Spring Trivia – Laraine Day, Van Heflin, Robert Taylor and More
Classic movie
trivia and the budding of spring ? two things that go great together . . . at
least, they do here at the Noir Nook! This month?s Nook celebrates the new
season with some tasty tidbits about six great performers an......
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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)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- Fantasia (1940)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Fan Top Busby Berkeley Movies (see all)
- Babes on Broadway (1941)
- Babes in Arms (1939)
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
- The Gang's All Here (1943)
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
- Dames (1934)
- For Me and My Gal (1942)
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
- Hollywood Hotel (1937)
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
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
Noir Nook
Silver Screen Standards
Transformative Drag in Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959) is widely celebrated as one of classic Hollywood?s greatest comedies, even though its cross-dressing plot roused conservative ire and caused the movie to be released without Hays Code approval in 1959. Thanks to the brilliant ......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Beverly Bayne
Beverly Gayne
Pearl Beverly Bain was born on November
11, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Augustus and Jessie Bain. When she was
six years old, her family moved briefly to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before
settling in Chicago, Illinois. There, she atte......
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Western RoundUp
Western Film Book Library ? Part 8
It’s
been just about a year since my last column on books on the Western movie
genre, so it’s time for a look at some more interesting books in my collection!
The books featured in this post range from one of the
earliest books in my collection to......
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Silents are Golden
Silent Superstars: The ?It? Girl Clara Bow
Clara Bow, the ‘It’ Girl
When novelist, screenwriter, and supreme
arbiter of taste Elinor Glyn declared in 1927 that Clara Bow had ?It?–her term
for a rare type of magnetism?the public must have heartily agreed. After all,
the beauti......
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Noir Nook
Five Things I Love About New York Confidential (1955)
I can?t recall
how or when I first came across New York Confidential (1955), but I
clearly remember being sucked into the film from practically the opening scene
and counting it among my noir favorites by the last.
Directed by
Russell Rous......
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Classic Conversations
I am counting the seconds until this Thursday when TCM?s Classic Film Festival begins in Hollywood.??The annual festival is sheer nirvana for classic movie fans. Over the years we’ve gotten to see so many amazing movies and people at the four-day festival. The list of special guests who have r......
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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...
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
Noir Noir: Oscar Omission Barbara Stanwyck
Noir Noir: Oscar Omission ? Barbara Stanwyck
It?s about that time
again ? awards season! My favorite time of year. As I write this, I?m in the
midst of my annual quest to see as many Oscar-nominated films and peformances
as possible. (Luckily, with streaming, I?m now able to see all of the entrie......Read more
Revisiting the shades of fear in ‘The Leopard Man’
We?ve
all been there.
There’s a noise behind us.
A rustling of bushes.
Or a movement in a dark street corner.
Is someone there? We casually walk a little faster while telling ourselves it?s just our imagination ? or is it?
Yes,
we?ve all been there (admit it, guys) and that?s wh......Read more
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Bing Crosby Collection in Spokane, WA?Gonzaga University's Crosby Student Center houses the Crosbyana Room, where about 200 pieces of the ... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 2004, Swing Time starring the legendary Fred Astaire, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 68 years after its initial release (1936).see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Diana Wynyard's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1933. So were Jean Harlow, Jean Harlow, The Marx Brothers... see more