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TCM Classic Film Tour NYC Ticket Giveaway (Nov/Dec)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

The TCM Classic Film Tour NYC Ticket Giveaway
We’re giving away THREE PAIRS of Tickets in Nov and Dec!

“New York, New York, It’s a Wonderful Town”

We are VERY EXCITED to announce our longterm partnership with NYC’s On Location Tours, the Concierge Choice Award Winner for Sightseeing and Tours, and the operator of the fabulous TCM Classic Film Tour of NYC!

To kick things off, we have a very special contest giveaway to announce today – CMH will be giving away THREE PAIRS of Tickets to hop on board the TCM Classic Film Tour. So, if you live in NYC, or if you’re planning to visit NYC over the next few months, please feel free to enter. Our lucky winners will be able to pick the day of their preferred tour and work directly with On Location Tours to book it.

Hop on board for a good old TCM classic movie time!

I took the tour a few years ago, and loved it (and honestly can’t wait to try it again). If you’d like to read my review, click here, as it’ll explain much more in depth about what the tour covers – and it does cover a lot. PS: I love the fact that they show you video clips on the bus of the exact sites you’re visiting and/or passing by.

In a nutshell, you’ll traverse the city, seeing over 60 filming locations and stopping for photo opps at some very iconic places, including Holly Golightly’s brownstone (Breakfast at Tiffany’s), the gothic Dakota apartment building (Rosemary’s Baby), the famous Seven Year Itch subway grate (which I walked over hundreds of times and never even knew it was there!), and, if you’re a fan of the ‘newer’ classics — the “I’ll have what she’s having” deli aka Zabar’s (from When Harry Met Sally).

Recognize this brownstone? That would be Holly Golightly’s home.

In order to qualify to win a pair of tickets for the TCM Classic Film Tour via this contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, December 29th at 9PM EST. However, the sooner you enter, the better chance you have of winning, because we will pick a winner on three different days within the contest period, via random drawings, as listed below… So if you don’t win the first week that you enter, you will still be eligible to win during the following weeks until the contest is over.

Dec 1: One Winner (wins one pair of tickets)
Dec 15: One Winner (wins one pair of tickets)
Dec 29: One Winner (wins one pair of tickets)

We will announce each week’s winner on Twitter @ClassicMovieHub (or this blog, depending how you entered), the day after each winner is picked at 9PM EST — for example, we will announce our first week’s winners on Sunday Dec 2 around 9PM EST.

The iconic Seven Year Itch subway grate 🙂

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ENTRY TASK (2-parts) to be completed by December 29 at 9PM EST — BUT remember, the sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win…

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

2) Then TWEET (not DM) the following message in its entirety*:
Just entered to win tickets for the “TCM Classic Film Tour” in NYC courtesy of @OnLocationTours and @ClassicMovieHub – contest link: ttp://ow.ly/Fv6c30mFdKt

THE QUESTION:
Why do you want to win tickets for the TCM Classic Film Tour?

*If you do not have a Twitter account, you can still enter the contest by simply answering the above question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog — BUT PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU ADD THIS VERBIAGE TO YOUR ANSWER: I do not have a Twitter account, so I am posting here to enter but cannot tweet the message.

NOTE: if for any reason you encounter a problem commenting here on this blog, please feel free to tweet or DM us, or send an email to clas…@gmail.com and we will be happy to create the entry for you.

Please allow us at least 48 hours to approve (and publish) your comment, as we have an unprecedented amount of spam to sift through…

PLEASE NOTE for all prizing: Each winner is entitled to receive a pair of tickets for the TCM Classic Film Tour in NYC, and will work directly with On Location Tours to book the tour date/time. Currently the tour runs on Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:30am, but may run less often from January through March due to the slower season. Tickets are subject to availability. Winners will be responsible for their own transportation to/from New York City and/or the Tour meeting place. Prizes do not include hotel accommodations, travel or ancillary expenses.

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The view alone relaxes me. Remember this one? From newer classic, Manhattan.

About the Tour: Hop on tour with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and On Location Tours for this one-of-a-kind sightseeing tour of the Big Apple and explore the most filmed city in the world! We’ve selected the best movie sites around Manhattan to share with you in person and in movie clips. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at some of your favorite classic films set in New York City, as your guide entertains, informs and quizzes you with trivia questions while showcasing over 60 filming locations! Not only will you get a taste of New York film history, you’ll receive a great sightseeing tour of Manhattan. By bus, we’ll take you to neighborhoods rich with history, where some of the most iconic films of all time were made.

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And — If you can’t wait to win tickets, click below to purchase tickets at a 10% discount.

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And stay tuned, because we’ll be giving away lots more Tour Tickets next year!

Good Luck!

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

Posted in Contests & Giveaways | Tagged Breakfast at Tiffany's brownstone, NYC Film Tour, On Location Tours NYC, Seven Year Itch subway grate NYC, TCM Classic Film Tour | 26 Comments

Kino Lorber “Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers” Giveaway

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

“Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers” DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway!
We’re giving away THREE FIVE copies of this historic box set!

“A thrilling look at the variety of films made by women,
most before they won the right to vote.”
– Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Oh Yay, I’m happy to say we’re giving away FIVE copies now!

A scene from Salome

CMH is very happy to announce that we’ll be giving away ~~THREE~~ FIVE COPIES of a very special DVD/Blu-Ray Set — Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers — courtesy of our friends at Kino Lorber! This 6-disc historical collection, produced in collaboration with the Library of Congress, features the daring, innovative, and trailblazing work of the first female filmmakers, and will be available in stores on Nov 20th. But you can win a copy right here on CMH this month!

