Transformative Drag in Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959) is widely celebrated as one of classic Hollywood?s greatest comedies, even though its cross-dressing plot roused conservative ire and caused the movie to be released without Hays Code approval in 1959. Thanks to the brilliant ......
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Top 1990’s Movies (see all)
Fan Top Silent Films (see all)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Circus (1928)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The General (1926)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The Kid (1921)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Wings (1927)
Fan Top Love Triangle Movies (see all)
- All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
- Chained (1934)
- Barbary Coast (1935)
- These Three (1936)
- Pal Joey (1957)
- Trapeze (1956)
- Forsaking All Others (1934)
- Wings Of The Navy (1939)
- All the Brothers Were Valiant (1928)
- The Racketeer (1929)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Fred Astaire
May 10, 1899
Mae Murray
May 10, 1889
David O. Selznick
May 10, 1902
Charles McGraw
May 10, 1914
Silver Screen Standards
Classic Movie Travels
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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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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Legend Tribute: David O. Selznick
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, David O. Selznick, born May 10th, 1902! David O. Selznick on what I can only think of as his Producers Throne. Oh, David O Selznick. What is there to say about you that hasn?t already been said a million times over. Genius. Check. Tyrant. Double check. Delusional.... 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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Did you know that there is a James Dean Bust in Fairmount, IN?
James Dean Memorial Park at Main Street and 2nd Street in Dean's hometown of Fairmount, IN, was ded... .. read more
National Film Registry
Jam Session, starring the legendary Ann Miller, was released in 1944. In 2001, 57 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