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whimsically classic it s a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone desi arnaz the long long trailer skip to the content search whimsically classic it s a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone desi arnaz the long long trailer menu home favorite performers favorite classic television noirvember 2023 blogathons tcm film festival noir city film festival favorite classic movies pre 1980 favorite modern movies post 1980 menu search search for close search close menu home favorite performers favorite classic television noirvember 2023 blogathons tcm film festival noir city film festival favorite classic movies pre 1980 favorite modern movies post 1980 home favorite performers favorite classic television noirvember 2023 blogathons tcm film festival noir city film festival favorite classic movies pre 1980 favorite modern movies post 1980 home page latest posts favorite classic movies pre 1980 ann blyth 1927 1928 2026 this evening the hollywood reporter broke the sad news that ann blyth passed away yesterday wednesday june 24 at the age of 98 some other sources had her age at 97 regardless blyth was one of the last stars of the classic hollywood era and earliest surviving nominee of the best supporting actress oscar she was nominated in 1945 for her performance as my favorite character and villain veda pierce in mildred pierce for the record i think that blyth was robbed and should have won ann blyth was 16 17 years old based on whether she was born in 1927 keep reading june 25 2026 june 26 2026 blogathon audrey hepburn blogathon funny face 1957 i m a little late with my post i honestly didn t realize that it was only one day i thought i had the weekend whoops i attended a baseball game employee appreciation function with my coworkers that evening and just didn t have time anyway better late than never right i didn t want to miss out on writing about one of my favorite movies funny face from 1957 i recently saw the devil wears prada 2 the sequel to the first film that came out in 2006 i m not the first person to make this observation but the devil wears prada shares keep reading june 15 2026 june 16 2026 blogathon celebrate the drive in blogathon memories drive in list game and the facts of life 1960 this blog entry is going to have three parts 1 my memory of the drive in 2 my answers to the drive in movie list game and 3 my highlight of a very funny scene in the facts of life 1960 that takes place at a drive in 1 my memory of the drive in having been born in 1984 i missed the heyday of the drive in by the time i was old enough to be out watching movies in a theater or even at the drive in most of the drive ins in my hometown salem or were long gone i performed some research at keep reading june 4 2026 june 5 2026 blogathon marilyn monroe 100th birthday blogathon gentlemen prefer blondes 1953 today june 1 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of norma jeane mortensen s birth norma jeane of course would be christened marilyn monroe in 1946 for the sake of clarity i will refer to her as marilyn from here on out to say that marilyn s childhood was tumultuous and difficult would be an understatement in 1942 at the age of 16 marilyn married james doughtery they would be married for 4 years until divorcing in 1946 marilyn signed an acting contract in june of 1946 husband doughtery was against her having a career and her contract stated that she needed to keep reading june 1 2026 june 1 2026 favorite classic movies pre 1980 national classic movie day may 16th rick at the classic film and tv cafe started national classic movie day on may 16th back in 2014 and it s still going strong i actually have tickets today to see double indemnity up on the big screen but i m trying to decide whether to go i know this sounds sacriligious especially today but it is about a 1 5 hr round trip from my house to ne portland or frankly sometimes i m just not feeling the drive you know i have also seen double indemnity in the theater before even at grauman s chinese theater i could also see it tomorrow keep reading may 16 2026 may 17 2026 blogathon spring cmba blogathon make em laugh the more the merrier 1943 i m not a big fan of war movies however what i do love are movies set against the backdrop of war where a different story unfolds something that isn t just one battle scene after another while there are films set during pretty much every war some major some minor perhaps no other war inspired as many war films as world war ii 1939 1945 while there were many films that focused on the individual wwii military campaigns battles prominent figures etc there were just as many films focused on the homefront in the united states after december 8 1941 the day keep reading may 7 2026 may 8 2026 blogathon the 7th golden boy blogathon a william holden celebration the moon is blue 1953 director otto preminger s the moon is blue 1953 is memorable for being featured in a 1982 episode of m a s h the moon is not blue m a s h took place during the korean war 1950 1953 and during this particular episode hawkeye and bj try to obtain a copy of the newly released film the moon is blue having heard about its scandalous content upon finally viewing the film the two men are dismayed about how innocent and non salacious it was one of the other characters states that a character did say virgin and hawkeye replies with that s because everyone was the moon is keep reading april 16 2026 april 17 2026 blogathon