California Gold Country Western Locations
From Iverson Ranch to Lone Pine, Moab to Kanab, Corriganville to Pioneertown, I love visiting Western movie locations!
This spring a road trip took us to California’s “Gold Country.” St. James Church, Sonora
We spent a day in the little to......
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Today's Classic Movie Birthdays
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Birthname: Dino Paul Crocetti
Born: Jun 7, 1917
Steubenville, OH
Passed: Dec 25, 1995
Beverly Hills, CA
Born: Jun 7, 1917
Steubenville, OH
Passed: Dec 25, 1995
Beverly Hills, CA
Dean Martin
Jun 7, 1917
Birthname: Jessie Alice Tandy
Born: Jun 7, 1909
London, England
Passed: Sep 11, 1994
Easton, CT
Born: Jun 7, 1909
London, England
Passed: Sep 11, 1994
Easton, CT
Jessica Tandy
Jun 7, 1909
Birthname: Dolores Gray
Born: Jun 7, 1924
Chicago, IL
Passed: Jun 26, 2002
Manhattan, New York City
Born: Jun 7, 1924
Chicago, IL
Passed: Jun 26, 2002
Manhattan, New York City
Dolores Gray
Jun 7, 1924
Birthname: Marion Suplee
Born: Jun 7, 1908
Philadelphia, PA
Passed: Aug 13, 1985
Santa Monica, CA
Born: Jun 7, 1908
Philadelphia, PA
Passed: Aug 13, 1985
Santa Monica, CA
Marion Martin
Jun 7, 1908
Birthname: Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold
Born: Jun 7, 1915
London, England
Passed: Dec 30, 2003
Locarno, Switzerland
Born: Jun 7, 1915
London, England
Passed: Dec 30, 2003
Locarno, Switzerland
Patricia Roc
Jun 7, 1915
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Georges Méliès Amongst The Stars
Mankind dreamed of going to the moon and flying through the stars long before the actual rocket ships were invented. And at the turn of the 20th century, these dreams had a distinct tinge of Victorian whimsy. Poetry, fantasy stories, and the popular stage traditio......
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Noir Nook
“Truth is stranger than fiction,” Mark Twain once informed us, “but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.”
This month’s Noir Nook serves up the next installment in my series that looks at “stranger than fiction” lives of actors and actresses f......
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Monsters and Matinees
The “national day” trend of recent years can be fun. National Doughnut Day (June 5) is something I celebrate every day, but I do take advantage of doughnut specials offered for this day. National Go Barefoot Day (June 1) is a big no for me (I always wear my socks), but you can go ahead and take ......
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Silver Screen Standards
They say good help is hard to find, but Gary Cooper’s frontier marshal in High Noon (1952) experiences a life and death example of how difficult it is to get people to show up for you, even when it’s in their own best interest to do so. The iconic Western has long provoked debate about ......
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Western RoundUp
It’s time for another of my periodic tributes to Western filmmakers through sharing visits to their final resting places.
This is one of the ways I reflect on what each person’s work has contributed to the Western genre, giving all of us many happy hours of entertainment.
On Easter Sunday this y......
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Silents are Golden
In 1927, cinema was famously experiencing a time of transition from the silent to talkies, kickstarted by the popularity of Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer (1927). Directors and stars would soon be faced with a decision, whether deliberate or inadvertent: which silent would be their last befo......
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BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES
Legend Tribute: Hattie McDaniel
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Character Actress & Film Pioneer, Hattie McDaniel, born June 10 in 1892! Hattie McDaniel — Radio Pioneer. McDaniel started her entertainment career as a singer-songwriter in her brother’s (Otis) minstrel show. In the early-1920s, she toured with Professor... Read more...
Mini Tribute Mary Wickes
Born June 13, 1910 Character Actress Mary Wickes! Character Actress Mary Wickes appeared in over 130 roles, playing lots of busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns. Some of my favorite Mary Wickes roles? Well there’s lots, but for a start: Nurse Pickford in Now Voyager, Nurse Preen in The Man... Read more...
Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a
Bing Crosby Library / Student Center
in Spokane, WA?
In the 1950's, Gonzaga recognized the need of a good library, and alumnus Bing Crosby became a majo... ..
Read moreNational Film Registry
Sweet Smell of Success, directed by the legendary Alexander Mackendrick, was released in 1957. In 1993, 36 years later, it was inducted into The National Film Registry. Thank you National Film Registry!See more National Film Registry inductees
Grauman’s Chinese Theater
Mary Pickford's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1927. So were Constance Talmadge... See more
