Anthony Mann at the Helm
Several years
ago, when I was a guest on a podcast, the hostess asked me to name my favorite
film noir directors. I don?t know why, but I felt like a deer caught in the
headlights, and my mind went completely blank ? the only director I could even
think of was Alfred Hitc......
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Top 1970’s Movies (see all)
- A Little Romance (1979)
- Family Plot (1976)
- Night Moves (1975)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
Fan Top Action Movies (see all)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Batman (1966)
- The Black Swan (1942)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- Bullitt (1968)
Fan Top Boxing Movies (see all)
- Golden Boy (1939)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- Kid Galahad (1937)
- The Set-Up (1949)
- Body and Soul (1947)
- Gentleman Jim (1942)
- Champion (1949)
- City for Conquest (1940)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Greta Garbo
Sep 18, 1905
Eddie Anderson
Sep 18, 1905
Rossano Brazzi
Sep 18, 1916
Frankie Avalon
Sep 18, 1939
Noir Nook
Silver Screen Standards
Angel Face (1953)
Classic
film has no shortage of mean girls, but Angel Face (1953) offers a
particularly dangerous teenage femme fatale in its title character,
played with unhinged intensity by English actress Jean Simmons. The plot of
this riveting story of obsession and murder has a lot in com......
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Western RoundUp
Lone Pine Film Festival 2026 Preview
It?s hard to believe it, but it?s time for a preview of the
36th Lone Pine Film Festival!
This year?s festival takes place in Lone Pine, California, from
October 8th through 11th, 2026.
Countless movies were filmed in the Alabama Hills outside
Lone ......
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Monsters and Matinees
The Long Hair of Death is a movie title that sparks
the imagination.
How will it fulfill the glorious promise of its title? Perhaps
as a variation of Medusa with exceedingly long snakes for hair? Or a darker
version of Rapunzel where lethal tresses wrap so tightly around a person, they squeeze
th......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November
12, 1929, to Margaret Majer Kelly and John Kelly Sr. in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and was the third of their four children. Her father owned a
brickwork contracting company and won three Olympic gold med......
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Silents are Golden
Early Civil War Films Of The Silent Screen
During the 1900s and 1910s there was one genre
of American film that skyrocketed in popularity, becoming more prevalent than
at any other time since. No, it wasn?t the western, or even the slapstick
comedy?although those aren?t bad guesses?but the Civil ......
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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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Legend Tribute: Anne Bancroft
Happy Birthday to Classic Move Legend, Anne Bancroft, Born September 17, 1931! There are some quotes in film history that can?t help but conjure up an iconic image. ?Toto, I think we?re not in Kansas anymore,? brings to mind the magical Land of Oz. ?As God is my witness, I?ll never go hungry again,?... Read more...
Mini Tribute June Foray
Born September 18, 1917 ‘Cartoon Queen’ June Foray! You may not recognize her face, but you will undoubtedly be familiar with her work! Voice actress June Foray has ‘voiced’ her share of little girls, grannies, dowagers, witches and animals — most famously Granny (from... Read more...
3 Fun Facts about The Big Sleep (1946)
3 Fun Facts about The Big Sleep
Released on August 31, 1946, The Big Sleep stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in one of classic Hollywood’s most famous film noirs.
Murder, mystery ? and one famously complicated plot! Here are three fun facts about The Big Sleep…
1. Even......Read more
Boldly Going to Garland: It Came From Texas Film Festival Celebrates 60 Years of Star Trek
Calling all Star Trek fans!
It?s hard to believe that it?s been 60 years since Star Trek first
invited television audiences to boldly go where no one had gone before. Six
decades, countless strange new worlds and one enormous pop-culture legacy
later, the It Came From Texas Film Festival is celeb......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
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Classic Movie Events
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a James Dean Bust in Los Angeles, CA?
A bronze bust of James Dean sits just outside the dome of The Griffith Observatory. The Observatory ... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Incredible Shrinking Man, starring the legendary Grant Williams, was released in 1957. In 2009, 52 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
Bebe Daniels's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1929. So were Marion Davies, Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford... see more