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Book Giveaway: “The Sound of Music Story” by Tom Santopietro  — Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest As part of our 6-week The Sound of Music Story book giveaway, CMH will be giving away EIGHT copies of the book via TWITTER, courtesy of St. Martin’s Press… What a wonderful way read more

Francis X. Bushman Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Time for our next Classic Movie Book Giveaway, courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This week, we’ll be giving away a copy of  King of the Movies: Francis X. Bushman — the third of our four Classic Book Giveaways read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Three ….. Sunday February 15th: The Bridge Over River Kwai at 8:00pm EST William Holden in Bridge On the River Kwai (1957, David Lean director) Ok, so I will admit I have never this one. So, how abut you all tune in, and we’l read more

“The Sound of Music Story” – Book Giveaway! Starts Monday February 16 and Runs Through March 31 I am happy to announce that The Sound of Music Story will be available in stores on Tuesday, February 17 — just in time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Sound of Music film release. read more

“The Sound of Music Story” Exclusive Interview with author Tom Santopietro Would it sound too corny if I said that The Sound of Music was one of ‘my favorite things‘??? Hopefully, not! But, if I must justify that statement, I will say that, ever since I was a very little kid, I have read more

31 Days of Oscar Blogathon Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candiate In 2013, the Academy Awards corrected what was, in my humble opinion, one of its biggest mistakes. No, it did not reverse its 1942 Best Picture decision and give it to Citizen Kane (no offense to How Green Was My Valley lovers). read more

Errol Flynn and his Trusty Sidekick Alan Hale Little John, Rusty, Tex… Yes, we all know that Alan Hale played sidekick to our hero Errol Flynn in ‘lots’ of films, but how movies did they really make together??? Errol Flynn and Alan Hale in Dodge City Errol Flynn and Alan Hale starr read more

“The Prints of Classic Hollywood” Book Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. This week we’ll be giving away a copy of “The Prints of Classic Hollywood“ as part of our February Classic Movie Book Giveaway courtesy of Bear Manor Media! This is the second o read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Two ….. Sunday February 8th: Gaslight at Midnight EST Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Joseph Cotten in Gaslight (1944, George Cukor director) This is one of those movies where you are in the theater (or on the laptop) thinking: read more

  Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress Ah, the wonderful Olivia de Havilland.  The sweet and lovely ingenue who starred opposite Errol Flynn in eight fabulous adventure films… and of course, the actress who played the ever-so-sweet Melanie Hamilton (much to the chagrin of Scarlett) in Gone read more

Harold Lloyd Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for our First Facebook Contest this Month. Time for the first of our two fabulous Classic Movie Book Giveaways this month on Facebook, courtesy of Bear Manor Media!  To kick things off, we’ll be giving away a copy of  Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of read more

Clark Gable and John Ford share a birthday and a film: Clark Gable starred in Mogambo which was directed by John Ford. Both Gable and Ford were born February 1, seven years apart! Clark Gable and John Ford on the set of Mogambo Clark Gable was born William Clark Gable on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, read more

Harold Lloyd Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Time for our fabulous February Classic Movie Book Giveaway, courtesy of Bear Manor Media! To kick things off, we’ll be giving away a copy of  Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses this week — the first read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week One ‘Tis the season to be jolly.  No, I am not talking about the Holidays… I’m talking about every movie lover’s favorite time of the year: Awards Season. Yes, the time of year when Hollywood’s most ambitious and read more

February is yet another exciting “Classic Movie Book Month” here on Classic Movie Hub! For many of us, it’s cold outside! So, why not ‘warm up’ a little by sitting back, relaxing and reading a wonderful classic movie book! And, of course that wouldn’t be such a ba read more

Lawrence of Arabia: Part two – The Destruction of Myth Hello dear readers and thank you for coming back to my Lawrence of Arabia blog posts. Last November, as part of the British Empire Blogathon, I wrote Part One of this two-part series. If you did not get a chance to read it and feel the need to read more

Cary Grant “Houseboat” DVD Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Okay, this is it – our forth and final Cary Grant DVD Giveaway on Twitter this month! This week CMH is giving away a copy of the romantic comedy, “Houseboat,” starring Cary and the beautiful Cinzia, oops read more

  Chariot Races and Copyright Infringement: A Tale of Ben Hur In 1907, the state of the American film industry was rather poor and was still, largely, in its infancy. D.W. Griffith had just joined the industry as an actor, but he wouldn’t make his directorial debut until 1908. The Essanay compa read more

Cary Grant “Notorious” DVD Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Okay, we’re ready for our next Cary Grant DVD Giveaway on Twitter this month, as part of our month-long Cary Grant Birthday Celebration!  This week CMH is giving away a copy of yet another fabulous Hitchcock read more

  5 Things You May Not Know About Cary Grant Like that today is his birthday. Happy 111th Birthday to the legend Cary Grant. ….. 1) He wasn’t actually Cary Grant… Cary Grant or Archibald Leach? You decide. Cary Grant. The name just rolls off the tongue. It sounds almost as smooth read more