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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Top 1920’s Movies (see all)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- The General (1926)
- The Circus (1928)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The Kid (1921)
- Wings (1927)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Our Hospitality (1923)
- Beau Brummel (1924)
Fan Top Short Films (see all)
- Another Fine Mess (1930)
- Big Business (1929)
- The Music Box (1932)
- Brave Little Tailor (1938)
- The Firefly (1937)
- Towed in a Hole (1932)
- Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
- The Idle Class (1921)
- Pay Day (1922)
- Berth Marks (1929)
Fan Top True Story (based on) Movies (see all)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Ace in the Hole (1951)
- The General (1926)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Boys Town (1938)
- Anastasia (1956)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- The King and I (1956)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Carol Burnett
Apr 26, 1933
Nick Dennis
Apr 26, 1904
Edgar Kennedy
Apr 26, 1890
Ethel Griffies
Apr 26, 1878
Silents are Golden
Monsters and Matinees
Oh, the horrors of 1950s B-movies. And I?m not talking scary good, but scary bad.
So many of the creative ideas for monsters were never realized because of low budgets and ridiculously short shooting schedules. Viewers accept that the creatures in these films might look cheap and even laughable, ......
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Noir Nook
Veda?s Villainy ? Mildred?s Fault?
One of my many favorite
podcasts is Front Row Classics ? the host, Brandon Davis, covers a wide
variety of classic films, with a spate of first-rate guests, and in such
interesting ways. An episode I heard recently centered on villains in classic
films, and one ......
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Classic Movie Travels
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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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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Read Jennifer’s article
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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Read Annette’s article
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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Legend Tribute: Shirley MacLaine
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Shirley MacLaine, born April 24th, 1934! The ?Hooker with a Heart of Gold? is pretty common trope, dating back to ole the pre-feudalism days. The trope is pretty self-explanatory: you have a character who?s profession is outside of what polite society deems acceptable... Read more...
Mini Tribute Harry Stockwell
Born April 27, 1902 Harry Stockwell! Singer/actor Harry Stockwell was a noted Broadway performer who made his feature film debut in 1935 in a film called Here Comes the Band. His most notable film ‘appearance’ however was as The Prince in Walt Disney’s animated classic Snow White and... 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 Hall of Great Western Performers in Oklahoma City, OK?
The Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum honors and m... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Hustler, starring the legendary Paul Newman, was released in 1961. In 1997, 36 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
Yul Brynner's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1956. So were Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, George Stevens... see more