Western RoundUp: News RoundUp As we enter year six of my Western RoundUp column here at Classic Movie Hub, I’m going to do something a little different this month! In this column I’ll be sharing a few different pieces of news about recent and upcoming events related to classic movie Westerns. As will be seen below, much...
Classic Movie Travels: Robert Rockwell Robert Rockwell Robert Griswold Rockwell was a popular actor on stage, film, radio, and television. He was born on October 15, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois. His parents were Harold and Margaret Rockwell. Rockwell also had two sisters: Mary and Georgia. Rockwell expressed an interest in the...
Silence is Golden: A Story of the Legendary Vitagraph Studios If you're even remotely interested in silent films, you're no doubt familiar with Keystone Film Company and Biograph — not to mention Studios Georges Méliès and Edison. But how well do you know Vitagraph Studios? Studio staff pose at Vitagraph's Hollywood location. Prolific in its day, Vitagraph...
Noir Nook: Great Characters - Rose Given, scream of the city (1948) Film noir is teeming with memorable characters, and within that vast collection, ladies and gentlemen, I have many favorites. This month's Noir Nook shines a spotlight on one of them: the gorgeous Rose Given in scream of the city (1948). Hope Emerson as Rose gave...
Silver Image Standards: For me and my girl (1942) Although both alone have taken more unforgettable pictures, For me and my girl (1942) marks Gene Kelly's film debut and his first collaboration with Judy Garland, who, after numerous films with Mickey Rooney and co., was just about to leave her youthful roles and slip into adult leading...
A badly beaten man who survived a vile attack lies unconscious in a London hospital. His head and face are wrapped in bandages, only his eyes (a key element) and mouth are visible. The heart monitor by his bed is blank, but inexplicably there's a small spike in brain activity. He's not dead - but is he...
Western Summary: "B" Movie Sampler - Volume 2 Last summer I shared a series of short reviews of "B" westerns that I saw while traveling. I went on another road trip earlier this month and again watched several short westerns in the evenings thanks to my portable DVD player. Taken together, the movies I've seen make up...
Silver Image Standards: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Numerous remakes followed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), the iconic sci-fi film adapted from a serial by American sci-fi author Jack Finney, but the first release of this terrifying tale of soulless pod people remains the most multifaceted, even with writer Finney and director Don...
Noir Nook: Canada Noir Canada Day - formerly known as Dominion Day and sometimes referred to as "Canada's Birthday" - is a federal holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. This happened on July 1, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, were united into a single, self-governing...
Silence is Golden: A Closer Look – The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) The silent film era is synonymous with many things: softly lit romance novels, wacky silent comedies, edgy German Expressionism, and of course, big-budget spectacles. Out of intolerance (1916) to metropolis (1927), epics from the silent era are particularly intriguing given that only a few...
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