Oh, the horrors of 1950s B-movies. And I?m not talking scary good, but scary bad.
So many of the creative ideas for monsters were never realized because of low budgets and ridiculously short shooting schedules. Viewers accept that the creatures in these films might look cheap and even laughable, ......
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Top 1980’s Movies (see all)
- The Shining (1980)
- Caddyshack (1980)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Xanadu (1980)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Nine to Five (1980)
- ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
- Superman II (1980)
Fan Top Silent Films (see all)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The General (1926)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Circus (1928)
- Wings (1927)
- The Kid (1921)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Nosferatu (1922)
Fan Top Aviation Movies (see all)
- Above and Beyond (1952)
- Air Force (1943)
- Passage to Marseille (1944)
- Boeing Boeing (1965)
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Test Pilot (1938)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- The Dawn Patrol (1938)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Shirley Temple
Apr 23, 1928
Simone Simon
Apr 23, 1910
Basil Sydney
Apr 23, 1894
Lee Majors
Apr 23, 1939
Monsters and Matinees
Noir Nook
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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Read Karen’s article
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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Read Annette’s article
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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Read Jennifer’s article
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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Read Annette’s article
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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Read Laura’s article
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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Read Lea’s article
Legend Tribute: Shirley MacLaine
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Shirley MacLaine, born April 24th, 1934! The ?Hooker with a Heart of Gold? is pretty common trope, dating back to ole the pre-feudalism days. The trope is pretty self-explanatory: you have a character who?s profession is outside of what polite society deems acceptable... Read more...
Mini Tribute Eddie Albert
Born April 22, 1906 Eddie Albert! Eddie Albert appeared in over 200 film and TV roles, including Roman Holiday, Oklahoma and The Longest Day. Perhaps Albert’s most famous role was on TV sitcom Green Acres as lawyer-turned-farmer Oliver Wendell Douglas! Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert as Lisa and Oliver... 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
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a National Museum of the US Air Force in Patterson AFB, OH?
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the world's largest and oldest military aviati... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 1991, The Magnificent Ambersons starring the legendary Joseph Cotten, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 49 years after its initial release (1942).see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Charlton Heston's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1962. So were Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas... see more