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Don Knotts and the Great Orson Welles… On television and in the movies, comedic actor Don Knotts generally played second banana, deputizing himself — literally or figuratively — to someone else. Off screen, the reality of his theatrical relationships was a bit more complicated. And read more

Francis Ford Coppola Immortalized at Imprint Ceremony… I was thrilled to be able to cover the Francis Ford Coppola Handprint and Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman’s) on April 29th as part of the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival. TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz host read more

 2016 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival The “Pre-Show” On Tuesday, April 27th, at approximately 4:15am (EST) I stepped out of my apartment, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, and stepped into the backseat of an awaiting taxi. Now, I’m sure you’re wondering not only why I would be awake at read more

Opera: Just as Fun as Swing! If you’ve watched enough musicals from the 1930s and 1940s, you’ll find the issue of opera vs. swing popping up quite often. In Judy Garland’s first short film, Every Sunday (1935), MGM paired her with soprano Deanna Durbin in a sort of singing duel. Judy again engaged read more

If you were stranded on a deserted island and could only watch five movies over and over, what would they be??? When Rick from Classic Film and TV Cafe announced the ’5 Movies on an Island’ Blogathon, I was elated. I thought, ‘what a fun idea and how easy it’ll be to particip read more

“I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else” Danny Aiello Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else: My Life on the Street, On the Stage, and in the Movies by actor Danny Aiello Giveaway read more

“I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else” Danny Aiello Book Giveaway via Twitter Let’s try this again!  It seems that there was something wrong with the comment section on the first blog post announcement… It’s time for our next book giveaway. CMH will be giving away FOUR copies read more

  Max Fleischer Universe: Betty Boop’s “Little Pal” (1934, d. Dave Fleischer) I am here to sing the praises of Max Fleischer’s September 1934 animation gem “Betty Boop’s Little Pal”, which introduced the character of Pudgy the Pup. Pudgy, like Betty, wa read more

“I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else” Danny Aiello Book Giveaway via Twitter It’s time for our next book giveaway. CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else: My Life on the Street, On the Stage, and in the Movies by actor Danny Aiello, read more

Day Four: TCM Classic Film Festival GIFs Some more GIFs from the featured films on the last day of TCM’s Classic Film Festival, 2016! Enjoy! The Kid (1921) Horse Feathers (1932) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) The Band Wagon (1953)   Cinema Paradiso (1988) ….. Until N read more

Day Three, Part II: TCM Classic Film Festival GIFs Some more great GIFs from today’s Films Enjoy! Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) The King and I (1956) Band of Outsiders (1964) ….. Others Include: Midnight (1939) The War of the Worlds (1953) Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968 read more

Day Three: TCM Classic Film Festival GIFs Some GIFs from the films being shown at the TCM Classic Film Festival today Enjoy! Intolerance (1916) Bambi (1942) > The Big Sleep (1946) ….. Others Include: The Big Sleep (1946) The Long Goodbye (1973) Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) &# read more

Day Two, Part II: TCM Classic Film Festival GIFs Some more GIFs from the wonderful films being shown today Enjoy! Trapeze (1956) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Batman: The Movie (1966) ….. Other films include: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Tea and Sympathy (1956) Pleasure Cruise read more

Day Two: TCM Classic Film Festival GIFs Day Two… Enjoy! Today’s Films include: The Pride of The Yankees (1942) The More The Merrier (1943) It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) ….. Until Later… – Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub Share this read more

Day One: TCM Classic Film Festival GIFs In honor of the “Moving Pictures” theme for this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, I’m sharing some GIFs from today’s Festival Movies… Enjoy! Today’s Films include: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967 read more

Introducing this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival Social Producers… It’s that time of year again! For the seventh consecutive year, classic movie fans from around the world will descend upon Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. (Thank you TCM!)… In a nutshell, the #TCMFF read more

Win Tickets to see “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” on the Big Screen! in Select Cinemas Nationwide May 15 & May 18! Time for our next movie ticket giveaway contest, the next round of our 12 monthly ticket giveaways this year, courtesy of Fathom Events! That said, this month, we’ll be giving read more

 The Wonderful Words of Robert Riskin “Behold the walls of Jericho! Maybe not as thick as the ones that Joshua blew down with his trumpet, but a lot safer. You see, I have no trumpet.” - Clark Gable in It Happened One Night Recognize that quote? Yes, I would imagine that many of us class read more

Max Fleischer Universe: Betty Boop I fell in love with Betty Boop upon first seeing her cartoons at Yale, when I was a director of the Yale Film Society from 1971-74. Betty Boop in Mysterious Mose (1930) I started a splinter horror film society at Yale in late ’71 entitled “Things That G read more

 “Classic Movies and More” YouTube Show: Episode 4 We are very pleased to share our next “Classic Movies and More” episode today — a brief interview with Fort Lee Film Commission’s Tom Meyers about the birth of motion pictures in Fort Lee NJ… ….. And for more information read more