Something Old, Nothing New

Generally, I like cynical or at least disatrous Thanksgiving stories better than sentimental ones, and I prefer present-day Thanksgiving sto...

I recently got to talk to Hugh Martin ( Meet Me In St. Louis and much more) on the occasion of his autobiography, which was quite a thrill ...

I was looking at "Gay Purr-ee" again the other day, a movie that is less than the sum of its parts but will always have a followin...

Thad knows (as do most people within earshot) how much I love Artists and Models , so I thank him profusely for uploading the trailer after ...

Sad about the death of Jill Clayburgh , who I really liked in An Unmarried Woman. She was one of a number of unlikely female stars of the ...

A reader asked me if I had this comic story, and I do: Reggie and Me # 28 (March 1968), an issue-length story that probably represents some...

As a fan of musicals, I long ago learned to accept that many of the pre-1943 musicals are unlikely to receive a full-fledged cast recording:...

TCM showed The Pleasure Seekers tonight (they've been getting access to more and more Fox films, presumably -- I don't get the chan...

I tried to make a video like this myself a while back, but this one is much better and more complete -- as far as I can tell, it's all o...

I just wanted to highlight this post about the matte shots in The Love Bug (supervised by Alan Maley, though the king of mattes, Peter Elle...

That Donald Duck remix cartoon also reminded me of something I don't think I've mentioned before: despite its reputation as an extre...

I know many others have linked to it already, but this mashup video, "Right Wing Radio Duck" -- where Donald's unemployment a...

I was listening the other day to a 1948 musical called Look Ma, I'm Dancin'! , about ballet, with a score and vocal arrangements by ...

I'm not going to complain any more than I already have about the state of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies on home video. I just wish, looki...

I don't have much time to discuss the death of Claude Chabrol, but here are two of the longer obituaries that have appeared so far: - Th...

One of the first obscure musicals I wrote about here was It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman , so I've been interes...

One post I've gotten some (polite) adverse feedback on is my "Why Sondheim can't write a love song" post, where I argued ...

I didn't have much to add on the "Looney Tunes All-Stars" DVDs and the decision to present all the post-1954 cartoons in wides...

She had an exceptional, multi-layered career. As the obituary notes, the early phase of her career culminated in her appearance in The Girl...

I've been asked by a couple of people what I think of the new Life With Archie magazine, which continues the Archie "marriage...