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 1950’s Movies (see all)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- The African Queen (1951)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Funny Face (1957)
Fan Top Silent Films (see all)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Circus (1928)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The General (1926)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The Kid (1921)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Wings (1927)
Fan Top Revolutionary War Movies (see all)
- The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Raymond Burr
May 21, 1917
![Robert Montgomery Robert Montgomery](http://img-assets.classicmoviehub.com/images/thumbs/909.jpg)
Robert Montgomery
May 21, 1904
![Bill Williams Bill Williams](http://img-assets.classicmoviehub.com/images/thumbs/3213.jpg)
Bill Williams
May 21, 1915
![Dandy Nichols Dandy Nichols](http://img-assets.classicmoviehub.com/images/thumbs/3733.jpg)
Dandy Nichols
May 21, 1907
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Silver Screen Standards
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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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It was in February of 1929 that the first president of the Academy, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and his l... .. read more
National Film Registry
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Grauman's Chinese Theater
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Edward Arnold's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1942. So were Joan Fontaine, Greer Garson, Henry Fonda, Rita Hayworth... see more