Film Albums: The Happy Hits - Dick Schory and his Percussion Pops Orchestra
If you like sweeping, brassy, bold pop music, then you'll love the albums of Dick Schory and his Percussion Pops Orchestra. Mr. Schory's albums are relatively new to me but I like his style.......
View ArticleHappy New Year!
"Happy New Year 1961!!".... wait a minute, that year passed a long time ago! It's 2025 that's approaching. And as 2024 comes to a close we want to wish all of our readers a very happy and blessed New...
View ArticleThe Impossibly Difficult Name That Movie Game
It's a new year and that means a new round of Impossibly Difficult screenshots for you to identify! This one has a couple plotting something together but we won't tell you what that is.... all you have...
View ArticleGidget Grows Up (1969)
Gidget Grows Up has been playing a number of times on the Cinevault channel on Roku over the past few months and I always happened to catch little bits of it but never had time to sit and watch it all...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Walter Pidgeon and his group of submarine sailors head down into deep waters in the 1961 action-adventure film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, produced by 20th Century Fox. In this scene, Robert...
View ArticleFilm Albums: Drive-In Movie Time - Bobby Vinton Sings Great Motion Picture...
It's time to hit the drive-in and sit back and listen to that famous Polish-American pop star Bobby Vinton as he sings "Great Motion Picture Themes". This Epic album not only boasts a great cover...
View ArticleRobert's Robots (1973-1974)
Robert Summerby is not your ordinary brilliant eccentric inventor. He has developed a group of humanoid robots in the laboratory of the country house he shares with his aunt and uses two of them - the...
View ArticleThe End of the Affair (1955)
Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr are taking a quick break during the making of the romantic melodrama The End of the Affair (1955). This was several years before Kerr had her most famous affair with Cary...
View ArticleCheck it Out! An Irene Dunne Fan Site
Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I was re-watching An Affair to Remember (1957) for the umpteenth time and that got me to thinking about the original film - Love Affair - and what a great job...
View ArticleBritish Pathé: St. Valentine's Cards (1961)
Exchanging Valentine's cards is one of the sweetest things about Valentine's Day and this tradition dates back to 15th century. The first known Valentine's card was sent in 1415 by Charles, Duke of...
View ArticleThe Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Shooting at air balloons.... it won't ever become a popular hobby, but oddly enough you will see men doing it in several films. Can you guess which film this gentleman with the yellow balloon appeared...
View ArticleMary, Mary (1963)
Mary, Mary is one of those titles that I have heard about for years but never watched for the simple reason that I could not find a decent version to view. It never played on television, never had a...
View ArticleGidget Goes to Rome (1963)
"Gidget Goes to Rome....and it was never like home!"After riding the waves in Malibu and basking in the Hawaiian sun, our favorite Southern California beach girl, Gidget, traded in her surfboard for a...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Rome Adventure (1962)
In this original publicity photo for Rome Adventure (1962), Rossano Brazzi and Suzanne Pleshette are engrossed in "Lovers Must Learn," the novel that Rome Adventure was based on. From the Archives is...
View ArticleThe Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
We have a real easy screenshot to share for this month's Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game.... that is, if you have seen the film. If not, then it will be difficult for you! As always, if you...
View ArticleFilm Albums: The Victors and Other Themes by the Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
Frank Chacksfield has long been one of my favorite conductors. His name on an album pretty much guarantees that you are in for a good listening experience. Mr. Chacksfield was a British...
View ArticleKirby Grant and Chinook in the Royal Mounted Police Movies
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Kirby Grant starred in a series of Mountie films with "Chinook," a white German shepherd. Each film featured a mixture of adventure and mystery plots set in the wild...
View ArticleStreaming Picks for the Month of April
This spring there is a slew of wonderful films available through Tubi, the Roku Channel, and Pluto. We've sifted through them and are sharing with you the best of the bunch. Like usual, these films are...
View ArticleRob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953)
The setting is Scotland in the 18th century. A German has inherited the throne of England and Scotland and will rule as king. The appointment of King George I upsets many of the Scottish people and the...
View ArticleThe Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
"Get your tickets! Get your tickets!"....Tickets for what? That's what you have to try to remember before you have an inkling of what film this screenshot is from. ;-)As always, if you are not familiar...
View ArticleMardi Gras (1958)
Mardi Gras occurred a few weeks ago and if you are like most people, you probably didn't realize that there were a handful of classic films set during the Mardi Gras in New Orleans (as well as a...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: The Happy Road (1957)
These two wide-eyed youngsters are runaways from a Swiss boarding school, both of whom are trying to get to Paris to reunite with their father and mother in the delightful comedy "The Happy Road"....
View ArticleFilm Albums: Theme from King of Kings and Other Film Spectaculars
Tomorrow is Easter Sunday and what better way to get into the Easter spirit then to listen to some soul-stirring religious music. This album - Theme from King of Kings and Other Film Spectaculars -...
View ArticleMagic Shadows with Elwy Yost
Whilst browsing the ever-expanding library of classic films and television shows on Youtube, I came across a wonderful channel called Retrontario that focuses on forgotten programs that once aired on...
View ArticleThe Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
He may look like your typical antique dealer but look again... he deals in more than antiques! Don't let the obvious fool you, this scene may be trickier than you think. As always, if you are not...
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