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 Fantasy Movies (see all)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- Harvey (1950)
- Dracula (1931)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Fan Top Hotels Movies (see all)
- Psycho (1960)
- Grand Hotel (1932)
- The Graduate (1967)
- A Hole in the Head (1959)
- Come September (1961)
- Last Holiday (1950)
- Moon Over Miami (1941)
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
- A Night in Casablanca (1946)
- Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Howard Hawks
May 30, 1896
![Irving Thalberg Irving Thalberg](http://img-assets.classicmoviehub.com/images/thumbs/313.jpg)
Irving Thalberg
May 30, 1899
![Hugh Griffith Hugh Griffith](http://img-assets.classicmoviehub.com/images/thumbs/634.jpg)
Hugh Griffith
May 30, 1912
![Michael J. Pollard Michael J. Pollard](http://img-assets.classicmoviehub.com/images/thumbs/941.jpg)
Michael J. Pollard
May 30, 1939
Western RoundUp
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Silents are Golden
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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: Clint Eastwood
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Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Clint Eastwood, born today, May 31 in 1930! Clint Eastwood as Actor: as “Blondie” in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. “Every gun makes its own tune.” ….. Clint Eastwood as Director: Million Dollar Baby starring Clint Eastwood and Hillary... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mel Blanc
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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
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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
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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’
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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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A bronze bust of James Dean sits just outside the dome of The Griffith Observatory. The Observatory ... .. read more
National Film Registry
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Grauman's Chinese Theater
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Adolph Zukor's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1953. So were Ezio Pinza, Donald O'Connor, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe... see more