Archive for September 7th, 2009

The starlets of yesteryear

While perusing Turner Classic Movies’ blog, named MovieMorlocks.com, I came across an interesting post. Author “Suzidoll”, who has a PhD in film studies, has taken it upon herself to check the factual accuracy of the book “Armchair Reader: Hollywood” (author unknown), which documents various historical anecdotes and biographies of Hollywood’s oldest stars.

Suzidoll’s post meanders considerably from topic to topic, but nevertheless is rife with interesting tidbits about Joan Crawford, Francis Farmer, Lionel Barrymore, Rin Tin Tin, and others. For anyone interested in learning more about Hollywood’s past, this post should serve to further wet your appetite.

The Fantastic 4

IGN.com came out with their own dream cast for the Fantastic 4 franchise reboot that Twentieth Century Fox announced this past week was green-lighted.

The choices they picked seemed primarily based on which actors looked the most like the specific characters, each character being from seemingly no particular era in the Fantastic 4 saga, but some selections seem very intriguing.

Check out the article and see what you think, then come back and write your comments to us. We want to know what your thoughts are!