Joey in Coney Island My memories of growing up in New York City are wonderful and I will never forget it. One event I remember quite clearly is our yearly trips to Coney Island. I can still see the fat laughing lady, the tarot card woman who told you all the ominous things looming in your life, and I can clearly see the exquisitely designed horses on the big carousel. I can see my dad propping up this little skinny kid on top of the big...

My husband just can’t figure me out, each and every time he wants to watch a movie on our large screen TV,  I choose to stay upstairs in our bedroom with my 32’ inch TV to watch “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” or “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.” Ok, so why do I do this? I am totally fascinated with how Hitchcock can take a half hour or hour show and keep an audience captive.  These anthology shows were, as I put it,...

Ann Todd, & Ray Milland as Olivia & Mark I managed to see a sleeper a few days ago, “So Evil My Love,” (1948); it was one of those rare times I was actually able to sit down and watch a movie without interruptions. So glad I got to see this one, it’s available on DVD, but Amazon just has two available as of this writing. It’s a story of a missionary widow (Ann Todd) who falls for a con-man (Ray Milland) who turns the pious...

Elizabeth Taylor (1932 – 2011) The very first time I saw Elizabeth Taylor I was a little girl, I can’t remember what movie I was watching, but I remember thinking, how beautiful she was. She had these tantalizing eyes that left every man breathless. Her style and fashion sense was every woman’s envy.  My favorite movies with Liz are “Giants” (1956) where Liz plays a wife of a Texas tycoon, who is treated as an outsider in the...

Don Ameche & Claudette Corbert Recently, I was able to catch a movie I had never seen. Imagine that, and I thought, I had about seen every classic movie under the sun! Not I know I have thousands more to see before I walk through the pearly gates. Sleep, my Love, (1948) with Claudette Corbert, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, and Hazel Brooks, is one psychological thriller you will not want to miss. Just think “Gaslight,” with Ingrid...

Thomas Edison Well I’m excited about TCM’s “Moguls and Movie Stars, the History of Hollywood.” It’s walk through Hollywood’s history. Being a history and classic movie aficionado, it gets no better than this. This whole month starting tonight we will learn of the humble beginnings of Hollywood and how it grew into a mega million dollar empire. The series airs tonight, and every Monday and Wednesday night...