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Classic star autobiographies make for great summer reading

Readers looking for “beach books” to occupy the long summer days might consider checking out an autobiography from one of Hollywood’s classic stars. If ideal beach reading is light, sexy, and spiced with scandal, there are...

Warner Archive releases Red Skelton classics

Among the June 2012 DVD releases from Warner Archive are a number of films that might interest classic movie fans. These made-to-order DVD releases provide collectors with access to a huge catalog of older and more obscure films...

TCM airs early Barbara Stanwyck movies on May 29

Turner Classic Movies will present a full day of early Barbara Stanwyck pictures on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, starting at 6 a.m. with the 1932 William A. Wellman film, “So Big.”Also on the schedule for the...

TCM hosts Memorial Day war movie marathon

Turner Classic Movies will celebrate the Memorial Day weekend with 48 hours of classic war movies beginning Sunday, May 27, 2012, at 9 a.m. Eastern time.The line-up kicks off with “Command Decision” (1948), starring Clark...

Blogathon predicts future classic movies

Paula Guthat, the Detroit Classic Movies Examiner and a film blogger at Paula’s Cinema Club, kicks off a fascinating blogathon today that asks film fans to predict which recent movies will make the cut to become future classics...

Disney World retires Snow White ride

Fans of Disney’s classic movie, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), have only a few days left to experience the ride based on the film at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. The theme park...

Universal Studios celebrates centennial

Universal Studios is celebrating 100 years of movie-making in 2012 with a variety of special events, film releases, and media. The studio became an icon in Hollywood’s classic era for its great horror features, including “Dracula...

Classic films in focus: 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962)

Like its protagonist, “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) has become the stuff of legend, a film so critically acclaimed and celebrated that it is difficult to come to the picture itself without preconceived notions. It won seven Oscars in...

Jimmy Stewart Museum celebrates birth of classic star

The Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, PA, will celebrate the birthday of beloved Hollywood star, James Stewart, on Saturday, May 19, 2012, with events scheduled from noon until 2 p.m. The museum will present a screening of “The...

Classic films in focus: 'The Shootist' (1976)

Don Siegel’s Western, “The Shootist” (1976), is best known today as John Wayne’s last film, the swan song of the genre’s most iconic star. Given its subject matter, no picture could be...

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Classic star autobiographies make for great summer reading

Warner Archive releases Red Skelton classics

TCM airs early Barbara Stanwyck movies on May 29

TCM hosts Memorial Day war movie marathon

Blogathon predicts future classic movies

Disney World retires Snow White ride

Universal Studios celebrates centennial

Classic films in focus: 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962)

Jimmy Stewart Museum celebrates birth of classic star

Classic films in focus: 'The Shootist' (1976)

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