Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on August 7, 2026

Classic Movie Travels: Ronnie Schell Ronnie Schell Ronald Ralph Schell was born on December 23, 1931, in Richmond, California, to David and Marguerite Schell. His father worked as a stock checker at an automobile industry plant and later worked for a naval supply center. His mother was a waitres   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on July 24, 2026

The Maverick Queen (1956) Barbara Stanwyck is a favorite of many classic film fans, myself included. Over the years I’ve reviewed a few of her films here after seeing them for the first time: The Furies (1950), The Violent Men (1955), and Forty Guns (1957). The Maverick Queen (1956) One...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on July 23, 2026

Classic Movie Travels: Jim Nabors Jim Nabors James Thurston Nabors was born on June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama, the son of Fred Nabors, a police officer, and Mavis Pearl Newman Nabors. He was raised in the small central Alabama community alongside two older sisters: Freddie Mae and Annie   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on July 18, 2026

Modern technology is crazy, isn’t it? It feels like it can take over the world – perhaps not right away but we can see it coming. We welcomed advancements that helped us, but when is it going too far? I recently had to jump out of the way of a...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on July 16, 2026

Pre-Code Films with Film Noir Flavor Next to film noir, my favorite type of classic movie is pre-Code – films released roughly between 1929 and July 1934, before the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (also known as the Hays Code). The Hays Code represented a set of...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 9, 2026

Man Hunt (1941) I discovered the existence of Man Hunt (1941) while searching for classic movies about close encounters with Nazis, and as soon as I learned about it, I knew I needed to see it for myself. Adapted from Geoffrey Household’s 1939 novel, Rogue Male, Man Hunt is one...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on July 3, 2026

The American Revolution On The Silent Screen America (1924) It’s fascinating to see how American silent filmmakers portrayed events from U.S. history. Just think how much closer they were in time to events that are practically mythical to us today. In 1915, the Civil War had taken place only 50   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annette Bochenek on June 30, 2026

Classic Movie Travels: Rosalind Byrne Rosalind Byrne Rosalind Loretta Mooney, later know as Rosalind Byrne, was born on February 19, 1904, in St Marys, Ohio, to William and Mary Mooney. Her parents were prominent members of the community and her father worked as a judge. Tragically, he passed   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on June 28, 2026

Bend of the River (1952) Bend of the River (1952), starring James Stewart and directed by Anthony Mann, is not just one of my favorite Westerns, it’s one of my very favorite films. Readers with long memories may recall I wrote about Bend of the River here way back in...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on June 23, 2026

A Closer Look At Wings (1927) Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Clara Bow, and Richard Arlen References to Wings (1927) are most commonly trotted out during awards seasons, as a bit of obligatory trivia answering the question: “What was the first movie to be given the Oscar for Best Picture?”   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Toni Ruberto on June 20, 2026

Call me a cephalophile. Or an octo-enthusiast. Either one speaks to my obsession with the octopus in film. It is such a dramatic creature with those eight elongated tentacles that even a brief appearance can jolt a movie awake. An octopus lurking in a cave is like a killer in...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on June 18, 2026

Noir Nook: Darkest Noirs One of the features of film noir that I love most is the sheer “darkness” of the plots, characters, and themes. The darker, the better, in fact – no happy endings for me! This month, at the Nook, I’m shining the spotlight on two of my...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 11, 2026

Silver Screen Standards: The Devil Doll (1936) There’s nothing standard about the wild plot of the 1936 horror film, The Devil Doll, with its miniaturized zombie killers, mad scientists, use of drag as part of an elaborate scheme for revenge, and extensive special effects work showcasing its titula   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on June 5, 2026

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 towns of   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on May 26, 2026

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 traditions   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Classic Movie Hub Blog on May 21, 2026

“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 from the noir era   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Classic Movie Hub Blog on May 16, 2026

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),...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Classic Movie Hub Blog on May 14, 2026

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...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Classic Movie Hub Blog on April 28, 2026

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...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Classic Movie Hub Blog on April 23, 2026

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 before   read more