Silver Screen Standards: The Devil Doll (1936)
There?s
nothing standard about the wild plot of the 1936 horror film, The Devil Doll,
with its miniaturized zombie killers, mad scientists, use of drag as part of an
elaborate scheme for revenge, and extensive special effects work showcasing its
titu......
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Top 1910’s Movies (see all)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- Blind Husbands (1919)
- The Butcher Boy (1917)
- A Dog's Life (1918)
- Broadway Love (1918)
- Ask Father (1919)
- The Immigrant (1917)
- His Wedding Night (1917)
- The Pawnshop (1916)
Fan Top Fantasy Movies (see all)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- Harvey (1950)
- Dracula (1931)
- Blithe Spirit (1945)
Fan Top Navy Movies (see all)
- Father Goose (1964)
- Follow the Fleet (1936)
- Operation Petticoat (1959)
- Mister Roberts (1955)
- Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
- The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- Kiss Them for Me (1957)
- South Pacific (1958)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Stan Laurel
Jun 16, 1890
Norman Kerry
Jun 16, 1894
Jack Albertson
Jun 16, 1907
Ona Munson
Jun 16, 1903
Silver Screen Standards
Western RoundUp
California Gold Country Western Locations
From Iverson
Ranch to Lone
Pine,
Moab
to Kanab,
Corriganville
to Pioneertown,
I love visiting Western movie locations!
This spring a road trip took us to California?s ?Gold
Country.?
St. James, Sonora
We spent a day in the little towns of ......
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Silents Are Golden
Georges M?li?s Amongst The Stars
Mankind dreamed of going to the moon and
flying through the stars long before the actual rocket ships were invented. And
at the turn of the 20th century, these dreams had a distinct tinge of Victorian
whimsy. Poetry, fantasy stories, and the popular stage traditio......
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Noir Nook
Stranger than Fiction ? Part 2(Leon Ames and Ruth Roman)
?Truth is stranger than fiction,? Mark Twain once informed
us, ?but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth
isn?t.?
This month?s Noir Nook serves up the next installment in my series
that looks at ?strange......
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Monsters and Matinees
The ?national day? trend of recent years can be fun. National Doughnut Day (June 5) is something I celebrate every day, but I do take advantage of doughnut specials offered for this day. National Go Barefoot Day (June 1) is a big no for me (I always wear my socks), but you can go ahead and take off ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Courage and Cowardice in High Noon (1952)
They say
good help is hard to find, but Gary Cooper?s frontier marshal in High Noon
(1952) experiences a life and death example of how difficult it is to get
people to show up for you, even when it?s in their own best interest to do so.
The iconic Western......
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Western RoundUp
Final Resting Places
It?s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western
filmmakers through sharing visits to their final resting places.
This is one of the ways I reflect on what each person?s work
has contributed to the Western genre, giving all of us many happy hours of
entertainment.
......
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Legend Tribute: Stan Laurel
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Comedy Legend, Stan Laurel, born today, June 16 in 1890! Three ‘Signature’ Faces of Stan Laurel ….. A ‘thinking’ Stan Laurel, with his ‘signature’ head scratch!?Stan Laurel as Stanley in the comedy short, Thicker Than Water (1931... Read more...
Mini Tribute Cliff Edwards Disney Legend
Born June 14, 1895 Cliff Edwards! Cliff Edwards was a popular Vaudeville, Broadway and singing star, better known as “Ukelele Ike” in his heyday during the 1920s and 1930s. ?In 1929, while playing at the Orpheum Theater in LA, Edwards caught the eye of MGM producer/director Irving Thalberg,... 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
Fan Favorites: Coming of Age Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is an Andy Griffith Boyhood Home in Mount Airy, NC?
Andy Griffith's Home Place was once Andy's boyhood home, and is now a Bed and Breakfast, right in th... .. 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).see more National Film Registry inductees...
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