"we know something bad is about to happen in San Angelo." - Monsters & Matinees' Toni shares thoughts on one of the most imaginative and 'rock-solid' ideas in classic monster movies :) https://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/monsters-and-matinees-a-rock-solid-idea-fuels-monolith-monsters/

Happy 94th Birthday Director Richard Lester! Born Jan 19, 1932. A Hard Day's Night, Help, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How I Won the War, Robin and Marion, Superman II & III, Paul McCartney's Get Back... #TheBeatles #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/richard-lester/

Disregard all bells. -Jean Stapleton as Mrs. Finch in Up the Down Staircase

Born Jan 19, in 1866, Harry Davenport. Over 160 roles including Gone with the Wind, Meet Me in St Louis, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The Cowboy and the Lady, Foreign Correspondent http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/harry-davenport/

Happy 84th Birthday Michael Crawford! Born Jan 19, 1942. Crawford appeared in over 50 roles including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How I Won the War, Hello Dolly, TV's Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - and of course the Phantom of the Opera in London's West End and on Broadway! :) #botd

How could I not? I keep telling you, this isn't 'a few birds'! These are gulls, crows, swifts... -Tippi Hedren in The Birds #Hitchcock http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/the-birds-1963/

Jean Stapleton today, born Jan 19, 1923. 65+ roles incl Damn Yankees, Bells Are Ringing, Up the Down Staircase, You've Got Mail - & of course lovable 'dingbat' Edith Bunker #botd https://www.emmys.com/video/jean-stapleton-hall-fame-induction-2002 http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/jean-stapleton/

Happy 96th Birthday Tippi Hedren! Born Jan 19, 1930. Hedren appeared in over 80 roles including The Birds, Marnie, A Countess from Hong Kong and I Heart Huckabees. #botd Did You Know: She is Melanie Griffith's mom and Dakota Johnson's grandmother http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/tippi-hedren/

14 Classic Movie Birthdays Today 1/19 incl Tippi Hedren, Harry Davenport, Jean Stapleton, Guy Madison (pictured in that order), plus Michael Crawford, Richard Lester, Mary MacLaren and more. #botd full list: http://www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/january-19/

Cool x three :) Paul Newman, Cary Grant and Joanne Woodward

That's the house up there; right on top of the stoop. -Oliver Hardy in The Music Box #MusicBoxSteps #ClassicMovies

Cary Grant on the set... Bringing Up Baby, Notorious, Arsenic and Old Lace, and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer...

Poor Ollie :) #Brats #LaurelAndHardy

too many fun scenes to choose from today, but I'm going with this one :) "Insanity runs in my family..." #CaryGrant #PriscillaLane #ArsenicAndOldLace http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/arsenic-and-old-lace-1944/

how could I not :) The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle..." -Danny Kaye in The Court Jester http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/the-court-jester-1956/

"Well, here's a another nice mess you've gotten me into!" Celebrating Oliver Hardy born Jan 18, in 1892. Over 410 films/shorts incl Sons of the Desert, Way Out West, Block-Heads, A Chump at Oxford, Saps at Sea, The Music Box & Babes in Toyland #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/oliver-hardy/

Yikes... Dry your eyes, baby, it's out of character. -Cary Grant as Devlin in Notorious http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/notorious-1946/

Celebrating Danny Kaye born January 18, in 1913. Over 30 roles including The Kid from Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Inspector General, Hans Christian Andersen, White Christmas, The Court Jester, and TV's The Danny Kaye Show. #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/danny-kaye/

"Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." Celebrating Cary Grant born January 18, in 1904. Over 75 roles, lots of classic movie fun, drama & suspense too! :) #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/cary-grant/

What a day for Classic Movie Birthdays today 1/18! Cary Grant, Oliver Hardy, Danny Kaye (pictured in that order), and more. #botd full list: http://www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/january-18/

Happy National Gourmet Coffee Day :)

Eartha Kitt and Adam West on the set of #Batman... #Catwoman

Betty and Lucy :)

"Despite the sweetness of its title, Baby Face (1933) packs a punch so spicy that it’s famous even among Pre-Code pictures" -Silver Screen Standards shares thoughts on Baby Face starring Barbara Stanwyck classicmoviehub.com/blog/silver-screen-standards-the-adventuress-as-anti-hero-in-baby-face-1933

"The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that." Celebrating Mack Sennett born Jan 17, in 1880. Produced over 1,100 films and shorts from 1911 to 1949! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/mack-sennett/

How could I not? James Earl Jones and 'his son' Mark Hamill :)

