Classic movie articles featuring movie articles from the 1930s 1940s and 1950s
If you watched TV in the 1960s and ’70s, you’ll recall that viewers had a choice of which beloved character actress to listen to when it came to buying coffee. You could go with the Wicked Witch of the West…
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Even casual classic movie buffs tend to have some familiarity with the plot of Billy Wilder’s 1959 romp Some Like It Hot. Often considered one of the finest comedies in Hollywood history, the film stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon…
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For thousands of film buffs, it takes place every February. A photocopied or e-mailed ballot invites you to take part in an Oscar Pool contest. You’ve watched at least some of the nominated pictures, and you’ve diligently researched the others,…
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It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the Academy Awards nominating process. How do two performers who seem to have equal billing and equal screen time in a film wind up with one being tapped for the lead category and…
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George Burns, Charlton Heston, Alanis Morissette, Morgan Freeman: the list of performers who have played the Judeo-Christian God on the big screen is a list both selective and eclectic. Perhaps the first actor to tackle the part was an imposing…
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Say, did you hear that the Super Bowl is this weekend? On Sunday evening, over 100 million Americans and millions more worldwide will settle in to watch the game (and, in many cases, the movie ads that punctuate it). The…
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Well, movie fans, we’re a little more than one month away from the 97th annual Academy Awards. Over nearly a century, Tinseltown’s original night of self-congratulatory celebration has evolved from a dinner for about 270 people at the Hollywood Roosevelt…
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Call us “victims of coicumstance” for missing it, but last Spring marked the 90th anniversary of the premiere of The Three Stooges’ debut short for Columbia Pictures. Released on May 5, 1934, Woman Haters was the first of 190 two-reelers…
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Did you know director John Huston placed a reference to one of Humphrey Bogart’s worst films in The Maltese Falcon? See what he did inside.
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Greetings, fellow Americans. Today, of course, is Inauguration Day, the quadrennial holiday that marks the swearing-in of a newly-elected president. The day-long festivities are filled with ceremonial galas featuring celebrities from all areas of pop culture, including the world of…
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