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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

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, you’ll go down in history… “The Original Christmas Classics” DVD Giveaway! Two lucky winners so far, with a bunch more to go… In order to qualify for this week’s Original Christmas Classics DVD Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following read more

Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd Well, we had two lucky winners last week and two more winners the week before, but we’ve still got lots more books to giveaway! That said, we’re giving away TWO more BOOKs this week too! Here’s what you need to do to enter this read more

The Three Faces of Mr. Freeze… I must admit, I’ve been wanting to do a Batman blog series for quite some time… I’ve just always had such a soft spot for the colorful cast of campy ‘classic movie’ villains that appeared on the show — and now, with the release read more

  Nevermore! Eclair and Essanay Pursue ‘The Raven’ As recent as 2012, Edgar Allan Poe has been portrayed in a medium which he never lived to see. His works and his life have provided ample material for film. In fact, his work has inspired two notable studios in the early days of fil read more

  Reboots and Reels: Remakes and the Early Days of Film Remakes, reboots, and reimaginings seem to have flooded the film industry in recent years. Superhero and comic book-based films seem to be most susceptible to most reimaginings and reboots, but everything from dramas to horror films have b read more

Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight? “The Original Christmas Classics” DVD Giveaway! Here we go with our next “Original Christmas Classics” DVD Giveaway… In order to qualify for this week’s Original Christmas Classics DVD Giveaway on Twitter, read more

Book Giveaway: “Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life” by Peter Ackroyd We’re giving away two more books this week via Twitter! Well, we had two lucky winners last week, but we’ve still got lots more books to giveaway! That said, we’re giving away TWO more BOOKs this week too! Here’s read more

Turner Classic Movies’ December Star of the Month: Cary Grant Cary Grant Charming, athletic with dashing good looks and an effortlessly carefree attitude, Cary Grant remains the ultimate Hollywood star. From his breakout-leading role in the George Cukor flop Sylvia Scarlett to his final role a read more