Western RoundUp: Western Film Book Library ? Part 9
Once or twice a year I share a roundup of books on the Western movie genre here, most recently in November 2024.
This month’s book column was prompted in part by some
wonderful discoveries I made during recent travels.
A June ro......
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Top 1900’s Movies (see all)
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
- The Hessian Renegades (1909)
- A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
- The Country Doctor (1909)
- 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)
Fan Top Mystery Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Rear Window (1954)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Charade (1963)
- Psycho (1960)
Fan Top Exotic Lands Movies (see all)
- The African Queen (1951)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- King Kong (1933)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- The King and I (1956)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Shelley Winters
Aug 18, 1920
Robert Redford
Aug 18, 1936
Matt Mattox
Aug 18, 1921
Emile Meyer
Aug 18, 1910
Western RoundUp
Noir Nook
Unlikely Ladies of Noir ? Cathy O?Donnell
If you?re familiar with Cathy O?Donnell, with her sweet
smile and gentle demeanor, you may associate her with her first speaking role,
Wilma Cameron in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). In this post-WWII
classic, O?Donnell played the loyal and loving gi......
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Silents Are Golden
Exploring Douglas Fairbanks Films?Where To Begin?
Although he was a major celebrity of the
silent era?and we?re talking ?Major? with a capital ?M?–Douglas Fairbanks
tends to be more overlooked than his contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Mary
Pickford. If you?re curious enough to comb throug......
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Monsters and Matinees
Summer is a time when we?re drawn to oceanfront vacations with sandy beaches, rolling waves and endless sunsets. It?s a sanctuary of fun in the sun. Or is it?
For 50 years, Jaws has made us afraid to go in the water, but other films showed us it’s not even safe to sit on the beach.
Those......
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Silver Screen Standards
The Universal Monsters
The summer
of 2025 marks the arrival of the new Epic Universe theme park in Orlando,
Florida, which prominently features an entire land, Dark Universe, dedicated to
Universal?s iconic movie monsters. The Universal monsters have been around for
a full century now, if you sta......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney was born Sophia Kosow in the Bronx, New York,
to Rebecca and Victor Kosow on August 8, 1910. Her parents divorced in 1915 and
she was later adopted by her stepfather, a dentist named Sigmund Sidney. Her
mother worked as a dressma......
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Silents Are Golden
Silent Superstars: John Gilbert, Idol Of The 1920s
John Gilbert
There are certain silent film stars who, for
whatever reason, are mainly remembered for the myths about them. A prime
example is John Gilbert, the darkly-handsome idol of countless moviegoers. When
he?s remembered at all, it?s usu......
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Legend Tribute: Shelley Winters
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Shelley Winters, born on August 18, 1920! Some actors make a career by playing it safe. They find a niche; make it work, and stick with it. It?s a respectable, perfectly stable way of making a living in Hollywood. Shelley Winters, however, wasn?t into that. What... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mae Clarke
Born August 16, 1910, Actress Mae Clarke! Grapefruit anyone??? All kidding aside, actress Mae Clarke appeared in over 115 roles. She is probably best remembered as Henry Frankenstein’s (Colin Clive’s) fiancee, Elizabeth, in the 1931 classic, Frankenstein, and as poor Kitty, who unfortunately... Read more...
We Need 2 Talk Podcast: What Makes a Classic Movie Classic?
What Makes a Classic Movie Classic?Inquiring Minds Want to Know
I?m so excited to share this podcast episode with you all! I was honored to be a Special Guest on the We Need 2 Talk podcast where we chatted about — you guessed it — classic movies!
Podcast hosts Kristy & K......Read more
Caught in the silly grasp of ‘The Giant Claw’
Monsters, by their very name, are supposed to be monstrous. Perhaps hideous like The Hideous Sun Demon, or beastly like Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. ?Just throw an exclamation point on the title like Them! or Tarantula! so we know something terrible is coming. Just give us a monster – it?s why w......Read more
Meet these obscure werewolves from classic film
A werewolf walks into a bar and ?.
No, that?s not a joke. It?s the opening scene of a 1956
low-budget film with the straightforward and generic title of The Werewolf.
And if you?ve seen other werewolf films, you?ll guess right away that the
disheveled and anxious man who stumbles into a small-to......Read more
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, GA?
Operated by the Atlanta History Center, the Margaret Mitchell House features guided tours of the apa... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Phantom of the Opera, starring the legendary Lon Chaney, was released in 1925. In 1998, 73 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
Diana Wynyard's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1933. So were Jean Harlow, Jean Harlow, The Marx Brothers... see more