Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars - The sparkling Marion Davies One of the most famous actresses of the 1920s, Marion Davies is one of the few silent stars whose personal life has not only been inseparable from her career, but has tended to overshadow it in recent decades. But nowadays, as more and more of her films...
Five Fun Facts: A Star Is Born (1937) 1) Pick a number, four or five... So how many versions of this movie are there really? Well, most classic film fans would say a definite "four", the end of the story - that would be the 1937 film starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, the 1954 version starring...
Spring Quiz - Joan Bennett, Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, Robert Ryan, Jean Hagen and Richard Widmark There aren't many things I love more about life than classic movie trivia. In celebration of spring, this month Noir Nook is serving up some trivial tidbits about some of my favorite noir actors and actresses and some of their iconic...
Lives Behind the Legends: Greta Garbo – Social Butterfly Greta Garbo’s most famous quote is undoubtedly ‘I want to be alone.’ But it wasn’t Garbo who said this, it was her character in Grand Hotel who uttered those famous words. Garbo herself made a more nuanced statement: ‘I never said, “I want to be alone.” I only said, “I want to...
Western summary: Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958) Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958) Movie Poster A common theme in the Western film genre is a diverse group of travelers banding together against a common enemy, most often Native Americans. One of the most famous Westerns with this theme is that of John Ford stagecoach (1939). Two lesser known...
"I never wanted the world. Just enough room for both of us.” Mike Hammer has an odd film history, especially compared to other classic detectives. He toiled away in B-movie adaptations while PIs like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe got the A-list treatment. kiss me deadly (1955) is the lonely Hammer film that is considered a masterpiece,...
Silence is golden: A closer look at it – The king of kings (1927) After being known primarily for melodramas and light comedies with gender battles in the mid-1920s, famed director Cecil B. DeMille began to move in a more "epic" direction. Interested in religious themes, ancient locations and of course spectacle, he combined all of these...
Five fun facts about His Girl Friday ….. 1) Hildy was originally a man His Girl Friday was adapted from the 1928 Broadway play The Front Page, which in turn was adapted into the 1931 film The Front Page. All three versions revolve around more or less the same plot, with one key difference - reporter Hildy...
Silverscreen standards: That night in Rio (1941) Fox made many of these light musical comedies during the war years, and some feature a South American theme, starring Brazilian star Carmen Miranda. I turn to Fox's upbeat Technicolor musicals when I really need a morale boost, and That night in Rio (1941) is one of my favorites. Directed...
Classic Film Journeys: Percy Helton Percy Helton Percy Helton was a popular character actor during the Golden Age of Hollywood, in addition to his appearances on stage and television. He was born Percy Alfred Helton on January 31, 1894 in Manhattan, New York. His father was Alfred "Alf" Helton, who worked as a stage actor, and young...
The Cantarito cocktail is a famous Mexican cocktail similar to the Paloma. What makes the Cantarito unique is that...
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