VintageMeld

On a night where TCM is airing 5 films based on John Steinbeck novels I reminisce about the days I claimed Steinbeck as my favorite writer, devouring his every word.

Two full page ads for publicity photos of the stars from inside the December 1911 issue of Motion Picture Magazine. Featured players in the ads are from Kalem and Vitagraph.

Turner Classic Movies is airing Philo Vance movies all day Wednesday the 27th. We reply with a Vance Meld: bibliography + filmography.

This post will take you to a feature length article about “Road House” (1948) that I posted on the Examiner.com.

Recently I came upon two issues of The Sporting News dated 1933 detailing coverage of Lou Gehrig surpassing Everett Scott’s baseball record for most consecutive games played. This post takes a look at those articles.

Real collectors from various niches answer the question, “How do you display your collection?” In the case of this Arthur Szyk collection the answer is, in a Museum.