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 1990’s Movies (see all)
Fan Top Crime Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Fan Top Nurses Movies (see all)
- Night Nurse (1931)
- South Pacific (1958)
- A Farewell to Arms (1932)
- Woman of Straw (1964)
- A Farewell to Arms (1957)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- The Left Hand of God (1955)
- Battle Circus (1953)
- It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
- The White Angel (1936)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Gary Cooper
May 7, 1901
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Anne Baxter
May 7, 1923
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George 'Gabby' Haye...
May 7, 1885
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David Tomlinson
May 7, 1917
Classic Movie Travels
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Western RoundUp
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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Helen Keller was born here in 1820. The birthplace cottage became the living quarters for Keller an... .. read more
National Film Registry
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Grauman's Chinese Theater
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Gene Tierney's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1946. So were Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Margaret O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart... see more