High Noon
I’ve seen High Noon (1952) multiple times over the years, including a memorable theatrical screening at the FilmEx festival when I was in my teens. The FilmEx screening, which took place in Century City, California, was part of a 50-hour movie marathon honoring the 50th ......
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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fan Top War Movies (see all)
- The African Queen (1951)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Father Goose (1964)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- The General (1926)
- Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
Fan Top Frontier Movies (see all)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
- The Plainsman (1936)
- Wagon Train (1940)
- Cimarron (1931)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- Allegheny Uprising (1939)
- River of No Return (1954)
- Daniel Boone (1936)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Bob Hope
May 29, 1903
Iris Adrian
May 29, 1912
Clifton James
May 29, 1921
Beatrice Lillie
May 29, 1894
Western RoundUp
Silents are Golden
A Closer Look At: Metropolis (1927)
By the mid-1920s, cinema had reached incredible heights. Lighting and cinematography had evolved into fine art. The camera itself was liberated from the stagnant wooden tripods, made to float along elaborate tracks and swing from ceilings. The screen captur......
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Noir Nook
Spring Trivia – Laraine Day, Van Heflin, Robert Taylor and More
Classic movie
trivia and the budding of spring ? two things that go great together . . . at
least, they do here at the Noir Nook! This month?s Nook celebrates the new
season with some tasty tidbits about six great performers an......
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Silver Screen Standards
Transformative Drag in Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959) is widely celebrated as one of classic Hollywood?s greatest comedies, even though its cross-dressing plot roused conservative ire and caused the movie to be released without Hays Code approval in 1959. Thanks to the brilliant ......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Beverly Bayne
Beverly Gayne
Pearl Beverly Bain was born on November
11, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Augustus and Jessie Bain. When she was
six years old, her family moved briefly to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before
settling in Chicago, Illinois. There, she atte......
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Western RoundUp
Western Film Book Library ? Part 8
It’s
been just about a year since my last column on books on the Western movie
genre, so it’s time for a look at some more interesting books in my collection!
The books featured in this post range from one of the
earliest books in my collection to......
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Silents are Golden
Silent Superstars: The ?It? Girl Clara Bow
Clara Bow, the ‘It’ Girl
When novelist, screenwriter, and supreme
arbiter of taste Elinor Glyn declared in 1927 that Clara Bow had ?It?–her term
for a rare type of magnetism?the public must have heartily agreed. After all,
the beauti......
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Legend Tribute: Bob Hope
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Bob Hope, born today, ? ? ? ? ? May 29 in 1903! As Actor, Bob Hope won FIVE non-competitive Academy Awards: 1941 Honorary Award:?In recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry?(special silver plaque) 1945 Honorary Award:?For his many... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mel Blanc
Born May 30, 1908 Legendary Voice Actor Mel Blanc! Mel Blanc ?appeared? in an amazing 1,025+ shorts and films, and is the voice of some of the most iconic, lovable, and sometimes ‘despicable’ cartoon characters — including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite... Read more...
Robot Monster: Movie Monster Legend 3D Graphic Novel
Returning Robot Monsterto its Comics-Inspired Roots
I’m very happy to share that there is a Kickstarter Campaign to help return sci-fi cult classic, Robot Monster, to its comics-inspired roots, spearheaded by film historian Bob Furmanek of the 3D Film Archive. The campaign is ending in abou......Read more
Noir Noir: Oscar Omission Barbara Stanwyck
Noir Noir: Oscar Omission ? Barbara Stanwyck
It?s about that time
again ? awards season! My favorite time of year. As I write this, I?m in the
midst of my annual quest to see as many Oscar-nominated films and peformances
as possible. (Luckily, with streaming, I?m now able to see all of the entrie......Read more
Revisiting the shades of fear in ‘The Leopard Man’
We?ve
all been there.
There’s a noise behind us.
A rustling of bushes.
Or a movement in a dark street corner.
Is someone there? We casually walk a little faster while telling ourselves it?s just our imagination ? or is it?
Yes,
we?ve all been there (admit it, guys) and that?s wh......Read more
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Did you know that there is a James Stewart Museum in Indiana, PA?The Jimmy Stewart Museum is located in Jimmy's hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania. The Museum highlig... .. read more
National Film Registry
Twelve O'Clock High, starring the legendary Gregory Peck, was released in 1949. In 1998, 49 years later, it was inducted into The National Film Registry. Thank you National Film Registry!see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
George Jessel's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1949. So were Richard Widmark, Jeanne Crain, Jean Hersholt, Anne Baxter... see more