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Classic Birthdays (504)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 19, 2012
Tippi Hedren (82)
B.P. Schulberg (1892-2009)
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Classic Birthdays (505)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 18, 2012
Cary Grant (1904-1986)
Danny Kaye (1913-1987)
Oliver Hardy (1892-1957)
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Classic Birthdays (506)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 17, 2012
Nils Asther (1897-1981)
Moira Shearer (1926-2006)
Noah Beery (1882-1946)
Mack Sennett (1880-1960)
Carl Laemmle (1867-1939)
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Classic Birthdays (507)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 16, 2012
Katy Jurado (1924-2002)
Ethel Merman (1908-1984)
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Classic Links (87)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 16, 2012
RIP two actresses:
Denise Darcel (pictured)--
The Guardian
Dorothy Morris--
Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings
There’s a slapstick version of The Wizard of Oz?—
Forgotten Films
I love this scalding and brilliant letter Raymond Chandler wrote to Hitchcock—
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Quote of the Week (181)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 15, 2012
Technical progress kills a kind of human quality in us.
-Jean Renoir
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Classic Birthdays (508)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 15, 2012
Margaret O’Brien (75)
Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998)
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Classic Birthdays (509)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 14, 2012
Bebe Daniels (1901-1971)
Harold Russell (1914-2002)
Joseph Losey (1909-1984)
Russ Columbo (1908-1934)
William Bendix (1906-1964)
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
Hal Roach (1892-1992)
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Classic Birthdays (510)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 13, 2012
Kay Francis (1905-1968)
Gwen Verdon (1925-2000)
Robert Stack (1919-2003)
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Classic Links (88)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 13, 2012
A book about the real life events that inspired Double Indemnity--
Shadows and Satin
I’m disappointed that the new Loy bio. does not appear to have much more to say than the actress said about herself in her autobiography, Being and Becoming. I’ve had a copy of that for years and read more
Classic Birthdays (511)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 12, 2012
Luise Rainer (102)
Patsy Kelly (1910-1981)
Tex Ritter (1905-1974)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 10, 2012
Ray Bolger (1904-1987)
Sal Mineo (1939-1976)
Paul Henreid (1905-1992)
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Constellation TV: A New Way to View Films Online
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 10, 2012
Late last year, I received an invitation to try Constellation TV, a new online theater. Rather than streaming titles at any time, users buy individual admissions to specific show times. This is meant to heighten the social experience of watching the movies in a couple of ways.
Some showings are ho read more
Classic Links (90)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 9, 2012
I’d love to have this in my backyard too, but I’m afraid it would spook the dogs next door. They have enough trouble with my cat and her evil eye—
If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger. . .
RIP silent era screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas, 111. She was the third oldest person i read more
Classic Birthdays (513)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 9, 2012
Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989)
Vilma Bánky (1898-1991)
Fernando Lamas (1915-1982)
Anita Louise (1915-1970)
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Classic Birthdays (514)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 8, 2012
José Ferrer (1912-1992)
Elvis Presley (1935-1977) [Thanks Tom!]
Yvette Mimieux (70)
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Quote of the Week
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 8, 2012
A film is a ribbon of dreams. The camera is much more than a recording apparatus; it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world that is not ours and that brings us to the heart of a great secret. Here magic begins.
-Orson Welles
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Classic Birthdays (515)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 7, 2012
Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995)
Adolph Zukor (1873-1976)
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Classic Birthdays (516)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 6, 2012
Loretta Young (1913-2000)
Capucine (1928-1990)
Mickey Hargitay (1926-2006)
Danny Thomas (1914-1991)
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#favoritethingsinclassicfilms= Fun+Community-Work-Sleep
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 6, 2012
It all started with a tweet yesterday morning:
What followed was an amazing bonding experience among us classic movie geeks on Twitter. Dozens, maybe even hundreds of tweets followed. The simple, open-ended idea gave everyone free reign to be creative in describing the things they loved ab read more