In order to qualify to win one of these Sets via this contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, ~~Dec 8~~ Dec 22 at 10PM EST. However, the sooner you enter, the better chance you have of winning, because we will pick one winner on ~~three~~ five different days within the contest period, via random drawings, as listed below… So if you don’t win the first week that you enter, you will still be eligible to win during the following weeks until the contest is over. Please note that each winner will be able to choose their preferred format: DVD or Blu-Ray.

Nov 24: One Winner
Dec 1: One Winner
Dec 8: One Winner
Dec 15: One Winner (just added!)
Dec 22: One Winner (just added!)

We will announce each week’s winner on Twitter @ClassicMovieHub and right here on this Blog in the comment section below, the day after each winner is picked at 10PM EST — for example, we will announce our first week’s winner at 10PM EST on Sunday Nov 25.

A scene from The Red Kimona, produced by Dorothy Davenport

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ENTRY TASK (2-parts) to be completed by Saturday, ~~Dec 8~~ Dec 22 at 10PM EST — BUT remember, the sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win…

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

2) *Then TWEET (not DM) the following message:
Just entered to win “Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers”#DVD/BluRay #Giveaway courtesy of @KinoLorber & @ClassicMovieHub — contest link: http://ow.ly/8GMv30mFb8m

THE QUESTION:
What is it about this historic collection that intrigues you most?

NOTE: if for any reason you encounter a problem commenting here on this blog, please feel free to tweet or DM us, or send an email to classicmoviehub@gmail.com and we will be happy to create the entry for you.

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A scene from Hypocrites, directed by Lois Weber

About Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers: In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled explosive issues such as birth control, abortion, and prostitution. This crucial chapter of film history comes alive through the presentation of a wide assortment of films, carefully curated, meticulously restored in 2K and 4K from archival sources, and presented with new musical scores. Special Features include an 80-page booklet with essays and photos, interviews with historians and archivists, and audio commentaries for select films.

“Provides a rare opportunity to see some of the greatest films helmed by early Hollywood’s intrepid women… filling in the blanks of the past and reclaiming the medium’s forgotten stories.” – Christina Newland, Village Voice

A scene from A Fool and His Money

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Click here for the full contest rules and more details.

You can visit Kino Lorber on their website, on Twitter at @KinoLorber or on Facebook.

Please note that only Continental United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico) entrants are eligible.

And — BlogHub members ARE eligible to win if they live within the Continental United States (as noted above).

If you don’t want to wait to win, you can purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray by clicking here:

And you might also like:

Good Luck!

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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#Noirvember Continues with a Kino Classics Giveaway (Blog/Facebook)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

Celebrating #Noirvember with Kino Lorber!
DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles

Now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our contest! That said, there’s still two more chances to win our Kino Lorber #Noirvember giveaway, courtesy of Kino Lorber. Each of our two winners will be able to choose one prize from the following four titles – A Bullet for Joey (Edward G. Robinson and George Raft), No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott and Linden Travers), Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda) or A Kiss Before Dying (Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter). And don’t forget – you can also enter the Twitter version of the contest for more changes to win because we’ll be giving away EIGHT prizes there too. That said, here we go…

In order to qualify to win a prize via this Facebook/Blog contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, Dec 8 at 10PM EST. We will pick our two winners via a random drawing and announce them on this Blog the day after the contest ends (Sunday Dec 9).

Daisy Kenyon, 1947 (Otto Preminger director)

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Here are the titles up for grabs:

A Bullet for Joey: Blu-Ray or DVD available. Edward G. Robinson (Scarlet Street) and George Raft (They Drive by Night) star in this espionage thriller that pulls out all the stops for excitement and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

A Kiss Before Dying, 1956 (Gerd Oswald director)

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ENTRY TASK to be completed by Saturday, Dec 8 at 10PM EST…

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

THE QUESTION:
What is one of your favorite Film Noirs and why?

ALSO: Please allow us 48 hours to approve your comments. Sorry about that, but we are being overwhelmed with spam, and must sort through 100s of comments…

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You can visit Kino Lorber on their website, on Twitter at @KinoLorber or on Facebook.

Please note that only Continental United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico) entrants are eligible.

And — BlogHub members ARE eligible to win if they live within the Continental United States (as noted above).

For complete rules, click here.

And if you can’t wait to win any of these titles, you can click on the images below to purchase on amazon

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Good Luck!

–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

Posted in Contests & Giveaways, Posts by Annmarie Gatti | Tagged film noir, Noirvember | 7 Comments

Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master Book Giveaway (Facebook/Blog Nov/Dec)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master
Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog

Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky. And, remember, we’re also giving away FIVE MORE copies via Twitter this month as well, so please feel free to enter that contest too…

In order to qualify to win this prize via this Facebook/Blog contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, Dec 8 at 9PM EST. We will pick one winner via a random drawing and announce him/her on Facebook and here on this Blog the day after the contest ends (Sunday Dec 9).

If you’re also on Twitter, please feel free to visit us at @ClassicMovieHub for additional giveaways — because we’ll be giving away FIVE MORE books there as well! PS: you don’t even need a twitter account to enter! (Click here for twitter contest details as well as more information about the book.)

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ENTRY TASK to be completed by Saturday, Dec 8 at 9PM EST —

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

THE QUESTION:
Who is one of your favorite classic movie directors and why?

