2024-04-05 00:28
Exploring 35 of my favourite characters from Alfred Hitchcock movies, from 1928 to 1976! Read More
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2024-03-29 23:10
A discussion on two characters, Ernest (Kenneth Connor) and Syd (Sid James) in the horror comedy What a Carve Up! Read More
2024-03-24 00:04
The 6th Golden Boy Blogathon, hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema and The Flapper Dame, will take place from April 16-17, 2024! Read More
2024-03-19 18:40
Hello dear readers and bloggers! I just wanted to take the time to thank those of you who participated in The 3rd Marathon Stars Blogathon at the end of last week! It was a pleasure to co-ho… Read More
2024-03-14 13:00
I’d be lying if I told you I don’t care about actors when watching a film. I 100 % care and bad acting can even spoil a viewing for me. Considering that is one of the film elemen… Read More
2024-03-14 12:00
Finally! After two months of patience, I at The Wonderful World of Cinema, Crystal at In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Samatha at Musings of a Classic Film A… Read More
2024-02-12 16:17
Some time ago, I had to upgrade my WordPress blog to a paid plan, mainly because I had used all my storage for pictures and other media. After almost ten years of blogging (it will be ten ye… Read More
2024-01-26 18:16
The Wonderful World of Cinema, In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Musings of a Classic Film Addict join forces again to host The Marathon Stars Blogathon… Read More
2024-01-02 21:07
I’m back! It’s been a while! First, let me take the occasion to wish you all a very happy new year, 2024! I also hope you had a lovely Christmas if you were celebrating. As indic… Read More
2023-10-23 00:30
Believe it or not, I received a notification yesterday morning informing me that I created this blog no less than nine years ago! And I thought it had “only” been eight years. We… Read More
2023-09-24 22:05
It’s not a secret for anyone familiar with The Wonderful World of Cinema that I love British films, especially the classic ones. They have a unique charm, especially with the… Read More
2023-09-03 19:09
Last Tuesday, the 6th edition of The Wonderful Ingrid Blogathon, celebrating the three-time Oscar-winning actress, ended with the submission of the last articles by the participants. It… Read More
2023-08-27 14:00
Discover the entries for the 6th Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon! Read More
2023-07-09 00:37
Recently, I’ve got tempted to participate in blogathons again, but, to tell you the truth, I also missed hosting them. Although I have various ideas in mind, I’ve decided to retu… Read More
2023-07-03 20:23
Betty Grable, just like other sex symbols such as Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield, is nowadays more often remembered for her physical appeal than her acting and the films in which she star… Read More
2023-06-18 21:39
It’s been ages since I’ve participated in a blogathon! The last time I did was actually in April 2022, and it was for one of my own blogathons… But life happened, and I ju… Read More
2023-05-27 15:05
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: Although we’re still in May, it’s starting to get warmer and warmer here in Montreal, and it feels like summer will arrive sooner th… Read More
2023-05-23 12:52
Remember that Ealing comedies blog series I started a while ago (and then completely abandoned)? Well, surprise! I’m back! I hope your life’s been well since the last instalment… Read More
2023-05-21 01:42
Today, my favourite actor, the iconic James Stewart, would have been 115 years old. Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on May 20, 1908, he became one of the most well-appreciated figures of clas… Read More
2023-03-12 22:09
Oscar season is ending tonight as we are finally reaching the award ceremony! I don’t know if I’d be able to watch them (I hope yes), but regardless, it’s an occasion to go… Read More
2023-01-04 00:41
Happy New Year to all! I’m taking a little break from the Ealing Comedies Blog Series because, as the year 2022 recently ended, it’s time for me to do a recap of my favourite fil… Read More
2022-12-24 00:16
The journey across the Ealing comedies continues today with Whisky Galore!, a 1949 film that introduced two critical figures to these films: director Alexander Mackendrick and actress J… Read More
2022-12-20 22:52
Our exploration of the comedies produced by Ealing Studios continues today with what I consider a true classic of the series: Passport to Pimlico (Henry Cornelius, 1949). Interesti… Read More
2022-12-18 23:51
The Ealing Comedies Blog Series continues today with a second film directed by Charles Crichton: Another Shore! Released in 1948, it stars Canadian actor Robert Beatty in the leading ro… Read More
2022-12-17 21:58
I’ve recently announced that I was starting a new blog series exploring the Ealing comedies, films produced by Ealing Studios in London from the late 40s to the late 50s! I’m off… Read More
2022-12-16 22:42
Three years ago, on The Wonderful World of Cinema, I gave myself the exciting challenge of watching and reviewing all the Carry On films in what became a blog series. It… Read More
