Miriam’s Vintage Classics
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Hopelessly devoted to expanding the love for #ClassicFilms #OldHollywood #FilmNoir #DouglasSirk ✧ By Miriam Figueras ✧ Find me at Substack and my YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@MiriamVintageClassics?si=gqkJ-I8Qn7jcYeUB
La Rosalía in her LUX era. Already a classic. Quina meravella.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
La Rosalía in her LUX era. Already a classic. Quina meravella.
Happy Claude Rains day to those who celebrate. #Noirvember
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy Claude Rains day to those who celebrate. #Noirvember
¿Mejor película del 2025? Para mí, lo es. Vivir en otro país implica, de algún modo, adoptar otra identidad. Esta cinta lleva esa idea por derroteros inesperados. A mí me sorprendió, sobre todo al verla durante #Noirvember. Me ha maravillado su propuesta, su reparto y el cuidado con que está hecha.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
¿Mejor película del 2025? Para mí, lo es. Vivir en otro país implica, de algún modo, adoptar otra identidad. Esta cinta lleva esa idea por derroteros inesperados. A mí me sorprendió, sobre todo al verla durante #Noirvember. Me ha maravillado su propuesta, su reparto y el cuidado con que está hecha.
A little compilation of some of my favorite film noir actors also born during the month of #Noirvember. It's no coincidence. To all fellow noiristas and classic film enthusiasts, this is truly the best season!
Source: youtube.com/shorts/7y5Cx...
Source: youtube.com/shorts/7y5Cx...
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A little compilation of some of my favorite film noir actors also born during the month of #Noirvember. It's no coincidence. To all fellow noiristas and classic film enthusiasts, this is truly the best season!
Source: youtube.com/shorts/7y5Cx...
Source: youtube.com/shorts/7y5Cx...
In 1945, critics went ballistic against Lauren Bacall for her misfire in CONFIDENTIAL AGENT. This was just a year after her big breakthrough role in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. June 1946, Photoplay published this article in an attempt to pave the way for a more favorable reception of THE BIG SLEEP.
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In 1945, critics went ballistic against Lauren Bacall for her misfire in CONFIDENTIAL AGENT. This was just a year after her big breakthrough role in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. June 1946, Photoplay published this article in an attempt to pave the way for a more favorable reception of THE BIG SLEEP.
It’s Scorpio season, so you know I’m bringing this iconic Hitchcockian wink from ROPE (1948) back.
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It’s Scorpio season, so you know I’m bringing this iconic Hitchcockian wink from ROPE (1948) back.
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My first review for The Arts Desk is live! LE QUAI DES BRUMES (Port of Shadows, 1938) in its new 4K restoration offered a fascinating dive into French poetic realism. It's a film I've long admired. So excited to share with fellow film enthusiasts.
Read here: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
Read here: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My first review for The Arts Desk is live! LE QUAI DES BRUMES (Port of Shadows, 1938) in its new 4K restoration offered a fascinating dive into French poetic realism. It's a film I've long admired. So excited to share with fellow film enthusiasts.
Read here: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
Read here: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...
Okay, so this happened this week 💛 #DianeKeaton #CountryBaby
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Okay, so this happened this week 💛 #DianeKeaton #CountryBaby
"We know that in the history of all arts, the arrival of absolute realism coincided with perfect decadence.
I wonder if our technical advances don't simply herald complete decadence. Technical perfection can only create boredom, because it only reproduces nature."
– Jean Renoir
I wonder if our technical advances don't simply herald complete decadence. Technical perfection can only create boredom, because it only reproduces nature."
– Jean Renoir
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"We know that in the history of all arts, the arrival of absolute realism coincided with perfect decadence.
I wonder if our technical advances don't simply herald complete decadence. Technical perfection can only create boredom, because it only reproduces nature."
– Jean Renoir
I wonder if our technical advances don't simply herald complete decadence. Technical perfection can only create boredom, because it only reproduces nature."
– Jean Renoir
Another favorite of Diane Keaton’s more recent films is MORNING GLORY (2010). She’s not in it as much as I’d like her to be, but it gave us a wonderful old-style banter with Harrison Ford. Love it.
October 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Another favorite of Diane Keaton’s more recent films is MORNING GLORY (2010). She’s not in it as much as I’d like her to be, but it gave us a wonderful old-style banter with Harrison Ford. Love it.
The primary source of my love for Diane Keaton comes from BABY BOOM (1987). As the daughter of a single mum, its final scene always gets me. She starred in more iconic films, but her J.C. Wiatt will always be my favorite. For her incredible work and presence, I'm so grateful, and heartbroken today.
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The primary source of my love for Diane Keaton comes from BABY BOOM (1987). As the daughter of a single mum, its final scene always gets me. She starred in more iconic films, but her J.C. Wiatt will always be my favorite. For her incredible work and presence, I'm so grateful, and heartbroken today.
In the mood for "un p’tit vin chaud avec des Spéculoos.” #LeFabuleuxDestind'AméliePoulain #autumn
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
In the mood for "un p’tit vin chaud avec des Spéculoos.” #LeFabuleuxDestind'AméliePoulain #autumn
Do you remember? This season is
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Do you remember? This season is
Sad to hear of Pat Crowley’s passing. For fellow melodrama fans, I recommend Sirk’s THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW (1956), which I covered on my channel. A sharp look at the cracks in the “happy family,” with Crowley giving one of my favorite performances in the film.
Watch here: youtu.be/FXUG5bbjZHc?...
Watch here: youtu.be/FXUG5bbjZHc?...
September 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Sad to hear of Pat Crowley’s passing. For fellow melodrama fans, I recommend Sirk’s THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW (1956), which I covered on my channel. A sharp look at the cracks in the “happy family,” with Crowley giving one of my favorite performances in the film.
