Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars ? The Sensational Pola Negri
We?re all familiar with the stereotype of the flamboyant silent film actress: the lavishly-dressed temptress being chauffeured around Hollywood in gold-plated automobiles, stalking through the most exclusive parties, leaving a tra......
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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)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fan Top Western Movies (see all)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Destry Rides Again (1939)
Fan Top Frontier Movies (see all)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
- The Plainsman (1936)
- Wagon Train (1940)
- Cimarron (1931)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- Allegheny Uprising (1939)
- Daniel Boone (1936)
- River of No Return (1954)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Bob Hope
May 29, 1903
Iris Adrian
May 29, 1912
Clifton James
May 29, 1921
Beatrice Lillie
May 29, 1894
Silents are Golden
Monsters and Matinees
It’s 1910 and the world is in a panic.
Halley?s Comet is on its way, and people are terrified. They buy gas masks to save themselves from poisonous fumes and take anti-comet pills for protection from other bad things. They pray in the streets and seek shelter in caves.
The comet comes &#......
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Noir Nook
Noir Nook: Top 10 Favorite Bad Boys ? Part 2
Last month, here at the Noir Nook, I served up the first
half of my top 10 bad boys of noir. I?m finishing up the list this month with
another spate of dastardly dudes. Watch yourself ? they?re up to no good!
…..
Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas......
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Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: A Woman?s Face (1941)
Although it?s not as iconic as films like The Women (1939) or Mildred Pierce (1945), I really enjoy the George Cukor murder melodrama A Woman?s Face (1941) because it gives us a different view ? quite literally ? of star Joan Crawford. When we imagin......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Arlene Golonka
Arlene Golonka
Arline Leanore Golonka was born on January 23, 1936, in Chicago,
Illinois, to Elinor Wroblewski Golonka and Frank Golonka. Her father passed
away when she was two years old and her mother later married Edward Rejba. Elinor
and Edward then ha......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Arlene Golonka
Arlene Golonka
Arline Leanore Golonka was born on January 23, 1936, in Chicago,
Illinois, to Elinor Wroblewski Golonka and Frank Golonka. Her father passed
away when she was two years old and her mother later married Edward Rejba. Elinor
and Edward then ha......
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Western RoundUp
Western RoundUp: Final Resting Places,Western Filmmakers
In this month’s Western RoundUp column we’ll return to the topic of the final resting places of Western filmmakers, visiting the gravesites of 13 actors, actresses, and directors.
We’ll start in the little town of Marys......
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Legend Tribute: Bob Hope
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Bob Hope, born today, ? ? ? ? ? May 29 in 1903! As Actor, Bob Hope won FIVE non-competitive Academy Awards: 1941 Honorary Award:?In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry?(special silver plaque) 1945 Honorary Award:?For his many... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mel Blanc
Born May 30, 1908 Legendary Voice Actor Mel Blanc! Mel Blanc ?appeared? in an amazing 1,025+ shorts and films, and is the voice of some of the most iconic, lovable, and sometimes ‘despicable’ cartoon characters — including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite... Read more...
Classic Movie Music: The Nicholas Brothers – Dance Pioneers
The Nicholas Brothers – Dance Pioneers
Most classic movie fans have seen The Nicholas Brothers’ showstopping performance in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. But other than that I am sure most film fans don’t know much about them. Since today is Harold Nicholas’ birthday, I th......Read more
The Nicholas Brothers dance pioneers
Most classic movie fans have have seen The Nicholas Brothers’ showstopping performance in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. But other than that I am sure most film fans don’t know much about them. Since today is Harold Nicholas’ birthday, I thought this would be a good time to write ab......Read more
Exclusive Excerpt from “The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic”
Exclusive Excerpt from “The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic”
A Big Thank You to author Tom Santopietro for hand-picking this excerpt for us to share with you from his latest book ?The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic?.
What Laurents?s screenplay smar......Read more
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Did you know that there is a Jimmy Stewart Statue in Indiana, PA?
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National Film Registry
Scarface, directed by the legendary Howard Hawks, was released in 1932. In 1932, 0 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
Danny Thomas's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1954. So were James Mason, Alan Ladd, Edmund Purdom, Van Heflin... see more