The Second Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon — Having Wonderful Time (1938)

It's almost 2020! Can you believe it? I feel so strange about the arrival of the new decade and I know I haven't been writing much towards the end of this year, but one event beckoned me back to Musings of a Classic Film Addict: none other than the second-coming of The Fred Astaire and…

The Third Van Johnson Blogathon — Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

August has flown by so quickly, hasn't it? After taking a look back at the last few weeks, I don't find it difficult to believe that I've hardly posted on Musings of a Classic Film Addict this month. A lot has been going on in my life, and I've devoted the few moments that I've…

My Top Ten Favorite Screwball Comedies

As you all probably know, I finally joined Twitter earlier this month, and almost as soon as I created an account and began following classic film bloggers, I found out that apparently #ScrewballSeptember has been the theme of the entire month! I looked on as others discussed their favorite screwball comedy films and stars, wanting…

#CleanMovieMonth — The Best Code Films That I Discovered in July

While I am still utterly heartbroken over yesterday's news of the passing of the incomparable Mary Carlisle, I'm delighted to lighten up my spirits again by writing about my participation in July's #CleanMovieMonth, hosted by Pure Entertainment Preservation Society. The goal for the month was to only watch code-era films or films made between 1934 and…

The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon: My Ranking of Astaire and Rogers’ Films

I'm back at it again with another blogathon entry! This time I'll be discussing one of my all-time favorite onscreen couples, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire! I'm sure that Fred and Ginger rank among the top actors for many classic film fans, and I also know that I'm not the first to put their films…

My Picks for the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival

In almost exactly two weeks, I'll be flying to LA for the ninth annual TCM Classic Film Festival. This will be my first ever festival, and simply being able to say that I'm attending is more incredible than I could ever dream of, much less actually getting to do it in less than a month.…

The June Allyson Centenary Blogathon: Ten Things You Might Not Know About June Allyson

Hi, everyone! If you haven't noticed, I had to change my topic for the wonderful June Allyson Centenary Blogathon, hosted by the always gracious Simoa of Champagne for Lunch. My original idea was to review Strategic Air Command (1955), one of the lesser-known films that June made with the incomparable James Stewart, while visiting the…