Author Archives: Annette Bochenek

About Annette Bochenek

Dr. Annette Bochenek of Chicago, Illinois, is an avid scholar of Hollywood’s Golden Age. She manages the Hometowns to Hollywood blog, in which she writes about her trips exploring the legacies and hometowns of Golden Age stars. Annette also hosts the “Hometowns to Hollywood” film series throughout the Chicago area. She has been featured on Turner Classic Movies and is the president of TCM Backlot’s Chicago chapter. In addition to writing for TCM Backlot, she also writes for Classic Movie Hub, Silent Film Quarterly, Nostalgia Digest, and Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine.

Columbia Pictures

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Annette Bochenek

From its humble beginnings as CBC Film Sales Company, on through the reign of Harry Cohn and corporate Hollywood, Columbia Pictures has an interesting history that is worth studying. Author Bernard F. Dick grows his bibliography of studio histories with … Continue reading →