Five Things I Love About New York Confidential (1955)
I can?t recall
how or when I first came across New York Confidential (1955), but I
clearly remember being sucked into the film from practically the opening scene
and counting it among my noir favorites by the last.
Directed by
Russell Rous......
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Top 1900’s Movies (see all)
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
- Bill Sharkey's Last Game (1909)
- At the Altar (1909)
- Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
- The Golden Louis (1909)
- The Sealed Room (1909)
- The Lonely Villa (1909)
- Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
- Those Awful Hats (1909)
- Resurrection (1909)
Fan Top Science Fiction Movies (see all)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
- On the Beach (1959)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Fan Top Ghosts Movies (see all)
- Topper (1937)
- Blithe Spirit (1945)
- House on Haunted Hill (1959)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- The Ghost Breakers (1940)
- The Canterville Ghost (1944)
- The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
- The Uninvited (1944)
- Hold That Ghost (1941)
- A Christmas Carol (1910)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Constance Talmadge
Apr 19, 1898
Madge Kennedy
Apr 19, 1891
Jayne Mansfield
Apr 19, 1933
May Robson
Apr 19, 1858
Noir Nook
Classic Conversations
I am counting the seconds until this Thursday when TCM?s Classic Film Festival begins in Hollywood.??The annual festival is sheer nirvana for classic movie fans. Over the years we’ve gotten to see so many amazing movies and people at the four-day festival. The list of special guests who have r......
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Monsters and Matinees
Sun Block can?t Help The Hideous Sun Demon
The Hideous Sun Demon is a fantastic film title.
It screams Beware! Danger! Turn back!
I?m hideous and I?m a demon!
It?s such a robust title, that it deserves an exclamation
point in the hallowed tradition of Them!
Dinosaurus! Scooby Doo: Where ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Supernatural romance and comedy are unique but often
overlapping subgenres with some truly outstanding movies among their ranks,
from Topper (1937), Blithe Spirit (1945), and The Ghost and
Mrs. Muir (1947) to the more recent blockbuster, Ghost (......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy Adelle DeBorba was born on March 28, 1925, in Los
Angeles, California, to Raymond and Lillian DeBorba. Her mother had a
background as a singer, dancer, and actress, while her father played the drums
in Paul Whiteman?s orchestra. Ra......
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Silents are Golden
7 Remarkable Lillian Gish Films
You may have heard about the great actress
Lillian Gish, whose film career lasted from the early days of film in the 1910s
all the way to her final movie appearance in The Whales of August (1987). But if you haven?t seen much of her
work, you might be wondering whe......
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Western RoundUp
Final Resting Places: More Western Filmmakers
This
month we’ll be taking another of our unique tours through Western film history,
paying tribute to a variety of actors as we visit their final resting places.
We begin
with longtime “B” Western star Johnny Mack Brown. I was gl......
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Legend Tribute: Harold Lloyd
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend Harold Lloyd, born April 20th, 1893! Harold Lloyd in?Safety?Last (1923, Fred C. NewMeyer director) You see that still frame above you? The only one that?s there? With Harold Lloyd? Well,? in my opinion, that still frame is the embodiment of the silent era comedy.... Read more...
Mini Tribute Child Actor Rex Downing
Born April 21, 1925 Child Actor Rex Downing! Rex Downing appeared in over 25 films but is probably best known for his roles as the young Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights and the young Juan in Blood and Sand. Rex Downing (above), and Rex Downing (below) as Young Heathcliff with Sarita Wooton as Young... Read more...
Noir Noir: Oscar Omission Barbara Stanwyck
Noir Noir: Oscar Omission ? Barbara Stanwyck
It?s about that time
again ? awards season! My favorite time of year. As I write this, I?m in the
midst of my annual quest to see as many Oscar-nominated films and peformances
as possible. (Luckily, with streaming, I?m now able to see all of the entrie......Read more
Revisiting the shades of fear in ‘The Leopard Man’
We?ve
all been there.
There’s a noise behind us.
A rustling of bushes.
Or a movement in a dark street corner.
Is someone there? We casually walk a little faster while telling ourselves it?s just our imagination ? or is it?
Yes,
we?ve all been there (admit it, guys) and that?s wh......Read more
A killer gaze: Richard Burton and his ‘Medusa Touch’
A severely beaten man who has survived a heinous assault is
unconscious in a London hospital.
His head and face are wrapped in bandages with only his eyes (a key thing) and mouth visible. The heart monitor near his bed is flatlined, but inexplicably there is a small blip of brain activity. He isn......Read more
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Rosemary Clooney House & Museum in Augusta, KY?
The Rosemary Clooney House features the largest collection of ?White Christmas? memorabilia anywhere... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 1994, A Corner in Wheat starring the legendary Frank Powell, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 85 years after its initial release (1909).see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Hayley Mills's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1964. So were Dean Martin, Peter Sellers... see more