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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Top 1940’s Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Adam's Rib (1949)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Bambi (1942)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
Fan Top Western Movies (see all)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- The Harvey Girls (1946)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Big Country (1958)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Fan Top Satire Movies (see all)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- The Fortune Cookie (1966)
- The Great Race (1965)
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
- Tom Jones (1963)
- The Court Jester (1956)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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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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Silver Screen Standards
Angel Face (1953)
Classic
film has no shortage of mean girls, but Angel Face (1953) offers a
particularly dangerous teenage femme fatale in its title character,
played with unhinged intensity by English actress Jean Simmons. The plot of
this riveting story of obsession and murder has a lot in com......
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Western RoundUp
Lone Pine Film Festival 2026 Preview
It?s hard to believe it, but it?s time for a preview of the
36th Lone Pine Film Festival!
This year?s festival takes place in Lone Pine, California, from
October 8th through 11th, 2026.
Countless movies were filmed in the Alabama Hills outside
Lone ......
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Monsters and Matinees
The Long Hair of Death is a movie title that sparks
the imagination.
How will it fulfill the glorious promise of its title? Perhaps
as a variation of Medusa with exceedingly long snakes for hair? Or a darker
version of Rapunzel where lethal tresses wrap so tightly around a person, they squeeze
th......
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Legend Tribute: Groucho Marx
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Groucho Marx, born on October 2, 1890! Sometimes you have a bad day. Your car won?t start, your computer at work crashes, or your boss blames you for all the problems in the office. On days like that, life seems dreary and hopeless, and you simply don?t want to... Read more...
Mini Tribute Leo McCarey at Work
?Born October 3, 1896 (or 1898?) Director Leo McCarey! In a 41 year film career that spanned 1921-1962, Leo McCarey directed over 100 films, most famously?Duck Soup,?The Awful Truth, Love Affair,?Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s,?and?An Affair To Remember. Not only a director however, McCarey... 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
5 Fascinating Facts About Sophia Loren
5 Fascinating Facts About Sophia Loren
From a childhood marked by poverty and war to becoming one of the world’s most glamorous and celebrated movie stars, Sophia Loren’s life has been quite a journey.
Born in Rome on September 20, 1934, and raised in Pozzuoli near Naples, Loren we......Read more
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National Film Registry
In 1989, Some Like It Hot starring the legendary Marilyn Monroe, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 30 years after its initial release (1959).see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Don Ameche's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1938. So were Fred Astaire, Deanna Durbin, Alice Faye, Tony Martin... see more