ALSO: Please allow us 48 hours to approve your comments. Sorry about that, but we are being overwhelmed with spam, and must sort through 100s of comments…

About the Book: Academy Award nominated director Clarence Brown (1890–1987) worked with some of Hollywood’s greatest stars, such as Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Mickey Rooney, Katharine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy. Known as the “star maker,” he helped guide the acting career of child sensation Elizabeth Taylor and discovered child star Claude Jarman Jr. for The Yearling (1946). He directed more than fifty films, including Possessed (1931), Anna Karenina (1935), National Velvet (1944), and Intruder in the Dust (1949), winning his audiences over with glamorous star vehicles, tales of families, communities, and slices of Americana, as well as hard-hitting dramas. Although Brown was admired by peers like Jean Renoir, Frank Capra, and John Ford, his illuminating work and contributions to classic cinema are rarely mentioned in the same breath as those of Hollywood’s great directors. In this first full-length account of the life and career of the pioneering filmmaker, Gwenda Young discusses Brown’s background to show how his hardworking parents and resilient grandparents inspired his entrepreneurial spirit. She reveals how the one-time engineer and World War I aviator established a thriving car dealership, the Brown Motor Car Company, in Alabama – only to give it all up to follow his dream of making movies. He would not only become a brilliant director but also a craftsman who was known for his innovative use of lighting and composition. Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master explores the forces that shaped a complex man―part–dreamer, part–pragmatist―who left an indelible mark on cinema.

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Click here for the full contest rules.

Please note that only Continental United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico) entrants are eligible.

And — BlogHub members ARE eligible to win if they live within the Continental United States (as noted above).

Good Luck!

And if you can’t wait to win the book, you can purchase the on amazon by clicking here:

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – Colleen Moore, The Definitive Flapper

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Lea Stans

Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – Colleen Moore, The Definitive Flapper

During the silent era, there were thousands of young girls who dreamed of being movie stars. For most girls, of course, these were merely daydreams, and the intrepid few who tried their luck in Hollywood often faced disappointment. But now and then a lucky individual did manage to “make good” in the movies. One of the most inspirational of these success stories is Colleen Moore’s. Not only did the confident young girl from Michigan find fame nearly beyond her wildest dreams, but she would also come to define “flapper” for a generation.

Colleen Moore, The Definitive Flapper.

Kathleen Morrison was born in Port Huron, Michigan around 1899–later she would claim it was 1902. Her family moved frequently, from Georgia to Pennsylvania to Florida, and often spent summers in Chicago with Kathleen’s uncle Walter and aunt Liberty. As a child, Kathleen adored everything to do with the theater. She and her younger brother Cleeve formed their own “stock company” using a piano crate as a makeshift stage. Kathleen also used her dolls as “actors” in her own little plays (collecting dolls would be a lifelong passion for her).

Colleen Moore and her brother, Cleeve, as children

As she grew older motion pictures became wildly popular, and Kathleen began frequenting movie theaters as often as she could. She bought fan magazines and kept a scrapbook of clippings of her favorite stars. Soon she became to dream of seeing herself up on that magical screen. She was so sure she could make it in the movies that she kept a blank page in her scrapbook, fondly reserving it for her own portrait when she became a star.

Fortunately for Kathleen, not only were the Essanay studios in Chicago not far from her aunt Liberty and uncle Walter’s house, but Walter was a Chicago newspaper editor who happened to be in contact with director D.W. Griffith. Kathleen and her relatives nabbed her a screen test at Essanay, partly to test her acting and partly to make sure her eyes photographed properly–she had one blue eye and one brown. The test being successful, Griffith’s Triangle-Fine Arts studio offered her a six-month contract and Kathleen was soon on a train heading to Hollywood. It was a dream come true.

Once in Hollywood, the teenaged Kathleen adopted a new name her family had chosen–Colleen Moore, concocted for its Irish air and appropriate length for a movie marquee. She was put to work acting opposite young star Robert Harron in The Bad Boy (1917), and then An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917). While Colleen was nervous in front of the camera at first, she studied the rushes for ways to improve. When her six-month contract was up she had no intentions of returning home. For Colleen, Hollywood was home.

Fact: Colleen Moore had a genetic condition called Heterochromia, or one blue, and one brown eye.

She scored acting jobs at a variety of studios, including Christie, Fox, and Selig, and generally played love interests and girlish heroines. By the early 1920s, she was starting to make a name for herself and was best known for starring in Little Orphan Annie (1918). Still, she felt she needed a more distinct persona.

That all changed when she read the sensational (for the time) new novel Flaming Youth by Warner Fabian, about the unconventional “modern” lifestyles of three flapper sisters. Positive that the main character Pat Fentriss was perfect for her, Colleen asked her fiancé, producer John McCormick, to buy the rights to the novel. Later she recalled: “Never had I been so happy in a movie role before. I loved every scene. After six years of treacle, it was heaven to be given a little spice.” Flaming Youth (1923) turned out to be a sensation, mainly because of Colleen’s sparkling performance–and her chic new look, a Dutch bob.

Colleen Moore and her flapper-style bob

Slender, energetic young Colleen was an ideal fit for the role of a flapper, then a new type of heroine. Flappers, with their edgy fashions and love of adventure and good times, were making a huge impact on popular culture and Colleen was among the earliest actresses to portray them in the movies. Arguably she would be the most influential, being identified as a flapper “type” even before Clara Bow.

Flaming Youth was followed up by many other light comedy hits, including The Perfect Flapper (1924), We Moderns (1925), Irene (1926) and Colleen’s biggest success, Lilac Time (1928) co-starring Gary Cooper. Her spunky, fun-loving flappers tended to put on a show of being “modern,” but were still good girls at heart–the kind of flapper a mother didn’t need to worry too much about.

