State of the Blog: February 2014

Here’s a brief monthly update of the happenings around True Classics. First, a quick announcement: some of you may have noticed our friends at The Moviola have a new name: The Black Maria. Different name, same fantastic film content every week. Make sure to adjust your RSS reader settings to reflect the change so you can continue…

State of the Blog: January 2014

Hello, folks! We hope you all had a lovely holiday season with your friends and loved ones. As you may have noticed, we decided to take a last-minute break from blogging during the month of December so we could “enjoy” the madness of the holiday rush. But now that the Christmas season is officially over…

And we have a winner!

Many thanks to everyone who entered our giveaway this week! We’ve drawn a name from our handy-dandy hat (literally), and the winner of a brand-spanking-new copy of Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella is … Aurora of Once Upon a Screen! Aurora, per the rules of the giveaway, you…

Win a copy of the new Mary Wickes biography!

Last week, we raved about the new biography on Mary Wickes, I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before (University Press of Mississippi, 2013). And now’s your chance to win a copy of this wonderful book! Author Steve Taravella has graciously contributed a copy of I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before for this contest, to be given to one…

Coming Attractions and General Blog Happenings

And now, in the latest edition of “blogging news you can use”: There are two upcoming blogathons that we will be participating in that we want to bring to your attention (that is, if you haven’t already heard about them/signed up for them). First, as we mentioned earlier this month, the TCM Summer Under the…