The Jazz Age always conjures up all sorts of thoughts for me. The flapper, prohibition, gangsters, silent movies, and stardust dreams. There are several silent movie stars I think of, Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Louise Brooks, but one stands...

By Bacall 328 Chauncey Street, in Brooklyn NY is what I remember most about Jackie Gleason’s character, Ralph Kramden in “The Honeymooners.” You see, that building and street does exist in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn,...

Just watched an obscure, but very good movie, “The Goddess,” (1958). TCM featured some films which used the “method” acting this month, and this is one of them. What on earth is method acting? Basically this type of acting...

By Jon Ortiz Forgive me.  There will be no steamy Penthouse letter experience here, despite the horribly misleading title, this will bore you.  Remember the 1981 cult classic Clash of Titans ? The fantasy flick based on the myth of Perseus? ...

Lately I’ve been thinking of stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood who are still with us. Believe it or not, there are quite a few. I don’t like thinking of them leaving us one day soon. To think of them still around, makes me feel...