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......
Read Jennifer’s article
Top 1910’s Movies (see all)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- One A.M. (1916)
- The Rounders (1914)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
- Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
- Blind Husbands (1919)
- The Butcher Boy (1917)
- Ask Father (1919)
- A Dog's Life (1918)
Fan Top War Movies (see all)
- The African Queen (1951)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- Father Goose (1964)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- The General (1926)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Fan Top Gold Diggers Movies (see all)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Baby Face (1933)
- The Parent Trap (1961)
- Moon Over Miami (1941)
- Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
- A Lady of Chance (1928)
- Broadway Love (1918)
- Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
See more birthdays
Dolores Costello
Sep 17, 1903
Anne Bancroft
Sep 17, 1931
Roddy McDowall
Sep 17, 1928
Helen Vinson
Sep 17, 1907
Silver Screen Standards
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 ......
Read Laura’s article
Read Laura’s article
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......
Read Toni’s article
Read Toni’s article
Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November
12, 1929, to Margaret Majer Kelly and John Kelly Sr. in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and was the third of their four children. Her father owned a
brickwork contracting company and won three Olympic gold med......
Read Annette’s article
Read Annette’s article
Silents are Golden
Early Civil War Films Of The Silent Screen
During the 1900s and 1910s there was one genre
of American film that skyrocketed in popularity, becoming more prevalent than
at any other time since. No, it wasn?t the western, or even the slapstick
comedy?although those aren?t bad guesses?but the Civil ......
Read Lea’s article
Read Lea’s article
Noir Nook
Pre-Code Films with Film Noir Flavor ? Part 2
Next to film noir, my favorite era of filmmaking is pre-Code
? and it?s no wonder that I?m so fond of these pictures ? so many of them served
up plots that would have made near-perfect film noirs. In my Noir Nook for July
2026, I took a look at five p......
Read Karen’s article
Read Karen’s article
Silver Screen Standards
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
I?m always
impressed at just how many Frankenstein movies Universal turned out between
1931 and 1948, and I?m also deeply entertained by the studio?s mix and match
approach to making those pictures where its stars were concerned. It might not
make for the be......
Read Jennifer’s article
Read Jennifer’s article
Legend Tribute: Anne Bancroft
Happy Birthday to Classic Move Legend, Anne Bancroft, Born September 17, 1931! There are some quotes in film history that can?t help but conjure up an iconic image. ?Toto, I think we?re not in Kansas anymore,? brings to mind the magical Land of Oz. ?As God is my witness, I?ll never go hungry again,?... Read more...
Mini Tribute Roddy McDowall
Born September 17, 1928, Roddy McDowall! Roddy McDowall started out as a Child Actor (i.e. How Green Was My Valley, My Friend Flicka, Lassie Come Home), and successfully moved on to some fabulous ‘adult’ roles including Midnight Lace, Inside Daisy Clover, Cleopatra, and of course –... Read more...
3 Fun Facts about The Big Sleep (1946)
3 Fun Facts about The Big Sleep
Released on August 31, 1946, The Big Sleep stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in one of classic Hollywood’s most famous film noirs.
Murder, mystery ? and one famously complicated plot! Here are three fun facts about The Big Sleep…
1. Even......Read more
Boldly Going to Garland: It Came From Texas Film Festival Celebrates 60 Years of Star Trek
Calling all Star Trek fans!
It?s hard to believe that it?s been 60 years since Star Trek first
invited television audiences to boldly go where no one had gone before. Six
decades, countless strange new worlds and one enormous pop-culture legacy
later, the It Came From Texas Film Festival is celeb......Read more
Humans, robots clash in remarkably relevant Creation of the Humanoids
Modern technology is crazy, isn?t it? It feels like it can take over the world – perhaps not right away but we can see it coming. We welcomed advancements that helped us, but is it going too far? I recently had to jump out of the way of a robotic floor cleaner at a grocery store. Don’t......Read more
Fan Favorites: Mistaken Identity Films (see full chart)
Classic Movie Events
ADD Classic Movie Events: Movies, Exhibits, Festivals, Blogathons, Contests and More...
Now playing on TCM
See Full TCM Schedule
Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is an Andy Griffith Boyhood Home in Mount Airy, NC?
Andy Griffith's Home Place was once Andy's boyhood home, and is now a Bed and Breakfast, right in th... .. read more
National Film Registry
The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring the legendary Michael Rennie, was released in 1951. In 1995, 44 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
Adolph Zukor's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1953. So were Ezio Pinza, Donald O'Connor, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe... see more