Movie poster for Synthetic Skin

By the end of the 1920s, Colleen was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and had a beautiful mansion in Bel-Air. Unfortunately, her marriage to John McCormick was on the rocks, due to his alcoholism. They would divorce in 1930, around the time talkies were officially replacing silent films. Colleen then tried her hand at talkies, including The Scarlet Letter (1934), but after only four she decided to retire from the screen. Having already achieved success beyond her wildest girlhood dreams, she wisely decided to quit while she was ahead.

Colleen kept busy in retirement. After a brief marriage to a stockbroker she married Homer Hargrave, a widower with two children, and this time the marriage lasted until Homer’s death in 1964. She wrote two books–her autobiography Silent Star and How Women Can Make Money in the Stock Market–and eventually formed a TV production company. But her most famous post-Hollywood project was her “Fairy Castle,” a huge, elaborate dollhouse that measured nine square feet. Colleen and her father started the dollhouse in 1928, having it carefully designed and decorated by professional artists and craftsmen. It was filled with beautiful miniature furnishings, paintings, murals, chandeliers, and decorative objects, made from precious materials whenever possible. Colleen continued to add to her work of art until her death, and today it’s housed in Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.

Moore worked with hundreds of craftsmen over the course of a decade to build her “Fairy Castle”. She completed it at the cost of some $500,000. Among its many one-of-a-kind features is a library that comes complete with miniature versions of many great works of literature.

Colleen also took steps to protect her films, sending them to the Museum of Modern Art in New York in hopes of having them preserved. Tragically, the films were improperly stored and many ended up decomposing. Colleen’s last marriage was to builder Paul Maginot in 1982, and she would pass away from cancer in 1988.

While today she’s sometimes overshadowed by popular flapper-type actresses like Clara Bow and Louise Brooks, Colleen Moore was the spirited personality who helped pave the way for them. Not only are her surviving films wonderful time capsules of the era, but Colleen’s acting remains as fresh today as it was in the 1920s. She is not only a delightful talent, but she has what is truly one of Hollywood’s most inspiring success stories.

“Don’t worry, girls. No edict of fashion arbiters will ever swathe you in long and cumbersome skirts. The American girl will see to this. She is independent, a thinker will not follow slavishly the ordinances of those who in the past have decreed this or that for her to wear.”

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–Lea Stans for Classic Movie Hub

You can read all of Lea’s Silents are Golden articles here.

Lea Stans is a born-and-raised Minnesotan with a degree in English and an obsessive interest in the silent film era (which she largely blames on Buster Keaton). In addition to blogging about her passion at her site Silent-ology, she is a columnist for the Silent Film Quarterly and has also written for The Keaton Chronicle.

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Noir Nook: Elisha Cook Jr.

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry

Noir Nook: Elisha Cook

I recently appeared on a podcast hosted by Carl over at the Movie Palace; the topic was film noir, and one of the questions focused on actors who frequently appeared in the features from this era. Along with such stars as Robert Ryan, Dan Duryea, and Richard Widmark, I also mentioned Elisha Cook, Jr. After all, what discussion on the actors of film noir would be complete without this veteran?

Elisha Cook as a young man.

This month’s Noir Nook shines the spotlight on the life of this fabulous actor and some of his greatest film noir performances.

Known to his friends as “Cookie,” the short-statured actor with the baby face was born on December 16, 1903, in San Francisco, California, but moved with his family to Chicago a few weeks before the famed 1906 earthquake. He was introduced to acting during his teen years, when he did a walk-on in a play at Chicago’s Blackstone Theater, and he honed his craft over the next several years in repertory and stock companies, tent shows, and even vaudeville. He got his big break when he landed a role on Broadway in Eugene O’Neill’s Ah Wilderness!, earning praise from several critics, including the reviewer for Billboard, who lauded his “sensitive and fine portrayal.” A short time later, Cook turned his sights to Hollywood, racking up some valuable advice from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Owen Davis (father of Cook’s close friend, Owney).

“He said to me, ‘Junior, you’re going to go out there and make a lot of real bad pictures,'” Cook remembered. “’Now, if you want to be intelligent, you play small parts – because then they can never blame you.’ That’s what I’ve been doing ever since.”

Tinseltown welcomed Cook like a long-lost friend – he was soon appearing in a series of films that, while they weren’t quite Gone With the Wind, gave the actor some valuable experience in front of the camera. But during the filming of one production – Submarine Patrol (1938), a John Ford-directed sea yarn – Cook experienced a bit more than he bargained for. In a 1985 interview, Cook recalled that he was filming on a mock-up bridge, and the water used for the scene knocked him off the deck.

“I grabbed the piano wire that was holding the bridge up. Sliced the top of my thumb off,” Cook said. “So Ford comes running up to me and says, ‘Jesus, that was a good scene.’ I said, ‘Great, Mr. Ford, but I cut my thumb off.’ He takes one look and passes out. Later, he gave me a made-up Navy Cross and took me out on his yacht – but he never employed me again.”

“Keep on riding me and they’re gonna be picking iron out of your liver.” – Elisha Cook as Wilmer in The Maltese Falcon

Cook entered the world of noir in what I consider to be the very first film from the era – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) – playing a hapless taxi driver accused of murder. During the next 17 years, Cook would appear in no fewer than 13 films noirs, including such classics as The Maltese Falcon (1941) and The Big Sleep (1946). In each, he stuck to the advice served up by Owen Davis and played small parts, but he always managed to turn in a performance that made audiences sit up take notice, including great performances in Phantom Lady (1947), where he played a sex-crazed drummer. But I have two favorite Elisha Cook, Jr., performances that are head and shoulders above the rest; Born to Kill (1947) and The Killing (1957).

