Historical Context is a series in which I share excerpts/information from my ever-growing collection of vintage publications. Today’s installment in the series features the 1954 issue of Who’s Who in Hollywood, an annual publication highlighting the biggest stars of the previous year as well as the “stars of tomorrow.” One of the gems of my… Read More Historical Context: ‘Who’s Who in Hollywood’ 1954 issue, Part I
(This post is the second in a two-part series featuring excerpts from two 1955 magazines from my personal collection. The first installment featured an article titled “Guide to Married Love.”) In the last installment of Tales from the Crypt… of Lindsey’s Magazine Collection*, TMP shared True Story magazine’s views on keepin’ your man happy in… Read More Historical Context: Love according to True Story, 1955 (Part II: Engaged Love)
The year 1955 was a great one for love in the movies. Cary Grant romanced Grace Kelly in Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief. Guys and Dolls followed, well, guys and dolls falling in love with each other (amongst show tunes and careers in professional gambling). Tom Ewell imagined that Marilyn Monroe was swooning over his… Read More Historical Context: Love according to True Story, 1955 (Part I: Married Love)
Usually I’m the type to think, “Wow, I can’t believe it’s already [insert month]! Time is flying!” when I make these monthly wrap-ups. But for some reason, January felt super long and slow! February brings tax reporting and Hallmark holidays, but hopefully it’ll have a bit more pep in its step than January. Though it… Read More January 2018 in Film
Note: This post is a part of the sporadic Historical Context series, in which I share excerpts from my collection of vintage magazines, from fan mags to LIFE to mod fashion fare. For more in this series, visit the archive. LOOK isn’t exactly a magazine known for its movie content, but in most of the… Read More Classic movie morsels from LOOK magazine (January 21, 1958)
Back in May, I decided to participate in the Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge hosted by the fabulous blog Out of the Past. The goal was to read six books in some way related to classic film — biographies, film criticism, or even classic film-related novels — between June 1 and September 15. Though… Read More Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge Wrap-Up
Note: This post was written for my summer reading challenge — the second of six classic film-related book reviews I’ll be posting this summer! For more information, visit my TBR list for the challenge. First published in 1992, Ted Sennett’s Laughing in the Dark promises to track the history and conventions of the movie comedy… Read More TMP Reads: Laughing in the Dark by Ted Sennett
As I flipped through a few magazine issues recently, I was looking for movie reviews rather than reading every feature, until something in Modern Screen‘s “Inside Story” Q&A column caught my eye. I’ve decided to share a few interesting bits from the April 1956 issue’s column for today’s vintage magazine post. First, the question that… Read More Modern Screen’s “Inside Story” for April 1956
True Story is one of my favorite old mags to collect. While the truth of the stories is, in reality, questionable, these issues are a lot of fun to read, full of wild tales, interesting vintage ads and even some classic Hollywood features. A recent addition to the TMP vintage magazine archive is the May… Read More “Robert Taylor Tells His Greatest Love Story”: True Story, May 1937
Hollywood lost a magnificent talent when James Dean passed away on September 30, 1955. Having performed in just three starring film roles (two of which were released prior to his death) and already a major star, there’s no telling where Dean’s career may have gone, had he survived the car accident that killed him. It… Read More A Doppelganger for James Dean? (Movie World, July 1958)
