Thursday, November 15, 2012

Old Hollywood 30 Day Challenge

Hey everyone! So I recently started this 30 day Challenge on Tumblr and I thought I would post it on here as well :)

First of all, here are the questions I'll be answering:

30 Day Old Hollywood Meme

Day 01- Four films you’d pick as the TCM Guest Programmer
Day 02- Film that got you interested in Old Hollywood
Day 03- Favorite Actor
Day 04- Favorite Actress
Day 05- Actor or Actress you think is underrated
Day 06- Favorite movie from your favorite Actor
Day 07- Favorite movie from your favorite Actress
Day 08- Favorite Old Hollywood couple
Day 09- Old Hollywood stars you wish had worked together
Day 10- Favorite movie
Day 11- Team Bette or Team Joan
Day 12- Favorite Barrymore
Day 13- Classic movie you just couldn’t get into
Day 14- A legend everyone appreciates, but you can’t personally stand
Day 15- An Actor or Actress you’ve been meaning to give a chance, but haven’t gotten around to it yet
Day 16- Favorite director
Day 17- Favorite line from a film
Day 18- Actor or Actress who should have won an Oscar
Day 19- Who’d you like to party it up with in the afterlife
Day 20- Favorite Silent film star
Day 21- Old Hollywood couple you’d watch a sex tape of
Day 22- If you could go back in time and trade places with an Old Hollywood star, who would it be
Day 23- A film you think is underrated
Day 24- Favorite film from Hollywood’s greatest year, 1939
Day 25- Which character from a film do you fantasize about being
Day 26- Which unsolved scandal would you most like the answer to
Day 27- Who’s death hit you the hardest and why
Day 28- A movie you never expected yourself to enjoy
Day 29- Who’s private lifestyle shocked you the most
Day 30- Which 5 Old Hollywood stars would you invite to dinner

And here are the ones I have answered so far:

 Day 01- Four films you’d pick as the TCM Guest Programmer

 

Day 02- Film that got you interested in Old Hollywood

Holiday Inn! Not only did it make me fall in in love with classic movies but it led to me falling in love with Fred and Ginger, because although I didn’t like the character Freddy was playing in this movie I later on watched Shall We Dance because I thought he was a good dancer.



















 
Day 03- Favorite Actor

Probably Fred Astaire, but William Powell is very close to being tied with him :D


 
 Hope you all have a great day!

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Wow it's been a long time!  I wanted to post these great pictures that I found Tumblr. Hope you all enjoy them :)                   













Going to be watching The Postman Always Rings Twice soon! :)

Have a great day everyone,

Anna

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New blog and Fred and Ginger

 Hello everyone! I know I haven't posted in awhile and I'm very sorry, I will try to post more often. but I just wanted to take a little time and tell you all about this new blog that I have been helping to run. It's a blog for my church and we are going to be posting VEGAN recipes on it and some videos and articles. So if you have some time and are interested in any of these things please follow our blog.

We only have two posts up so far but trust me, there WILL be more! We also made a Facebook page which so far has a lot more posts on it, if you want to check it out here is the Link

And now back to classics.

I honestly just want to make a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appreciation post.
They are just amazing aren't they?

I don't remember exactly when I first saw a Fred and Ginger movie, but I believe it was almost at the end of 2007. Maybe around October. The first movie I saw with them was Shall We Dance and I LOVED it. After that I tried desperately to find the rest of their movies, then after seeing them all I soon came to be a HUGE Ginger fan and set out to watch all her movies. I love Fred too of course, but Ginger is my favorite actress ever. But I always go back to those 10 wonderful movies they made together. They have so much chemistry,  I mean they worked fantastically together! The movies they made together are perfect. The dancing, the songs, the scripts, the actors.... ;D  I know most of the songs by heart. It's hard to choose my favorite movie of theirs, but they used to be Roberta and Top Hat. Now I have changed my mind a bit though, and I believe my favorites are Shall We Dance and Top Hat. As for favorite song, that is a question I could not answer, because I love A LOT of them.

I created this list (with the link to the song and dance) of all my favorite dance numbers or songs from the Fred and Ginger movies. I also looooooooove when Fred plays the piano, so if you watch all the links you'll spot a couple of piano songs!

                   Flying Down to Rio: The Carioca




The Gay Divorcee: Night and Day
Roberta: I'll Be Hard to Handle, I Won't Dance
Top Hat:Cheek to Cheek, The Piccolino, and Isn't it a Lovely Day?
Follow the Fleet: Let's Face the Music and Dance, I'm Putting all my Eggs in One Basket
Swing Time: Never Gonna Dance, A Fine Romance
Shall We Dance: They all Laughed, They Can't Take that Away From Me
Carefree: Change Partners, and the Yam
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: The Last Waltz
The Barkleys of Broadway: They Can't Take That Away From Me Dance






 
                                                 Have a great day everyone!

                                                                                 Anna

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

A little bit of everything

So to start this post off here are some absolutely adorable pics of some of my favorite actors and actresses:

Ginger Rogers


















Audrey and George Peppard. Gah. This picture is just too cute.



















Judy Garland. I want her dress!


















Bette Davis, Myrna Loy, Lillian Gish and Ginger Rogers. Yes, this picture is EPIC.











Paul Newman being adora-oh wait Isn't he always adorable?



Audrey Hepburn  :)






















Vivien Leigh














Now onto some gorgeous dresses:

    *sigh*                                                    

















Stunning red dress. Absolutely stunning!



















1930's.. The detail is incredible, such a beautiful dress. Why can't they still make things like this??

















Some Downton Abbey inspired outfits:

So elegant!



































The shirt is just beautiful!


















:O It's........ so beautiful! I really. REALLY. Want this one!



















the color....




































Speechless.

















And now an actual Downton dress worn by Michelle Dockery. I love it!

































This dress is just too beautiful for words. What I would give for this dress!!




Movie section:

 Well I recently watched a movie called It Happened on Fifth Avenue

If you haven't seen it yet, I most DEFINITELY suggest it.
It has a sweet and charming story, and some very witty lines! Despite the fact that the actress Gale Storm seemed to be trying to act like Deanna Durbin (and failed miserably) This definitely goes on my favorite movies list :)

Anna

P.S. I created a Facebook Page for ClassicsForever, you can get updates of new posts there :D