Elisha Cook and Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill.

Described by one critic as a “sexy, suggestive yard of crime with punishment,” Born to Kill tells the story of Sam Wild, a psychopathic killer expertly played by Lawrence Tierney, who inserts himself into the midst of a well-heeled San Francisco family. Forming a dysfunctional triangle, Sam is the fulcrum to Helen Trent (Claire Trevor), who knows that Sam is a murderer and can’t stay away from him, and her sweetly naïve foster sister Georgia (Audrey Long), who winds up marrying Sam. Cook portrayed Sam’s best friend Marty, the kind of pal everybody would like to have, who will cover up all your bad deeds and remain steadfastly by your side, come what may. But Marty was also the sort of buddy who would give it to you straight, and he did with Sam, delivering what has become one of my all-time favorite noir lines: “You can’t just go around killin’ people whenever the notion strikes you,” Marty tells his BFF. “It’s not feasible.”

Elisha Cook and Marie Windor in The Killing.

My second favorite Cook performance comes in The Killing (1957) which, like Born to Kill, is one of my favorite noirs. This film features a motley crew of criminals and would-be criminals who unite to pull off an intricately planned racetrack heist. The group includes an ex-con (Sterling Hayden) who’s the leader of the pack, a bartender (Joe Sawyer) with an invalid wife, and a beat cop (Ted de Corsia) who owes money to the mob.

And then there’s George Peatty, played by Cook, a mild-mannered racetrack cashier whose life is completely ruled (and overruled) by his sexy, mean-spirited, money-loving wife, Sherry (the always-fabulous Marie Windsor). It’s for Sherry that George throws his hat in the criminal ring, desperate to give her the kind of life he promised when they married. Cook turns in an absolutely perfect performance of a man who will do anything to hold on to the woman he loves.

“The Killing was one of the classiest suspense thrillers ever made, and it also had an exceptional cast,” Cook later said. “Parts like that don’t sift down too often.”

If you’ve never seen Born to Kill or The Killing, do yourself a favor and check them out. And then put some icing on the cake with The Big Sleep or Phantom Lady.

You’ll be glad you did!

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– Karen Burroughs Hannsberry for Classic Movie Hub

You can read all of Karen’s Noir Nook articles here.

Karen Burroughs Hannsberry is the author of the Shadows and Satin blog, which focuses on movies and performers from the film noir and pre-Code eras, and the editor-in-chief of The Dark Pages, a bimonthly newsletter devoted to all things film noir. Karen is also the author of two books on film noir – Femme Noir: The Bad Girls of Film and Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir. You can follow Karen on Twitter at @TheDarkPages.
If you’re interested in learning more about Karen’s books, you can read more about them on amazon here:

Posted in Noir Nook, Posts by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry | Tagged Born to Kill, Elisha Cook Jr, film noir, Noir Nook, Noirvember, the killing | 8 Comments

Celebrating #Noirvember with a Classic Kino Lorber Giveaway!

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

Celebrating Noirvember with a Classic Kino Lorber Giveaway!
Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles

Time for our next contest! This time we’re celebrating Noirvember with another cool Kino Classics giveaway… We are happy to say that we have EIGHT classic DVD or Blu-Rays to giveaway on Twitter this month, winners’ choice of four titles – A Bullet for Joey (Edward G. Robinson and George Raft), No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott and Linden Travers), Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda) or A Kiss Before Dying (Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter). And don’t forget to stay tuned because we’ll also be giving away TWO more DVDs/Blu-Rays via a separate Facebook/Blog giveaway this month too. That said, here we go…

Daisy Kenyon, 1947 (Otto Preminger director)

In order to qualify to win one of these prizes via this contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, Dec 8 at 10PM EST. However, the sooner you enter, the better chance you have of winning, because we will pick two winners on four different days within the contest period, via random drawings, as listed below… So if you don’t win the first week that you enter, you will still be eligible to win during the following weeks until the contest is over.

Nov 17: Two Winners
Nov 24: Two Winners
Dec 1: Two Winners
Dec 8: Two Winners

We will announce each week’s winner on Twitter @ClassicMovieHub (or this blog, depending how you entered), the day after each winner is picked at 10PM EST — for example, we will announce our first week’s winners on Sunday Nov 18 around 10PM EST.

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Here are the titles up for grabs:

A Bullet for Joey: Blu-Ray or DVD available. Mastered in HD! Edward G. Robinson (Scarlet Street) and George Raft (They Drive by Night) star in this espionage thriller that pulls out all the stops for excitement and edge-of-your-seat suspense. When a Canadian police inspector investigates a murder, he is hurtled into an adventure involving foreign spies, American gangsters and an explosive high-tech secret that could change the world. In a daring attempt to seize a brilliant physicist’s discoveries, a foreign superpower enlists mobster Joe Victor (Raft) and his gang in a scheme that will ignite a firestorm of betrayal, murder and global intrigue. Police Inspector Leduc (Robinson) is closing in, but the gangsters bring in their ultimate weapon: the stunning Joyce (Audrey Trotter, The Set-Up), a blonde temptress who will teach the scientist a thing or two even he doesn’t know! The breathtaking chase leads through the city streets to a pulse-pounding confrontation aboard an enemy cargo ship. Crackling with unrelenting tension, clever twists and a rapid-fire pace that will have you enthralled until the final action-packed moments, A Bullet For Joey is an adventure of the highest caliber with top-notch direction by the great Lewis Allen (Suddenly).

