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  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Two ….. Sunday February 8th: Gaslight at Midnight EST Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Joseph Cotten in Gaslight (1944, George Cukor director) This is one of those movies where you are in the theater (or on the laptop) thinking: read more

  Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress Ah, the wonderful Olivia de Havilland.  The sweet and lovely ingenue who starred opposite Errol Flynn in eight fabulous adventure films… and of course, the actress who played the ever-so-sweet Melanie Hamilton (much to the chagrin of Scarlett) in Gone read more

Harold Lloyd Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for our First Facebook Contest this Month. Time for the first of our two fabulous Classic Movie Book Giveaways this month on Facebook, courtesy of Bear Manor Media!  To kick things off, we’ll be giving away a copy of  Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of read more

Clark Gable and John Ford share a birthday and a film: Clark Gable starred in Mogambo which was directed by John Ford. Both Gable and Ford were born February 1, seven years apart! Clark Gable and John Ford on the set of Mogambo Clark Gable was born William Clark Gable on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, read more

Harold Lloyd Biography Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Time for our fabulous February Classic Movie Book Giveaway, courtesy of Bear Manor Media! To kick things off, we’ll be giving away a copy of  Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses this week — the first read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week One ‘Tis the season to be jolly.  No, I am not talking about the Holidays… I’m talking about every movie lover’s favorite time of the year: Awards Season. Yes, the time of year when Hollywood’s most ambitious and read more

February is yet another exciting “Classic Movie Book Month” here on Classic Movie Hub! For many of us, it’s cold outside! So, why not ‘warm up’ a little by sitting back, relaxing and reading a wonderful classic movie book! And, of course that wouldn’t be such a ba read more

Lawrence of Arabia: Part two – The Destruction of Myth Hello dear readers and thank you for coming back to my Lawrence of Arabia blog posts. Last November, as part of the British Empire Blogathon, I wrote Part One of this two-part series. If you did not get a chance to read it and feel the need to read more

Cary Grant “Houseboat” DVD Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Okay, this is it – our forth and final Cary Grant DVD Giveaway on Twitter this month! This week CMH is giving away a copy of the romantic comedy, “Houseboat,” starring Cary and the beautiful Cinzia, oops read more

  Chariot Races and Copyright Infringement: A Tale of Ben Hur In 1907, the state of the American film industry was rather poor and was still, largely, in its infancy. D.W. Griffith had just joined the industry as an actor, but he wouldn’t make his directorial debut until 1908. The Essanay compa read more

Cary Grant “Notorious” DVD Giveaway! Entry Task for this week’s Twitter Contest. Okay, we’re ready for our next Cary Grant DVD Giveaway on Twitter this month, as part of our month-long Cary Grant Birthday Celebration!  This week CMH is giving away a copy of yet another fabulous Hitchcock read more

  5 Things You May Not Know About Cary Grant Like that today is his birthday. Happy 111th Birthday to the legend Cary Grant. ….. 1) He wasn’t actually Cary Grant… Cary Grant or Archibald Leach? You decide. Cary Grant. The name just rolls off the tongue. It sounds almost as smooth read more

  Turner Classic Movies’ January Star of the Month: Robert Redford As I’m sure many of our readers know, every month Turner Classic Movies dedicates their Tuesday night primetime line-up to a certain star of the classical era. This month, however, the programmers at TCM decided to shake read more

  Wishing Everyone a Very Happy and Healthy New Year! Let’s celebrate the day with some of our favorite classic movie stars! ….. Olivia de Havilland tripping into the New Year. Or, ya know, how I do the entire year. …..  Janet Leigh ringing in the New Year ….. It appe read more

  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our CMH readers. And to help keep the merriment alive, we offer you the gift of joy – in the form of our favorite classic film stars. Enjoy! ….. Shirley Temple having what appears to the most perfect Christmas ever. In no way am I at read more

Harry Guardino and Charles Herbert share a birthday and a film: Both Harry Guardino and Charles Herbert appeared in Houseboat — and both were born today December 23 (23 years apart!). Charles Herbert (child in the middle with the blonde hair) plays Cary Grant’s son, Tom Winters, and Har read more

  getTV: Your Christmas and New Years Escape The Holidays. They say it’s a time for friends, family, and celebrating tradition. When we light up the house, decorate the tree and drink approximately 10 pounds of eggnog in the span of three weeks.  And, while these traditions may be fine and read more

  Two Orphans, Three Studios, Four Films: A Brief History of The Two Orphans From the time it was translated into English in 1874, “The Two Orphans” was a successful, well-known play in the United States. The story of orphaned sisters Henriette and Louise, and their separation, tribulations, read more

Win Tickets to see “Tyrone Power: Man, Myth and Movie Idol” at The Hollywood Museum I am happy to say that we have TWO MORE PAIRs of tickets to give away for the fabulous Tyrone Power Exhibit at The Hollywood Museum in Hollywood. This time we’re trying something a little different:  The first read more

Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd Well, we had six lucky winners so far, so that means we still have THREE MORE BOOKS to give away via our Twitter contest. That said, we’re going to try something a little different this time… Rather then have three separate read more