Born January 17, in 1927, Eartha Kitt. Kitt appeared in over 75 roles including The Mark of the Hawk, St Louis Blues, Anna Lucasta, Boomerang, Holes - and of course Cat Woman Season #3 on TV's Batman. Fun Fact: Birthname was Eartha Mae Keith #botd

Celebrating James Earl Jones, born January 17, 1931. Over the course of his 65+ year career, Jones appeared in more than 180 film and television roles, including Dr. Strangelove, The Hunt for Red October, The Lion King - & of course, Star Wars! #botd

"White became one of the first few women of television." - Classic Movie Travels' @Home2Hollywood follows in the footsteps of beloved 'birthday girl' Betty White. #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/classic-movie-travels-betty-white/

“Well, if the puppet doesn’t take over, the puppet isn’t worth doodley-squat!” Remembering Shari Lewis, born January 17, 1933. A beloved puppeteer and television performer, Lewis was best known for her work on children’s TV alongside Lamb Chop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy. #botd

"I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple." Celebrating Betty White born Jan 17, in 1922. Over 120 roles incl TV's Life with Elizabeth & Date with the Angels - & of course TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls & Hot in Cleveland! #botd

14 Classic Movie Birthdays Today 1/17 incl Mack Sennett, Carl Laemmle, Betty White, Noah Beery (pictured in that order), plus Eartha Kitt, David Torrence and more. #botd full list: http://www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/january-17/

Happy National Bootlegger's Day!

I'm patient. That's what hangs all you fellas in the end, I'm patient. -Harry Carey as Wistful McClintock in Angel and the Badman http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/angel-and-the-badman-1947/

If Kane was my man, I'd never leave him like this. I'd get a gun. I'd fight. -Katy Jurado as Helen Ramírez in High Noon http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/high-noon-1952/

Mrs. Boyer would you consider becoming the television spokeswoman for Happy Soap? -Elliott Reid as Mike Palmer in The Thrill of It All

Remembering Karl Freund born Jan 16, in 1890 - Pioneering Cinematographer and Director. Freund directed The Mummy 1932, Dracula 1931 (uncredited) and Mad Love - and was Cinematographer for Metropolis, Dracula 1931, Key Largo, Camille 1936, The Good Earth, TVs Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy! #botd

Will the Senator yield? -Harry Carey as the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington #classicmovies http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-1939/

Elliott Reid born Jan 16, in 1920. Reid appeared in over 90 roles including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Follow Me, Boys, The Thrill of It All and Inherit the Wind. #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/elliott-reid/

Celebrating Harry Carey Sr born January 16, in 1878. Carey appeared in over 260 films/shorts including The Musketeers of Pig Alley, the Cheyenne Harry franchise, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The Spoilers, Red River and Duel in the Sun. #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/harry-carey/

Truth really can be stranger than fiction sometimes :) Ethel Merman and Katy Jurado, who share a birthday today, were both married to Ernest Borgnine — Jurado from 1959–1963, and Merman briefly in 1964. #botd

Born January 16, in 1924, Katy Jurado. Jurado appeared in over 80 roles in Mexico and the US including High Noon, Broken Lance, Barabbas, One-Eyed Jacks, The Wild Bunch, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/katy-jurado/

"I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank" Celebrating Ethel Merman born Jan 16, 1908. Over 40 film/TV roles incl Anything Goes and Call Me Madam - & more than ten Broadway musicals incl Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/ethel-merman/

14 Classic Movie Birthdays Today 1/16 incl Ethel Merman, Irving Rapper, Harry Carey Sr, Katy Jurado (pictured in that order), plus Elliott Reid, Karl Freund and more. #botd full list: http://www.classicmoviehub.com/database/births/month/january-16/

I am not making this one up :) Happy National Nothing Day!

breaks my heart every time... No, you can't! You can't do any of the things that I can do in St. Louis! -Margaret O'Brien as Tootie in Meet Me in St. Louis

Beyond her film career, Vera Zorina directed operas, worked with Lincoln Center and wrote her autobiography. Classic Movie Travels @Home2Hollywood shares more about Vera's fascinating story and legacy here... https://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/classic-movie-travels-vera-zorina/

James Whale and Ernest Thesiger on the set of Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Loved this movie ever since I was a kid :) Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien and Charles Laughton in The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Born Jan 15, in 1921, Todd Karns. Over 35 roles but probably best remembered for TV's Rocky King Detective - & of course as Harry Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life Did You Know? He was the son of Oscar Shapeley - oops, I mean Roscoe Karns :) #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/todd-karns