and how unabashedly romantic...

Cary Grant , the quintessential movie star, onscreen sophisticate, idol of millions, impossibly wealthy, the fantasy of countless women (an...