Watch here: youtu.be/FXUG5bbjZHc?...
Watch here: youtu.be/FXUG5bbjZHc?...
He will, and should, be remembered for so many contributions. In a little corner of my mind, I’ll always see him tapping and singing, bare-chested, along to Singin’ in the Rain, just like he did in Ivan Reitman's LEGAL EAGLES (1986). Thank you for everything, Mr. Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
He will, and should, be remembered for so many contributions. In a little corner of my mind, I’ll always see him tapping and singing, bare-chested, along to Singin’ in the Rain, just like he did in Ivan Reitman's LEGAL EAGLES (1986). Thank you for everything, Mr. Redford.
I wrote about Olivia de Havilland, her early career and the nature of Max Reinhardt's DANTON screen test. #BOTD #DameOlivia
Read in full here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/olivia-de-...
Read in full here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/olivia-de-...
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I wrote about Olivia de Havilland, her early career and the nature of Max Reinhardt's DANTON screen test. #BOTD #DameOlivia
Read in full here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/olivia-de-...
Read in full here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/olivia-de-...
In honor of Olivia de Havilland's birthday, it's time to bring back this clip of a screen test for Max Reinhardt's project DANTON (1936).
Although the film never got made, Olivia was given was given the 35 mm nitrate screen test and she donated it to the Academy, who preserved it in 2012. #BOTD
Although the film never got made, Olivia was given was given the 35 mm nitrate screen test and she donated it to the Academy, who preserved it in 2012. #BOTD
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In honor of Olivia de Havilland's birthday, it's time to bring back this clip of a screen test for Max Reinhardt's project DANTON (1936).
Although the film never got made, Olivia was given was given the 35 mm nitrate screen test and she donated it to the Academy, who preserved it in 2012. #BOTD
Although the film never got made, Olivia was given was given the 35 mm nitrate screen test and she donated it to the Academy, who preserved it in 2012. #BOTD
"It's only with the heart that one can see clearly. What's essential, is invisible to the eye."
– Gene Wilder as the Fox in THE LITTLE PRINCE (1974) #BOTD
– Gene Wilder as the Fox in THE LITTLE PRINCE (1974) #BOTD
June 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"It's only with the heart that one can see clearly. What's essential, is invisible to the eye."
– Gene Wilder as the Fox in THE LITTLE PRINCE (1974) #BOTD
– Gene Wilder as the Fox in THE LITTLE PRINCE (1974) #BOTD
The hardcover of “The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries” by Emma Thompson finally arrived! Despite loving the film for many years, until a few months ago, I didn’t know this book existed. So glad I found it.
June 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The hardcover of “The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries” by Emma Thompson finally arrived! Despite loving the film for many years, until a few months ago, I didn’t know this book existed. So glad I found it.
Quelle belle surprise. Don't sleep on JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE (Jane Austen a gâché ma vie, 2025). Not wild about its title, though it caught my eye, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story and its heroine, who reminded me of Frances O’Connor in Patricia Rozema’s underrated Mansfield Park (2000).
June 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Quelle belle surprise. Don't sleep on JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE (Jane Austen a gâché ma vie, 2025). Not wild about its title, though it caught my eye, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story and its heroine, who reminded me of Frances O’Connor in Patricia Rozema’s underrated Mansfield Park (2000).
I turned a year older this week. Thought I’d mark it with a flashback to when life was mostly cake, joy, and curiosity, things I try to bring into everything I create. I hope some of that makes its way to you.
And yes, I'm still clapping for the cake. Some things never change, others have. A lot.
And yes, I'm still clapping for the cake. Some things never change, others have. A lot.
June 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I turned a year older this week. Thought I’d mark it with a flashback to when life was mostly cake, joy, and curiosity, things I try to bring into everything I create. I hope some of that makes its way to you.
And yes, I'm still clapping for the cake. Some things never change, others have. A lot.
And yes, I'm still clapping for the cake. Some things never change, others have. A lot.
Sorry Jerry, forever shipping Charlotte Vale and Dr. Jaquith in NOW, VOYAGER (1942). #BetteDavis #ClaudeRains
June 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sorry Jerry, forever shipping Charlotte Vale and Dr. Jaquith in NOW, VOYAGER (1942). #BetteDavis #ClaudeRains
Ang Lee’s turning point for taking on SENSE AND SENSIBILITY?
Marianne running into the rain, desolate. “It’s not so much her love for Willoughby that’s broken, but her romantic spirit. Her sensibility overflows almost to destruction”, said Lee.
miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Marianne running into the rain, desolate. “It’s not so much her love for Willoughby that’s broken, but her romantic spirit. Her sensibility overflows almost to destruction”, said Lee.
miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
May 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ang Lee’s turning point for taking on SENSE AND SENSIBILITY?
Marianne running into the rain, desolate. “It’s not so much her love for Willoughby that’s broken, but her romantic spirit. Her sensibility overflows almost to destruction”, said Lee.
miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Marianne running into the rain, desolate. “It’s not so much her love for Willoughby that’s broken, but her romantic spirit. Her sensibility overflows almost to destruction”, said Lee.
miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Colonel Brandon once brought Marianne sheet music. I bring you a new post in honour of Jane Austen’s 250th. I look into SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995), its revealing DVD commentaries, its unexpected links to old Hollywood and more!
📚 Read here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
📚 Read here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
May 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Colonel Brandon once brought Marianne sheet music. I bring you a new post in honour of Jane Austen’s 250th. I look into SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995), its revealing DVD commentaries, its unexpected links to old Hollywood and more!
📚 Read here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
📚 Read here: miriamsvintageclassics.substack.com/p/behind-the...