Final Resting Places
It?s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western
filmmakers through sharing visits to their final resting places.
This is one of the ways I reflect on what each person?s work
has contributed to the Western genre, giving all of us many happy hours of
entertainment.
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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fan Top Western Movies (see all)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- The Harvey Girls (1946)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Big Country (1958)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
Fan Top Brothers Movies (see all)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Beau Geste (1939)
- East of Eden (1955)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- In Old Chicago (1937)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
- All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Bing Crosby
May 3, 1903
Mary Astor
May 3, 1906
Beulah Bondi
May 3, 1888
Virginia Vincent
May 3, 1924
Western RoundUp
Silents are Golden
A Closer Look At The Wind (1928)
Lillian Gish, The Wind
In 1927, cinema was famously experiencing a
time of transition from the silent to talkies, kickstarted by the popularity of
Al Jolson?s The Jazz Singer (1927). Directors and stars would soon be
faced with a decision, whether deliberate or......
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Monsters and Matinees
Oh, the horrors of 1950s B-movies. And I?m not talking scary good, but scary bad.
So many of the creative ideas for monsters were never realized because of low budgets and ridiculously short shooting schedules. Viewers accept that the creatures in these films might look cheap and even laughable, ......
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Read Toni’s article
Noir Nook
Veda?s Villainy ? Mildred?s Fault?
One of my many favorite
podcasts is Front Row Classics ? the host, Brandon Davis, covers a wide
variety of classic films, with a spate of first-rate guests, and in such
interesting ways. An episode I heard recently centered on villains in classic
films, and one ......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: James Shigeta
James Shigeta
James
Saburo Shigeta was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on June 17, 1929, to Satoko
Tamura Shigeta and Howard Koichi Shigeta. His father was a contractor who
immigrated from Japan.
Shigeta
was a third-generation Japanese American, g......
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Silver Screen Standards
Love and Language in Ball of Fire (1941)
With a
title like Ball of Fire, you expect real fireworks, and this 1941
screwball comedy delivers them with spectacular energy and skill. There?s so
much to love about the film that it?s hard to know where to start, much less
how to boil it down to a sing......
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Read Jennifer’s article
Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen was born Vera-Ellen Rohe on February 16, 1921, in
Norwood, Ohio, to Alma Westemeier and Martin Rohe. Her father worked as a piano
tuner. Both parents were of German descent.
Her mother wished to one day have a girl named Vera-Ellen,
i......
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Read Annette’s article
Legend Tribute: Mary Astor
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Mary Astor, born May 3rd, 1906. The?Lovely?Mary Astor Sometime between the Golden Age of Hollywood and the Modern era, a lot has changed. Take for instance the media?s treatment of, and the populace relationship with Celebrity. You see, back in the day, Celebrity... Read more...
Mini Tribute Ann B. Davis
Born May 3, 1926 Character Actress and TV Star Ann B. Davis! Ann B. Davis appeared in over 25 movie and TV roles, including Lover Come Back and All Hands on Deck — but she is most famously known as the lovable housekeeper, Alice, on TV’s The Brady Bunch! Ann B. Davis, then and now …..... 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
Fan Favorites: Pirate Films (see full chart)
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Did you know that there is a Jack Benny Home (1910) in Waukegan, IL?
Designate a city landmark in 2006, the house at 518 Clayton Street in Waukegan, IL is where Jack Ben... .. read more
National Film Registry
It, directed by the legendary Clarence G. Badger
Josef von Sternberg (uncredited) , was released in 1927. In 2001, 74 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
Hayley Mills's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1964. So were Dean Martin, Peter Sellers... see more