Dr. Annette Bochenek
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Classic cinema-loving redhead entranced by the Golden Age of Hollywood and Art Deco. TCM Writer. Author. June Preisser biographer. #TCMParty goer #LetsMovie
White Christmas (1954)-inspired ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! They also make for cute stocking-stuffers! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
White Christmas (1954)-inspired ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! They also make for cute stocking-stuffers! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
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December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Remembering the lives lost at Pearl Harbor.
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Remembering the lives lost at Pearl Harbor.
“I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was a Sunday.” –W. C. Fields hometownstohollywood.com/pennsylvania...
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was a Sunday.” –W. C. Fields hometownstohollywood.com/pennsylvania...
Fred Astaire's connection to Pearl Harbor stems from the patriotic numbers added to his 1942 film, Holiday Inn, after the attack, including a famous firecracker dance designed to boost morale, alongside the film's introduction of "White Christmas" to remind Americans of peace
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fred Astaire's connection to Pearl Harbor stems from the patriotic numbers added to his 1942 film, Holiday Inn, after the attack, including a famous firecracker dance designed to boost morale, alongside the film's introduction of "White Christmas" to remind Americans of peace
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (on Trigger and Buttermilk) await the start of the 1951 Santa Claus Lane Parade in Hollywood while comedian Red Skelton and chairman William Parker kick off the ceremonies.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (on Trigger and Buttermilk) await the start of the 1951 Santa Claus Lane Parade in Hollywood while comedian Red Skelton and chairman William Parker kick off the ceremonies.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Sisters" ornaments are back for the 2025 holiday season! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir #WhiteChristmas #Holiday #Christmas #Sisters #TCMParty #CyberMonday #holidayshopping
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Sisters" ornaments are back for the 2025 holiday season! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir #WhiteChristmas #Holiday #Christmas #Sisters #TCMParty #CyberMonday #holidayshopping
"White Christmas" red dress ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! Check out these ornaments inspired by the big finale number in White Christmas (1954) & other handmade ornaments inspired by the film here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"White Christmas" red dress ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! Check out these ornaments inspired by the big finale number in White Christmas (1954) & other handmade ornaments inspired by the film here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
Doing some holiday shopping for a classic film fan? Hometowns to Hollywood: Volumes I & II are available for purchase via Amazon! They are available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover here. www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Doing some holiday shopping for a classic film fan? Hometowns to Hollywood: Volumes I & II are available for purchase via Amazon! They are available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover here. www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
White Christmas (1954)-inspired ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! They also make for cute stocking-stuffers! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
White Christmas (1954)-inspired ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! They also make for cute stocking-stuffers! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
Oliver Hardy starred with Stan Laurel in the classic 1934 Christmas film Babes in Toyland, also known as March of the Wooden Soldiers, where they play toymakers Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee in Mother Goose's Toyland, saving Bo-Peep and the land from the evil Silas Barnaby by
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oliver Hardy starred with Stan Laurel in the classic 1934 Christmas film Babes in Toyland, also known as March of the Wooden Soldiers, where they play toymakers Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee in Mother Goose's Toyland, saving Bo-Peep and the land from the evil Silas Barnaby by
Jean Darling appeared uncredited in the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film Babes in Toyland (1934). hometownstohollywood.com/california/j...
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Jean Darling appeared uncredited in the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film Babes in Toyland (1934). hometownstohollywood.com/california/j...
Esther Williams appeared in several musical films, including Neptune’s Daughter (1949)--in which she introduced “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with Ricardo Montalban. hometownstohollywood.com/california/e...
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Esther Williams appeared in several musical films, including Neptune’s Daughter (1949)--in which she introduced “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with Ricardo Montalban. hometownstohollywood.com/california/e...
We who play, who entertain for a few years, what can we leave that will last? -Ethel Barrymore hometownstohollywood.com/pennsylvania...
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We who play, who entertain for a few years, what can we leave that will last? -Ethel Barrymore hometownstohollywood.com/pennsylvania...
Doing some holiday shopping for a classic film fan? Hometowns to Hollywood: Volumes I & II are available for purchase via Amazon! They are available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover here. www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Doing some holiday shopping for a classic film fan? Hometowns to Hollywood: Volumes I & II are available for purchase via Amazon! They are available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover here. www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
"White Christmas" red dress ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! Check out these ornaments inspired by the big finale number in White Christmas (1954) & other handmade ornaments inspired by the film here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
December 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"White Christmas" red dress ornaments are back in stock for the 2025 holiday season! Check out these ornaments inspired by the big finale number in White Christmas (1954) & other handmade ornaments inspired by the film here: www.etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir
"Sisters" ornaments are back for the 2025 holiday season! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir #WhiteChristmas #Holiday #Christmas #Sisters #TCMParty #CyberMonday #holidayshopping
December 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"Sisters" ornaments are back for the 2025 holiday season! Check out the "Sisters" ornaments and other handmade ornaments inspired by White Christmas here: etsy.com/shop/NettyNoir #WhiteChristmas #Holiday #Christmas #Sisters #TCMParty #CyberMonday #holidayshopping
Registration is open! www.newberry.org/calendar/scr... #ChristmasCarol #Christmas #Carol #CharlesDickens #Scrooge #Charles #Dickens #Ghosts #Victorial #Classic #ClassicLiterature #ClassicLit #FilmHistory #Film
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Ann Rutherford was a regular in Western films at Republic (formerly Mascot Pictures) and soon left for a contract at MGM Studios. There, she appeared in A Christmas Carol (1938) and Pride and Prejudice (1940). hometownstohollywood.com/internationa...
Ann Rutherford
“From the time you were signed at MGM you just felt you were in God’s hands.” –Ann Rutherford Therese Ann Rutherford was born on November 2, 1917, in Vancouver, British Colu…
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December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Ann Rutherford was a regular in Western films at Republic (formerly Mascot Pictures) and soon left for a contract at MGM Studios. There, she appeared in A Christmas Carol (1938) and Pride and Prejudice (1940). hometownstohollywood.com/internationa...
Donald Meek was in the 1936 Damon Runyon comedy film The Three Wise Guys, a Christmas-themed story where gangsters Doc (Meek), Blackie (Raymond Walburn), and Yegg help an innocent man framed for robbery find redemption and reunite with his family in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve,
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Donald Meek was in the 1936 Damon Runyon comedy film The Three Wise Guys, a Christmas-themed story where gangsters Doc (Meek), Blackie (Raymond Walburn), and Yegg help an innocent man framed for robbery find redemption and reunite with his family in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve,
Dick Powell's main Christmas-themed movie is the Preston Sturges comedy Christmas in July (1940), where he plays an office clerk who thinks he's won a $25,000 prize. hometownstohollywood.com/arkansas/dic...
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Dick Powell's main Christmas-themed movie is the Preston Sturges comedy Christmas in July (1940), where he plays an office clerk who thinks he's won a $25,000 prize. hometownstohollywood.com/arkansas/dic...
Ring in the "Holliday" season with Judy Holliday’s Stuffed Tomatoes! Recipe here: hometownstohollywood.com/recipes/judy...
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ring in the "Holliday" season with Judy Holliday’s Stuffed Tomatoes! Recipe here: hometownstohollywood.com/recipes/judy...