Classic Movie Travels: Ronnie Schell Ronald Ralph Schell was born on December 23, 1931, in Richmond, California, to David and Marguerite Schell. His father worked as a stock checker at an automobile industry

Meet new CMBA member Mark Throop, who has been flim-struck since youth and channels his deep knowledge and love of film into numerous reviews at his site Movies Ala Mark. Read on to learn

The Maverick Queen (1956) Barbara Stanwyck is a favorite of many classic film fans, myself included. Over the years I’ve reviewed a few of her films here after seeing them for the first

Classic Movie Travels: Jim Nabors James Thurston Nabors was born on June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, Alabama, the son of Fred Nabors, a police officer, and Mavis Pearl Newman Nabors. He was raised

Modern technology is crazy, isn’t it? It feels like it can take over the world – perhaps not right away but we can see it coming. We welcomed advancements that helped us, but

Pre-Code Films with Film Noir Flavor Next to film noir, my favorite type of classic movie is pre-Code – films released roughly between 1929 and July 1934, before the strict enforcement of the

Man Hunt (1941) I discovered the existence of Man Hunt (1941) while searching for classic movies about close encounters with Nazis, and as soon as I learned about it, I knew I needed

The American Revolution On The Silent Screen It’s fascinating to see how American silent filmmakers portrayed events from U.S. history. Just think how much closer they were in time to events that are