The War Wagon (1967)
John Wayne has always been one of my favorite actors, as
reflected in past columns such as John
Wayne Favorites.
Still, there are a number of Wayne films I?ve never seen,
particularly from among his later films.
One of those titles was The War Wagon (1967), which
I?......
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Top 1940’s Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Adam's Rib (1949)
- The Bishop's Wife (1947)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- Casablanca (1942)
Fan Top Action Movies (see all)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Batman (1966)
- The Black Swan (1942)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Fan Top Brothers Movies (see all)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Beau Geste (1939)
- East of Eden (1955)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- In Old Chicago (1937)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
- All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Leo McCarey
Oct 3, 1896
Warner Oland
Oct 3, 1879
Henry Hull
Oct 3, 1890
Morgan Farley
Oct 3, 1898
Western RoundUp
Silents are Golden
An Ideal Mentor: Buster Keaton?s Apprenticeship With Roscoe Arbuckle
Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton
If you?re a fan of classic comedy, you?ve
likely heard of Buster Keaton?s earliest film appearances in Roscoe ?Fatty?
Arbuckle?s slapstick comedies, many of which are considered classics today......
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Monsters and Matinees
In today?s on-demand world of streaming services, we feel
like we can watch any movie with a click of a button. But that?s not true.
There are always films that elude us despite our best efforts to find them.
For me, that?s Beginning of the End (1957). I was a kid when I first saw the awesomely t......
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Noir Nook
Anthony Mann at the Helm
Several years
ago, when I was a guest on a podcast, the hostess asked me to name my favorite
film noir directors. I don?t know why, but I felt like a deer caught in the
headlights, and my mind went completely blank ? the only director I could even
think of was Alfred Hitc......
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Silver Screen Standards
Angel Face (1953)
Classic
film has no shortage of mean girls, but Angel Face (1953) offers a
particularly dangerous teenage femme fatale in its title character,
played with unhinged intensity by English actress Jean Simmons. The plot of
this riveting story of obsession and murder has a lot in com......
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Western RoundUp
Lone Pine Film Festival 2026 Preview
It?s hard to believe it, but it?s time for a preview of the
36th Lone Pine Film Festival!
This year?s festival takes place in Lone Pine, California, from
October 8th through 11th, 2026.
Countless movies were filmed in the Alabama Hills outside
Lone ......
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Monsters and Matinees
The Long Hair of Death is a movie title that sparks
the imagination.
How will it fulfill the glorious promise of its title? Perhaps
as a variation of Medusa with exceedingly long snakes for hair? Or a darker
version of Rapunzel where lethal tresses wrap so tightly around a person, they squeeze
th......
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Legend Tribute: Leo McCarey
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Leo McCarey, born on October 3rd, 1898! Some directors are remembered for their style. While watching an Orson Welles film, it?s easy to pick up that Welles liked wide-angle lenses and rather long takes. Some directors are remembered for their genres. Hitchcock... Read more...
Mini Tribute Leo McCarey at Work
?Born October 3, 1896 (or 1898?) Director Leo McCarey! In a 41 year film career that spanned 1921-1962, Leo McCarey directed over 100 films, most famously?Duck Soup,?The Awful Truth, Love Affair,?Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s,?and?An Affair To Remember. Not only a director however, McCarey... Read more...
5 Fun Facts About William Windom
5 Fun Facts About William Windom
With more than 250 film and television credits, William Windom was one of those wonderfully familiar faces who seemed to turn up everywhere. He made his film debut in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), appeared in movies including The Americanization of Emily and Escap......Read more
5 Fun Facts About Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
5 Fun Facts About Arsenic and Old Lace
Frank Capra?s Arsenic and Old Lace is a wonderfully madcap tale of murder, mayhem ? and one very eccentric family. Starring Cary Grant as drama critic Mortimer Brewster, the film follows his increasingly frantic attempts to deal with the discovery that his ......Read more
5 Fascinating Facts About Sophia Loren
5 Fascinating Facts About Sophia Loren
From a childhood marked by poverty and war to becoming one of the world’s most glamorous and celebrated movie stars, Sophia Loren’s life has been quite a journey.
Born in Rome on September 20, 1934, and raised in Pozzuoli near Naples, Loren we......Read more
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Did you know that there is an National Film Registry
Fatty's Tintype Tangle, directed by the legendary Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, was released in 1915. In 1995, 80 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
Bob Hope's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1943. So were Dorothy Lamour, Betty Grable, Monty Woolley, Gary Cooper... see more