#classicmovies

Turner Classic Movies is running classic horror (and just creepy) movies all day today. I'd like to highlight these from around 100 years ago 😬: 🔸 The Mystic 1925 🔸 West of Zanzibar 1928 (based on Hayes-banned play, Lon Chaney vs. Lionel Barrymore, early synchronized soundtrack) It amazes me that so many of the themes and tropes we know today filmmakers were using from the beginning. Oh, and don't forget Godzilla 1955. Beginning of a somewhat popular franchise. #TCMParty #TCM #CineMastodon #Monsterdon #ClassicMovies #Godzilla1955

Here are 10 things you should know about Joe E. Brown, born 135 years ago today. Best remembered today as Osgood Fielding III in SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959), he starred in dozens of comedies in the 1930s and ’40s. #OldMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #ClassicBroadway #OldTimeRadio #ClassicTV #CharacterActors #Vaudeville

Here are 10 things you should know about James Whale, born 137 years ago today. Though he directed fewer than two dozen movies in his brief Hollywood career, he left an enduring legacy. #OldMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #ClassicBroadway #ClassicHorror #GayHollywood

Here are 10 things you should know about Percy Helton, born 132 years ago today. The prolific character actor enjoyed a stage, film and television career that spanned 65 years. #OldMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #FilmNoir #ClassicBroadway #ClassicTV #CharacterActors