In today?s on-demand world of streaming services, we feel
like we can watch any movie with a click of a button. But that?s not true.
There are always films that elude us despite our best efforts to find them.
For me, that?s Beginning of the End (1957). I was a kid when I first saw the awesomely t......
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Top 1900’s Movies (see all)
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
- The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
- After Many Years (1908)
- The Fight for Freedom (1908)
- The Hessian Renegades (1909)
- Fools of Fate (1909)
- A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
- Mr. Flip (1909)
- The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
Fan Top Drama Movies (see all)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The African Queen (1951)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Fan Top Post War Movies (see all)
- On the Beach (1959)
- Act of Violence (1948)
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
- A Foreign Affair (1948)
- Heroes for Sale (1933)
- The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
- The Men (1950)
- The Miniver Story (1950)
- Tunes of Glory (1960)
- Rogues' Regiment (1948)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Gail Russell
Sep 21, 1924
Tullio Carminati
Sep 21, 1894
Lloyd Gough
Sep 21, 1907
Tracy Reed
Sep 21, 1942
Monsters and Matinees
Noir Nook
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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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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Legend Tribute: Chuck Jones
Born September 21, 1912 Animator and Director Chuck Jones!? “Animation isn’t the illusion of life; it is life!”?-Chuck Jones I cannot really put into words how I feel about Chuck Jones and his artistry… ?All I know is that when I saw some of his sketches at the Smithsonian Museum... Read more...
Mini Tribute Paul Petersen
Born September 23, 1945 Child Actor Paul Petersen Child star Paul Petersen started his acting career at age 10 as a Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club.?His most notable film roles include playing Cary Grant’s son David in Houseboat (1958) and, much later (at age 22), playing Fred MacMurray’s... Read more...
5 Fascinating Facts About Sophia Loren
5 Fascinating Facts About Sophia Loren
From a childhood marked by poverty and war to becoming one of the world’s most glamorous and celebrated movie stars, Sophia Loren’s life has been quite a journey.
Born in Rome on September 20, 1934, and raised in Pozzuoli near Naples, Loren we......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
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Classic Movie Events
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Charlie Chaplin Statue in London, England?
A statue of Charlie Chaplin, created by John Doubleday, stands in Leicester Square, London. It was ... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 1995, The Philadelphia Story starring the legendary Cary Grant, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 55 years after its initial release (1940).see more National Film Registry inductees...
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