Classic Movie Travels: Beverly Bayne
Beverly Gayne
Pearl Beverly Bain was born on November
11, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Augustus and Jessie Bain. When she was
six years old, her family moved briefly to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before
settling in Chicago, Illinois. There, she atte......
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Top 1950’s Movies (see all)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- The African Queen (1951)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Fan Top Comedy Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
Fan Top Sibling Rivalry Movies (see all)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- East of Eden (1955)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
- The Ten Commandments (1923)
- Wings Of The Navy (1939)
- In This Our Life (1942)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Gary Cooper
May 7, 1901
Anne Baxter
May 7, 1923
George 'Gabby' Haye...
May 7, 1885
David Tomlinson
May 7, 1917
Classic Movie Travels
Western RoundUp
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 to......
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Silents are Golden
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,
the beauti......
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Noir Nook
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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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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Legend Tribute: Gary Cooper
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Gary Cooper, Born May 7th, 1901! In an episode of the Sopranos, Mob Boss Tony Soprano asks ?What ever happened to Gary Cooper?? Of course he?s not actually talking about the actual Gary Cooper. The real Gary Cooper was laid to rest decades before the utterance.?... Read more...
Mini Tribute Adriana Caselotti
Born May 16, 1916 Adriana Caselotti! Adriana Caselotti is most famously known as the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney’s 1937 animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Caselotti received the 1994 Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline,... Read more...
Robot Monster: Movie Monster Legend 3D Graphic Novel
Returning Robot Monsterto its Comics-Inspired Roots
I’m very happy to share that there is a Kickstarter Campaign to help return sci-fi cult classic, Robot Monster, to its comics-inspired roots, spearheaded by film historian Bob Furmanek of the 3D Film Archive. The campaign is ending in abou......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
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Charlie Chaplin Statue in Vevey, Switzerland?
A statue honoring the legendary Charlie Chaplin stands alongside Lake Geneva, near the Alimentarium ... .. read more
National Film Registry
Rosemary's Baby, directed by the legendary Roman Polanski, was released in 1968. In 2014, 46 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
Hayley Mills's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1964. So were Dean Martin, Peter Sellers... see more