The Maverick Queen (1956)
Barbara Stanwyck is a favorite of many classic film fans,
myself included.
Over the years I?ve reviewed a few of her films here after
seeing them for the first time: The
Furies (1950), The
Violent Men (1955), and Forty
Guns (1957).
The Maverick Queen (1956)
One ......
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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fan Top Musical Movies (see all)
- Top Hat (1935)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Holiday Inn (1942)
- The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
- Bus Stop (1956)
Fan Top Holiday Movies (see all)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
- Holiday Inn (1942)
- Easter Parade (1948)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- White Christmas (1954)
- Remember the Night (1940)
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Dolores del Rio
Aug 3, 1904
Jean Hagen
Aug 3, 1923
Martin Sheen
Aug 3, 1940
James Komack
Aug 3, 1924
Western RoundUp
Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Jim Nabors
Jim Nabors
James Thurston Nabors was born on
June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama, the son of Fred Nabors, a police officer,
and Mavis Pearl Newman Nabors. He was raised in the small central Alabama
community alongside two older sisters: Freddie Mae and Annie ......
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Noir Nook
Pre-Code Films with Film Noir Flavor
Next to film noir, my favorite type of classic movie is
pre-Code ? films released roughly between 1929 and July 1934, before the strict
enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (also known as the Hays
Code). The Hays Code represented a set of censorsh......
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Silver Screen Standards
Man Hunt (1941)
I
discovered the existence of Man Hunt (1941) while searching for classic
movies about close encounters with Nazis, and as soon as I learned about it, I
knew I needed to see it for myself. Adapted from Geoffrey Household?s 1939
novel, Rogue Male, Man Hunt is one of several anti-Na......
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Silents are Golden
The American Revolution On The Silent Screen
America (1924)
It?s fascinating to see how American
silent filmmakers portrayed events from U.S. history. Just think how much
closer they were in time to events that are practically mythical to us today.
In 1915, the Civil War had taken place only 5......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Rosalind Byrne
Rosalind Byrne
Rosalind Loretta Mooney, later know as Rosalind Byrne, was
born on February 19, 1904, in St Marys, Ohio, to William and Mary Mooney. Her
parents were prominent members of the community and her father worked as a
judge. Tragically, he passed ......
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Western RoundUp
Bend of the River (1952)
Bend of the River (1952), starring James Stewart and
directed by Anthony Mann, is not just one of my favorite Westerns, it?s one of
my very favorite films.
Readers with long memories may recall I wrote about Bend
of the River here way back in 2018,
in my introducto......
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Legend Tribute: Myrna Loy
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Myrna Loy, born today, August ?2 in 1905! Supportive yet stern; attractive yet approachable; intelligent yet playful. What am I talking about here? Well, if you guessed the perfect wife, then you would be correct because I am talking about our birthday girl, Myrna... Read more...
Mini Tribute Kym Karath
Born August 4, 1958, Child Actress Kym Karath! Kym Karath is probably best known for her role as the youngest Von Trapp, Gretl, in The Sound of Music… Why am I always last? -Kym Karath as Gretl in The Sound of Music ….. BUT I also remember her well as Maggie Boyer (Doris Day and James Garner’s... Read more...
Humans, robots clash in remarkably relevant Creation of the Humanoids
Modern technology is crazy, isn?t it? It feels like it can take over the world – perhaps not right away but we can see it coming. We welcomed advancements that helped us, but is it going too far? I recently had to jump out of the way of a robotic floor cleaner at a grocery store. Don’t......Read more
Ahead of its time, John Carpenters ‘The Thing’ honored by the National Film Registry
At an isolated Antarctic research station, scientists battle
a deadly alien with such extraordinary shape-shifting capabilities that the men
don?t know if the person next to them is still human. The truth is only revealed
when the alien is threatened and violently abandons its current inhabitant.
......Read more
Tracking Vera Miles – Exclusive Guest Post by Christopher McKittrick, author of Vera Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away
I’m very happy to share this exclusive guest post by Christopher McKittrick, author of Very Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away. A Big Thank You to Christopher for this article! –Annmarie at Classic Movie Hub
Tracking Vera Miles:Clarifying a Golden Age Hollywood Star?s ......Read more
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Did you know that there is a Charlie Chaplin Studios (former) in Hollywood, CA?
Chaplin built this English cottage-style studio in three months beginning in November 1917. Chaplin ... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Phantom of the Opera, directed by the legendary Rupert Julian, 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
Bob Hope's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1943. So were Dorothy Lamour, Betty Grable, Monty Woolley, Gary Cooper... see more