Another Old Movie Blog

Once again, annually, we have a look at this year’s batch of copyrighted films that as of January 1 , 2022, will enter U.S. public domain.  ...

Sidney Poitier, a young Bahamian-American who failed his first acting audition when he was a teen because he could not read the script (was,...

The blog goes dark today in remembrance of  the fascist coup attempted one year ago,  the greatest threat to our democracy this country has ...

This is to wish you all a very Happy New Year! And to reveal the cover of my upcoming book, Christmas in Classic Films .  It's a collect...

  A Christmas Story (1983) perhaps unlike any other Christmas movie, has reached icon stage in American pop culture.  Its meteoric rise in ...

Beyond Tomorrow (1940) is Christmas ghost story, a fantasy of second chances.  George Bailey and his angel Clarence meet the Ghost of Chris...

Thank you to Paula of Paula's Cinema Club , Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled , and Aurora of Once Upon a Screen for hosting the recent ...

Big Business (1929) is an unabashedly violent and vengeful look at the selling of Christmas trees.   But when Laurel and Hardy are the sale...

Lillian Randolph must have been a warm and lovely lady, for there is something in her portrayals that goes beyond talent and is supercharged...

It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) is a pleasant romantic comedy that tackles the problems of two couples of different generations, the post-...