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Ruby Stevens was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 16, 1907 and didn’t exactly have the perfect childhood. Her mother died when she was only two years old, struck by a trolley after being pushed in front of it. Her father was a boozer and womanizer who cared little about his children and even read more

James Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986). He is best remembered for playing tough guys. Although, in his first professional acting performance, he danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a hoofer and c read more

Ginger Rogers(July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an actress, dancer and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television. She made a total of 73 films, and was best known as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a ten Hollywood musical films. She achieved read more

Virginia Rappe (July 7, 1895 – September 9, 1921). At age 14 she began working as a commercial and art model in Chicago. In 1916 she relocated to San Francisco to pursue her career as an artist's model, where she met dress designer Robert Moscovitz, to whom she became engaged. Shortly aft read more

Of her more than 50 movies, she would be most remembered for the 40 minutes she was on screen in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). read more

Bob Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an actor, dancer, musical theater choreographer, director, screenwriter, film editor and film director. He won seven Tony Awards out of 15 nominations, placing him just one win behind record-holder Gower Champion, who also had the same n read more

Born on this day in 1879, Lois Weber was a child prodigy pianist and silent film pioneer – an actress, screenwriter, producer, and director (the 1st woman as such in the United States) of over 100 known films. As a progressive activist, Weber’s movies often contained her ideals of social read more

Priscilla Lane, attended the Eagin School of Dramatic Arts in New York, before she began touring with her sisters in the Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Dance Band. She was a popular singer with her sisters and after 5 years, she was signed to a Hollywood contract with Warner Brothers in 193 read more

In this movie short, Judy Garland(age7), who was known as Baby or Frances Gumm, is performing with her older sisters (Mary Jane Gumm, Virginia Gumm). This may have been her film debut. The future Betty Boop (Helen Kane)sang at the beginning. left to right: Mary Jane, Frances Ethel and J read more

Today is a very special day: the 90th anniversary of Frances Ethel Gumm’s birth. Most people would probably, upon reading that sentence, think “Franches Ethel who?,” but we classic film fans know that she later became the legendary actress and singer Judy Garland. Frances (nickname read more

Miss Rosalind Russell would have been 105 today, and a chance to think about her life and work is never something to pass up.  It's no secret how fond I am of Roz, and I know I trade far too frequently in superlatives, but still:  she was, to my mind, Hollywood's most sensible star, the read more

via It seems that Marilyn Monroe has been guiding my life of late and on this, her 86th birthday, I figured now’s as good a time as any to thank Ms. Monroe for her contributions to film, and her contributions to my life. If not for Marilyn, Journeys in Classic Film would not exist!  If you&# read more

The Classic Horror Campaign would like to wish horror movie icon Sir Christopher Lee a very happy 90th birthday today, 27th May 2012! Most famous for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in the Hammer Films series, Sir Christopher has also played many other legendary horror film roles as well as st read more

Vincent Price, the ‘Crowned Prince of Horror’ would have been 101 years old today. To commemorate the life of one of our all-time favourite classic horror actors we thought we would take a look at some of the highlights of Vincent Price’s memorably macabre movie career. Don’t read more

The Timothy Carey Experience is one year old today! I have to say it’s been nothing but a pleasure to bring this blog to you. I’ve received lots of positive feedback, many fans, and that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you know you’re doing something right. Here’s to many mor read more

by Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci My very first moviegoing experience turned out to be simply a warm-up, a dry run: I was about five years old, and I went to the Interboro Theater in the Bronx, where our family lived at the time, to see The Sound of Music (1965). It would have been great, except that I wa read more

May 5 must have been an auspicious date for Twentieth Century Fox - it's the birthday of two of the studio's biggest stars:  Tyrone Power and the lovely lady seen here, Miss Alice Faye. It sounds like an odd sort of compliment, but Faye might have been the most normal person ever to have achie read more

We have once again come to that rolling time of the year when this corner of the internet celebrates Bing Crosby's birthday.  There has long been confusion about the date.  According to biographer Gary Giddins, Harry and Kate Crosby's fourth son was born on May 3rd, 1903.  The proud p read more

Today the Classic Horror Campaign would like to wish Britain’s premiere horror movie scream queen Emily Booth a very happy birthday! Not only is Emily the face of the Classic Horror Campaign and an avid campaign supporter, she is also British television’s only regular Horror Host, p read more

The Hubble Telescope launched 22 years ago today, and the entire collection of Hubble pictures is available online and well worth your time. The video below contains 1 selected image from each year. Share this:FacebookTwitterPinterestTumblrRedditStumbleUponDiggEmailLike this:LikeOne blogger like read more