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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)

  1. Bringing up Baby (1938)
  2. It Happened One Night (1934)
  3. Top Hat (1935)
  4. After the Thin Man (1936)
  5. The Thin Man (1934)
  6. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
  7. Swing Time (1936)
  8. The Awful Truth (1937)
  9. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)




Fan Top Western Movies (see all)

  1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  3. The Gold Rush (1925)
  4. Annie Oakley (1935)
  5. The Searchers (1956)
  6. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
  7. Calamity Jane (1953)
  8. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
  9. Stagecoach (1939)
  10. Destry Rides Again (1939)

Fan Top Frontier Movies (see all)

  1. Calamity Jane (1953)
  2. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
  3. The Plainsman (1936)
  4. Wagon Train (1940)
  5. Cimarron (1931)
  6. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
  7. How the West Was Won (1962)
  8. Allegheny Uprising (1939)
  9. Daniel Boone (1936)
  10. River of No Return (1954)






Silents are Golden

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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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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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!
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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