Comfy Chair! Ginger, McCrea & May
your regular guide to cool classic sites and some viewing picks for the week AND the MONTH! ahead… (more…)
Comfy Chair! Citizen Screen & misc site stuff
this week fetch the comfy chair! for a 2-for-1 blog/tumblr deal… (more…)
Comfy Chair! locations, fantasy & screwball
This week fetch the Comfy Chair for a blog that gives you some amazing movie location tours, and some other fun things for your consideration… (more…)
comfy chair! All Hail Hawks
Comfy Chair returns this week with a tumblr spotlight on one of my favorite (and one of the greatest, IMO) Hollywood directors …
Comfy Chair! a Box & a Backfire
This week fetch the Comfy Chair for Hollywood Heyday, which gives you nice reproductions of vintage Movie magazine stories. It’s a fun trip in the time machine back to little-seen photos, revisiting little-known figures as well as the biggest names, reading who’s dating who, who’s rumored for which films, and which scandals were shocking the readers back in the day.
Explanation of “comfy chair” in this post – please click this “COMFY CHAIR” TAG to see all the great past occupants.
TCM picks this week: (more…)
Comfy Chair! cool blog, Angels’ Wings & Superman’s Ma
This week fetch the Comfy Chair for an excellent tumblr… (more…)
comfy chair! boomerangs & medallions
Fetch the comfy chair for another great blog this week! If you can’t find something you like at this blog… (more…)
comfy chair! facial hair, fugitives, and feathers
this week, fetch the comfy chair for GRAND OLD MOVIES blog, not least because clicking on that pic will take you to a great post all about the ‘stache, but because exploring the site leads you to such delights as David Lean, Salome, more mustaches and further on to a tumblr, facebook and twitter for way more goodies (this post on brain movies is a personal fave)
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept or origin of comfy chair, please refer to this post to see the video whence it sprang, and more importantly please click this “COMFY CHAIR” TAG to see all the great past occupants that have left their impressions.
TCM this week: (more…)
comfy chair! Bob & 2 Texas movies
Apropos of my recent quick review of The Man in Possession, and generally relevant to my love of Mr. Robert, I hereby declare the comfy chair warmed up and awaiting Carrie, mistress of all things Montgomery. At her site you can feast your eyes on so much good stuff on Bob, his life and times, stay up to date on showings of his movies on TV or releases on DVD, related ephemera and clippings so forth as well and the occasional tip of the hat to similar gentlemen such as Ray Milland.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept or origin of comfy chair, please refer to this post to see the video whence it sprang, and more importantly please click this “COMFY CHAIR” TAG to see all the great past occupants.
TCM this week: (more…)
comfy chair! a remodel & 2 essentials
no, your eyes are not playing tricks on you, nor have you wandered into the wrong place, nor been at the Speakeasy too long and had one too many… this is indeed ye olde Speakeasy, just spiffed up a bit. In this economy we (the Royal WE) can not afford to waste space and so We’ve redesigned to maximize every square foot of real estate, while trying to keep things easy to read AND now pointing the way to various levels of festivities occurring in the other rooms (to your right, if you please, walk this way). Hopefully you find everything easy to navigate and still fun to read, and if not, sidle up to the bar and order something that will make you feel better about it. (more…)
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This week GET THE COMFY CHAIR! For CAROLE & CO, which, as the name might suggest, and the picture probably gave away come to think of it, is all about Carole Lombard and her times, lavishly illustrated and chock full of news clippings, ephemera, then & now comparisons, and more besides than you could shake a very big stick at. Fabulous blog on a fabulous lady!
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept or origin of comfy chair, please refer to this post and also please hit the “COMFY CHAIR” TAG to see all the past chair occupants; all great because I say so
TCM this week: (more…)
Comfy Chair!
comfy chair this week goes to a fascinating blog focused on Bela Lugosi, VAMPIRE OVER LONDON. This is one of those places you go, start poking around and then look up a few hours later, your head full of facts, personal details and anecdotes.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept or origin of comfy chair, please refer to this post and also please hit the “COMFY CHAIR” TAG to see all the past chair occupants; their blogs are all great,
AND one of those great blogs & past recipients of Comfy Chair, Toby has responded to his 7X7 blog awards with this great post, I can’t wait to read all his best stuff he’s picked out and strongly encourage you all to do the same!
as for TCM this coming week, I recommend (more…)
Comfy Chair!
Comfy Chair this week is pretty easy for me this week, because this you have to look at, from an already usually great blog: Casey Koester aka Noir Girl has done some fantastically eye boggling re-imaginings and designs for classic movies centering around trains– (more…)
Comfy Chair! links/viewing roundup
This week fetch the COMFY CHAIR! for dereliction row, aka Jennifer Baldwin, and by extention, tumblr. It was by checking out what was new over at her blog, where she links to her great writing that appears on Libertas (not frequently enough, IMO) that I discovered her post about the fun of tumblr and then (more…)
the Comfy Chair! links/viewing roundup
MY GOOGLE+ avi
First I’d like to announce a small tweak to this feature, in order to bring you more links more quickly– I’ve set up a google+ account to share posts; more links with descriptions, shared the instant I read them… easier for everyone. So this link to my SHARED READER ITEMS will always be on my CONTACT page and in this regular post. From now on, for COMFY CHAIR I’ll stick to one featured blog and the odd interesting link. (more…)
the Comfy Chair! links/viewing roundup
This week fetch the COMFY CHAIR! for ANN DVORAK — Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel maintained by Ann D expert extraordinaire Christina Rice who is busy working on a much anticipated bio of this great actress. The site is taking a bit of a break but there is much there for you to explore, for Dvorak fans and newbies alike; she was a fantastic screen presence and deserves as much attention as she can get. (more…)
The Comfy Chair! links/viewing roundup
This week fetch the COMFY CHAIR!* for 50 WESTERNS FROM THE 50s because I am a huge western movie junkie, and this is such a great blog with reviews, DVD news, location info, and all nicely accompanied by photos and copious knowledge. (more…)
The Comfy Chair! links/news roundup
This week GET THE COMFY CHAIR! for SHADOWS & SATIN where you will find my good friend and Dark Pages editor Karen sharing her thoughts on pre-code cinema and noir. She’s rather new to blogging but no stranger to great writing, and is an expert on the classics, as well as the author of two massive books that I consider essential tomes for the library of any noir buff. 
get the Comfy Chair!
This week GET THE COMFY CHAIR! for VIA MARGUTTA 51 where you will find a prettily illustrated, nicely organized, insightfully written and generally fun to explore, wide variety of fun observations on music, movies & more from Clara, friends and guests. (more…)
get the Comfy Chair!
This week GET THE COMFY CHAIR! to honor TALES OF THE EASILY DISTRACTED (if this seems to my regular readers to be Deja Vu, or seems to my regular readers to be Deja Vu, I am starting from scratch with the weekly comfy chair honors on this new blog so I absolutely will repeat the small handful of mentions I made in the precursor to the comfy chair). ToTED is a consistently fun, (more…)
get the Comfy Chair!
This week GET THE COMFY CHAIR! for Cliff who presides over a veritable empire of sites, centered at Immortal Ephemera one of which is a site dedicated to one of my alltime fave actors, Warren William. Please drop everything and go check out all his hard work and extensive movie knowledge. (more…)