2022-12-14 20:59
Whenever I’m travelling, I enjoy the fact that I can visit and discover the wonders of whatever chosen destination and finally be able to take that time of the year to read a book. I u… Read More
2022-10-23 01:22
After a pause of no less than six months, I felt like blogging again, and I’m back! And what would be a more perfect occasion than my blogging anniversary?! Since yesterday, October 21… Read More
2022-04-18 00:24
Once in a while, the wonderful world of cinema creates matches made in Heaven (or wherever) when considering working collaborations between people in the film industry. We can think of actor… Read More
2022-04-17 17:47
The 5th Golden Boy Blogathon : A William Holden Celebration continues for a third and last day! Today is being hosted by Michaela from Love Letters to Old Hollywood. Please click on the foll… Read More
2022-04-16 15:49
William Holden’s voice was the finest in Hollywood. Yes, he had luscious looks, a fantastic physique, and awesome acting skills. But that voice was magical, a precious thi… Read More
2022-04-16 14:30
Good morning (or afternoon or evening or night, depending on where you are in the world) and welcome to the 2nd day of The 5th Golden Boy Blogathon : A William Holden Celebration! Today, we… Read More
2022-04-15 14:32
Originally posted on The Flapper Dame: Day 1 of The 5th William Holden Golden Boy Blogathon has arrived!!! I’m gonna be your host all day today!! Please keep in mind tomorrow the 16th… Read More
2022-04-03 21:02
I always found myself deeply fortunate to share my birthday with the wonderful and sparkling Doris Day, who wasn’t only a great singer but also a brilliant (and underrated) actres… Read More
2022-03-15 20:55
Spring is at our doors and is about to begin in about a week (depending on when you read that). And who says “spring!” says… Well certainly doesn’t say “Christ… Read More
2022-03-05 01:12
Have you ever heard of the Wilhelm Scream? It’s a pre-recorded sound effect used in many films, usually to express surprise when a character falls from a great height, is shot, hurt, e… Read More
2022-02-27 20:21
We sometimes forget that Kim Novak is one of those classic actresses still with us today. I’m not sure why that is, except maybe that she’s not so much in the public eye anymore… Read More
2022-02-21 23:00
Well, well, well! Are we excited, or are we not? I am because I’m thrilled to announce that the Golden Boy Blogathon, honouring the one and only William Holden, is back this year… Read More
2022-02-11 21:07
Earlier this week, the Academy of Motion Pictures and Science announced the finalists for the 94th edition of the Academy Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees! For the occasion, I tho… Read More
2022-02-05 15:20
I made the surprising (or not) discovery the other day that I participated in absolutely… ZERO blogathons during the whole duration of 2021. There were several reasons for that, but n… Read More
2022-01-02 18:45
Earlier today, I confirmed, thanks to Letterboxd (the social network of cinephiles), that I had seen a total of 199 new-to-me films in 2021. Not bad! That included fiction films, documentari… Read More
2021-12-20 19:36
The other day, I realized that I hadn’t written anything on my blog for almost five months. And that’s a shame. The main reason is that last June I got a job working in the commu… Read More
2021-08-26 22:58
About two years ago, I published an article where I discussed films that, in my opinion, would fit well together and make credible double features. Carol’s Double Bill blog series that… Read More
2021-05-05 19:46
During the last weeks, I told you that I had decided to change the header photo of my blog and its Facebook page. I picked twelve photos from a chosen theme: 60s comedies and musicals from t… Read More
2021-05-01 22:25
We have now reached the final round of my little photo competition, which shall determine which new photo I will use as a header for my blog and my Facebook page! Remember, I chose 12 photos… Read More
2021-04-25 21:47
I informed you that I was ready for a new header photo for this blog in my previous post. To determine which photo would have this honour, I selected 12 photos from films respecting the foll… Read More
2021-04-21 02:12
You know, I’ve been using that photo of The Philadelphia Story as a header for my blog for four years now. I like it, it’s a great photo but, to be honest, I’m ready for a… Read More
2021-04-16 22:44
I really have bad blogging habits these days! I have to get back in business and publish more often than I have so far in 2021. Anyway, I had the idea to discuss my monthly film challenges a… Read More
2021-03-27 22:01
A review of George Sanders's autobiography: Memoirs of a Professional Cad, first published in 1960 Read More
2021-03-20 21:06
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: Embed from Getty Images When I published my article on Grace Kelly and Jean Simmons’s Olympic champion fathers last February, I discovered… Read More
2021-02-02 23:06
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: Two days ago, January 31st, 2021, marked what would have been British actress Jean Simmons’s 92nd birthday. Along with the Three Enchantin… Read More