No Orchids for Miss Blandish: Blu-Ray or DVD available. Based on a shocking novel by James Hadley Chase (The Night of the Generals)–the film’s mixture of sex, violence and low morals made it one of the most controversial films of the late 1940s. The story tells of a pampered heiress (Linden Travers, The Lady Vanishes) who is abducted on her wedding night by a gang of small time hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the groom. Despite her terrifying ordeal, Miss Blandish finds herself falling in love with the gang leader, Slim Grisson (Jack La Rue, A Farewell to Arms). They plan to run off together, but the rest of the gang can’t see parting with a potential million dollar ransom, or leaving a witness alive–even if it means killing Slim to get to her. The book was ferociously condemned, but was allegedly the most popular book amongst serving British troops during WWII. The 1971 Robert Aldrich film The Grissom Gang was based on the same Chase novel.

Daisy Kenyon: Blu-Ray ONLY available. Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce), Dana Andrews (Boomerang) and Henry Fonda (The Ox-Bow Incident) deliver dazzling performances in this highly polished and slick love triangle directed by the great Otto Preminger (Laura). Daisy Kenyon (Crawford) is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men – one she loves but cannot have and one whose love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O’Mara (Andrews), who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning army sergeant Peter Lapham (Fonda) – a decent and gentle man who instantly falls in love with her. Although she carries a torch for Dan, she knows Peter will give her the secure life she desires and she agrees to marry him. But when Dan divorces his wife, Daisy is suddenly torn between her obligations… and her passions. Featuring stunning black-and-white cinematography by legendary award-winning cinematographer Leon Shamroy (Leave Her to Heaven, The King and I, Cleopatra). the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award.

A Kiss Before Dying: Blu-Ray ONLY available. He had looks, charm, and killer instinct! Beneath his clean-cut looks… was a cold-blooded killer. Robert Wagner (Hart to Hart, The Pink Panther) gambled with his clean-cut image to play the ruthless, conniving killer in this unrelenting thriller co-starring Jeffrey Hunter (The Searchers), Virginia Leith (Fear and Desire), Joanne Woodward (Three Faces of Eve), Robert Quarry (Madhouse), George Macready (Gilda) and Mary Astor (The Hurricane). Based on the novel by suspense master Ira Levin (Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives), A Kiss Before Dying is riveting, sure-fire entertainment you can’t miss. Wagner is Bud Corliss, a darkly handsome college boy so obsessed with wealth that he’d do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It’s the perfect crime… until the dead girl’s sister begins to unravel Bud’s deadly scheme. Beautifully shot in cinemascope by the great Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch, The Killing) with top-notch direction by veteran Gerd Oswald (Crime of Passion).

A Kiss Before Dying, 1956 (Gerd Oswald director)

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ENTRY TASK (2-parts) to be completed by Saturday, Dec 8 at 10PM EST— BUT remember, the sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win…

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

2) Then TWEET (not DM) the following message:
Just entered to win the #Noirvember Celebration #Giveaway courtesy of @KinoLorber and @ClassicMovieHub #CMHContest link: http://ow.ly/ZdWM30mA13A

THE QUESTION:
Which of the above films would you like to win and why?

ALSO: Please allow us 48 hours to approve your comments. Sorry about that, but we are being overwhelmed with spam, and must sort through 100s of comments…

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You can visit Kino Lorber on their website, on Twitter at @KinoLorber or on Facebook.

Please note that only Continental United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico) entrants are eligible.

And — BlogHub members ARE eligible to win if they live within the Continental United States (as noted above).

For complete rules, click here.

And if you can’t wait to win any of these titles, you can click on the images below to purchase on amazon

Good Luck!

–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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FilmStruck Forum: Please Sign the Petition to #SaveFilmStruck

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

“Now I know I’ve got a heart, ’cause it’s breaking”
– The Tin Man

Well, what can I say? I know in the scheme of things, there are much worse things in life, but I have to say that my heart sunk when I found out that FilmStruck was shutting down. Honestly, at first I thought it was some cruel joke. But, unfortunately, it was not.

For me, FilmStruck was a safe haven of quality content curated by trusted ‘friends’ who understood the classic film community. It was a place I could retreat to after a hard day’s work or whenever I needed a lift, or when I simply wanted to kick back and watch a bonafide, time-tested, good movie. Whether I wanted to revel in an old favorite film of mine, or explore something I’d never seen before, there was no guesswork involved… I knew I was going to have a good viewing experience…

THANK YOU to FilmStruck for their labor of love

Rather than speculate here about why ATT/Warner would choose to shut down this service (although I suspect we all know why $$$), I will instead do three things:

1) First and foremost, I want to thank EVERYONE at FilmStruck for bringing this wonderful service to us. Although short-lived, it was awesome! It’s such a special product (for lack of a better term); something the classic movie community yearned for… a place where we could indulge our passion anytime and anywhere…

2) I’ve added some articles below that talk more about FilmStruck’s history, and why it was shut down.

3) And, now, here is a link to a PETITION to #SaveFilmStruck at Change.org. As of this writing, they have 45,000 signatures! Kevin Bahr, the creator of the petition, sums up FilmStruck eloquently:

“FilmStruck is not just a niche market, it is a massive archive dedicated to keeping art of the past alive, much in the way a museum keeps artists from centuries ago alive. It deserves to live, not only to provide an outlet for film lovers of the past but also to create new fans through the next several generations, and perhaps open some more eyes along the way.”

If you love classic or art-house films, please sign the petition

If you want to read more:

I know it may seem like a lost cause at this point, but as Jefferson Smith said “you fight harder for the lost causes than for any others”…

Thanks for listening 🙂

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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What’s Happening in Classics: November 2018

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

The CMH Guide for November 2018:
Movie Screenings, TV Schedules, Contests and More!

