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    Fan Top Silent Films (see all)

    1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
    2. The Gold Rush (1925)
    3. City Lights (1931)
    4. The Circus (1928)
    5. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
    6. The General (1926)
    7. Nosferatu (1922)
    8. The Kid (1921)
    9. Modern Times (1936)
    10. Wings (1927)
    11. Sunrise (1927)
    12. Our Hospitality (1923)
    13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
    14. Safety Last! (1923)
    15. Metropolis (1927)
    16. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
    17. Seven Chances (1925)
    18. The Crowd (1928)
    19. Blood and Sand (1922)
    20. A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

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    Fan Top Sailors / The Sea Movies (see all)

    1. Follow the Fleet (1936)
    2. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
    3. Captains Courageous (1937)
    4. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
    5. Abandon Ship (1957)
    6. The Sea Wolf (1941)
    7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
    8. China Seas (1935)
    9. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
    10. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
    11. Billy Budd (1962)
    12. Assault on a Queen (1966)
    13. A Girl in Every Port (1928)
    14. The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
    15. Here Comes the Navy (1934)
    16. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1928)
    17. Lord Jim (1925)
    18. The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
    19. All Ashore (1953)
    20. Hit the Deck (1955)

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    Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:

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    Jack Weston

    Jack Weston
    Aug 21, 1924

     Herbert Mundin

    Herbert Mundin
    Aug 21, 1898

     Bert Roach

    Bert Roach
    Aug 21, 1891

     Patty McCormack

    Patty McCormack
    Aug 21, 1945

    Monthy Column: Classic Conversations

    Classic Conversations: Oscar Winners Sandy Powell and John Myhre on How the Classic Film Inspired Their Work on ?Mary Poppins Returns? Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins (1964) and Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Mary Poppins was one of the first films I saw in a movie theater as a child......
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    Monthy Column: Noir Nook

    Noir Nook: Minor but Memorable Film noir is teeming with well-known starring roles for women — Jane Greer in Out of the Past, Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, and Gene Tierney in Laura come immediately to mind. But there are also lots of one-scene wonders, those female characters whose......
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    Monthy Column: Silents are Golden

    Silents are Golden: Before Valentino ? 6 Heartthrobs Of The 1910s When Rudolph Valentino became a 1920s superstar thanks to the megahits The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) and The Sheik (1921), he basically changed the definition of ?matinee idol? forever. Unlike many popular actors at th......
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    Monthy Column: Silver Screen Standards

    Silver Screen Standards: Boris Karloff It was an early afternoon in June as I trooped along from Edinburgh?s Royal Mile near George IV Bridge with my family in tow. We were headed for Greyfriars Kirkyard to poke around the tombs until our tour time at Edinburgh Castle, and the old city heaved wit......
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    Monthy Column: Classic Movie Travels

    Classic Movie Travels August: June Haver June Haver While many think of MGM studios when reflecting upon some of the best musical films made during the Golden Age, 20th Century Fox certainly had its fair share of musical stars. Among the many Fox actresses was June Haver, who was intended to b......
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    Monthy Column: Western Roundup

    Western Roundup: Western Film Book Library I love to watch Westerns, and I also love to read about them! A variety of books helped make me the classic film and Western fan that I am today. In this column, I’ll take a look at some of the books which shaped my interest in Westerns from an ......
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    Monthy Column: Silents are Golden

    Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At ? The Kid (1921) Of all the Charlie Chaplin masterpieces we can name–and from Easy Street (1917) to Modern Times (1936), there?s quite a few–one feature is perhaps extra special: The Kid (1921). One of Chaplin?s earliest features, it?s certainly th......
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    Classic Movie News:

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    Peter Fonda Dead at 79 After Respiratory Failure from Lung Cancer:
    (Aug 16, 2019 | People.com)Peter Fonda, the son of Henry Fonda and the younger brother of Jane Fonda, has died, PEOPLE confirms. He was 79.Peter's family confirme...

    Quiet Man director's love for Maureen O'Hara revealed in letter
    (Aug 13, 2019 | Irish Times)p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Arial; color: #515151; -webkit-text-stroke: #515151} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} 'Oh Maur...

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Opera Composer Who Went Hollywood
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    David Hedison, Actor in 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' and 'The Fly', Dies at 92
    (Jul 22, 2019 | Variety)By MACKENZIE NICHOLS David Hedison, a film, television, and theater actor known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in the sci-fi adventure te...

