California Gold Country Western Locations
From Iverson
Ranch to Lone
Pine,
Moab
to Kanab,
Corriganville
to Pioneertown,
I love visiting Western movie locations!
This spring a road trip took us to California?s ?Gold
Country.?
St. James, Sonora
We spent a day in the little towns of ......
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Top 1980’s Movies (see all)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Xanadu (1980)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Nine to Five (1980)
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
- Superman II (1980)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Oh, God! Book II (1980)
- The Shining (1980)
- Caddyshack (1980)
Fan Top Horror Movies (see all)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Birds (1963)
- Psycho (1960)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Dracula (1931)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Fan Top Boxing Movies (see all)
- Golden Boy (1939)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- Kid Galahad (1937)
- The Set-Up (1949)
- Body and Soul (1947)
- Gentleman Jim (1942)
- Champion (1949)
- City for Conquest (1940)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Dean Martin
Jun 7, 1917
Jessica Tandy
Jun 7, 1909
Dolores Gray
Jun 7, 1924
Marion Martin
Jun 7, 1908
Western RoundUp
Silents Are Golden
Georges M?li?s Amongst The Stars
Mankind dreamed of going to the moon and
flying through the stars long before the actual rocket ships were invented. And
at the turn of the 20th century, these dreams had a distinct tinge of Victorian
whimsy. Poetry, fantasy stories, and the popular stage traditio......
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Noir Nook
Stranger than Fiction ? Part 2(Leon Ames and Ruth Roman)
?Truth is stranger than fiction,? Mark Twain once informed
us, ?but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth
isn?t.?
This month?s Noir Nook serves up the next installment in my series
that looks at ?strange......
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Monsters and Matinees
The ?national day? trend of recent years can be fun. National Doughnut Day (June 5) is something I celebrate every day, but I do take advantage of doughnut specials offered for this day. National Go Barefoot Day (June 1) is a big no for me (I always wear my socks), but you can go ahead and take off ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Courage and Cowardice in High Noon (1952)
They say
good help is hard to find, but Gary Cooper?s frontier marshal in High Noon
(1952) experiences a life and death example of how difficult it is to get
people to show up for you, even when it?s in their own best interest to do so.
The iconic Western......
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Western RoundUp
Final Resting Places
It?s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western
filmmakers through sharing visits to their final resting places.
This is one of the ways I reflect on what each person?s work
has contributed to the Western genre, giving all of us many happy hours of
entertainment.
......
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Silents are Golden
A Closer Look At The Wind (1928)
Lillian Gish, The Wind
In 1927, cinema was famously experiencing a
time of transition from the silent to talkies, kickstarted by the popularity of
Al Jolson?s The Jazz Singer (1927). Directors and stars would soon be
faced with a decision, whether deliberate or......
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Legend Tribute: Hattie McDaniel
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Character Actress & Film Pioneer, Hattie McDaniel, born June 10 in 1892! Hattie McDaniel — Radio Pioneer. ?McDaniel started her entertainment career as a singer-songwriter in her brother’s (Otis) minstrel show. ?In the early-1920s, she toured with Professor... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mary Wickes
Born June 13, 1910 Character Actress Mary Wickes! Character Actress Mary Wickes appeared in over 130 roles, playing lots of busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns. Some of my favorite Mary Wickes roles? Well there’s lots, but for a start: Nurse Pickford in Now Voyager, Nurse Preen in The Man... 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
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Did you know that there is a Charlie Chaplin Statue in Los Angeles, CA?
A Charlie Chaplin statue 'sits' in the main lobby of the Bradbury Building in LA (makes for a good p... .. read more
National Film Registry
Bride of Frankenstein, directed by the legendary James Whale, was released in 1935. In 1998, 63 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
Robert Duvall's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 2011. So were Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn... see more