Welcome to our monthly ‘CMH Guide’ for Classics! And welcome November! We’re hoping this classic movie and TV guide will help you plan some classic viewing fun… If we’re missing a classic channel, just let us know and we’ll be happy to add it!

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TCM…

Star of the Month: Glenda Farrell! She performed in over 100 roles across stage, tv, and films with a majority of these in the 1930s as a character actor staple of the Warner Bros. musicals, melodramas and gangster films. From her first taste of the stage at age seven, she embraced hard work and excelled at delivering sass. Most notably, she was best known for popular take on the fast-talking reporter Torchy Blane. Enjoy a collection of her films every Monday in October. Full schedule here.
The Art of Casting- Tuesdays in November! Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, casting directors David Rubin and Juliet Taylor join the discussion in the art of casting talent as reflected via 14 iconic films.
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers TCM takes a look at the women filmmakers who made history during primetime on the first 2 Thursdays in November, followed by a showcase of Female Directors during the daytime scheduling on Wednesday, Nov. 7th. Hosted by Alicia Malone with guests Illeana Douglas and Dr. Karen Ward Mahar.
On Veterans Day, November 11th, TCM salutes our brave servicemen and women as they invite veterans of the US Armed Forces to introduce and chat a favorite film.

For more info about what’s playing on TCM this month, visit the TCM Movie Schedule at CMH here.

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FilmStruck

CMH was very saddened to hear the disheartening news that FilmStruck will shut down by month’s end. We encourage you to consider signing the Change.Org petition to try and convince ATT and Warner Bros to keep it running.

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Blogathons…
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Blogathon (Nov 8 – 10th)
The “They Remade What?!” Blogathon (Nov 9 -11th)
The Claude Rains Blogathon (Nov 9 – 11th)
The 4th Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon (Nov 11- 12th)
The Greatest Film I’ve Never Seen Blogathon (Nov 16 – 18th)
The Rock Hudson Blogathon (Nov 17 – 19th)
For a full listing of Blogathons, click here. Or add your own and we will help promote it.

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TCM Parties for November… Follow along and live tweet using the #TCMParty hashtag

▪       LITTLE CAESAR (1930) Nov 5th at 8pm ET
▪       SMART BLONDE (1936) Nov 12th at 8pm ET
▪       PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE (1952) Nov 18th at 8pm ET
▪       ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) Nov 24th at 8pm ET

Check out the complete list and times here.

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Get To Know the Classic Columns! CMH is host to some of the savviest niche writers in Classic Film today- from Film Noir, Musicals, Westerns, Pre-Code, Silents and more! You can explore all the fabulous monthly columns and special contributors here.

This month, we feature Karen of Noir Nook. Karen Burroughs Hannsberry is the author of the Shadows and Satin blog, which focuses on movies and performers from the film noir and pre-Code eras, and the editor-in-chief of The Dark Pages, a bimonthly newsletter devoted to all things film noir. Karen is also the author of two books on film noir – Femme Noir: The Bad Girls of Film and Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir. She is a member of the Classic Movie Blogs Association, the Large Association of Movie Blogs, and the Vintage Association of Motion Picture Blogs. She is the mother of two daughters, both raised on a steady diet of classic films. You can read more of Karen’s articles at Shadows and Satin, The Dark Pages Newsletter on Facebook or by following her on twitter at @TheDarkPages. See all of Karen’s CMH Articles Here…..

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Pluto TV… Would love to know what you think of this free streaming movie service… There’s a reason 🙂

Pluto TV is like an old-school TV set — you flip through the channels to see what’s on. The good news is that the service is FREE, and they have a Classic Movie Channel and a Classic TV Channel – among other fun channels. Would love to know what you think
Classic Movie Channel
Classic TV Channel

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Movies TV Network…

A mix of classics and newer films can be found in the Movies TV Network schedule (which also includes more recent films).
Check out the Sunday Night Noir every week! Here’s Where to Watch.

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GetTV… Classic Movies and Retro TV…

For the full schedule click here.
Navigate show listing and movie listing links to preview scheduling.
Where to watch.

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MeTV…

You can stream lots of classic TV shows for free (and on demand) here including the complete MeTV schedule and Where to watch.

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Decades TV…

The Decades TV schedule with a list of the TV shows and Where to Watch.

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Fathom Events “TCM Big Screen Classics”… movies on the Big Screen at select theaters nationwide…

Contest: Win Tickets to see “TCM Big Screen Classics: WHITE CHRISTMAS (Giveaway runs through Nov 24th)

For the full schedule of ‘TCM Big Screen Classic’ movie screenings, visit the Fathom Events listing at CMH here.

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Go Local! Discover Movie Screenings and Events in your Neighborhood and across the US…

Classic Films on the big screen, Film Festivals and more can be found across the country. For example,

Check out the CMH Event Calendar to see what’s playing at Theaters across the US including:

▪       New York
▪       Illinois
▪       Maryland
▪       Oregon
▪       Massachusetts
▪       Texas
▪       California
▪       Michigan
▪       Utah
▪       Georgia
▪       Pennsylvania
▪       North Carolina
▪       New Hampshire
▪       Indiana
▪       Colorado
▪       Washington
▪       Nationwide via Fathom Events

If we’re missing a ‘classic movie’ theater or event in your neighborhood, please let us know!

