The ?national day? trend of recent years can be fun. National Doughnut Day (June 5) is something I celebrate every day, but I do take advantage of doughnut specials offered for this day. National Go Barefoot Day (June 1) is a big no for me (I always wear my socks), but you can go ahead and take off ......
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Top 1900’s Movies (see all)
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
- The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
- The Country Doctor (1909)
- A Corner in Wheat (1909)
- Bill Sharkey's Last Game (1909)
- The Red Man's View (1909)
- At the Altar (1909)
- Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
- Romeo and Juliet (1908)
- To Save Her Soul (1909)
Fan Top Film Noir (see all)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
- Notorious (1946)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
Fan Top Revenge Movies (see all)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Dark Passage (1947)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- Act of Violence (1948)
- Indiscreet (1958)
- Hamlet (1948)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Cat Ballou (1965)
- Billy the Kid (1941)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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James Stewart
May 20, 1908
Estelle Taylor
May 20, 1894
Anthony Zerbe
May 20, 1936
Lyda Roberti
May 20, 1906
Monsters and Matinees
Silver Screen Standards
Courage and Cowardice in High Noon (1952)
They say
good help is hard to find, but Gary Cooper?s frontier marshal in High Noon
(1952) experiences a life and death example of how difficult it is to get
people to show up for you, even when it?s in their own best interest to do so.
The iconic Western......
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Western RoundUp
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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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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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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Legend Tribute: Sir Laurence Olivier
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Sir Laurence Olivier, born today, May 22 in 1907! I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul! -Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights ….. She looks tolerable enough but I am in no humor tonight to give consequence to the middle... Read more...
Mini Tribute Barbara Luddy
Born May 25, 1908 Barbara Luddy! Barbara Luddy ‘appeared’ in over 35 roles but is probably best remembered as the voice of Lady in?Walt Disney?s animated classic, Lady and the Tramp. Barbara Luddy as herself and as Lady from Disney?s Lady and the Tramp ….. Annmarie Gatti from Classic... 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: College Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
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
Wuthering Heights, starring the legendary Merle Oberon, was released in 1939. In 2007, 68 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
Gene Tierney's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1946. So were Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Margaret O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart... see more