Classic Movie Travels: Ronnie Schell
Ronnie Schell
Ronald Ralph Schell was born on December 23, 1931, in Richmond,
California, to David and Marguerite Schell. His father worked as a stock checker
at an automobile industry plant and later worked for a naval supply center. His
mother was a waitr......
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Top 1950’s Movies (see all)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Rear Window (1954)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Funny Face (1957)
Fan Top Romance Movies (see all)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The African Queen (1951)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- An Affair to Remember (1957)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Grand Hotel (1932)
Fan Top Screwball Comedy Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Helen Broderick
Aug 11, 1891
Lloyd Nolan
Aug 11, 1902
Jean Parker
Aug 11, 1915
Hobart Bosworth
Aug 11, 1867
Classic Movie Travels
Western RoundUp
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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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: 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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Legend Tribute: Alfred Hitchcock
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Alfred Hitchcock, born today on August 13th in 1899! It?s difficult to summarize someone like Hitchcock in a blog post. His films could be complex and subversive; silly and serious; all in the same scene. A master of his craft, Hitchcock has not only made himself... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mae Clarke
Born August 16, 1910, Actress Mae Clarke! Grapefruit anyone??? All kidding aside, actress Mae Clarke appeared in over 115 roles. She is probably best remembered as Henry Frankenstein’s (Colin Clive’s) fiancee, Elizabeth, in the 1931 classic, Frankenstein, and as poor Kitty, who unfortunately... 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 James Stewart Museum in Indiana, PA?
The Jimmy Stewart Museum is located in Jimmy's hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania. The Museum highlig... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 2011, Faces starring the legendary John Marley, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 43 years after its initial release (1968).see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Ginger Rogers's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1939. So were Judy Garland, Jane Withers... see more