Veda?s Villainy ? Mildred?s Fault?
One of my many favorite
podcasts is Front Row Classics ? the host, Brandon Davis, covers a wide
variety of classic films, with a spate of first-rate guests, and in such
interesting ways. An episode I heard recently centered on villains in classic
films, and one ......
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Top 1970’s Movies (see all)
- Family Plot (1976)
- Night Moves (1975)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- A Little Romance (1979)
Fan Top Fantasy Movies (see all)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
- Dracula (1931)
- Harvey (1950)
- Topper (1937)
Fan Top Justice Movies (see all)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- True Grit (1969)
- Dodge City (1939)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
- The Naked Spur (1953)
- The Westerner (1940)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Barbara Hale
Apr 18, 1922
Wendy Barrie
Apr 18, 1912
Hayley Mills
Apr 18, 1946
James Rennie
Apr 18, 1890
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: James Shigeta
James Shigeta
James
Saburo Shigeta was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on June 17, 1929, to Satoko
Tamura Shigeta and Howard Koichi Shigeta. His father was a contractor who
immigrated from Japan.
Shigeta
was a third-generation Japanese American, g......
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Silver Screen Standards
Love and Language in Ball of Fire (1941)
With a
title like Ball of Fire, you expect real fireworks, and this 1941
screwball comedy delivers them with spectacular energy and skill. There?s so
much to love about the film that it?s hard to know where to start, much less
how to boil it down to a sing......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen was born Vera-Ellen Rohe on February 16, 1921, in
Norwood, Ohio, to Alma Westemeier and Martin Rohe. Her father worked as a piano
tuner. Both parents were of German descent.
Her mother wished to one day have a girl named Vera-Ellen,
i......
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Western Roundup
Cowboy Museums
Over the last few months two prominent Southern California
museums have featured exhibits on cowboys.
To varying degrees, the exhibits included memorabilia about
Western movies and movie cowboys. In
this month?s column I?ll be sharing photos from my visits.
In Decem......
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Silents are Golden
Buster Keaton?s Motion Picture Debut: The First Five Films
From our 21st century perspective, Buster
Keaton?s upbringing was certainly unusual. Born to parents who made a modest
living performing in travelling medicine shows, he became a performer himself
at a very young age. Arguably a child......
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Noir Nook
Noir Nook: Ripped from the HeadlinesShadow of a Doubt (1943)
If you know your Alfred Hitchcock, you might be aware that
of all the movies he directed between 1925 and 1976, he considered his favorite
to be Shadow of a Doubt (1943), starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten.
What you might not ......
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Legend Tribute: William Holden
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, William Holden, born on April 17th, 1918! William Holden, the Golden Boy I?ll be honest with you, (hopefully) loyal reader, it took me a while to ‘get’ William Holden. My first experience with Holden was in Billy Wilder?s Sabrina, and I found myself... Read more...
Mini Tribute Hans Conried
Born April 15, 1917 Character Actor Hans Conried! Character Actor Hans Conried appeared in over 200 film and television roles — including Disney’s Peter Pan (as Captain Hook) and My Friend Irma (as Professor Kropotkin). He also most famously played Danny Thomas’ Uncle Tonoose on TV’s... Read more...
Ahead of its time, John Carpenters ‘The Thing’ honored by the National Film Registry
At an isolated Antarctic research station, scientists battle
a deadly alien with such extraordinary shape-shifting capabilities that the men
don?t know if the person next to them is still human. The truth is only revealed
when the alien is threatened and violently abandons its current inhabitant.
......Read more
Tracking Vera Miles – Exclusive Guest Post by Christopher McKittrick, author of Vera Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away
I’m very happy to share this exclusive guest post by Christopher McKittrick, author of Very Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away. A Big Thank You to Christopher for this article! –Annmarie at Classic Movie Hub
Tracking Vera Miles:Clarifying a Golden Age Hollywood Star?s ......Read more
It Came From Texas Film Festival: Classic Films and True Tales
So excited to announceThe Third Annual It Came From Texas Film Festival ...Read more
Fan Favorites: Animals Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Stan Laurel Statue in Bishop Auckland, England?
A Stan Laurel Statue stands on the site of the Eden Theater (which Stan's father refurbished/managed... .. read more
National Film Registry
America, America, starring the legendary Stathis Giallelis, was released in 1963. In 2001, 38 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
Jack Benny's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1941. So were Carmen Miranda, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Rudy Vall?e... see more