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Well, this will be an Entertaining Holiday Season for Classic Movie Lovers!!! Classic Movie Hub is very happy to announce our next Classic Movie Contest Giveaway!  Thanks to Kino Lorber, we have lots of fun DVDs and Blu-Rays to giveaway this holiday season!!! We’ll kick off our contest tomorrow read more

Sherlock Found - The Rediscovery and Restoration of a Piece of Film History The year is 1916. The Chicago-based Essanay Film Manufacturing Company is, arguably, at the height of its powers. Just the year before, they had counted Charlie Chaplin among their stars, and now George K. Spoor is looking read more

“A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan” AND “Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress” Book Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task for FACEBOOK and Blog Contest Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Walter Brennan and Marilyn Monroe Book Giveaway. That said, we’ll read more

“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook & Blog Contest Okay, now for the Facebook/Blog version of our contest! CMH will be giving away TWO copies of Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American read more

“The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy” Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook and Blog Book Giveaway Contest Here we go…this is our Facebook/Blog version of the contest!  We will be giving away TWO copies of The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy by Matthew read more

  5 Things You May Not Know About Norma Shearer Norma Shearer ….. 1.) She was hatched from the icy north That’s totally a polar bear she is laying on Despite one of classic Hollywood’s greatest stars, Shearer was born nowhere near the Hollywood. In fact, she wasn’t even born read more

“The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy” Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Book Giveaway Contest I am happy to say that CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy by Matthew Dessem, via TWITTER this month, courtesy of read more

“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest Time for our next contest! I am happy to say that CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV read more

“A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan” AND “Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress” Book Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest And now for our next contest! I am thrilled to say that CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of A Real American Character: The read more

“I never drink…wine” Bela Lugosi as Dracula, need I say more? I’d venture to guess that many classic movie fans have fond (or not so fond) memories of being scared out-of-their-wits when they were kids as they watched Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy — or any one of tho read more

Val Lewton His Brand of Fear In the magical world of movie making, it’s the director that usually gets all the creative glory. Heck, there’s even a popular notion in film criticism called the auteur theory that rests on that very idea. And while, yes, the director is often the most important creati read more

Cleo from 5 to 7 Real time with Agnes Varda Agnes Varda All this month Turner Classic Movies has been shining a spotlight on the trailblazing women of the global film industry. And while Classic Movie Hub is in the habit of concentrating on the top Hollywood glam of the classic era, I would like to read more

 ”A train and a room, and a car and a room, and a room and a room…”  A Hard Day’s Night has been touted by fans and critics alike as one of the most influential musical films of all time and a precursor to the modern music video. A huge financial and critical success, it insp read more

Billie Burke: The Good Witch For Cats In common folklore and throughout history, witches and animals have been inextricably linked. Particularly ubiquitous are the images of a cackling hag stirring a brew with a black cat at her feet or a raven crowing at her window. For this reason, women who keep read more

Francis Farmer… A Turbulent Journey When I relayed the complicated tale of Frances Farmer’s life to a friend of mine, his response was, “Now, that would make an interesting movie.” I immediately pointed him to the 1982 film, Frances, starring Jessica Lange. While I possess a deep love for read more

Just for Fun: When Comic Legends Gather, it makes for some awesome pictures… I can’t help but marvel at the comedic talent (understatement) that emerged during the Silent Era — Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd…  It’s really mind-boggling… That said, ho read more

 Born October 3, 1896 (or 1898?) Director Leo McCarey! In a 41 year film career that spanned 1921-1962, Leo McCarey directed over 100 films, most famously Duck Soup, The Awful Truth, Love Affair, Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s, and An Affair To Remember. Not only a director however, read more

55 years ago today, on October 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show debuted on CBS! In celebration of this wonderful Classic TV Anniversary, CMH is happy to welcome a very special Guest Blogger today — Daniel de Visé — Don Knott’s brother-in-law and author of the new book, Andy and read more

Dover “Classic Movie Book Giveaway” Film-Star Portraits of the Fifties and A Treasure of Great Recipes (aka Vincent Price Cookbook! Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook/Blog Contest Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Dover Classic Movie Book giveaway contest! This time read more

  TCM Star of the Month for October David Niven Gregarious and quick witted, posh and debonair, David Niven remains one of the United Kingdom’s best exports and is Turner Classic Movie’s Star of the Month. David Niven the Gentleman Drifting into tinsel town at the of age 25, the British actor read more