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 1980’s Movies (see all)
- Caddyshack (1980)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Xanadu (1980)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Nine to Five (1980)
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
- Superman II (1980)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
Fan Top Animation Movies (see all)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Bambi (1942)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Cinderella (1950)
- Dumbo (1941)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- Fantasia (1940)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Fan Top Fashion Movies (see all)
- Roberta (1935)
- Designing Woman (1957)
- A New Kind of Love (1963)
- Darling (1965)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Augusta Ciolli
May 19, 1901
Bruce Bennett
May 19, 1906
Anthony Bushell
May 19, 1904
James MacDonald
May 19, 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: Ghosts Films (see full chart)
Classic Movie Events
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is an Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, NC?
The Andy Griffith Museum houses a treasure trove of Andy Griffith memorabilia including actual props... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 1989, Vertigo starring the legendary James Stewart, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 31 years after its initial release (1958).see more National Film Registry inductees...
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