A Shroud of Thoughts

For those who might not know, Robert Scoble is a tech blogger and writer who has worked at such places as NEC and Microsoft. He is quite goo...

It was 99 years ago today that Hedy Lamarr was born. She is one of my favourite actresses of all time, and not simply because she was incred...

If you are wondering why I have not been posting much of late, it is because I am once more participating in National Novel Writing Month or...

Clive Dunn, perhaps best known for playing Lance Corporal Jones on Dad's Army , died today, 7 November 2012. He was 92 years old Cli...

Ann Miller was not simply one of Hollywood's great musical actresses during its Golden Age. Beautiful and gifted with an incredible figu...

It was in the Forties that legendary producer Val Lewton was named the head of a unit at RKO charged with making low budget horror movies....

Although it might seem remarkable today, there was a time when making a trailer for a horror movie was a fine art. There were even times whe...