A Closer Look At The Wind (1928)
Lillian Gish, The Wind
In 1927, cinema was famously experiencing a
time of transition from the silent to talkies, kickstarted by the popularity of
Al Jolson?s The Jazz Singer (1927). Directors and stars would soon be
faced with a decision, whether deliberate or......
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Top 1940’s Movies (see all)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Adam's Rib (1949)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Casablanca (1942)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
Fan Top Film Adaptation (see all)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Bambi (1942)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Vertigo (1958)
Fan Top Revenge Movies (see all)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Dark Passage (1947)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- Act of Violence (1948)
- Indiscreet (1958)
- Hamlet (1948)
- Cat Ballou (1965)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Billy the Kid (1941)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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John Boxer
Apr 25, 1909
Russ Conway
Apr 25, 1913
Paula Trueman
Apr 25, 1900
Ella Fitzgerald
Apr 25, 1917
Silents are Golden
Monsters and Matinees
Oh, the horrors of 1950s B-movies. And I?m not talking scary good, but scary bad.
So many of the creative ideas for monsters were never realized because of low budgets and ridiculously short shooting schedules. Viewers accept that the creatures in these films might look cheap and even laughable, ......
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Noir Nook
Veda?s Villainy ? Mildred?s Fault?
One of my many favorite
podcasts is Front Row Classics ? the host, Brandon Davis, covers a wide
variety of classic films, with a spate of first-rate guests, and in such
interesting ways. An episode I heard recently centered on villains in classic
films, and one ......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: James Shigeta
James Shigeta
James
Saburo Shigeta was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on June 17, 1929, to Satoko
Tamura Shigeta and Howard Koichi Shigeta. His father was a contractor who
immigrated from Japan.
Shigeta
was a third-generation Japanese American, g......
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Silver Screen Standards
Love and Language in Ball of Fire (1941)
With a
title like Ball of Fire, you expect real fireworks, and this 1941
screwball comedy delivers them with spectacular energy and skill. There?s so
much to love about the film that it?s hard to know where to start, much less
how to boil it down to a sing......
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Read Jennifer’s article
Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen was born Vera-Ellen Rohe on February 16, 1921, in
Norwood, Ohio, to Alma Westemeier and Martin Rohe. Her father worked as a piano
tuner. Both parents were of German descent.
Her mother wished to one day have a girl named Vera-Ellen,
i......
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Western Roundup
Cowboy Museums
Over the last few months two prominent Southern California
museums have featured exhibits on cowboys.
To varying degrees, the exhibits included memorabilia about
Western movies and movie cowboys. In
this month?s column I?ll be sharing photos from my visits.
In Decem......
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Legend Tribute: Shirley MacLaine
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Shirley MacLaine, born April 24th, 1934! The ?Hooker with a Heart of Gold? is pretty common trope, dating back to ole the pre-feudalism days. The trope is pretty self-explanatory: you have a character who?s profession is outside of what polite society deems acceptable... Read more...
Mini Tribute Harry Stockwell
Born April 27, 1902 Harry Stockwell! Singer/actor Harry Stockwell was a noted Broadway performer who made his feature film debut in 1935 in a film called Here Comes the Band. His most notable film ‘appearance’ however was as The Prince in Walt Disney’s animated classic Snow White and... 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
It Came From Texas Film Festival: Classic Films and True Tales
So excited to announceThe Third Annual It Came From Texas Film Festival ...Read more
Fan Favorites: Coming of Age Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Laurel & Hardy Museum in Ulverston, England?
The Museum began as one man's collection, stemming from his lifelong love of 'the boys'. Starting ou... .. read more
National Film Registry
Dracula, starring the legendary Bela Lugosi, was released in 1931. In 2000, 69 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
Bebe Daniels's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1929. So were Marion Davies, Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford... see more