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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Today's Classic Movie Birthdays
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Birthname: Aldo DaRe
Born: Sep 25, 1926
Pen Argyl, PA
Passed: Mar 27, 1991
Martinez, CA
Born: Sep 25, 1926
Pen Argyl, PA
Passed: Mar 27, 1991
Martinez, CA
Aldo Ray
Sep 25, 1926
Birthname: Ronald William George Barker
Born: Sep 25, 1929
Bedford
Passed: Oct 3, 2005
Adderbury, England
Born: Sep 25, 1929
Bedford
Passed: Oct 3, 2005
Adderbury, England
Ronnie Barker
Sep 25, 1929
Birthname: George Guy Oliver
Born: Sep 25, 1878
Chicago, IL
Passed: Sep 1, 1932
Hollywood, CA
Born: Sep 25, 1878
Chicago, IL
Passed: Sep 1, 1932
Hollywood, CA
Guy Oliver
Sep 25, 1878
Birthname: Victor Salberg
Born: Sep 25, 1895
Birmingham, England
Passed: May 8, 1979
London, England
Born: Sep 25, 1895
Birmingham, England
Passed: May 8, 1979
London, England
Victor Saville
Sep 25, 1895
Born: Sep 25, 1912
London, England
Passed: Jun 29, 1982
Chichester, England
London, England
Passed: Jun 29, 1982
Chichester, England
Michael Brennan
Sep 25, 1912
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Ellen Bailey:
You look different... bigger.
Jim Larsen: Well, maybe it's the gun. It would make anyone look bigger.
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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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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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Angel Face (1953)
Classic film has no shortage of mean girls, but Angel Face (1953) offers a particularly dangerous teenage femme fatale in its title character, played with unhinged intensity by English actress Jean Simmons. The plot of this riveting story of obsession and murder has a lot in common with Leave Her to......
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Lone Pine Film Festival 2026 Preview
It’s hard to believe it, but it’s time for a preview of the 36th Lone Pine Film Festival! This year’s festival takes place in Lone Pine, California, from October 8th through 11th, 2026. Countless movies were filmed in the Alabama Hills outside Lone Pine, and Lone Pine is also the home of the M......
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Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, to Margaret Majer Kelly and John Kelly Sr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the third of their four children. Her father owned a brickwork contracting company and won three Olympic gold medals for sculling. Though he lost his run for Mayor of......
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BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES
Mickey Rooney
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Mickey Rooney, born September 23, 1920! Even though it’s a cliche phrase, I’m going to say it anyway: What can possibly be said about Mickey Rooney that hasn’t already been said? The man has won two different kinds of Academy Award (Juvenile and Honorary),... Read more...
Paul Petersen
Born September 23, 1945 Child Actor Paul Petersen Child star Paul Petersen started his acting career at age 10 as a Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club. His most notable film roles include playing Cary Grant’s son David in Houseboat (1958) and, much later (at age 22), playing Fred MacMurray’s... Read more...
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Classic Movie Travel Sites
Did you know that there is a Jack Benny Statue in Waukegan, IL?Waukegan, Illinois, pays tribute to 'favorite son', comedian Jack Benny with an 8-foot tall bronze s... .. Read more
National Film Registry
Porky in Wackyland, directed by the legendary Robert Clampett, was released in 1938. In 2000, 62 years later, it was inducted into The National Film Registry. Thank you National Film Registry!See More
Grauman’s Chinese Theater
Ginger Rogers's, Footprints & Handprints were "set in stone" in Grauman's famous forecourt in 1939. So were Judy Garland... See More
