Her lips are as red as a rose, her skin as white as snow and
though we can?t see her hair, the dark wimple wrapped around her head and
throat is as black as ebony.
In the 90 years since she was introduced in Walt Disney?s 1937 animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, she has remained an ......
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Top 1920’s Movies (see all)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- The Circus (1928)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The General (1926)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The Kid (1921)
- Wings (1927)
- Sunrise (1927)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Fan Top Sports Movies (see all)
- Woman of the Year (1942)
- Golden Boy (1939)
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
- Damn Yankees (1958)
- National Velvet (1944)
- Pat and Mike (1952)
- The Set-Up (1949)
- A Day at the Races (1937)
- Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Fan Top Prison Movies (see all)
- Brute Force (1947)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
- Johnny Apollo (1940)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933)
- San Quentin (1937)
- Caged (1950)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940)
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Dorothy Gish
Mar 11, 1898
Al Ernest Garcia
Mar 11, 1887
Esther Muir
Mar 11, 1903
Timothy Carey
Mar 11, 1929
Monsters and Matinees
Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
Francis Phillip Wuppermann was born on June 1, 1890, in New
York, New York, to Josephine Wright and George Diogracia Wuppermann. His father
was born in Venezuela and of Spanish and German descent, while his mother was
born in the United States a......
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Western RoundUp
More Western Filmmakers Final Resting Places
This
month it’s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western filmmakers as we
visit their final resting places throughout the Los Angeles area.
During
my visits to these sites over the years I’ve spent time reflecting on the
enjoy......
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Silents are Golden
A Closer Look At: True Heart Susie (1919)
True Heart Susie and her beloved pet cow
Some of the best films of the silent era
weren?t necessarily grand epics, experimental dramas, or high-budget
adventures. Some were simple, quiet stories, focusing on just a few
carefully-sketched characters. On......
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Noir Nook
75th Anniversary Noir ? 2025 Edition
If it?s
February at the Noir Nook, it?s time to take a look at the 75th anniversary
release of some of my favorite noirs. And 1950 served up a veritable
smorgasbord of first-rate shadowy features! I always single out four films each
year on which to shine the ......
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Silver Screen Standards
The Major and the Minor (1942)
I?m not sure you could make a picture like The
Major and the Minor (1942) today, and given the Lolita undertones of
the story that might be a good thing, although writer and director Billy Wilder
couldn?t have predicted the arrival of Nabokov?s controversial novel m......
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Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda was born on June 17, 1895, in Lafayette,
Indiana. She was the daughter of Joseph Fazenda and Nelda Schilling Fazenda.
Louise was born in the ground floor northwest room of her maternal
grandparents? house on North Salisbury St......
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Legend Tribute: Jerry Lewis
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Jerry Lewis, born March 16, 1926! Jerry Lewis: Comedian, Actor, Singer, Producer, Director, Screenwriter — and if that’s not enough — the National Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (1950-2011) and a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (for... Read more...
Mini Tribute Henry Hathaway at Work
Born March 13, 1898 Director Henry Hathaway! Henry Hathaway learned his directorial craft during the Silent Era working as an assistant to notable directors including Victor Fleming, Josef von Sternberg and Fred Niblo. He made his credited directorial debut in 1932 with Heritage of the Desert, starring... 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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Did you know that there is a Jimmy Stewart Statue in Indiana, PA?
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National Film Registry
The Tell-Tale Heart, directed by the legendary , was released in 1953. In 2001, 48 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
Ginger Rogers's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1939. So were Judy Garland, Jane Withers... see more