Tag Archives: Golden Era

Waterloo Bridge, 1940, Is Playing on TCM on August 27 (USA)

Waterloo Bridge, 1940, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, August 27 at Midnight est. This was both Robert Taylor’s and Vivien Leigh’s favorite film.  Waterloo Bridge cost  $1,164,000.00 to make and made a profit of  $491,000.00. Robert Taylor … Continue reading

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Camille, 1936, Is Playing on TCM on August 16 (USA)

Camille, 1936, Is Playing on TCM on Monday, September 18 at 2:30 p.m. est. This is the love story of all love stories and shouldn’t be missed. This film further proves that the assembly-line system of Hollywood studios back then … Continue reading

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Robert Taylor on Garbo

The following is from the book Garbo by Robert Gottlieb. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021, pp. 385-386 and 419. There’s something about Garbo’s silences and her concentration that gets you, way down inside. The woman is one of … Continue reading

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Small Town Girl, 1936, Is Playing on TCM on June 6 (USA)

Small Town Girl, 1936, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Monday, June 6 at 12 noon For most of her career Janet Gaynor did nothing but play small town girls, the best known being Esther Blodgett. But I’ve seen … Continue reading

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Broadway Melody of 1938, 1937, Is Playing on TCM on June 3 (USA)

Broadway Melody of 1938, 1937, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Friday, June3 at 3 p.m. est   The film cost $1,588,000 and made a profit of $271,000 or $4,609,188.57 in today’s money.  Broadway Melody of 1938 is one of those … Continue reading

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