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Classic films in Music Videos: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by...
This is December’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s classic film references in music videos. Going with the Christmas season, is the song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” played by Kenny G in...
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Classic Christmas Addiction
Part of why I love Christmas is getting to watch my favorite classic holiday films such as “Christmas in Connecticut”, “White Christmas” and “Remember the Night.” But I also love looking at Christmas...
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The years Margaret O’Brien ruined Christmas
Though some people find 1940s child actress Margaret O’Brien cute and spunky, I think she is a nuisance. Particularly at Christmas time. 1940s child actress, Margaret O’Brien From attacking snowmen to...
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“Merry Christmas, Mama”: Christmas scenes in non-Christmas films
For me, it’s always a treat when there is a Christmas scene in a film that isn’t considered a holiday film. Not only is it because I’m a lover of Christmas, but usually something important or climatic...
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Tyrone Power Santa: Merry Christmas from Comet
Merry Christmas! A Christmas card from me to you. Screencapped from Summer Place by Me With some help from my coworkers at the Shelby Star, I recorded a Christmas Eve video for everyone. As my present...
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My gift to you: More Hollywood Christmas photos
As a reporter, sometimes you have to do things like work Christmas Day. So as I am here at work, I will entertain all of you good people with more classic Hollywood Christmas photos. Gloria Swanson...
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In sickness and in health: Successful Hollywood marriages
Last Valentine’s Day I reviewed the many unsuccessful relationships of actress Lana Turner. This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to look at some of the successful Hollywood relationships. As I started making...
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Easter at the Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl has held historic performances from Olivia de Havilland and Mickey Rooney in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1934 to the Beatles in 1964 and 1965. It also holds an Easter sunrise...
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Without mom, I’d never see any classic films
My mother has been instrumental in my classic film interest. Without her, I wouldn’t have seen 501 musicals…or any classic films for that matter. When I was five, my mom introduced “Seven Brides for...
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The forgotten Hollywood war hero: Wayne Morris
Warner Brothers star, Wayne Morris in he 1930s He can be seen playing alongside Bette Davis as a boxer in “Kid Galahad” (1937) or a cadet running amok at the Virginia Military Institute in “Brother...
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My dad, the practical movie watcher
My dad, Bill Pickens, is a practical movie watcher. When the Wicked Witch of the West cries “I’m melting!” after water is thrown on her in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) he says, “Water wouldn’t make her...
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“Is that Pedro?” -Happy Thanksgiving from Comet Over Hollywood
Sometimes holiday family gatherings can be awkward, if not disastrous. One cinematic example of an unhappy Thanksgiving is in “Giant” (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson. The...
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Christmas at Comet’s: “It Happened on Fifth Avenue” (1947)
It’s easy for this Christmas film to slip through the cracks. It isn’t as well-known as other Christmas classics such as “Miracle on 34th Street” or “White Christmas.” And many of the leads are...
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Christmas Musical Monday: “Holiday Inn” (1942)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this...
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Christmas with the Comet: “The Homecoming” (1971)
Applesauce cake, decorating the tree and a blooming Christmas cactus. All of these are characteristic of the Walton family Christmas, but one thing is missing. John Walton, the father, hasn’t returned...
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Party like it’s 1939
While bringing in the New Year, why not celebrate with a classic film star flare? Here are a few beverages that some of your favorite stars may have been drinking on New Year’s Eve: Vivien Leigh: Gin...
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Hollywood Odd Couples
Feel free to listen to this tune as you read: Love comes in many forms and opposites attract- Paula Abdul even said so in her music video with the singing cat. However, sometimes people marry who just...
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Just like Mom
My eyes welled with tears behind my 3D glasses. “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard,” Dorothy Gale said at the end of “The Wizard of Oz”...
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The Longest Day: Actors who fought in D-Day
Seventy years ago today, Allied forces stormed Omaha Beach in the Normandy Invasion, known as D-Day. A few of those soldiers were established actors or later pursued a career in Hollywood. Here are a...
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What Fathered Comet’s interest?
If it wasn’t for either of my parents, I wouldn’t like classic films today. As I have said on Comet numerous times, my parents rolled out films such as “Yankee Doodle Dandy” or “Seven Brides for Seven...
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