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“You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet” Book Giveaway (via Twitter in October)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Oct 2, 2017
“You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era” Book Giveaway via Twitter Time for our next book giveaway! This time, CMH will be giving away FIVE COPIES of “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era” by Ja read more
Win Tickets to see “TCM Big Screen Classics: Casablanca (75th Anniversary)” (Giveaway runs October 1 – October 28)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Oct 1, 2017
Win Tickets to see “Casablanca” on the Big Screen! In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sunday, November 12 & Wednesday, November 15! “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” CMH is thrilled to announce the 13th of our 14 movie ticket giveaways this read more
Kino Lorber ‘Classic Horror’ Blu-Ray/DVD October Giveaway Promotion (via Twitter)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Oct 1, 2017
Celebrating Classic Horror this Halloween with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 5 Classic Titles Just in time for Halloween! This month we celebrate Classic Horror courtesy of our friends at Kino Lorber! We are happy to say that we have EIGHT Classic heart-pounding titles on read more
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft: Exclusive Guest Post by Author Douglass K. Daniel
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Guest Post on Sep 27, 2017
Mel and Anne, Hollywood’s best matched opposites… Was one of entertainment’s oddest couples – the dramatic actress Anne Bancroft and the wacky comic genius Mel Brooks – all that much a mismatch? That’s a question I pondered at times when I explored her career for my new biography Anne read more
Vitaphone View: How Talkies Changed Movie Snacks
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Hutchinson, Founder of The Vitaphone Project on Sep 26, 2017
How Talkies Changed Movie Snacks It has long been recognized that the transition from silent films to talkies was truly a massive revolution, and occurred over a very short period. In early 1926 every Hollywood film was silent. By the end of 1929, every short and feature talked. The revolution req read more
Classic Movie Travels: Barbara Hale, Chicago Illinois
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on Sep 24, 2017
Classic Movie Travels: Barbara Hale, Chicago Area
Barbara Hale
“It hit every paper the next day: the Cinderella story. Of course they said it was a starring role. I had one line, but you know about those things.” -Barbara Hale
Actress Barbara Hale was one who performed on many different read more
Hollywood at Play: Photo Favorites Exclusive Guest Post by Author Mary Mallory
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Guest Post on Sep 21, 2017
Hollywood at Play: Photo Favorites
Before the advent of television and the internet, motion picture studios relied on publicity stills published in magazines and newspapers to sell entertainment to filmgoers. The studios shot millions of photographs to fit any kind of topic or story journals could c read more
Silents are Golden: “But They’re So Primitive!”– Some Common Misconceptions About Silent Films
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on Sep 18, 2017
“But They’re So Primitive!” Some Common Misconceptions About Silent Films It’s a conversation that fans of silent film are all very familiar with. You tell someone you love watching silents. They laugh. Then it dawns on them that you aren’t kidding, and they put on a serious expression read more
Noir Nook: Noir Talk
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on Sep 15, 2017
Noir Talk One of my favorite aspects about film noir is the words. They’re not just your garden-variety lines; noir serves up the kind of dialogue that makes you laugh out loud in sheer delight and complete appreciation. And sometimes it even makes you think. There are many quotes from noir that are read more
Anne Bancroft’s ‘Noir’ Side: Exclusive Guest Post by Author Douglass K. Daniel
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Guest Post on Sep 14, 2017
Anne Bancroft’s ‘Noir Side’ In her twenties actress Anne Bancroft had just what a film noir needed, the kind of smoky beauty a guy would take a bullet for. She turned up in a handful of movies in the 1950s that might qualify as “dark films,” usually nifty little crime pictures read more
Pre-Code Corner: The Puzzling Case of Phyllis Barry
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Kim Luperi on Sep 13, 2017
The Puzzling Case of Phyllis Barry
In March 1933, Film Weekly reported on Samuel Goldwyn‘s newest discovery, Phyllis Barry, the British newcomer who “achieves the next best thing to actual stardom (a leading ladyship to Ronald Colman)” in Cynara (1932). The publication went on to w read more
Anne Bancroft: A Life: Facebook/Blog Book Giveaway Contest (September)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Sep 10, 2017
“Anne Bancroft: A Life” Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “Anne Bancroft: A Life” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky. read more
Kino Lorber ‘Western Round-Up’ Blu-Ray/DVD Facebook/Blog Book Giveaway Contest (September)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Sep 10, 2017
Celebrating Westerns All-Month Long with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 5 Western Classics Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Kino Lorber Classic Westerns Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away two Kino Classic Westerns via Facebook and read more
Win Tickets to see “TCM Big Screen Classics: The Princess Bride (30th Anniversary)” (Giveaway runs September 8 – September 30)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Sep 8, 2017
Win Tickets to see “The Princess Bride” on the Big Screen! In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sunday, October 15 & Wednesday, October 18! “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” CMH is thrilled to announce the 12th of our 14 movie ticket giveaways this read more
The Lost World (1925) Blu-Ray Giveaway Contest (via Facebook/Blog in September)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Sep 6, 2017
The Lost World (1925) Blu-Ray Giveaway! Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook/Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our The Lost World Blu-Ray giveaway contest, courtesy of Flicker Alley, in which we’ll be giving away ONE COPY of this silent classic. And, don’t forget, read more
Kino Lorber ‘Western Round-Up’ Blu-Ray/DVD September Giveaway Promotion (via Twitter)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Sep 4, 2017
Celebrating Westerns All-Month Long with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 5 Western Classics This month we celebrate Classic Westerns courtesy of our friends at Kino Lorber! We are happy to say that we have EIGHT Classic Western DVDs/Blu-Rays to giveaway on Twitter this month, read more
Saddle Up with Anne Bancroft: Exclusive Guest Post by Author Douglass K. Daniel
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Aug 31, 2017
Saddle Up with Anne Bancroft When I think of actress Anne Bancroft, I picture the sexy, seductive Mrs. Robinson of The Graduate (1967) or the determined Annie Sullivan of The Miracle Worker (1962). Or a feisty New Yorker, whether she’s the woman who loves books in 84 Charing Cross Road (1984) or read more
Film Noir Review: His Kind of Woman (1951)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Danilo Castro on Aug 30, 2017
“This place is dangerous. The time right deadly. The drinks are on me, my bucko!” There’s an old saying that all films are made at least three times: once, when the screenwriter commits the story to paper; again, when the director captures the story on film; and finally, when the story is constructe read more
Hollywood at Play Book Giveaway (September)
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Aug 28, 2017
“Hollywood at Play: The Lives of the Stars Between Takes”
September Book Giveaway
“If you share my affection for candid shots of the stars you’ll love Hollywood at Play: The Lives of the Stars Between Takes…”
-Leonard Maltin, Indiewire.com
And, now we’re read more
Vitaphone View: Early Talkie Restorations and the Theory of Relativity
Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Aug 28, 2017
Early Talkie Restorations and the Theory of Relativity When The Vitaphone Project began in 1991, its primary goal was to seek out, mainly in private collectors’ hands, long-lost 16-inch soundtrack disks for early talkies. When a match with a surviving mute 35mm film turned up, that meant a restorati read more