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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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 Short Films (see all)
- Big Business (1929)
- Another Fine Mess (1930)
- The Music Box (1932)
- Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933)
- Helpmates (1932)
- The Skeleton Dance (1929)
- The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
- Towed in a Hole (1932)
- The Firefly (1937)
- Brave Little Tailor (1938)
Fan Top Boston Movies (see all)
- Now, Voyager (1942)
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Charlie Chaplin
Apr 16, 1889
Peter Ustinov
Apr 16, 1921
Henry Stephenson
Apr 16, 1871
John Hodiak
Apr 16, 1914
Silents are Golden
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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Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: Heaven Can Wait (1943)
While you might expect a movie about the balance of a
man?s life being judged at the gates of Hell to be heavy existential stuff, Ernst
Lubitsch?s Heaven Can Wait (1943) serves it up as a sparkling romantic
comedy in the director?s quintessential st......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Bobby Hutchins
Bobby Hutchins
Robert
Eugene Hutchins was born on March 29, 1925, in Tacoma, Washington, to James and
Olga Constance Hutchins. As a child, Hutchins was extremely outgoing and family
friends persuaded his parents to take him to Hollywood to be photographed.......
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Monsters and Matinees
Louise Mandore was just a child when she
wandered off during a family funeral and accidentally locked herself in a
burial chamber. The experience left her haunted by nightmares and with a
lifelong fear of being buried alive.
She made sure that would never happen.
Her will mandated the followin......
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Western RoundUp
Western RoundUp: Joe Kidd
It may be hard to believe, given my love for Westerns, but up to this point the only Clint Eastwood Western I’d seen was his early film Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958), which I reviewed here close to two years ago.
I watch relatively few post ......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Jean Darling
Jean Darling
Dorothy Jean LeVake was born on August
23, 1922, in Santa Monica, California, to Rollin Darling and Dorothy Hamilton. Her
name was changed to Jean Darling at five months old when her mother and father
separated. By the next month, she began appe......
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Legend Tribute: Charlie Chaplin
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Charles Chaplin, born April 16th, 1889! I’m certainly not a film expert by any stretch of the imagination; I am simply ‘just’ a film fan.? And yet, while I may not understand the technical underpinnings of Chaplin’s great artistry, I am... Read more...
Mini Tribute Hans Conried
Born April 15, 1917 Character Actor Hans Conried! Character Actor Hans Conried appeared in over 200 film and television roles — including Disney’s Peter Pan (as Captain Hook) and My Friend Irma (as Professor Kropotkin). He also most famously played Danny Thomas’ Uncle Tonoose on TV’s... 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 Maltese Falcon House in San Francisco, CA?
Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, lived at 891 Post Street (supposedly Apt #401) -- wh... .. read more
National Film Registry
Three Little Pigs, directed by the legendary Burt Gillett, was released in 1933. In 2007, 74 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