Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
I?m always
impressed at just how many Frankenstein movies Universal turned out between
1931 and 1948, and I?m also deeply entertained by the studio?s mix and match
approach to making those pictures where its stars were concerned. It might not
make for the be......
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Top 1920’s Movies (see all)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The General (1926)
- The Circus (1928)
- The Kid (1921)
- Wings (1927)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Our Hospitality (1923)
- The Broadway Melody (1929)
Fan Top Fantasy Movies (see all)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- Dracula (1931)
- Harvey (1950)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Fan Top Exotic Lands Movies (see all)
- The African Queen (1951)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Blue Hawaii (1961)
- King Kong (1933)
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Maureen O'Hara
Aug 17, 1920
Mae West
Aug 17, 1893
Samuel Goldwyn
Aug 17, 1879
Monty Woolley
Aug 17, 1888
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Classic Movie Travels: Ronnie Schell
Ronnie Schell
Ronald Ralph Schell was born on December 23, 1931, in Richmond,
California, to David and Marguerite Schell. His father worked as a stock checker
at an automobile industry plant and later worked for a naval supply center. His
mother was a waitr......
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Western RoundUp
The Maverick Queen (1956)
Barbara Stanwyck is a favorite of many classic film fans,
myself included.
Over the years I?ve reviewed a few of her films here after
seeing them for the first time: The
Furies (1950), The
Violent Men (1955), and Forty
Guns (1957).
The Maverick Queen (1956)
One ......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Jim Nabors
Jim Nabors
James Thurston Nabors was born on
June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama, the son of Fred Nabors, a police officer,
and Mavis Pearl Newman Nabors. He was raised in the small central Alabama
community alongside two older sisters: Freddie Mae and Annie ......
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Noir Nook
Pre-Code Films with Film Noir Flavor
Next to film noir, my favorite type of classic movie is
pre-Code ? films released roughly between 1929 and July 1934, before the strict
enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (also known as the Hays
Code). The Hays Code represented a set of censorsh......
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Silver Screen Standards
Man Hunt (1941)
I
discovered the existence of Man Hunt (1941) while searching for classic
movies about close encounters with Nazis, and as soon as I learned about it, I
knew I needed to see it for myself. Adapted from Geoffrey Household?s 1939
novel, Rogue Male, Man Hunt is one of several anti-Na......
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Silents are Golden
The American Revolution On The Silent Screen
America (1924)
It?s fascinating to see how American
silent filmmakers portrayed events from U.S. history. Just think how much
closer they were in time to events that are practically mythical to us today.
In 1915, the Civil War had taken place only 5......
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Legend Tribute: Shelley Winters
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Shelley Winters, born on August 18, 1920! Some actors make a career by playing it safe. They find a niche; make it work, and stick with it. It?s a respectable, perfectly stable way of making a living in Hollywood. Shelley Winters, however, wasn?t into that. What... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mae Clarke
Born August 16, 1910, Actress Mae Clarke! Grapefruit anyone??? All kidding aside, actress Mae Clarke appeared in over 115 roles. She is probably best remembered as Henry Frankenstein’s (Colin Clive’s) fiancee, Elizabeth, in the 1931 classic, Frankenstein, and as poor Kitty, who unfortunately... Read more...
Humans, robots clash in remarkably relevant Creation of the Humanoids
Modern technology is crazy, isn?t it? It feels like it can take over the world – perhaps not right away but we can see it coming. We welcomed advancements that helped us, but is it going too far? I recently had to jump out of the way of a robotic floor cleaner at a grocery store. Don’t......Read more
Ahead of its time, John Carpenters ‘The Thing’ honored by the National Film Registry
At an isolated Antarctic research station, scientists battle
a deadly alien with such extraordinary shape-shifting capabilities that the men
don?t know if the person next to them is still human. The truth is only revealed
when the alien is threatened and violently abandons its current inhabitant.
......Read more
Tracking Vera Miles – Exclusive Guest Post by Christopher McKittrick, author of Vera Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away
I’m very happy to share this exclusive guest post by Christopher McKittrick, author of Very Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away. A Big Thank You to Christopher for this article! –Annmarie at Classic Movie Hub
Tracking Vera Miles:Clarifying a Golden Age Hollywood Star?s ......Read more
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Did you know that there is a Charlie Chaplin Statue in Los Angeles, CA?
A Charlie Chaplin statue 'sits' in the main lobby of the Bradbury Building in LA (makes for a good p... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Prisoner of Zenda, starring the legendary Ronald Colman, was released in 1937. In 1991, 54 years later, it was inducted into The National Film Registry. Thank you National Film Registry!see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Mary Pickford's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1927. So were Douglas Fairbanks, Norma Talmadge, Norma Shearer, Harold Lloyd... see more