Monday, July 27, 2026

Memories of a Boys' School Headmaster

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Robert Donat as Chips.  Based on James Hilton's novella, Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) follows the life of Mr. Charles Chipping (Robert Don...
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Monday, July 13, 2026

We Describe the Movie...You Name It!

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We have described the 15 movies below in one sentence. Your task is simple: Name the movie!  As always, please answer no more than three que...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

Singers Make Movies: Connie Francis and Donna Summer

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Connie Francis & Harve Presnell. When the Boys Meet the Girls  (1965). What possessed a Hollywood producer to pitch a 1960s update of th...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

Newlywed Problems Abound in "The Family Way"

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Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett. These days, The Family Way (1966) is best-known for featuring one of Hayley Mills' first grown-up roles ...
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Monday, June 1, 2026

Stanley Baker Takes Command in Yesterday's Enemy

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Stanley Baker as Captain Langford. Set during the Burma Campaign of World War II, Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) follows a small, exhausted remna...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Richard Greene Rides Again as Robin Hood

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Richard Greene as Robin Hood. Sandwiched between  The Men of Sherwood Forest  (1954) and A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), Hammer Films pro...
Monday, May 4, 2026

How You Can Celebrate National Classic Movie Day

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We love classic cinema throughout the year, but Saturday, May 16th, is a special opportunity to share that love with others. It's the 12...
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Monday, April 20, 2026

Pat Boone and Shirley Jones Find April Love

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Pat Boone. Pat Boone as a bad boy? Well, he doesn't really play a bad boy in April Love (1957), but his character Nick is sentenced to p...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Devotion: A Biographical Misfire

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Ida Lupino as Emily Bronte. With a top-flight cast, rich source material, and high production values, Devotion (1946) has all the makings o...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Westworld: When Androids Run Amok

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Yul Brynner as an android. Delos is a luxury resort made up of three immersive, android‑populated theme parks: Westworld, Romanworld, and Me...
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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Hollywood Goes Welsh: How Green Was My Valley and The Corn Is Green

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Maureen O'Hara and Walter Pidgeon. How Green Was My Valley  (1941). One of John Ford's most beloved movies, How Green Was My Valley ...
Monday, February 23, 2026

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting...Vampires!

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John Forbes-Robertson as Dracula. I first saw The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires in a re-edited U.S. print called The Seven Brothers Meet D...
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Monday, February 9, 2026

Raquel Welch Races Around the Rink in Kansas City Bomber

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Raquel Welch was at or near the peak of her career when she starred as a roller derby queen in Kansas City Bomber  (1972). It's not the ...
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Monday, January 26, 2026

Seven Things to Know About Charles Bronson

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Bronson in The Dirty Dozen . 1. Charles Bronson and Jack Klugman were roommates early in their careers. According to Klugman, Bronson was by...
Monday, January 12, 2026

A Double Bout of Amnesia: Love Letters and The Groundstar Conspiracy

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Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. Love Letters  (1945). During World War II, soldier Allen Quinton (Joseph Cotten) writes eloquent love lett...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Top Ten Posts of 2025

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It's a tradition at the Classic Film & TV Cafe to close out the year with a countdown of our ten most viewed posts. We published a t...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Silly, Sometimes Funny is the Way to Go!

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Shirley MacLaine in an Edith Head gown. When widow Louisa May Hopper Flint Anderson Benson tries to give $211 million to the U.S. treasu...
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Monday, November 17, 2025

Edward G. Robinson Movie Reviews: Good Dad, Bad Dad

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Edward G. Robinson & Margaret O'Brien. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945).  A year after receiving a special "outstanding chi...
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