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Win tickets to see “King Kong” on the Big Screen!In Select Cinemas NationwideSun March 15 CMH continues into our 5h year of our partnership with Fathom Events – with the 4th of our 15 movie ticket giveaways for 2020, courtesy of Fathom Events! That said, we’ll be giving away FOU read more

One of the things I especially enjoy about Westerns is discovering lesser-known yet very entertaining movies. There are a great many such films out there for the finding, ranging from “darn good Westerns” — straightforward, solidly made entertainment — to unsung treasures whi read more

Silents are Golden: The Iconic Careers of Lillian and Dorothy Gish “I remember one day in the early summer going through the gloomy old hall of the Biograph Studio when suddenly all gloom seemed to disappear. This change in atmosphere was caused by the presence of two young girls sitting side by read more

Win tickets to see “The Color Purple” on the Big Screen!In Select Cinemas NationwideSun Feb 23 CMH continues into our 5h year of our partnership with Fathom Events – with the 3rd of our 15 movie ticket giveaways for 2020, courtesy of Fathom Events! That said, we’ll be giving away FOUR read more

Noir Nook: Peggy Cummins – Her Path to Film Noir As we begin another noir year, I thought this would be a perfect time to take a look at one of my favorite noir femmes, Peggy Cummins, and the path that she traveled to reach the realm of film noir. A diminutive blonde with emerald-green eyes, read more

Silver Screen Standards: The Court Jester (1955) I turn to colorful, upbeat musicals whenever I feel sick or depressed, especially in the winter, when I most need a bright escape from dark, dreary days stuck indoors. Recently I found myself revisiting one of my very favorite examples of the genre read more

Have you ever felt a weird sensation on your leg and reached down to bat it away? Or thought you saw something on the floor and jerked your leg thinking it was a spider – or worse? Me too. A lot. As much as I am fascinated by movies with oversized bugs, I also am intrigued by the opposite – read more

Barbara Rush with Rock Hudson and Jeffrey Hunter It’s no secret that I’m in love with Barbara Rush, star of stage, screen, and television. She appeared in some of my favorite movies and added immeasurably to every one of them. And her co-stars were equally legendary. The Young Philadelphians read more

Classic Movie Travels: Nell O’Day Nell O’Day While the Golden Age of Hollywood has stars that are iconic to this day, some are more underrated. After viewing the restoration of King of Jazz (1930), many up-and-coming performers–some of whom were already established vaudev read more

Cooking with the Stars: Loretta Young’s Chicken Curry Loretta Young It’s a new year, which means it’s time for more stars and more delectable recipes! I feel like Loretta Young has been on my ever-growing list of stars that I’ve wanted to cover for ages, but this month seemed read more

Win tickets to see “Love Story” on the Big Screen!In Select Cinemas NationwideSun Feb 9 and Wed Feb 12 “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” CMH continues into our 5h year of our partnership with Fathom Events – with the 2nd of our 15 movie ticket giveaways for 2020, read more

Classic Movie Hub and Fathom Events Partnership Continues!Year-Long Movie Ticket Giveaways to TCM Big Screen Classics For the fifth consecutive year, Fathom Events and TCM present TCM Big Screen Classics — a year-long series of 15 movie classics shown on the Big Screen, each accompanied by read more

Win tickets to see “An American in Paris” on the big screen!In Select Cinemas NationwideSun Jan 19 and Wed Jan 22 “I got rhythm, I got music…who could ask for anything more” CMH continues into our 5h year of our partnership with Fathom Events – with the 1st of our read more

Noir-Tinged Westerns Around this time last year, in a column titled Christmas in the West, I took a look at a pair of Christmas-themed films starring Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. Alas, there are very few Westerns with a Christmas theme, so this year I’m going to swing in a totally opp read more

Noir Nook: Not So Christmas Noir Lady in the Lake (1947) In watching the opening of Lady in the Lake (1947), if you didn’t know any better, you’d think that you’re about to take in a lightweight Christmas movie along the lines of It’s a Wonderful Life. You hear an earnest-sounding choir read more

Silents are Golden: 6 Important Flappers Of The Silent Screen Earlier this year I wrote a column about how youthful “flapper” trends influenced silent films and vice versa. I briefly went over the notable screen flappers, just so you’d get the gist of who was popular. Well, I’ve decided those read more

Claude Jarman Jr. Child Star of The Yearling Talks about The Yearling, Director Clarence Brown and More CMH is thrilled to say that we’re kicking off a series of exclusive video interviews and articles with Claude Jarman Jr. today. Claude made his feature film debut starring as ‘Jody read more

The Funny Papers: A Christmas Miracle Comes for Trudy Kockenlocker Many a cinephile enjoy debating what films merit the definition for a holiday movie. Ever since Preston Sturges directed The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944), the controversy surrounding the film was less focused on whether read more

This is tough to admit, but sometimes horror and sci-fi B-movies don’t have a particularly scary monster. Sometimes, they are just … bizarre. That’s true in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Until I saw this infamous 1964 B-movie, I equated Martians with that creepy three-fingered hand with read more

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Honor, Duty and Madness – an Unforgettable Film even 62 Years Later… In honor of the anniversary of the US theatrical release of The Bridge on the River Kwai on December 14, 1957, a mere 62 years ago today, I am reprinting an article that I wrote for Sony read more