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...

Have you ever watched a classic movie and wonder how on earth some of the actors or actresses were able to keep up with lines. The witty lines and the speed by which they said them has always impressed me. Now, do you ever think of your favorite classic stars as making mistakes while on the set? Can you ever imagine any one of them cursing on the set when bloopers were committed? I suppose we are all tempted to believe that the starlets...

Have you ever watched classic TV, or movies and forget it does not take place circa 2009?  For instance, I once watched a movie made in the 40′s, and in one of the scenes, a woman is driving a gas guzzler all across the country.  I immediately thought, “Oh my, that must be costing her a fortune in gas.” I later realized “it’s the 40′s Bacall,” not 2009. Gas was not $2.49- $3.50 a gallon, it was anywhere...

Here is something that can be turned into a movie. A tombstone above Marilyn Monroe’s tombstone was put for auction back in August on EBay. “Here is a once in a lifetime and into eternity opportunity to spend your eternal days directly above Marilyn Monroe,” the advert read. The bid started at $500,000 and in days it was already at 2.5 million. Here is the kicker; a bidder from Japan won the auction at 4.5 million! Then...

An article in marionstar.com expresses fears of the young generation losing touch with history. The type of history most people born after WW II (boomers) or before, grew up with. History they consider to come to them like “second nature.” Boomers and others before them know when anyone mentions, “Laurel & Hardy,” “The Little Rascals,” Humphrey Bogart, “The Lone Ranger,” “The...

I sadly watched an American icon crumble this past week in the news. In the clip below you will see a classic GM commercial with all the trimming, bells and whistles.  I feel we should have a modern commercial about today’s GM. Only this commercial would have ominous music, more like ghostly chants, a black hearse, and a tomb stone. General Motors is now Government Motors…. There was a time in America when Americans proudly...