2021-01-18 02:43
Some years ago, I stopped in a used books sale next to a church with a friend who loves books (she works as a librarian now). As we were browsing around the books, she spotted a biography bo… Read More
2021-01-14 23:23
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: I created this blog five years ago already! Curiously enough, this is the first time I’m celebrating the anniversary of this blog. Since I… Read More
2021-01-10 23:57
Around a year ago, I reviewed a short entitled Meet the Author and directed by actor Steve Blackwood (Days of Our Lives, In the Light of the Moon, Beyond the Mask). The comedy taking place i… Read More
2020-12-12 06:40
“It’s a beautiful city Howard, isn’t it? I’d like to come here on our honeymoon.” – Eunice Burns (Madeline Kahn), What’s Up, Doc? *** That beautiful… Read More
2020-12-08 22:33
I was introduced to the fabulous Agnes Moorehead quite early in my exploration of classic films. It was either with Jane Eyre (Robert Stevenson, 1943) or Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941), I… Read More
2020-11-13 00:24
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: Today, November 12, 2020, marks what would have been enchanting Grace Kelly’s 91st birthday. On this day, I always like to revisit some of… Read More
2020-11-09 23:31
One of my favourite things about #Noirvember is that it gives me the occasion to discover many new-to-me films during November. I indeed take to occasion to watch some noirs that I have neve… Read More
2020-11-04 01:57
I’m quite excited to post my first article for #Noirvember 2020! I’ve decided to kick things off with an essay that I originally wrote for a class on film noir I attended during… Read More
2020-10-28 17:44
In 2016 and 2019, I used my blogging platform to give people ideas of films to watch during the Halloween season. I’ve decided to repeat the concept this year as I always love writing… Read More
2020-10-22 16:55
Three weeks ago, I went back to the library to return the book Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew by John Oller. I then took the opportunity to borrow another one. My choice was… Read More
2020-10-21 18:35
Already six years ago, I decided to begin a blog, and I had no idea by then that it would go so far and that I’ll still be writing it today. I remember writing my articles at the unive… Read More
2020-10-19 21:59
It’s funny because, these days, I am constantly reminded of my 2018’s trip to England for various reasons. One of them is that I recently re-watched the comedy The Iron Petticoat… Read More
2020-10-18 23:07
It’s been a pleasure for me to celebrate, in the last few days, the wonderful actress that Jean Arthur was by hosting the 120 “Screwball” Years of Jean Arthur Blogathon! I… Read More
2020-10-17 18:12
“I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to be myself.” Jean Arthur *** There was in Old Hollywood an actress named Jean Arthur whose chosen star name was a tribu… Read More
2020-10-15 16:56
Are you ready to celebrate the 120th (heavenly) birthday of one of Hollywood’s best comedians and also most impressively skilled and surprising actress and human being? I name the spar… Read More
2020-10-09 19:17
When I was introduced to Eleanor Parker as Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965), I didn’t immediately become a fan of her. Her character annoyed me, and, p… Read More
2020-09-29 21:55
During the past three weeks, I read a biography of the extremely secretive Jean Arthur, the “American Greta Garbo”, who lived a very private life, in view of the blogathon I&rsqu&hell…Read More
2020-09-25 20:33
If you’ve been following this blog for a while and know my tastes well, it shouldn’t be a mystery that one of my favourite national cinemas is the one made in the UK, especially… Read More
2020-09-08 16:15
The first time I saw Jean Arthur in a film, I didn’t immediately become a fan of her. I was one of those people who was irritated by her unique voice, and my attention was overall more… Read More
2020-09-07 19:54
Peter Lawford is a name people will most often associate to The Rat Pack or The Kennedys (he was married to Patricia Kennedy, JFK’s sister). Sadly, the man’s acting career was of… Read More
2020-08-30 19:02
I hadn’t hosted a blogathon since the 5th Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon back in November. And I have to say; it was a pleasure to be back hosting one, especially since I didn’t… Read More
2020-08-27 19:17
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: Embed from Getty Images Seven months later, I’m back on Three Enchanting Ladies (I really must try to write more on this blog). It is a qu… Read More
2020-08-27 09:45
Here we are, folks! After a year break, my Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon is finally back! As you know, I was not able to host it last year as I was in Stockholm (Ingrid’s hometown… Read More
2020-08-24 23:07
I have to admit; I still haven’t seen enough films with Van Johnson despite really liking him in the not-so-well-known Three Guys Named Mike (Charles Walter, 1951). When Michaela from… Read More
2020-08-17 23:03
