Classic Movie Travels: Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda was born on June 17, 1895, in Lafayette,
Indiana. She was the daughter of Joseph Fazenda and Nelda Schilling Fazenda.
Louise was born in the ground floor northwest room of her maternal
grandparents? house on North Salisbury St......
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Top 1960’s Movies (see all)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- The Apartment (1960)
- The Birds (1963)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Charade (1963)
- Psycho (1960)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- That Touch of Mink (1962)
Fan Top Lost Films (see all)
- Her Double Life (1916)
- Words and Music (1929)
- Treasure Island (1920)
- Brewster's Millions (1914)
- The Awful Truth (1929)
- Heart and Soul (1917)
- The Gold Diggers (1923)
- Hold Everything (1930)
- Hats Off (1927)
- The Way of All Flesh (1927)
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)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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John Barrymore
Feb 15, 1882

Gale Sondergaard
Feb 15, 1899

Claire Bloom
Feb 15, 1931

Cesar Romero
Feb 15, 1907
Classic Movie Travels

Western RoundUp

The Lonely Man (1957)
It’s been a few months since my last full-length film Western review, so in this month’s column I’m reviewing?The Lonely Man?(1957), which was just released on Blu-ray by?Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
I had no
previous familiarity with The Lonely......
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Silents Are Golden

Silent Superstars: The Classy Bebe Daniels
Often overshadowed by the major names like
Clara Bow or Louise Brooks, Bebe Daniels is mainly familiar to fans of old
Hollywood. But back in the 1920s she was one of the era?s brightest stars, and
she and husband Ben Lyon were one of Movieland?s most......
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Classic Movie Travels

Classic Movie
Travels: Clarine Seymour
Clarine Seymour
Clarine Seymour was born on December 9, 1898, in Brooklyn,
New York, New York. She was born to Albert and Florence Seymour, a wealthy
Methodist couple. Her father ran a ribbon manufacturing business until 1916,
when an illness forced him t......
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Noir Nook

Quoteable Noir: Part 2
Back in 2019, I
kicked off the new year with some of my favorite quotes from some of my
favorite noirs. So much has changed in our world since then ? but one thing
that?s remained the same is the awesome lines that can be found in the films of
classic noir. Because one good......
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Read Karen’s article
Silver Screen Standards

Silver Screen Standards: On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Deep frost permeates Nicholas Ray?s 1951 noir classic,
On Dangerous Ground, freezing both the soul of its protagonist and the
stark winter landscape that dominates the second half of the film. Both
constitute the ?dangerous ground? of the title,......
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Read Jennifer’s article
Western Roundup

1950 Westerns
In this
month’s column, as we turn the corner into the new year, I want to particularly
focus on several Westerns celebrating their 75th anniversaries in 2025.
1950 was a key year in the Western genre. Important new
directors emerged on the scene, and their films demonstrat......
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Read Laura’s article
Legend Tribute: John Barrymore

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, John Barrymore, born February 15th, 1882! John Barrymore: Theatrical Royalty. Super Stardom. Tragic Decline… Barrymore was born into the famous Barrymore/Drew theatrical family; his parents were Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore (formerly Georgiana... Read more...
Mini Tribute Character Actor Mack Swain

Born February 16, 1876 Character Actor Mack Swain! Character Actor Mack Swain appeared in over 160 films and shorts — including over 50 ‘Ambrose’ shorts, The Idle Class, Pay Day, The Pilgrim — and most famously (and my favorite) as Big Jim McKay in The Gold Rush opposite Charlie... Read more...
Caught in the silly grasp of ‘The Giant Claw’

Monsters, by their very name, are supposed to be monstrous. Perhaps hideous like The Hideous Sun Demon, or beastly like Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. ?Just throw an exclamation point on the title like Them! or Tarantula! so we know something terrible is coming. Just give us a monster – it?s why w......Read more
Meet these obscure werewolves from classic film

A werewolf walks into a bar and ?.
No, that?s not a joke. It?s the opening scene of a 1956
low-budget film with the straightforward and generic title of The Werewolf.
And if you?ve seen other werewolf films, you?ll guess right away that the
disheveled and anxious man who stumbles into a small-to......Read more
Mysteries of Oz Documentary Celebrates 85th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz

Hollywood’s crowning achievement is its greatest enigma
Here’s some exciting news for The Wizard of Oz fans (and who isn’t :))
Coming Soon! Mysteries of Oz: 85 Questions Answered is a new documentary from AMS Pictures that explores the magic, music, and myths surrounding the ......Read more
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Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, lived at 891 Post Street (supposedly Apt #401) -- wh... .. read more
National Film Registry

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Grauman's Chinese Theater

Adolph Zukor's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1953. So were Ezio Pinza, Donald O'Connor, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe... see more