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And of course our Monthly Contests! Including:

Kino Lorber DVDs and Blu-Rays — 12 prizes in all, winner’s choice of four titles – A Bullet for Joey, No Orchids for Miss Blandish, Daisy Kenyon, A Kiss Before Dying. Check back on this Blog for details.
Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers — we’re giving away 3 copies of this wonderful box set (DVD or Blu-Ray. Check back on this Blog for details.
Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master — we’re giving away 6 copies of the new Clarence Brown biography, from now through Dec 8. Click here to enter.
Frances Langford: Armed Forces Sweetheart — we’re giving away 10 copies , from now through Dec 8. Click here to enter.

For a listing of all of our CMH contests, click here.

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master – Book Giveaway (November)

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

“Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master”
We have Five Books to Give Away via Twitter or this Blog

It’s time for our next book giveaway! CMH is happy to say that we will be giving away FIVE COPIES of Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master by Gwenda Young, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky, from now through Dec 8. (plus ONE more copy here via Facebook and this Blog — feel free to enter this one too).

In order to qualify to win one of these prizes via this contest giveaway, you must complete the below entry task by Saturday, Dec 8 at 9PM EST. However, the sooner you enter, the better chance you have of winning, because we will pick a winner on five different days within the contest period, via random drawings, as listed below… So if you don’t win the first week that you enter, you will still be eligible to win during the following weeks until the contest is over.

Nov 10: One Winner
Nov 17: One Winner
Nov 24: One Winner
Dec 1: One Winner
Dec 8: One Winner

We will announce each week’s winner on Twitter @ClassicMovieHub, the day after each winner is picked at 9PM EST — for example, we will announce our first week’s winner on Sunday Nov 11 at 9PM EST on Twitter. And, please note that you don’t have to have a Twitter account to enter; just see below for the details…

If you’re also on Facebook, please feel free to visit us at Classic Movie Hub on Facebook for additional giveaways (or check back on this Blog in a few days) — because we’ll be giving away ONE MORE cop via Facebook/Blog as well!

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And now on to the contest!

ENTRY TASK (2-parts) to be completed by Saturday, Dec 8 at 9PM EST — BUT remember, the sooner you enter, the more chances you have to win…

1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post

2) Then TWEET (not DM) the following message*:
Just entered to win the “Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master” #BookGiveaway courtesy of @KentuckyPress & @ClassicMovieHub #CMHContest link: http://ow.ly/Nw1Q30mvGZB

THE QUESTION:
What is one of your favorite Clarence Brown films and why? And, if you’re not familiar with his work, why do you want to win this book?

ALSO: Please allow us 48 hours to approve your comments. Sorry about that, but we are being overwhelmed with spam, and must sort through 100s of comments…

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Click here for the full contest rules.

Please note that only Continental United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico) entrants are eligible.

And — BlogHub members ARE eligible to win if they live within the Continental United States (as noted above).

Good Luck!

And if you can’t wait to win the book, you can purchase the on amazon by clicking here:

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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The TCM Classic Film Tour NYC Ticket Giveaway We’re giving away THREE PAIRS of Tickets in Nov and Dec!

“New York, New York, It’s a Wonderful Town”

Hop on board for a good old TCM classic movie time!

Recognize this brownstone? That would be Holly Golightly’s home.

The iconic Seven Year Itch subway grate 🙂

The view alone relaxes me. Remember this one? From newer classic, Manhattan.

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“Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers” DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway! We’re giving away THREE FIVE copies of this historic box set!

A scene from Salome

A scene from The Red Kimona, produced by Dorothy Davenport

A scene from Hypocrites, directed by Lois Weber

A scene from A Fool and His Money

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Celebrating #Noirvember with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles

Daisy Kenyon, 1947 (Otto Preminger director)

A Kiss Before Dying, 1956 (Gerd Oswald director)

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Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog

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Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – Colleen Moore, The Definitive Flapper

Colleen Moore, The Definitive Flapper.

Colleen Moore and her brother, Cleeve, as children

Fact: Colleen Moore had a genetic condition called Heterochromia, or one blue, and one brown eye.

Colleen Moore and her flapper-style bob

Movie poster for Synthetic Skin

Moore worked with hundreds of craftsmen over the course of a decade to build her “Fairy Castle”. She completed it at the cost of some $500,000. Among its many one-of-a-kind features is a library that comes complete with miniature versions of many great works of literature.

“Don’t worry, girls. No edict of fashion arbiters will ever swathe you in long and cumbersome skirts. The American girl will see to this. She is independent, a thinker will not follow slavishly the ordinances of those who in the past have decreed this or that for her to wear.”

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Noir Nook: Elisha Cook

Elisha Cook as a young man.

“Keep on riding me and they’re gonna be picking iron out of your liver.” – Elisha Cook as Wilmer in The Maltese Falcon

Elisha Cook and Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill.

Elisha Cook and Marie Windor in The Killing.

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Celebrating Noirvember with a Classic Kino Lorber Giveaway! Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles

Daisy Kenyon, 1947 (Otto Preminger director)

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A Kiss Before Dying, 1956 (Gerd Oswald director)

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“Now I know I’ve got a heart, ’cause it’s breaking” – The Tin Man

THANK YOU to FilmStruck for their labor of love

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The TCM Classic Film Tour NYC Ticket Giveaway
We’re giving away THREE PAIRS of Tickets in Nov and Dec!

“Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers” DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway!
We’re giving away THREE FIVE copies of this historic box set!

Celebrating #Noirvember with Kino Lorber!
DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles

Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master
Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog

Celebrating Noirvember with a Classic Kino Lorber Giveaway!
Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles

“Now I know I’ve got a heart, ’cause it’s breaking”
– The Tin Man

“Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master”
We have Five Books to Give Away via Twitter or this Blog