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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

  5 Things You May Not Know about Bela Lugosi Like today is his birthday. Happy 135th Birthday to the legend Bela Lugosi! ..… 1) He was born to play Dracula For real tho… Bela Lugosi was born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko in former Austria-Hungarian Empire. His hometown of Lugos was only abou read more

Learning To Love Those Title Cards So there you are, a wide-eyed silent film newbie, getting ready to pop in a pre-1927 film for the very first time. With your popcorn and beverage at the ready, you settle into the couch and the film begins. There’s the black and white footage (or maybe it’s tinted read more

Discoveries Galore “Down Under”  During the 1960’s there were a number of major film vault fires that destroyed the only known prints or negatives of silent and early sound films.  The worst of these was on May 13, 1967 at MGM’s Culver City studio Vault #7.  Nitrate film was ignited read more

Little-Known Gems: Wicked Woman (1953) Even classic film lovers who aren’t film noir aficionados have heard of such classics as Double Indemnity, Laura, and Out of the Past, am I right? But what of those low-budget Bs that no one ever talks about? The ones that rarely show up on the Late, Late Show? read more

“Police work is not all glamour and excitement and glory. There are days and days of routine, of tedious probing, of tireless searching.” Rarely have a director and cinematographer worked as succinctly as Anthony Mann and John Alton. During the late 1940s, they collaborated on a series o read more

Celebrating Classic Horror All-Month Long with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 5 Iconic 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 Kino Classic Horror Classics via read more

“You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era” Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era” Giveaway Contest! read more

“Sweet Marijuana” and Murder at the Vanities: The Opium Advisory Committee vs. The Department of State vs. the Production Code Administration (PCA) vs. Paramount A rather aimless musical spiked with one murder investigation, two dead bodies, and plenty of cheeky asides, Murder at the Van read more

“You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era” Book Giveaway via Twitter Time for our next book giveaway! This time, CMH will be giving away FIVE COPIES of “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era” by Ja read more

Win Tickets to see “Casablanca” on the Big Screen! In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sunday, November 12 & Wednesday, November 15! “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” CMH is thrilled to announce the 13th of our 14 movie ticket giveaways this read more

Celebrating Classic Horror this Halloween with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 5 Classic Titles Just in time for Halloween! This month we celebrate Classic Horror courtesy of our friends at Kino Lorber! We are happy to say that we have EIGHT Classic heart-pounding titles on read more

 Mel and Anne, Hollywood’s best matched opposites… Was one of entertainment’s oddest couples – the dramatic actress Anne Bancroft and the wacky comic genius Mel Brooks – all that much a mismatch? That’s a question I pondered at times when I explored her career for my new biography Anne read more