Classic Movie Travels: Dorothy Christy
Dorothy Christy
Dorothy Christy
was born Dorothea Jean Seltzer on
May 26, 1900, in Reading, Pennsylvania,
to John and Priscilla Seltzer. Her parents emigrated from Germany.
Although she occasionally participated in amateur plays
as a young woman, she d......
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Top 1930’s Movies (see all)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fan Top Mystery Movies (see all)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Charade (1963)
- Vertigo (1958)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Fan Top Politics Movies (see all)
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Meet John Doe (1941)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- All the King's Men (1949)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
- One, Two, Three (1961)
Today's Classic Movie Birthdays:
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Lillian Gish
Oct 14, 1893
Allan Jones
Oct 14, 1907
Jacqueline Beer
Oct 14, 1932
Frank Conroy
Oct 14, 1890
Classic Movie Travels
Western RoundUp
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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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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Legend Tribute: Lillian Gish
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend Lillian Gish, born October 14 in 1893! Lillian Gish has a particularly important role, not only is the realm of Classic Hollywood Cinema, but in the world of Hollywood Cinema as a whole. And why is she so important you ask? Well, it?s simple, really. Lillian Gish... Read more...
Mini Tribute Melville Cooper
Born October 15, 1896 Character Actor Melville Cooper! Plump-faced, droopy-eyed, Character Actor, Melville Cooper, appeared in over 100 film and TV roles — playing pompous ineffectual types — blunderers, cowards, thieves, disdainful servants, snobs. Most notably, he played the High Sheriff... Read more...
5 Fun Facts About Laura (1944)
5 Fun Facts About Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944) is one of Hollywood’s great film noirs, with its intriguing mystery, memorable performances, and haunting musical score. Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson, the film has bec......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
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Charlie Chaplin Statue in Los Angeles, CA?
A Charlie Chaplin statue 'sits' in the main lobby of the Bradbury Building in LA (makes for a good p... .. read more
National Film Registry
In 1994, A Movie starring the legendary , was inducted into The National Film Registry, 36 years after its initial release (1958).see more National Film Registry inductees...
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Jane Wyman's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1952. So were Ava Gardner, Clifton Webb, Olivia de Havilland... see more