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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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fan Top Western Movies (see all)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- The Harvey Girls (1946)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Big Country (1958)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
Fan Top Florida Movies (see all)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- A Hole in the Head (1959)
- Moon Over Miami (1941)
- Second Honeymoon (1937)
- The Happening (1967)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Eddie Quillan
Mar 31, 1907
Shirley Jones
Mar 31, 1934
Victor Varconi
Mar 31, 1891
William Daniels
Mar 31, 1927
Classic Movie Travels
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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Silents are Golden
Buster Keaton?s Motion Picture Debut: The First Five Films
From our 21st century perspective, Buster
Keaton?s upbringing was certainly unusual. Born to parents who made a modest
living performing in travelling medicine shows, he became a performer himself
at a very young age. Arguably a child......
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Noir Nook
Noir Nook: Ripped from the HeadlinesShadow of a Doubt (1943)
If you know your Alfred Hitchcock, you might be aware that
of all the movies he directed between 1925 and 1976, he considered his favorite
to be Shadow of a Doubt (1943), starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten.
What you might not ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: The Mirror Crack?d (1980)
While it?s
not actually a film from the Golden Age of Hollywood, the 1980 Miss Marple
whodunnit, The Mirror Crack?d, is set in 1953 and boasts a cast of
powerhouse classic stars from that era, including Angela Lansbury as Agatha
Christie?s iconic......
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Monsters and Matinees
Just because we love classic horror ? especially low-budget B-movies ? doesn’t mean we have to watch bad prints of the films that we’re used to seeing online or in a public domain version.
While searching for new video releases of old horror films to add to my collection, I was surpr......
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Western RoundUp
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
Every year or so I like to review a new-to-me Audie Murphy film
in my Western RoundUp column.
My previous Murphy review, Apache
Rifles (1964), was published last April. This year I?ve watched one of Murphy?s more
unusual Western films, Walk the Proud Lan......
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Legend Tribute: Jane Powell
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Jane Powell, born April 1st, 1929! Some classic movie stars are timeless. Whether gracing the cover of Vogue in the 1950?s or having their likeness used for a product campaign in the 2000?s, they seem to never be out of style. Other classic movie stars, however,... Read more...
Mini Tribute Producer Pandro S. Berman
Born March 28, 1905 Legendary Producer Pandro S. Berman! Before I start, I must add a quick ‘disclaimer’ –? this post is only labeled a ‘Mini’ tribute because it is ‘mini’ in ‘written’ content — but given that Pandro S. Berman produced some... 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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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Cary Grant Statue in Bristol, England?
Unveiled on December 7, 2001, marking the 70th anniversary of Cary Grant's arrival in Hollywood, thi... .. read more
National Film Registry
Down Argentine Way, directed by the legendary Irving Cummings, was released in 1940. In 2014, 74 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
Debbie Reynolds's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1965. So were Marcello Mastroianni, Frank Sinatra... see more