Last Friday, some film buffs like me honoured what would have been Alfred Hitchcock’s 121st birthday. The British director, born on August 13, 1899, undeniably had one of the most prol… Read More
2020-08-11 22:03
If you’ve followed my blog for a few years now (or what I post on social media,) you are probably not estranged with the fact that I have, over these recent years, developed a co… Read More
2020-08-07 21:58
Ella Raines. A noun that sounds like poetry and a woman who certainly inspires creativity. But Ella Raines, most of all, remains what we could call a mystery or even, a myth. No, she was not… Read More
2020-07-08 19:45
This type of content is very popular (!) on YouTube channels, and I thought I would take it on WordPress for a (hopefully) fun article. Hey, I’m not claiming that I’m reinventing… Read More
2020-07-01 00:03
Aside from posting an announcement for the 5th Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon (*wink wink!*), I haven’t written a lot of my blog since I came back to Montreal. For this n… Read More
2020-06-12 20:41
Hello everybody! The last time I published something on this blog, it was in mid-April… So I think it’s time for me to be back. Now that I have completed my master degree and th… Read More
2020-04-18 16:29
When Gill from Real Weegie Midget Reviews announced that she was co-hosting a blogathon with Cinematic Catharsis honouring the one and only Vincent Price, I first went through his filmograph… Read More
2020-04-17 14:59
Today marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of my second most favourite actor, the one and only Golden Boy; William Holden! As you know, I’ve hosted a blogathon in his honour f… Read More
2020-04-11 20:38
1939 was an important year for Hollywood’s film industry. Indeed, a ton of A-quality films was released and gave place to an impressive range of Oscar nominees (films and people). If w… Read More
2020-04-03 13:24
As I start writing this article, it is currently March 6. I’m sitting in a café in Södermalm, the in neighbourhood where I’m living in Stockholm. I’ve never bee… Read More
2020-03-20 16:38
Not a long time ago I shared with you my thoughts on two great Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes starring Claire Trevor. I felt like discussing Hitchcock TV stuff again but, this time, with… Read More
2020-03-11 17:15
Unless you are a newbie here, it probably won’t be a mystery to know that, aside from classic films, my other great passion is a wonderful individual named David Bowie. People first kn… Read More
2020-03-09 20:13
It’s that time of the year again! One of my very favourite blogging events, The Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon is back for the 6th time! Hosted by the Lea over at Silent-Ology, this is… Read More
2020-03-08 12:05
I’m happy to be back today for a contribution to my own blogathon, The 110 Years of Claire Trevor Blogathon, that I’m co-hosting with Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic… Read More
2020-03-08 12:05
I was super impatient to celebrate with you this golden, powerful, multi-talented actress that Claire Trevor was! When Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood approached me to… Read More
2020-03-06 11:13
It seems like it’s been ages since I’ve written anything for a blogathon! Luckily, March is a month that has a lot of them in reserve, the perfect way for me to get back in busin… Read More
2020-02-08 21:13
Today, the prolific film music composer John Williams turns 88. To celebrate him, I’ve decided to share with you my 15 most favourite film scores composed by him. I believe that even i… Read More
2020-02-06 15:31
A few months ago, actor Steve Blackwood (Days of Our Lives, In the Light of the Moon) contacted me via The Wonderful World of Cinema‘s Facebook page to talk to me about his short film… Read More
2020-02-02 20:56
I started it on October 1st and completed it on January 30. The Carry On blog series has been the first “long term” project at The Wonderful World of Cinema, one that lasted much… Read More
2020-01-30 20:00
That’s it, folks! We have finally reached the LAST review for the Carry On blog series! I must now get used to the fact that I will soon have to move to something else. Unfortunately… Read More
2020-01-28 16:31
I feel like it’s been ages since I’ve participated in a blogathon (sorry about that!) or hosted one, but, I’m soon going to be back in business, and I’m very happy ab… Read More
2020-01-24 17:14
Believe it or not, this is the 30th entry of this blog series meaning that it’s the before-last one (well, not considering the eventual recap)! It feels quite weird that this fun blogg… Read More
2020-01-22 17:09
Today’s Carry On review is gonna be fairly short as the 29th entry of the series has the particularity of being a re-cap of what the team had produced since 1958 when Ca… Read More
2020-01-21 17:01
That’s it, I’ve done it. I’ve watched Carry On England. Mission accomplished. Many people “warned” me that is was one of the worst Carry Ons. It’s certain… Read More
2020-01-17 17:09
Originally posted on Three Enchanting Ladies: I know, it’s January 17 already, but I first wanted to wish you a very happy new year 2020! Imagine; the 20s! That’s pretty cool, no… Read More
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