Welcome to BlogHub: the Best in Veteran and Emerging Classic Movie Blogs
You can rate and share your favorite classic movie posts here.
12345678910

Western RoundUp: Western Film Book Library – Part 8

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on Apr 26, 2024

Western Film Book Library – Part 8 It’s been just about a year since my last column on books on the Western movie genre, so it’s time for a look at some more interesting books in my collection! The books featured in this post range from one of the earliest books in my collection read more

Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars: The “It” Girl Clara Bow

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Apr 23, 2024

Silent Superstars: The “It” Girl Clara Bow Clara Bow, the ‘It’ Girl When novelist, screenwriter, and supreme arbiter of taste Elinor Glyn declared in 1927 that Clara Bow had “It”–her term for a rare type of magnetism–the public must have heartily agreed. After all, read more

Noir Nook: Five Things I Love About New York Confidential (1955)

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Apr 18, 2024

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 read more

Classic Conversations: TCM’s Genevieve McGillicuddy Previews This Week’s 15th Classic Film Festival

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Danny Miller on Apr 15, 2024

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 read more

Monsters and Matinees: Sun Block can’t Help The Hideous Sun Demon

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on Apr 13, 2024

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: read more

Silver Screen Standards: The Ghost Goes West (1935)

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 11, 2024

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 ( read more

Classic Movie Travels: Dorothy DeBorba

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on Apr 4, 2024

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. read more

Silents are Golden: 7 Remarkable Lillian Gish Films

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Mar 30, 2024

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 read more

Noir Noir: Oscar Omission – Barbara Stanwyck

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Mar 26, 2024

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 read more

Western RoundUp: Final Resting Places, More Western Filmmakers

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on Mar 23, 2024

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 read more

Silver Screen Standards: Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 14, 2024

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 read more

Classic Movie Travels: Bobby Hutchins

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on Mar 10, 2024

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. read more

Monsters and Matinees: Meeting The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on Mar 9, 2024

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 read more

Western RoundUp: Joe Kidd

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on Feb 27, 2024

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 read more

Classic Movie Travels: Jean Darling

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on Feb 25, 2024

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 read more

Silents are Golden: Fresh From The Vaudeville Stage: Buster Keaton Joins The Movies

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Feb 22, 2024

Buster Keaton Joins The Movies Even compared to his fellow stars, Buster Keaton’s early life was uniquely colorful. Born to medicine show performers in 1895 and first appearing onstage when he was barely old enough to walk, he became the star of his family’s vaudeville act when he was a child, read more

Noir Nook: 75th Anniversary Noir – 2024 Edition

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Feb 15, 2024

Noir Nook: 75th Anniversary Noir – 2024 Edition It has become my tradition around these parts each year to celebrate the 75th anniversary release of some of film noir’s many first-rate offerings. And this year is no different! There were a number of outstanding noirs released in 1949, includin read more

Monsters and Matinees: 1924 in horror – ‘Hand’ it to Conrad Veidt

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on Feb 10, 2024

As someone always looking to find new classic horror films to watch, I like to take time early in the year to look back at what our favorite genre was like in the early days of cinema. Going back 100 years is always a good place to look. Overall, the 1920s gave us timeless horror films from Germa read more

Silver Screen Standards: The Pirate (1948)

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 8, 2024

Silver Screen Standards: The Pirate (1948) I always say that a splashy Technicolor musical is the best remedy for the dreary days of winter, and The Pirate (1948) certainly makes waves with its lively comedy and energetic dance numbers, even though it proved a box office flop when it first appear read more

Classic Movie Travels:

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on Jan 30, 2024

Classic Movie Travels: Harry Spear Harry Spear was born Harry Sherman Bonner on December 16, 1921, in Los Angeles, California, to Joseph Bonner and Louise Spear. He was born at French Hospital in Los Angeles and initially resided at 5619 Fernwood Ave., Hollywood, California. His father served read more
12345678910