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Birthname: Gladys Georgianna Greene
Born: Oct 17, 1900
Plattsburgh, NY
Passed: Jun 19, 1991
Carmel, CA

Jean Arthur
Oct 17, 1900

Birthname: Margarita Carmen Cansino
Born: Oct 17, 1918
Brooklyn, NY
Passed: May 14, 1987
New York City, NY

Rita Hayworth
Oct 17, 1918

Birthname: Edward Montgomery Clift
Born: Oct 17, 1920
Omaha, NE
Passed: Jul 23, 1966
New York City, NY

Montgomery Clift
Oct 17, 1920

Birthname: Spring Byington
Born: Oct 17, 1886
Colorado Springs, CO
Passed: Sep 7, 1971
Hollywood, CA

Spring Byington
Oct 17, 1886

Birthname: Marcia Virginia Hunt
Born: Oct 17, 1917
Chicago, IL
Passed: Sep 7, 2022
Sherman Oaks, CA

Marsha Hunt
Oct 17, 1917

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Silver Screen Standards

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

If Thing is your favorite member of the Addams Family, then creep on over to see The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), which stars Peter Lorre as a mistreated secretary who is haunted by the murderous hand of his recently deceased employer. This eerie Warner Bros. outing from director Robert Florey ge......
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Classic Movie Travels

Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy was born Dorothea Jean Seltzer on May 26, 1900, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to John and Priscilla Seltzer. Her parents emigrated from Germany. Although she occasionally participated in amateur plays as a young woman, she did not initially plan to pursue acting as a career. After attend......
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Western RoundUp

The War Wagon (1967)

John Wayne has always been one of my favorite actors, as reflected in past columns such as John Wayne Favorites. Still, there are a number of Wayne films I’ve never seen, particularly from among his later films. One of those titles was The War Wagon (1967), which I’ve now caught up with thanks t......
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Silents are Golden

An Ideal Mentor: Buster Keaton’s Apprenticeship With Roscoe Arbuckle

Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton If you’re a fan of classic comedy, you’ve likely heard of Buster Keaton’s earliest film appearances in Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s slapstick comedies, many of which are considered classics today. With its freewheeling atmosphere and talented fellow comedian......
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Monsters and Matinees

The ‘big grasshopper movie’ makes me feel like a kid again

In today’s on-demand world of streaming services, we feel like we can watch any movie with a click of a button. But that’s not true. There are always films that elude us despite our best efforts to find them. For me, that’s Beginning of the End (1957). I was a kid when I first saw the awesomel......
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Noir Nook

Anthony Mann at the Helm

Several years ago, when I was a guest on a podcast, the hostess asked me to name my favorite film noir directors. I don’t know why, but I felt like a deer caught in the headlights, and my mind went completely blank �" the only director I could even think of was Alfred Hitchcock! And no shade to S......
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BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES

Legend Tribute

Jean Arthur

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Jean Arthur, born October 17, 1900. How do you do it, Jean Arthur? How do make comedy look so effortless? This is what I think every time I watch a Jean Arthur movie. Dubbed by film historian Robert Osborne as “the quintessential comedic leading lady,” Arthur... Read more...

Mini Tribute

Melville Cooper

Born October 15, 1896 Character Actor Melville Cooper! Plump-faced, droopy-eyed, Character Actor, Melville Cooper, appeared in over 100 film and TV roles — playing pompous ineffectual types — blunderers, cowards, thieves, disdainful servants, snobs. Most notably, he played the High Sheriff... Read more...

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