Classic Movie Travels: James Shigeta
James Shigeta
James
Saburo Shigeta was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on June 17, 1929, to Satoko
Tamura Shigeta and Howard Koichi Shigeta. His father was a contractor who
immigrated from Japan.
Shigeta
was a third-generation Japanese American, g......
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Top 1910’s Movies (see all)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- Blind Husbands (1919)
- The Butcher Boy (1917)
- Ask Father (1919)
- A Dog's Life (1918)
- Broadway Love (1918)
- The Immigrant (1917)
- His Wedding Night (1917)
- The Pawnshop (1916)
Fan Top Lost Films (see all)
- The Gold Diggers (1923)
- The Way of All Flesh (1927)
- Ransom (1928)
- Treasure Island (1920)
- His Secretary (1925)
- The Divine Woman (1928)
- Marked Men (1919)
- Tarzan the Mighty (1928)
- Brewster's Millions (1914)
- The Patriot (1928)
Fan Top Korean War Movies (see all)
- Battle Circus (1953)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
- Sayonara (1957)
- Take the High Ground! (1953)
- Men in War (1957)
- The Steel Helmet (1951)
- Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
- Battle Hymn (1957)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Charlie Chaplin
Apr 16, 1889
Peter Ustinov
Apr 16, 1921
Henry Stephenson
Apr 16, 1871
John Hodiak
Apr 16, 1914
Classic Movie Travels
Silver Screen Standards
Love and Language in Ball of Fire (1941)
With a
title like Ball of Fire, you expect real fireworks, and this 1941
screwball comedy delivers them with spectacular energy and skill. There?s so
much to love about the film that it?s hard to know where to start, much less
how to boil it down to a sing......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen was born Vera-Ellen Rohe on February 16, 1921, in
Norwood, Ohio, to Alma Westemeier and Martin Rohe. Her father worked as a piano
tuner. Both parents were of German descent.
Her mother wished to one day have a girl named Vera-Ellen,
i......
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Western Roundup
Cowboy Museums
Over the last few months two prominent Southern California
museums have featured exhibits on cowboys.
To varying degrees, the exhibits included memorabilia about
Western movies and movie cowboys. In
this month?s column I?ll be sharing photos from my visits.
In Decem......
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Silents are Golden
Buster Keaton?s Motion Picture Debut: The First Five Films
From our 21st century perspective, Buster
Keaton?s upbringing was certainly unusual. Born to parents who made a modest
living performing in travelling medicine shows, he became a performer himself
at a very young age. Arguably a child......
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Noir Nook
Noir Nook: Ripped from the HeadlinesShadow of a Doubt (1943)
If you know your Alfred Hitchcock, you might be aware that
of all the movies he directed between 1925 and 1976, he considered his favorite
to be Shadow of a Doubt (1943), starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten.
What you might not ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: The Mirror Crack?d (1980)
While it?s
not actually a film from the Golden Age of Hollywood, the 1980 Miss Marple
whodunnit, The Mirror Crack?d, is set in 1953 and boasts a cast of
powerhouse classic stars from that era, including Angela Lansbury as Agatha
Christie?s iconic......
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Legend Tribute: Charlie Chaplin
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Charles Chaplin, born April 16th, 1889! I’m certainly not a film expert by any stretch of the imagination; I am simply ‘just’ a film fan.? And yet, while I may not understand the technical underpinnings of Chaplin’s great artistry, I am... Read more...
Mini Tribute Hans Conried
Born April 15, 1917 Character Actor Hans Conried! Character Actor Hans Conried appeared in over 200 film and television roles — including Disney’s Peter Pan (as Captain Hook) and My Friend Irma (as Professor Kropotkin). He also most famously played Danny Thomas’ Uncle Tonoose on TV’s... 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: Historical Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Douglas Fairbanks Museum in Austin, TX?
The Douglas Fairbanks Museum collects, preserves and interprets artifacts and archival materials rel... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 2007, In a Lonely Place starring the legendary Humphrey Bogart, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 57 years after its initial release (1950).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