Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on August 2, 2011

Ida Lupino: A Lasting Legacy in Hollywood Ida Lupino was a major movie star during Hollywood’s Golden Age. Born in England to a show business family with roots going back to the Renaissance, she came to Hollywood in 1933 as a bleached blond Jean Harlow look-a-like. After a breakout pe   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on June 22, 2011

This Island Earth: 1950s Science Fiction Classic During the 1950s, a new genre emerged in Hollywood: the science fiction film. There were science fiction films before the 1950s, but after World War II, they really flourished. Many of these films were low-budget second features shot in black and   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on June 22, 2011

This Island Earth: 1950s Science Fiction Classic During the 1950s, a new genre emerged in Hollywood: the science fiction film. There were science fiction films before the 1950s, but after World War II, they really flourished. Many of these films were low-budget second features shot in black and   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on June 19, 2011

Films From My Father Child of the Depression My dad grew up during the Great Depression. Like many kids his age, he went to the movies at least once a week. Back in the late 1930s, a Saturday at the movies might have included several films. The main attraction was...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on June 19, 2011

Films From My Father Child of the Depression My dad grew up during the Great Depression. Like many kids his age, he went to the movies at least once a week. Back in the late 1930s, a Saturday at the movies might have included several films. The main attraction was...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on May 25, 2011

Jeanne Crain: More Than Just a Pretty Face A Fan's Perspective I’m an unabashed fan of Jeanne Crain. Today is her birthday; if she were still with us, she’d be 86 years old. Crain was a beauty for sure, but she was also a talented movie actress who doesn’t get...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on May 25, 2011

Jeanne Crain: More Than Just a Pretty Face A Fan's Perspective I’m an unabashed fan of Jeanne Crain. Today is her birthday; if she were still with us, she’d be 86 years old. Crain was a beauty for sure, but she was also a talented movie actress who doesn’t get...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on April 20, 2011

Fred MacMurray: Nice-Guy Movie Star Fred MacMurray (1908-1991) was a popular movie star during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was so popular, that in 1943, MacMurray was the highest paid movie star in the world. For most of his career, MacMurray played likeable characters in comedies, music   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on April 20, 2011

Fred MacMurray: Nice-Guy Movie Star Fred MacMurray (1908-1991) was a popular movie star during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was so popular, that in 1943, MacMurray was the highest paid movie star in the world. For most of his career, MacMurray played likeable characters in comedies, music   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 29, 2011

Farley Granger, Star of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" Dies at 85 Farley Granger (1925-2011), star of the Alfred Hitchcock classics Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951) died on Sunday. He was 85. The North Star was Farley Granger's first movie role. Teenage Movie Star Plucked fr   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 29, 2011

Farley Granger, Star of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" Dies at 85 Farley Granger (1925-2011), star of the Alfred Hitchcock classics Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951) died on Sunday. He was 85. The North Star was Farley Granger's first movie role. Teenage Movie Star Plucked   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 26, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor: Born To Be a Star Storybook Childhood Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was born to be a star. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born to American parents in Hampstead Garden Suburb, just northwest of London, England. Her early life was idyllic. On the family’s farm, Taylor dev   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 26, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor: Born To Be a Star Storybook Childhood Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was born to be a star. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born to American parents in Hampstead Garden Suburb, just northwest of London, England. Her early life was idyllic. On the family’s farm, Taylor dev   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 13, 2011

"Jane Eyre": A Golden Age Classic A recent article in The New York Times featured a story on the new film version of Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukunaga. Charlotte Brontë’s novel, first published in 1847, has been filmed at least 18 times, according to Charles McGrath, the author of...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 13, 2011

"Jane Eyre": A Golden Age Classic A recent article in The New York Times featured a story on the new film version of Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukunaga. Charlotte Brontë’s novel, first published in 1847, has been filmed at least 18 times, according to Charles McGrath, the author of...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 3, 2011

Classic Movie Fans at Midnight Showing On February 26, 2011, I presented the Academy Award winning film classic Johnny Belinda (1948), starring Jane Wyman at Facet Film School, Chicago. Wyman won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Belinda MacDonald, a poor deaf mute living with her fat   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on March 3, 2011

Classic Movie Fans at Midnight Showing On February 26, 2011, I presented the Academy Award winning film classic Johnny Belinda (1948), starring Jane Wyman at Facet Film School, Chicago. Wyman won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Belinda MacDonald, a poor deaf mute living with her fat   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on February 27, 2011

Joan Bennett: Almost Scarlet O'Hara, But Always a Movie Star Joan Bennett (1910-1990) had a long career in Hollywood. Starting out as a movie ingenue in the silent era, Bennett made the transition to sound without missing a beat. A scandal in the early 1950s put an abrupt end to...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on February 27, 2011

Joan Bennett: Almost Scarlett O'Hara, But Always a Movie Star Joan Bennett (1910-1990) had a long career in Hollywood. Starting out as a movie ingenue in the silent era, Bennett made the transition to sound without missing a beat. A scandal in the early 1950s put an abrupt end to...   read more

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on February 13, 2011

Silence is Golden: Jane Wyman's Oscar-Winning Performance in "Johnny Belinda" Jane Wyman paid her dues. When she arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, Wyman worked steadily, but no one knew her name. During this early period in her career, she appeared in dozens of films, some classics, incl   read more