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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Top 1910’s Movies (see all)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- The Immigrant (1917)
- His Wedding Night (1917)
- The Pawnshop (1916)
- The Flirt (1917)
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- An Ozark Romance (1918)
- One A.M. (1916)
- The Rounders (1914)
Fan Top Lost Films (see all)
- The Gold Diggers (1923)
- Her Double Life (1916)
- Words and Music (1929)
- The Way of All Flesh (1927)
- Ransom (1928)
- Treasure Island (1920)
- His Secretary (1925)
- The Divine Woman (1928)
- Marked Men (1919)
- Tarzan the Mighty (1928)
Fan Top Playboys Movies (see all)
- Pillow Talk (1959)
- The Tender Trap (1955)
- Lover Come Back (1961)
- Affectionately Yours (1941)
- All in a Night's Work (1961)
- Bonjour tristesse (1958)
- What's New Pussycat (1965)
- Goodbye Charlie (1964)
- Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
- Ask Any Girl (1959)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Frances Farmer
Sep 19, 1913
Ben Turpin
Sep 19, 1869
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Sep 19, 1956
Margaret Lindsay
Sep 19, 1910
Noir Nook
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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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......
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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 ......
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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......
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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 Porter Hall
Born September 19, 1888 Character Actor Porter Hall! Character actor Porter Hall appeared in over 75 film and television episodes over the course of his 20+ year film career, playing his share of villains and pompous men…including the nervous, ill-tempered store psychologist who gave the psych... 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
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Classic Movie Events
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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 2011, Twentieth Century starring the legendary John Barrymore, was inducted into The National Film Registry, 77 years after its initial release (1934).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