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Did you know? Actor Robert Cummings, born Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings, was Godson to aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Wright taught him to fly while Cummings was still in high school, and Cummings made his first solo flight in 1927 at the age of 16. Cummings gave local residents rides read more

The Romantic-Comedy Blogathon: The Thin Man’s Perfect Marriage An inventor goes missing and his young mistress is found dead. Just like that, a murder and mystery become our entrance into the world of the The Thin Man. Yet, we soon find out that the murder and mystery aspect of this murder mys read more

“Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, Oh, what a beautiful day! I got a beautiful feelin’ Everything’s goin’ my way.” Yep, that just about sums it up — the head-over-heels happy feeling I had every day during the TCM Classic Film Festival — a sublimely deligh read more

Laurel and Hardy Dancing to Santana I have to admit I’m not typically a fan of mixing the old and the new, but I found this video quite charming and fun; it certainly put a smile on my face… And here’s the original clip… ….. –Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub read more

  Lions and Tigers and Colonel Selig In the early days of silent cinema, Chicago was responsible for 20% of the total output of the US film industry. One of the biggest contributors to this staggering statistic was Chicago’s own Selig Polyscope Company. What was the reason for the company’s read more

  The Diamonds and Gold Blogathon: Bette Davis and The Baby Jane Paradox The world can be a scary place for an aging actress. With Hollywood’s well documented misogynistic tendencies, veteran actress, no matter how tremendous their talents maybe, are often cast aside in favor of a youthful, fre read more

  Okay, this is it!  Let the games begin! Time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman, courtesy of Simon & Schuster!  (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via read more

  Turner Classic Movie – Happy 20th!   I would like to wish a happy 20th birthday to one of my dear friends: Turner Classic Movies. OK, so perhaps the term “friend” is a bit intimate for a non-living entity, especially an entity such as a television station. But Turner Classic Movies read more

The Selig Polyscope Company and the Birth of Film in the Windy City “Colonel” William Selig By the time William N. Selig died in 1948, he had produced thousands of films via the Selig Polyscope Company, discovered a number of silent film stars, and had been recognized as a true pioneer i read more

John Wayne: The Life and the Legend — Qualifying Entry Task for this week’s  Twitter Contest In order to qualify for this week’s John Wayne Book Giveaway on Twitter, you must complete the following task by Friday, April 4 at 5PM EST (i.e. any time between now and April 4 at 5PM EST): read more

John Wayne: The Life and Legend – Exclusive Interview with Acclaimed Biographer Scott Eyman Even 30+ years after his death, John Wayne is still ‘larger than life’ —  a cultural icon whose impressive on-screen persona evokes dignity, integrity and courage, epitomizing the Amer read more

  How many Films did Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Star in Together? Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and  as Antony and Cleopatra in Cleopatra (1963, directors Joseph L. Mankiewicz,  Rouben Mamoulian [uncredited] and Darryl F. Zanuck [uncredited]) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard read more

  Before there was Hollywood, there was Chicago Dancing Annabelle Whitford The city of Chicago and the film industry have shared a connection since the days of Thomas Edison. Chicago-based dancer Annabelle Whitford was chosen as one of Edison’s first film subjects, Gloria Swanson and Colleen read more

A String of Classic Movie Coincidences for March 24… Murray Hamilton appeared in The Graduate with Norman Fell, who appeared in Bullitt with Steve McQueen, who appeared in the Blob which featured scenes shot at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA, the same theater where The Great Houdini read more

Born March 23, 1910 Actress Paula Winslowe!  Paula Winslowe appeared in over 30 roles, mostly on TV — including Mrs. Martha Conklin in Our Miss Brooks (radio and TV), Mary Dunkle / Mrs. Peabody on  The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV) and Mrs. Netwick in My Mother the Car (TV). She read more

  Murder She Wrote and Representing the Ladies Like any other child with a busy parent and no babysitter, I spent a lot time getting to know my favorite televisions and book characters. Unlike most other children, however, my taste is TV skewed, well, older. That isn’t to say I wasn’t taken read more

  “I believe everything and I believe nothing. I suspect everyone and I suspect no one. I gather the facts, examine the clues, and before you know it, the case is solved.” – Inspector Jacques Clouseau  ….. The original Inspector Clouseau played by the inimitable Peter read more

How many Alfred Hitchcock Films did James Stewart star in? James Stewart in Hitchcock’s Rear Window James Stewart starred in FOUR films directed by Alfred Hitchcock: Rope (1948) On DVD, Blu-ray and Instant Video (Warner Bros.) Rear Window (1954) On DVD, Blu-ray and Instant Video (Universal) read more

Barry Fitzgerald and Richard Haydn share a birthday and a film: Both Barry Fitzgerald and Richard Haydn appeared in And Then There Were None — and both were born today March 10 (17 yrs apart!). Richard Haydn as butler Thomas Rogers and Barry Fitzgerald as Judge Francis J. Quinncannon in read more

Classic Movie Hub’s 10 Must See Films for a Better Understanding of Film-Noir.   The Original: The Maltese Falcon Widely considered by critics and historians to be the first Film Noir, this 1941 classic set the standards for the genre. With this film, we were introduced to a seedy world full read more