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Top 1950’s Movies (see all)

  1. The Band Wagon (1953)
  2. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
  3. North by Northwest (1959)
  4. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  5. All About Eve (1950)
  6. The African Queen (1951)
  7. Rear Window (1954)
  8. Ben-Hur (1959)
  9. Born Yesterday (1950)
  10. Funny Face (1957)


Fan Top Lost Films (see all)

  1. The Gold Diggers (1923)
  2. Hats Off (1927)
  3. Her Double Life (1916)
  4. Words and Music (1929)
  5. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
  6. Ransom (1928)
  7. Treasure Island (1920)
  8. His Secretary (1925)
  9. The Divine Woman (1928)
  10. Marked Men (1919)

Fan Top Teachers Movies (see all)

  1. Father Goose (1964)
  2. My Fair Lady (1964)
  3. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
  4. The King and I (1956)
  5. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  6. Horse Feathers (1932)
  7. The Male Animal (1942)
  8. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
  9. Teacher's Pet (1958)
  10. The Children's Hour (1961)




Noir Nook

Pre-Code Films with Film Noir Flavor ? Part 2 Next to film noir, my favorite era of filmmaking is pre-Code ? and it?s no wonder that I?m so fond of these pictures ? so many of them served up plots that would have made near-perfect film noirs. In my Noir Nook for July 2026, I took a look at five p......
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Silver Screen Standards

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) I?m always impressed at just how many Frankenstein movies Universal turned out between 1931 and 1948, and I?m also deeply entertained by the studio?s mix and match approach to making those pictures where its stars were concerned. It might not make for the be......
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Classic Movie Travels

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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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

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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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...


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 Laurel & Hardy Statue in Ulverston, England?

A bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy was unveiled in 2009 in the Cumbrian birthplace of Stan Laurel. ... ..  read more

National Film Registry

The Lost Weekend, directed by the legendary Billy Wilder, was released in 1945. In 2011, 66 years later, it was inducted into The National Film Registry. Thank you National Film Registry!
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Grauman's Chinese Theater

Gene Tierney's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1946. So were Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Margaret O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart...  see more