Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
I’m always impressed at just how many Frankenstein movies Universal turned out between 1931 and 1948, and I’m also deeply entertained by the studio’s mix and match approach to making those pictures where its stars were concerned. It might not make for th......
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Today's Classic Movie Birthdays
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Birthname: Kathleen Morrison
Born: Aug 19, 1899
Port Huron, MI
Passed: Jan 25, 1988
Paso Robles, CA
Born: Aug 19, 1899
Port Huron, MI
Passed: Jan 25, 1988
Paso Robles, CA
Colleen Moore
Aug 19, 1899
Birthname: Katherine Elizabeth Wilson
Born: Aug 19, 1916
Anaheim, CA
Passed: Nov 23, 1972
Hollywood, CA
Born: Aug 19, 1916
Anaheim, CA
Passed: Nov 23, 1972
Hollywood, CA
Marie Wilson
Aug 19, 1916
Birthname: Debralee Griffin
Born: Aug 19, 1933
Denver, CO
Born: Aug 19, 1933
Denver, CO
Debra Paget
Aug 19, 1933
Birthname: Eleanor Boardman
Born: Aug 19, 1898
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Passed: Dec 12, 1991
Santa Barbara, CA
Born: Aug 19, 1898
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Passed: Dec 12, 1991
Santa Barbara, CA
Eleanor Boardman
Aug 19, 1898
Birthname: Charlie Hall
Born: Aug 19, 1899
Birmingham, England
Passed: Dec 7, 1959
North Hollywood, CA
Born: Aug 19, 1899
Birmingham, England
Passed: Dec 7, 1959
North Hollywood, CA
Charlie Hall
Aug 19, 1899
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Howard Denker:
It's hungry! It has to be fed constantly - or it will reach out its magnetic arm and grab at anything within its reach and kill it. It's monstrous, Stewart, monstrous. It grows bigger and bigger!
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Classic Movie Travels
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......
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Western RoundUp
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 of t......
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Classic Movie Travels
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 ......
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Noir Nook
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 censorsh......
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Silver Screen Standards
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 of several anti-Na......
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Silents are Golden
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 5......
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BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES
Legend Tribute: Shelley Winters
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Shelley Winters, born on August 18, 1920! Some actors make a career by playing it safe. They find a niche; make it work, and stick with it. It’s a respectable, perfectly stable way of making a living in Hollywood. Shelley Winters, however, wasn’t into that.... Read more...
Mini Tribute Child Actor Ted Donaldson
Born August 20, 1933, Child Actor Ted Donaldson! Child actor Ted Donaldson made his screen debut in 1944, at age 11, opposite Cary Grant in the wonderful fantasy film, Once Upon a Time, about a boy, his dancing caterpillar Curly, and a conniving showman (yes, that would be Cary Grant) who would do anything... Read more...
Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a
Helen Keller Birthplace & Museum
in Tuscumbia, AL?
Helen Keller was born here in 1820. The birthplace cottage became the living quarters for Keller an... ..
Read moreNational Film Registry
A Star is Born, directed by the legendary George Cukor, was released in 1954. In 2000, 46 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
Jackie Cooper's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1931. So were Marie Dressler... See more
