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I started this blog six years ago as a way to share my passion for classic films and the Old Hollywood era. I used to watch dozens of classic films every month, and every time I discovered a new star I liked I would go and watch their entire filmography. But somewhere along the way, that passion dimmed down. For instance, I watched 73 classic films in 2016, and only 10 in 2020. The other day, I found this film with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. that I had never heard of, and for some reason it made me really excited about Old Hollywood again. It made me really miss the magic of that era and all the wonderful actors and actresses that graced the silver screen. And it also made me think of all the reasons why I fell in love with classic films. I came up with 80 reasons, which I thought would be fun to share. Most of them are just random little scenes or quirky little quotes, but put them together and they spell Old Hollywood to me. This is part three the 80 reasons why I love classic films. You ...

In honor of Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday, this week on "Film Friday" I bring you the picture for which she won her first Academy Award for Best Actress.   Theatrical release poster Directed by Mitchell Leisen, To Each His Own (1946) opens in London during World War II, where a middle-aged Ame rican woman named Jody Norris (Olivia de Havilland) is spending New Year's Eve fire watching with lonely Englishman Lord Desham (Rol and Culver) . After Jody saves Desh a m's life,  he invites her to supper, but she tu rns him down to meet a train. On board is L ieutenant Gregory P ierson (John Lund), the son of Jody's friends from her small hom eto w n of Pierson Falls. While she waits, Jody recalls the story of her life, beginning in the summer just before the end of World War I , when she re j ected a marriage proposal from Lieutenant Alex Pierson (Phillip Terry), who then weds Corinne St urgess (Mary Anderson). During a bond drive , Jody falls ...