In a quaint English village, people are sitting in a parlor by the fire doing what proper Brits do: elegantly smoking and drinking tea. It?s all so genteel inside, yet outside the situation is dire as ?The Earth Dies Screaming.?
That?s the excellent name of a 1964 film that is much
quieter than t......
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Top 1940’s Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- Adam's Rib (1949)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- Casablanca (1942)
Fan Top Film Adaptation (see all)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Bambi (1942)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Psycho (1960)
- Vertigo (1958)
Fan Top Father Daughter Movies (see all)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Houseboat (1958)
- Father of the Bride (1950)
- Father's Little Dividend (1951)
- Now, Voyager (1942)
- Hobson's Choice (1954)
- Baby Take a Bow (1934)
- Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
- Bonjour tristesse (1958)
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Jun 17, 1904
Russell Simpson
Jun 17, 1880
Grant Mitchell
Jun 17, 1874
James Shigeta
Jun 17, 1929
Monsters and Matinees
Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: The Big Clock (1948)
Time looms
over us all, but not as literally as it does over Ray Milland in director John
Farrow?s fascinating noir, The Big Clock (1948), which features Milland
as a magazine editor framed for murder by his powerful tycoon boss. With its
emphasis on ......
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Classic Movie Travels June
?Classic Movie Travels June: Helen Chandler
Helen Chandler
Helen Chandler was born on February 1, 1909, in New York,
New York, to Leland and Frances Chandler. Across different census records and
documents, her year of birth, however, has been widely disputed, documented as
1906, 1909, and 1911......
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Western RoundUp
Pioneertown
As
longtime readers of this column will be aware, one of my favorite pastimes is
to visit Western film locations.
I recently had the opportunity to visit Pioneertown,
located in California’s Yucca Valley, roughly 16 miles from Joshua Tree
National Park.
Pioneertown is ......
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Silents Are Golden
Silent Superstars: The Enigmatic Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Of the many talented and charismatic 1920s
female stars, there were perhaps few who inspired such rapturous fan magazine
articles as Greta Garbo. Motion Picture
Magazine once declared: “Everyone feels, without being able to explain......
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Noir Nook
13 Things You May Not Know About The Killers (1946)
Ask any noir fan for a list of their favorite films from the
classic era, and The Killers (1946) is likely to appear. It?s a stellar
example of this shadowy period of filmmaking, featuring such noir tropes as the
femme fatale, the hapless fallen......
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Monsters and Matinees
Thoughts of flying saucers and alien invasions make me nervous.
Though intrigued by the concept enough as a kid to watch movies and read books on the topic, the fact that flying saucers could be real freak me out. (I remember reading War of the Worlds when I was about 10 and pulling the shade dow......
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Legend Tribute: Stan Laurel
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Comedy Legend, Stan Laurel, born today, June 16 in 1890! Three ‘Signature’ Faces of Stan Laurel ….. A ‘thinking’ Stan Laurel, with his ‘signature’ head scratch!?Stan Laurel as Stanley in the comedy short, Thicker Than Water (1931... Read more...
Mini Tribute Cliff Edwards Disney Legend
Born June 14, 1895 Cliff Edwards! Cliff Edwards was a popular Vaudeville, Broadway and singing star, better known as “Ukelele Ike” in his heyday during the 1920s and 1930s. ?In 1929, while playing at the Orpheum Theater in LA, Edwards caught the eye of MGM producer/director Irving Thalberg,... 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
Mysteries of Oz Documentary Celebrates 85th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz
Hollywood’s crowning achievement is its greatest enigma
Here’s some exciting news for The Wizard of Oz fans (and who isn’t :))
Coming Soon! Mysteries of Oz: 85 Questions Answered is a new documentary from AMS Pictures that explores the magic, music, and myths surrounding the ......Read more
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The Wilson-McConnell House, located in California's Columbia State Historic Park (aka High Noon's to... .. read more
National Film Registry
Bonnie and Clyde, starring the legendary Warren Beatty, was released in 1967. In 1992, 25 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
Yul Brynner's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1956. So were Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, George Stevens... see more