    Valentina Cortese, Italian Actress Nominated for Oscar, Dies at 96
    (Jul 10, 2019 | Variety)Valentina Cortese, an Italian actress who held the extremely rare distinction of having been nominated for best supporting actress for her work in a f...

    Legend Tribute: Gene Kelly

    Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Gene Kelly, born on August 23, 1912! As mentioned before with James Cagney, a prerequisite for stardom in classic Hollywood cinema was to hold the moniker triple threat. But what about a quadruple threat? Someone who can sing, dance, act, and direct? Surely such...  read more...

    Mini Tribute Jack Weston

    Born August 21, 1924, Character Actor Jack Weston! Weston appeared in over 100 roles — from bungling friends to terrifying villains. My personal favorite: Cactus Flower (I think I know his dialog by heart!), but there are so many other great ones too, including Wait Until Dark and Please Don’t...  read more...

    Exclusive Interview with Ted Donaldson – who starred in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Once Upon a Time and more

    Exclusive Interview with Ted Donaldson about his career, special memories of Cary Grant, Harry Cohn, Elia Kazan and more… I?m so excited to say that I was able to sit down with Ted Donaldson for an exclusive video interview! I met Ted in 2018 at the TCM Film Festival and had such a lovely a......Read more

    Classic Conversations: Oscar Winners Sandy Powell and John Myhre on How the Classic Film Inspired Their Work on Mary Poppins Returns

    Classic Conversations: Oscar Winners Sandy Powell and John Myhre on How the Classic Film Inspired Their Work on ?Mary Poppins Returns? Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins (1964) and Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Mary Poppins was one of the first films I saw in a movie theater as a child......Read more

    Silver Screen Standards: Boris Karloff

    Silver Screen Standards: Boris Karloff It was an early afternoon in June as I trooped along from Edinburgh?s Royal Mile near George IV Bridge with my family in tow. We were headed for Greyfriars Kirkyard to poke around the tombs until our tour time at Edinburgh Castle, and the old city heaved wit......Read more

    Fan Favorites: Musical Films (see full chart)

    The Skeleton Dance

    The Skeleton Danc...

    Fan rating: 10.00
    On Moonlight Bay

    On Moonlight Bay

    Fan rating: 9.33
    That Midnight Kiss

    That Midnight Kis...

    Fan rating: 9.33

    Classic Movie Events

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    Stanford Theatre (Palo Alto, CA)
    Aug 21 To Aug 23
    North by Northwest
    State Theatre (Traverse City, MO)
    Aug 21
    The 2019 Summer Under the Sta...
    Blogathon
    Aug 01 To Aug 31
    Thursdays at the Museum: To H...
    Detroit Film Theatre (Detroit, MI)
    Aug 22
    The Wizard of Oz Blogathon
    Blogathon
    Aug 23 To Aug 25
    The Fugitive/Vera Cruz
    Billy Wilder Theater / UCLA Film & Television Archive (Los Angeles, CA)
    Aug 23
    The Third Van Johnson Blogath...
    Blogathon
    Aug 24 To Aug 26
    Sun Valley Serenade/Orchestra...
    Stanford Theatre (Palo Alto, CA)
    Aug 24 To Aug 27
    The Longest Day
    Billy Wilder Theater / UCLA Film & Television Archive (Los Angeles, CA)
    Aug 24
    Metropolis
    Wilton Town Hall Theatre (Wilton, NH)
    Aug 25
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    Maureen O'Hara

    Maureen FitzSimons
    Aug 17, 1920
    Ranelagh, Ireland

    Cecil B. DeMille

    Cecil Blount DeMille
    Aug 12, 1881
    Ashfield, MA

    Alfred Hitchcock

    Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
    Aug 13, 1899
    London, England

    Myrna Loy

    Myrna Adele Williams
    Aug 2, 1905
    Radersburg, MT

    Norma Shearer

    Edith Norma Shearer
    Aug 10, 1902
    Montréal, Canada
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    Classic Movie Travel Sites

    Did you know that there is a Jackie Gleason Statue in NY, NY?

    TV Land honors The Honeymooners with a statue of Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden which stands at the... ..  read more

    National Film Registry

    In 2014, The Dragon Painter starring the legendary Sessue Hayakawa, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 95 years after its initial release (1919).
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    Grauman's Chinese Theater

    Paul Newman's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1963. So were Joanne Woodward, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Mervyn LeRoy...  see more


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