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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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Charade (1963)
- Vertigo (1958)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Fan Top Gangsters Movies (see all)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Key Largo (1948)
- Brother Orchid (1940)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- Night Nurse (1931)
- White Heat (1949)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Ginger Rogers
Jul 16, 1911
Barbara Stanwyck
Jul 16, 1907
Barnard Hughes
Jul 16, 1915
Sonny Tufts
Jul 16, 1911
Noir Nook
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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Read Jennifer’s article
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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Read Lea’s article
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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Read Laura’s article
Silents are Golden
A Closer Look At Wings (1927)
Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Clara Bow, and Richard Arlen
References to Wings (1927) are most
commonly trotted out during awards seasons, as a bit of obligatory trivia
answering the question: ?What was the first movie to be given the Oscar for
Best Picture?......
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Monsters and Matinees
Call me a cephalophile. Or an octo-enthusiast. Either one
speaks to my obsession with the octopus in film.
It is such a dramatic creature with those eight elongated tentacles
that even a brief appearance can jolt a movie awake. An octopus lurking in a
cave is like a killer in a closet. ?Run!? you......
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Read Toni’s article
Legend Tribute: Ginger Rogers
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Ginger Rogers, born today, July 16 in 1911! When I think of Ginger Rogers, I can’t help but think of Fred Astaire. Who doesn’t? The two are among the finest on-screen couples to ever grace the silver screen. It seems almost tragic, though, that her... Read more...
Mini Tribute Gene Lockhart
Born July 18, 1891 Character Actor Gene Lockhart! Gene Lockhart appeared in over 145 film and TV roles, some of his most memorable being the Judge that ‘tries’ Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (1938), the Starkeeper in Carousel (1956), bumbling... 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
It Came From Texas Film Festival: Classic Films and True Tales
So excited to announceThe Third Annual It Came From Texas Film Festival ...Read more
Fan Favorites: Action Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, CA?
The Museum of the American West was established in 1988 by Gene Autry (as "Gene Autry Western Herita... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Naked City, starring the legendary Barry Fitzgerald, was released in 1948. In 2007, 59 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
George Jessel's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1949. So were Richard Widmark, Jeanne Crain, Jean Hersholt, Anne Baxter... see more