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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Top 1950’s Movies (see all)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- All About Eve (1950)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Fan Top Film Noir (see all)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Notorious (1946)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
Fan Top Treasure Movies (see all)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
- Finian's Rainbow (1968)
- God's Little Acre (1958)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942)
- Jungle Book (1942)
- Treasure Island (1950) (1950)
- King Solomon's Mines (1950)
- Captain Kidd (1945)
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Carl Reiner
Mar 20, 1922
Jack Kruschen
Mar 20, 1922
Karen Steele
Mar 20, 1931
Wendell Corey
Mar 20, 1914
Noir Nook
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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Silents are Golden
Silent Superstars: Rudolph Valentino, The Ultimate Screen Idol
Rudolph Valentino
How fortunate it was that a young Italian
movie actor christened Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di
Valentina d?Antonguella settled on the elegant ?Rudolph Valentino? for his
screen name. Not m......
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Noir Nook
75th Anniversary Noir ? 2026 Edition
It?s about that time, y?all! February at the Noir Nook means
our annual look at the noirs that are celebrating their 75th anniversary, and
have I got four winners for you from 1951!
Before I proceed, I?d like to toss a few honorable mentions
your way ? if y......
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Silver Screen Standards
Two Silent Comedies from Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch is celebrated as the director of many of Hollywood?s great comedies, including Ninotchka (1939), To Be or Not to Be (1942), and Heaven Can Wait (1943), but he directed films in his native Germany for nearly a decade before his transition to H......
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Legend Tribute: Joan Crawford
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Joan Crawford, born March 23rd, 1905! So, I?m going to honest with you all ? my first impression of Joan Crawford was not actually Joan Crawford. Like many young children with a taste for flair and flamboyance, my first Joan Crawford experience was Faye Dunaway... Read more...
Mini Tribute Christian Roberts
Born March 17, 1944 Actor Christian Roberts! Christian Roberts appeared in about 20 films and tv shows through the 1960s and 1970s — but he is probably best known for his role as Denham in his 1967 Feature Film Debut, To Sir with Love. Christian Roberts as Denham in To Sir with Love (1967,?James... 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 Hollywood Heritage Museum in Hollywood, CA?
The Hollywood Heritage Museum is housed in the beautifully restored Lasky-DeMille Barn. The Museum f... .. read more
National Film Registry
Pinocchio, starring the legendary Mel Blanc, was released in 1940. In 1994, 54 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
Charlton Heston's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1962. So were Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas... see more