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
Top 1910’s Movies (see all)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- An Ozark Romance (1918)
- The Flirt (1917)
- One A.M. (1916)
- The Rounders (1914)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
- Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
- Blind Husbands (1919)
Fan Top Animation Movies (see all)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Bambi (1942)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Cinderella (1950)
- Dumbo (1941)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- Fantasia (1940)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
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:
See more birthdays
Clara Kimball Young
Sep 6, 1890
John Ridgely
Sep 6, 1909
Irving Bacon
Sep 6, 1893
Otto Kruger
Sep 6, 1885
Western RoundUp
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
Classic Movie Travels
Classic Movie Travels: Ronnie Schell
Ronnie Schell
Ronald Ralph Schell was born on December 23, 1931, in Richmond,
California, to David and Marguerite Schell. His father worked as a stock checker
at an automobile industry plant and later worked for a naval supply center. His
mother was a waitr......
Read Annette’s article
Read Annette’s article
Legend Tribute: Robert Wise
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Robert Wise, born on September 10, 1914! Some directors become legends by carving a cinematic niche for themselves. Alfred Hitchcock is known as the master of suspense. Frank Capra has a tendency to champion the everyday man. George Cukor is synonyms with melodrama.... Read more...
Mini Tribute Max Schreck
Born September 6, 1879 Max Schreck!
One word: Nosferatu!!!
Is this your wife? What a lovely throat.
-Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in Nosferatu
…..
Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub
Share this:ShareFacebookDiggRedditStumbleUponEmailPrint... 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: Adventure Films (see full chart)
Classic Movie Events
See Full Events Calendar
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 a Judy Garland Birthplace & Museum in Grand Rapids, MN?
The Judy Garland Museum is a house, largely restored to reflect the furniture and styles of the era ... .. read more
National Film Registry
Imitation of Life, starring the legendary Claudette Colbert, was released in 1934. In 2005, 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
Charlton Heston's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1962. So were Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas... see more