Author: kelleepratt

Classic Film Obsessive and Educator, blogathon host and blogger at Outspoken & Freckled ( www.kelleepratt.com)/ #TCM fanatic #TCMParty alum/ KU Jayhawk/ sassy shamrock/ gardener/ LOVE my family and fur babies
Classic Film, science fiction

Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)

*The following are film study notes, as part of an ongoing Ray Harryhausen course I instruct in Lawrence, Kansas.  What do you do when you’re a hard-working special effects guy, but need a European vacation? If you are Ray Harryhausen, you kill 2 birds with one stone by simply creating a monster movie opportunity in Italy. That’s exactly what Harryhausen did when he came up … Continue reading Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)

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Classic Film, Biography

Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)

*The following are my notes as part of an ongoing Ray Harryhausen film study course, which I currently instruct in Lawrence, Kansas. We are about to set sail for a new type of adventure in our quest to explore the world of Ray Harryhausen. In this week’s screening and discussion, we take a marked turn from the black-and-white science fiction monsters and aliens. In Nathan … Continue reading Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)

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Film Festivals

Top Picks for 2019 TCM Film Festival

Every year, devoted fans and attendees giddily await the full schedule release of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. This year, the anticipation was even more palatable as this is the 10th anniversary. Happily, the time has arrived and after much anguishing decision-making, I have outlined my choices. As always, I cannot be held responsible for last-minute changes that often occur. TCM Film Festival Schedule- … Continue reading Top Picks for 2019 TCM Film Festival

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Classic Film

Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949)

  The following are my notes as I presented to my Film Study course, Ray Harryhausen. In this week’s class we discussed the big ape that continues to capture our hearts, sixteen years after the famous Pre-Code ape that started it all. Mighty Joe Young. For this week, we will explore Ray Harryhausen’s first feature, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949). While not his first solo feature, … Continue reading Ray Harryhausen Film Notes: MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949)

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Classic Film

The Ray Harryhausen Film Study

For a couple of years now, I’ve been teaching a series of classic film courses. Film Noir, Screwball Comedy, and Hitchcock are some of the topics we’ve tackled. Starting this week, we’re kicking off with a new adventure into a fantasy world of mythical creatures and monsters. A cinematic dream world created by Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen was so enthralled by the wonder of a stop-motion … Continue reading The Ray Harryhausen Film Study

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Classic Film, Biography

31 Days of Oscar 2019 – Day 3

Originally posted on Paula's Cinema Club:
While this year’s Academy Awards ceremony is officially host-less, the 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon has three! Kellee of Outspoken & Freckled, Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, and I, here at Paula’s Cinema Club have been celebrating the Oscars themselves and TCM”s tribute to same for the past seven years! It’s almost a wrap on the third… Continue reading 31 Days of Oscar 2019 – Day 3

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Classic Film, Biography

Day Two: #31DaysOfOscar Blogathon

Originally posted on Once upon a screen…:
I’m happy to say that we approach the halfway mark of this year’s 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon without incident or controversy. As is the case with my co-hosts, I will not be hosting any posts during commercials today, my day to host this year’s event. To put you at ease here is a 1957 Oldsmobile commercial, which… Continue reading Day Two: #31DaysOfOscar Blogathon

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Blogathon

Day One: The #31DaysOfOscar Blogathon!

We have finally arrived to our exciting annual event, The 31 DAYS OF OSCAR BLOGATHON. In tribute and in namesake of the Turner Classic Movies network month-long programming, we honor all things Oscar related by inviting bloggers to contribute. Today, for the first day in our 3-day event, I will be your host and here are your entries… Enjoy! 1) Our own co-host Aurora (@CitizenScreen) … Continue reading Day One: The #31DaysOfOscar Blogathon!

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Blogathon, Classic Film, Modern Film, New classics

Announcement: 31 Days Of Oscar Blogathon 2019

Announcement: 31 Days of Oscar Blogathon 2019 From the time Douglas Fairbanks, then President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted the first Awards dinner party for about 250 people on May 16, 1929, to this year’s host-free Oscars ceremony ninety years later, this iconic celebration honoring Hollywood’s finest continues to be just as spectacular and riddled with excellence and contentions as the … Continue reading Announcement: 31 Days Of Oscar Blogathon 2019

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Classic Film, Biography

Merry Christmas from the Pratts

This Christmas, we celebrate our 10th year as a married couple, as a blended family. My husband Gary, in his own creative way, has created some festive holiday cards over the past decade that express our love of our family, friends and classic film. This year, we decided to go a slightly different direction to celebrate a decade of joy. So here is our twist … Continue reading Merry Christmas from the Pratts

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