Category Archives: Birthday Legends

Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Paul Newman

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Paul Newman, born January 26th, 1925.   Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, George Roy Hill director) Let me tell you a little story about my freshman year at … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: D.W Griffith

  Happy Birthday Classic Movie Legend, D.W Griffith, born January 22, 1875! No doubt, D.W Griffith is one of the most controversial figures in the world of Classic Hollywood. He has already gone down in film history as one of … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Patricia Neal

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Patricia Neal, born January 20, 1926! The first time I saw Patricia Neal, I was completely smitten. The film was A Face in the Crowd and I must have been in ninth or … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Cary Grant

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Cary Grant, Born January 18th, 1904! If there were an equation for the perfect Hollywood Male Star persona it would probably go a little something like this: ridiculou good looks + charm  ­+ … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Paul Henreid

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Paul Henreid, born January 10, 1908! For me, one of the factors that creates the “Classic Hollywood Mythos” is its time period. With an evolution that ranges in time from the Roaring Twenties, … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Hub Birthday Database

Find Classic Movie Birthdays with the Classic Movie Hub Birthday Database! I am happy to say that I am officially launching the Classic Movie Hub Birthday Database today!  It took me over one year to create, and although it’s been … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Butterfly McQueen

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Butterfly McQueen, born January 7, 1911!  Some legends represent the very best classic Hollywood has to offer. They are the very embodiment of that unobtainable glamour, a lifestyle seemingly built on quick-witted dialog, … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Ray Milland

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Ray Milland, born on January 3, 1905! Let me be honest with you: I have not seen very many Ray Milland films. I know, I know: How am I supposed to write about … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Maggie Smith

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Maggie Smith, Born December 29, 1934! Although I adore the woman to no end, I must admit, I would not necessarily consider Maggie Smith a classic movie legend. Now, please, don’t get me … Continue reading

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Marlene Dietrich

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Marlene Dietrich, Born December 27, 1901! Glamour. Defined in the dictionary as: an air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring. For me, and I am assuming for many of … Continue reading

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