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Birthname: Monetta Eloyse Darnell
Born: Oct 16, 1923
Dallas, TX
Passed: Apr 10, 1965
Glenview, IL

Linda Darnell
Oct 16, 1923

Birthname: Angela Brigid Lansbury
Born: Oct 16, 1925
Poplar, London
Passed: Oct 11, 2022
Los Angeles, CA

Angela Lansbury
Oct 16, 1925

Birthname: Clement Guy Blevins
Born: Oct 16, 1879
Cozaddale, OH
Passed: Aug 11, 1963
Woodland Hills, CA

Clem Bevans
Oct 16, 1879

Birthname: George Francis Beldam
Born: Oct 16, 1903
Chicago, IL
Passed: Jul 4, 1962
Las Vegas, NV

Rex Bell
Oct 16, 1903

Birthname: Ann Morgan Guilbert
Born: Oct 16, 1928
Minneapolis, MN
Passed: Jun 14, 2016
Los Angeles, CA

Ann Morgan Guilbert
Oct 16, 1928

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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

Lillian Gish

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend Lillian Gish, born October 14 in 1893! Lillian Gish has a particularly important role, not only is the realm of Classic Hollywood Cinema, but in the world of Hollywood Cinema as a whole. And why is she so important you ask? Well, it’s simple, really. Lillian... 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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