Thoughts of flying saucers and alien invasions make me nervous.
Though intrigued by the concept enough as a kid to watch movies and read books on the topic, the fact that flying saucers could be real freak me out. (I remember reading War of the Worlds when I was about 10 and pulling the shade dow......
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Top 1910’s Movies (see all)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Broadway Love (1918)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- Blind Husbands (1919)
- Painless Love (1918)
- A Woman (1915)
- Heart and Soul (1917)
- The Rink (1916)
- Caught in the Rain (1914)
- The Bond (1918)
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 Religious Movies (see all)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
- Going My Way (1944)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Lilies of the Field (1963)
- Quo Vadis (1951)
- Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
- A Man for All Seasons (1966)
- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Mikhail Rasumny
May 13, 1890
Robert Middleton
May 13, 1911
Earl Schenck
May 13, 1889
Beatrice Arthur
May 13, 1922
Monsters and Matinees
Silver Screen Standards
Dr. Morbius, Mr. Hyde, and ?Monsters from the Id?
I happened
to watch both the 1941 adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the
1956 science fiction classic, Forbidden Planet, in the last few weeks,
and the thematic overlap between the two movies inspired me to think about the
ways in which cla......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Marcia Mae Jones
Marcia Mae Jones
Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, in Los Angeles,
California, to William and Margaret Freda Jones. She was the youngest of four
children, with siblings Margaret, Macon, and Marvin.
When Jones was two years old, she made he......
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Western RoundUp
Western RoundUp: Apache Rifles (1964)
Over the
last few years I’ve periodically reviewed new-to-me Westerns with one of my
favorite Western stars, Audie Murphy.
Previous Murphy Westerns reviewed in this column are?Destry?(1954),?Seven Ways From Sundown?(1960),?Hell Bent for Leather?(1960......
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Noir Nook
Ten Things You May Not Know About Sunset Blvd
There are numerous noirs that I could among my favorites,
and countless features from the era that I watch over and over again. Sunset
Blvd. (1950) fits both of these descriptors. As one of the film?s reviewers
raved, it?s ?undoubtedly the best Hollyw......
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Monsters and Matinees
One of nature?s most powerful killing machines is loose. Not
only is it the deadliest in its class, but the fastest, too. Beyond its
physical abilities are its lethal personality traits: it is unpredictable, paranoid
and deadly aggressive.
That?s the key to the 1981 British horror thriller Venom ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Silver Screen Standards: Them!
Capitalizing
on nuclear anxiety, Them! (1954) helped to usher in a new era of monster
movies guaranteed to give post-WWII Americans nightmares about the possible
consequences of the Atomic Age. In Japan, this metaphorical threat took the colossal
form of Godzilla, ......
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Legend Tribute: Katharine Hepburn
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legends, Katharine Hepburn, born May 12, 1907! The Great?Katharine Hepburn While growing up, pretty much every teenager looks for an idol – that unobtainable being that serves as both mentor and deity. For some people, it?s an actual deity. For others, it comes... Read more...
Mini Tribute Adriana Caselotti
Born May 16, 1916 Adriana Caselotti! Adriana Caselotti is most famously known as the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney’s 1937 animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Caselotti received the 1994 Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline,... Read more...
Caught in the silly grasp of ‘The Giant Claw’
Monsters, by their very name, are supposed to be monstrous. Perhaps hideous like The Hideous Sun Demon, or beastly like Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. ?Just throw an exclamation point on the title like Them! or Tarantula! so we know something terrible is coming. Just give us a monster – it?s why w......Read more
Meet these obscure werewolves from classic film
A werewolf walks into a bar and ?.
No, that?s not a joke. It?s the opening scene of a 1956
low-budget film with the straightforward and generic title of The Werewolf.
And if you?ve seen other werewolf films, you?ll guess right away that the
disheveled and anxious man who stumbles into a small-to......Read more
Mysteries of Oz Documentary Celebrates 85th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz
Hollywood’s crowning achievement is its greatest enigma
Here’s some exciting news for The Wizard of Oz fans (and who isn’t :))
Coming Soon! Mysteries of Oz: 85 Questions Answered is a new documentary from AMS Pictures that explores the magic, music, and myths surrounding the ......Read more
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Bing Crosby Collection in Spokane, WA?
Gonzaga University's Crosby Student Center houses the Crosbyana Room, where about 200 pieces of the ... .. read more
National Film Registry
Once Upon a Time in the West, directed by the legendary Sergio Leone, was released in 1968. In 2009, 41 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
Yul Brynner's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1956. So were Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, George Stevens... see more