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Born November 24, in 1912, Director/Writer Garson Kanin Garson Kanin started his show biz career as a musician, comedian and stage actor, making his Broadway debut in 1933 in the drama Little Ol’Boy. He became assistant to Broadway director George Abbot, and in a few short years, Kanin was wr read more

The History and Use of Publicity Stills In the early decades of the Twentieth Century before the invention of television and the internet, the Hollywood motion picture industry sold itself and its products to the general public through the use of still photographs distributed to magazines and newspa read more

The Politics of Yankee Doodle Dandy The notion for a biographical film about legendary show business powerhouse George M. Cohan had been kicking around Hollywood since the late 1930s. The father of American musical comedy claimed to be born on July 4, 1878 and began treading the boards at age eight read more

Paving The Way For The Movies — A Nod To Victorian Film Pioneers When you study the origins of film, it almost seems to have begun by magic. For centuries there was painting and sculpture. By the 19th century there was also photography. And near the start of the 20th century, suddenly, there w read more

Celebrating Noirvember All-Month Long with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classics Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Kino Lorber Classic Horror Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away two Film Noir Classics via Facebook and this blog, read more

  Finding Early Technicolor Films Most film buffs know how unstable nitrate film is, and how over 90% of black and white motion pictures made before 1930 have decomposed and no longer survive.  The survival rate of films made in the early 2-color Technicolor process is even lower. The superb and awa read more

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story DVD Giveaway #2 Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “Harold and Lillian” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the DVD via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of Kino Lorber. And, remember, we’re read more

Noir Nook:  Two Fab Film Noirs In last month’s column, I offered up the first in a series of columns on low-budget, B-level films noir that nobody ever talks about. This time around, I’m taking a look at films that are not quite in the “I’ve-never-even-heard-of-this-movie” category, but they read more

10 Classic Film Noir-Horror Crossovers Horror and film noir have always been kindred spirits. The bleakest of movie genres, they’ve spent decades exploring the dirty crevices of humanity and projecting their findings on the big screen. They have their cosmetic differences of course, with noir fixati read more

“Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our of “Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University read more

Celebrating Noirvember with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles This month we celebrate Noirvember courtesy of our friends at Kino Lorber! We are happy to say that we have EIGHT classic noir DVD or Blu-Rays to giveaway on Twitter this month, winners’ choice of read more

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story DVD Giveaway “Passionate and Beguiling” -Owen Gleiberman, Variety We are happy to announce another fun giveaway this month, courtesy of Kino Lorber. This time, we’ll be giving away FOUR copies of the delightful documentary Harold and Lilli read more

Skin and Savagery in The Sign of the Cross: 7 Vicious Pre-Code Moments An epic tale of decadence, morality and religious persecution adorned with lust, violence, love, and everything in between, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross (1932) remains one of the most audacious pictures of the p read more

Win Tickets to see “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” on the Big Screen! In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sunday, December 10 & Wednesday, December 13! “The only thing that matters is what they feel, and how much they feel, for each other. And if it’s half of what we felt- that’s read more

“Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” Book Giveaway via Twitter Time for our next book giveaway! This time, CMH is happy to say that we will be giving away FIVE COPIES of “Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film” by Alan K. Rode, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky, from Oct 30 through Dec read more

“Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart” We have TEN Copies to Give Away! The remarkable story of two Hollywood legends who, though different in many ways, maintained a close friendship that endured through all of life’s twists and turns…  We’ve read more

You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet Interviews with Classic Horror Stars If you’re an actor best known for playing monsters, madmen or maniacal killers, how do you cope with a career image that’s so mired in the dark side of life? Well, it’s interesting how many different solutions to that read more

Classic Movie Travels: Spencer Tracy and Milwaukee Wisconsin “The kids keep telling me I should try this new ‘Method Acting’ but I’m too old, I’m too tired, and I’m too talented to care.” –Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy are one of th read more

  German Expressionism 101 Part One In case you haven’t noticed, Classic Movie Hub is having a giveaway contest this month. Thanks to our long-standing partnership with Kino Lorber, we are giving away eight horror-esque movies every Sunday throughout October. Three of those of titles, The Cabin read more

A Special Halloween Treat for CMH Fans! The Universal Classic Monsters Collection DVD Giveaway! We’re so excited to be running a VERY SPECIAL giveaway this week, just in time to celebrate  Halloween… so prepare to be scared… This week only, we’re giving away TWO COPIES of the read more