the 12th annual buster keaton blogathon the general at the hollywood theatre pdx 2 28 26 for this event i decided to be a little unorthodox and write specifically about my experience seeing a screening of the general at the hollywood theatre in portland or like the general the hollywood theatre is also turning 100 years old this year i am also a member of the hollywood theatre and am able to attend many screenings for free or at a discount it s not entirely free i do pay monthly dues i have already written about the general and its filming in cottage grove or read my article here the general has had multiple screenings at the keep reading april 14 2026 april 15 2026 blogathon favorite tv show episode blogathon dances with dogs king of the hill king of the hill is a newer topic than what typically write about on this blog but i love this show so much and this episode so much that i have to write about it dances with dogs which originally aired on december 1 2002 is hysterical it has such a ridiculous plot bobby hill wants to enter the musical canine freestyle a dog dancing contest which is a sensation in canada at the start of the episode bobby watches as his parents hank and peggy hill leave to get ice cream he s been waiting for his parents to leave so keep reading march 22 2026 march 22 2026 favorite classic movies pre 1980 rain in the movies as a native of the pacific northwest oregon specifically i have seen my share of rain in fact nw oregon where i ve lived my entire life is in the middle of yet another atmospheric river event basically we re getting rain and a lot of it at least 3 between yesterday through tomorrow personally i like the rain it s relaxing and makes the outside smell nice plus it makes for excellent movie watching weather as long as the rain stays out of my basement i am good during the last major rain event just a couple weeks ago i watched a bunch keep reading march 12 2026 march 12 2026 load more posts something went wrong please refresh the page and or try again i m a member of about me my name is kayla i am a native oregonian who has been a fan of classic film and television ever since i discovered i love lucy on nick at nite in 1994 when i was 10 from then on i was obsessed with i love lucy and everything i love lucy adjacent but especially lucille ball a regular visitor of my city library i read every single book about lucille ball that i could get my hands on from these books i learned that lucy had had a film career before she was on television luckily for me my library had a large number of her films on vhs available for rental i borrowed and watched every single one from her films i discovered new favorite classic film actors and actresses i decided to make my blog whimsically classic because i wanted a place to write about my love of classic film and television whimsically classic s predecessor was my i love lucy geocities fan page televisioncity 3028 which i maintained from 1996 2000 i selected the name whimsically classic because i wanted something a little nonsensical so i didn t pigeonhole myself into writing about a specific topic i like the word whimsical because it s a fun word and leaves me with a lot of room to write about whatever topic classic is an ode to my love of classic film and television awards nominated for won buster keaton s influence on lucille ball buster keaton s influence on lucille ball nominee for best blog event tcmff 2024 coverage upcoming blogathons vertigo 1958 dr jekyll mr hyde 1941 follow me on twitter x https twitter com kaylar622 follow me on bluesky https bsky app profile kayla622 bsky social what am i saying on reddit https www reddit com user kayla622 what have i been watching my letterboxd duck soup 1933 august 20 2026 source tcm on demandi own this film as part of a marx bros collection but last night was the type of night where i just needed to find something short under 90 mins to watch and something that didn t require a lot of energy to watch the marx bros definitely fits the bill their films my favorite wife 1940 ½ august 19 2026 source tcmthis was featured on cary grant day on tcm this is a fun movie one of the original adaptations of the classic story of a spouse returning after being presumed dead only to find that their spouse has remarried this film came out at about the same time as another film from 1940 too the human comedy 1943 august 19 2026 source tcmi recorded this awhile back on tcm i finally got around to watching it last night i m not the biggest mickey rooney fan frankly i find him obnoxious most of the time in this film he s rather restrained so he s tolerable in fact his character is almost too restrained and has a golly gee quality gypsy 1962 august 18 2026 source tcmi ve seen this film multiple times i do think it runs long but overall it is a good film gypsy is the film adaptation of the 1959 broadway play of the same name the play is based on gypsy rose lee s 1957 memoir the aptly named gypsy a memoir i haven t seen the play blast from the past 1999 august 16 2026 source personal collectioninadvertently watching an alicia silverstone double feature i love this movie i saw it in the theater in 1999 it s a unique charming rom com with a great cast it s fun to see 90s la and who doesn t love a movie with a dance number i m raising my rating to 5 stars it s a perfect 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s action alan hale alfred hitchcock animation ann blyth anne baxter anthony perkins 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