Silent Superstars: The Magnetic Conrad Veidt
Known to even casual fans of classic cinema
for his striking portrayal of the sleepwalking Cesare in The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari (1920), Conrad Veidt was one of the great artistes of his
generation. Gentlemanly, handsome, and madly in love with dramati......
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Top 1960’s Movies (see all)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- The Apartment (1960)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- The Birds (1963)
- Charade (1963)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Psycho (1960)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- That Touch of Mink (1962)
- Father Goose (1964)
Fan Top Family Movies (see all)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Bambi (1942)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
Fan Top Angels Movies (see all)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- Angels in the Outfield (1951)
- Forever, Darling (1956)
- Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
- Cabin in the Sky (1943)
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
- I Married an Angel (1942)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Margaret Dumont
Oct 20, 1882
Oct 20, 1882
Rex Ingram
Oct 20, 1895
Anna Neagle
Oct 20, 1904
Silents are Golden
Silver Screen Standards
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
If Thing
is your favorite member of the Addams Family, then creep on over to see The
Beast with Five Fingers (1946), which stars Peter Lorre as a mistreated
secretary who is haunted by the murderous hand of his recently deceased
employer. This eerie Warner Bros.......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Dorothy Christy
Dorothy Christy
Dorothy Christy
was born Dorothea Jean Seltzer on
May 26, 1900, in Reading, Pennsylvania,
to John and Priscilla Seltzer. Her parents emigrated from Germany.
Although she occasionally participated in amateur plays
as a young woman, she d......
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Western RoundUp
The War Wagon (1967)
John Wayne has always been one of my favorite actors, as
reflected in past columns such as John
Wayne Favorites.
Still, there are a number of Wayne films I?ve never seen,
particularly from among his later films.
One of those titles was The War Wagon (1967), which
I?......
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Silents are Golden
An Ideal Mentor: Buster Keaton?s Apprenticeship With Roscoe Arbuckle
Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton
If you?re a fan of classic comedy, you?ve
likely heard of Buster Keaton?s earliest film appearances in Roscoe ?Fatty?
Arbuckle?s slapstick comedies, many of which are considered classics today......
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Monsters and Matinees
In today?s on-demand world of streaming services, we feel
like we can watch any movie with a click of a button. But that?s not true.
There are always films that elude us despite our best efforts to find them.
For me, that?s Beginning of the End (1957). I was a kid when I first saw the awesomely t......
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Noir Nook
Anthony Mann at the Helm
Several years
ago, when I was a guest on a podcast, the hostess asked me to name my favorite
film noir directors. I don?t know why, but I felt like a deer caught in the
headlights, and my mind went completely blank ? the only director I could even
think of was Alfred Hitc......
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Legend Tribute: Margaret Dumont
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Margaret Dumont, born on October 20, 1882! I must say that Margaret Dumont is one of my favorite Character Actresses of all time! And, although she has appeared in over 55 films, I just can’t help but associate her with the Marx Brothers, so much so, in... Read more...
Mini Tribute Melville Cooper
Born October 15, 1896 Character Actor Melville Cooper! Plump-faced, droopy-eyed, Character Actor, Melville Cooper, appeared in over 100 film and TV roles — playing pompous ineffectual types — blunderers, cowards, thieves, disdainful servants, snobs. Most notably, he played the High Sheriff... Read more...
5 Fun Facts About Laura (1944)
5 Fun Facts About Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944) is one of Hollywood’s great film noirs, with its intriguing mystery, memorable performances, and haunting musical score. Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson, the film has bec......Read more
5 Fun Facts About William Windom
5 Fun Facts About William Windom
With more than 250 film and television credits, William Windom was one of those wonderfully familiar faces who seemed to turn up everywhere. He made his film debut in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), appeared in movies including The Americanization of Emily and Escap......Read more
5 Fun Facts About Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
5 Fun Facts About Arsenic and Old Lace
Frank Capra?s Arsenic and Old Lace is a wonderfully madcap tale of murder, mayhem ? and one very eccentric family. Starring Cary Grant as drama critic Mortimer Brewster, the film follows his increasingly frantic attempts to deal with the discovery that his ......Read more
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Did you know that there is a Bing Crosby Childhood Home in Spokane, WA?
Crosby was raised in the Gonzaga neighborhood and studied pre-law at Gonzaga University in the 1920s... .. read more
National Film Registry
How the West Was Won, directed by the legendary John Ford, was released in 1962. In 1997, 35 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
Gene Tierney's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1946. So were Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Margaret O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart... see more