Silver Screen Standards: The Devil Doll (1936)
There?s
nothing standard about the wild plot of the 1936 horror film, The Devil Doll,
with its miniaturized zombie killers, mad scientists, use of drag as part of an
elaborate scheme for revenge, and extensive special effects work showcasing its
titu......
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Top 1990’s Movies (see all)
Fan Top Comedy Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Adam's Rib (1949)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
Fan Top Religious Movies (see all)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Going My Way (1944)
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
- Quo Vadis (1951)
- Lilies of the Field (1963)
- A Man for All Seasons (1966)
- The Sign of the Cross (1932)
- Barabbas (1961)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Priscilla Lane
Jun 12, 1915
William Lundigan
Jun 12, 1914
William Austin
Jun 12, 1884
Evelyn Varden
Jun 12, 1893
Silver Screen Standards
Western RoundUp
California Gold Country Western Locations
From Iverson
Ranch to Lone
Pine,
Moab
to Kanab,
Corriganville
to Pioneertown,
I love visiting Western movie locations!
This spring a road trip took us to California?s ?Gold
Country.?
St. James, Sonora
We spent a day in the little towns of ......
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Silents Are Golden
Georges M?li?s Amongst The Stars
Mankind dreamed of going to the moon and
flying through the stars long before the actual rocket ships were invented. And
at the turn of the 20th century, these dreams had a distinct tinge of Victorian
whimsy. Poetry, fantasy stories, and the popular stage traditio......
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Noir Nook
Stranger than Fiction ? Part 2(Leon Ames and Ruth Roman)
?Truth is stranger than fiction,? Mark Twain once informed
us, ?but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth
isn?t.?
This month?s Noir Nook serves up the next installment in my series
that looks at ?strange......
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Monsters and Matinees
The ?national day? trend of recent years can be fun. National Doughnut Day (June 5) is something I celebrate every day, but I do take advantage of doughnut specials offered for this day. National Go Barefoot Day (June 1) is a big no for me (I always wear my socks), but you can go ahead and take off ......
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Silver Screen Standards
Courage and Cowardice in High Noon (1952)
They say
good help is hard to find, but Gary Cooper?s frontier marshal in High Noon
(1952) experiences a life and death example of how difficult it is to get
people to show up for you, even when it?s in their own best interest to do so.
The iconic Western......
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Western RoundUp
Final Resting Places
It?s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western
filmmakers through sharing visits to their final resting places.
This is one of the ways I reflect on what each person?s work
has contributed to the Western genre, giving all of us many happy hours of
entertainment.
......
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Legend Tribute: Basil Rathbone
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Basil Rathbone, born today, June 13 in 1892! Although the ever versatile South African born English actor portrayed variety of roles, his cad-like nature was always his character’s biggest appeal. ….. Basil Rathbone as the eccentic detective, Sherlock... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mary Wickes
Born June 13, 1910 Character Actress Mary Wickes! Character Actress Mary Wickes appeared in over 130 roles, playing lots of busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns. Some of my favorite Mary Wickes roles? Well there’s lots, but for a start: Nurse Pickford in Now Voyager, Nurse Preen in The Man... 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: Adventure Films (see full chart)
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Maltese Falcon House in San Francisco, CA?
Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, lived at 891 Post Street (supposedly Apt #401) -- wh... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Docks of New York, starring the legendary George Bancroft, was released in 1928. In 1999, 71 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
Bebe Daniels's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1929. So were Marion Davies, Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford... see more