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Top 1970’s Movies (see all)

  1. The Godfather Part II (1974)
  2. Family Plot (1976)
  3. A Little Romance (1979)
  4. Night Moves (1975)




Fan Top Sports Movies (see all)

  1. Woman of the Year (1942)
  2. Golden Boy (1939)
  3. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
  4. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
  5. Damn Yankees (1958)
  6. National Velvet (1944)
  7. Pat and Mike (1952)
  8. The Set-Up (1949)
  9. A Day at the Races (1937)
  10. Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Fan Top Christmas Movies (see all)

  1. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
  2. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  3. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
  4. Holiday Inn (1942)
  5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  6. Meet John Doe (1941)
  7. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  8. White Christmas (1954)
  9. Going My Way (1944)
  10. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)






Silver Screen Standards

Silver Screen Standards: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) While I?ve never had any interest in diamonds, I do enjoy watching Marilyn Monroe sing about them in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), the Technicolor film adaptation of the 1949 stage musical based on Anita Loos? flapper era novel. Monroe?s......
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Classic Movie Travels

Classic Movie Travels: Dinah Shore Frances ?Fanny? Rose Shore was born on February 29, 1916, to Anna and Solomon Shore in Winchester, Tennessee. She had a sister, Elizabeth, who was eight years older. When Fanny was eighteen months old, she suffered from polio. After extensive care, an exerci......
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Western RoundUp

Western Film Book Library ? Part 9 It’s time for another survey of books on Western movies! This month’s column is prompted in large part by the publication of an important new book,?The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns?by Michael F. ......
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Silents Are Golden

The Growing Pains of (Very) Early Cinema It?s easy to assume that ?moving pictures? burst onto the scene in the late 19th century all at once. We often imagine that pop culture history can be neatly sliced into ?before cinema? and ?after cinema,? positive that the traditional forms of stage ente......
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Noir Nook

Thankful Noir Noirvember and Thanksgiving season. The weather is getting cooler and the leaves are continuing to turn and fall. So, what better time to pull up a chair, grab a cup o? cider, and join me as I serve up a heaping platter of noir-related goodies that I?m thankful for? Here goes . ......
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Silver Screen Standards

My Favorite Wife (1940) I?ve shown a lot of comedies to my lifetime learners over the years, but I?ve rarely heard an audience laugh as uproariously as they did during a recent screening of My Favorite Wife (1940), which we watched as part of a series featuring Cary Grant. The peals of laughter p......
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Monsters and Matinees

As classic movie fans, we?ve all had those ?wow? moments with actors we may not expect to see in a film as in ?Wow! Is that (fill in the blank) ?? Or ?Wait ? I think that?s ?? This usually happens in their early films and it?s always fun to make that connection. One of my favorite ?wow? moments w......
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Legend Tribute: Margaret Hamilton

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend Margaret Hamilton, born on December 9, 1902. ….. When you think Margaret Hamiliton it?s easy to picture a crotchety old woman with an icy stare and menacing disposition. I mean, she is the woman who portrayed The Wicked Witch of The West, one of the most...  Read more...

Mini Tribute Margaret Hamilton

Born December 9, 1902 Character Actress, Margaret Hamilton! Character Actress, Margaret Hamilton appeared in over 115 film/TV roles — and is most famously known for her iconic role as The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz!? I must confess, however, that I also remember her fondly as...  Read more...


Mysteries of Oz Documentary Celebrates 85th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz

Hollywood’s crowning achievement is its greatest enigma Here’s some exciting news for The Wizard of Oz fans (and who isn’t :)) Coming Soon! Mysteries of Oz: 85 Questions Answered is a new documentary from AMS Pictures that explores the magic, music, and myths surrounding the ......Read more

Supportive Fellas of Film Noir: Part II

Supportive Fellas of Film Noir: Part II More than a year ago, I started a series, ?Supportive Fellas of Film Noir,? which focused on  . . . well . . . the supporting male characters in film noir features. It?s been a while since I promised to shine the spotlight on these gents, so I figured ......Read more

Robot Monster: Movie Monster Legend 3D Graphic Novel

Returning Robot Monsterto its Comics-Inspired Roots I’m very happy to share that there is a Kickstarter Campaign to help return sci-fi cult classic, Robot Monster, to its comics-inspired roots, spearheaded by film historian Bob Furmanek of the 3D Film Archive. The campaign is ending in abou......Read more

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Did you know that there is a Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, CA?

The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and Theater is a center for the history of Niles, for the Essan... ..  read more

National Film Registry

The Band Wagon, starring the legendary Fred Astaire, was released in 1953. In 1995, 42 years later, it was inducted into The National Film Registry. Thank you National Film Registry!
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Grauman's Chinese Theater

Debbie Reynolds's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1965. So were Marcello Mastroianni, Frank Sinatra...  see more