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Classic Movie Journeys: George "Spanky McFarland" George "Spanky" McFarland George "Spanky" McFarland portrayed the legendary leader of the Our gang Cast of children, popular for his role as Spanky. He was born George Philips McFarland on October 2, 1928 at the Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas, to Robert and Virginia McFarland. His father worked as a manager...

Noir Nook: Oscar Omission - Edward G. Robinson One of my favorite times of year is awards season. For years, as soon as the Oscars are announced, I've been on a quest to see as many Oscar-nominated films and performances as possible. And I'm happy to say that in 2022, thanks to streaming, I was able to...

Silverscreen standards: Harvey (1950) Adapted from a hit play that won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Harvey celebrates gentle, oddball characters whose eccentricities make life more interesting for everyone around them. If you've spent a lot of time with such people, or maybe you are one yourself, you'll have a lot to appreciate in this classic...

Western summary: Rancho notorious (1952) Rancho notorious (1952) Movie Poster For the past few months, I've been writing about how I've recently caught up with a trio of Barbara Stanwyck's '50s westerns The Furies (1950), which I reported on in my column in early January. This month I caught up with another '50s western that was new...

In memory of the classic film's child star, Ted Donaldson I am so sad to announce that Ted Donaldson passed away a few days ago on March 1st. I don't normally blog post when someone dies, but this time I felt I had to - as I had the honor of meeting and interviewing Ted a few...

"The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic"Exclusive interview with author Tom Santopietro I'm happy to say that a new book about the film, As we were was released in January - AND I'm even happier to say that author Tom Santopietro honored CMH with an exclusive interview about it! Hard to believe, but the...

Home casting news Jonah Hill is Jerry Garcia in Martin Scorsese's Grateful Dead biopic Jonah Hill will play the late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia in a Martin Scorsese-directed Grateful Dead film in the works at Apple Studios. Paramount Pictures The history of The grateful dead, one of rock music's greatest bands of all time, will be...

Home movie news New Star Wars book confirms Anakin ignored Qui-Gon's Force Spirit at a pivotal moment The story answers a burning question from the prequel trilogy and helps define Anakin Sky Walker's fall to the dark side. There are few films that have sparked as much heated debate over the years as war of stars have...

The film event of the season comes home with over an hour of special features including Venom: Let There Be Carnage glitches, deleted scenes, Easter Eggs and more. Tom Hardy returns in Venom: Let There Be Carnage as the deadly protector Venom, one of Marvel's biggest and most complex characters. In search of his next big story,...

Home TV news The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild trailer is here, get ready for some prehistoric fun on Disney+ The Ice Age franchise was on shaky ground when the Disney acquisition of Fox brought about the demise of Blue Sky Animation, but now The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild brings the prehistoric gang to...