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A CALENDAR OF MOVIES: Christmas - "The King of Kings" (1927)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
ABBOTT & COSTELLO
AMERICAN CLASSIC MOVIES INTRODUCTIONS
ANIMALS AND THE MOVIES
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Sets
ARCITECTURE: Ancient Egypt
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Bernheimer Residence
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: The Ennis-Brown House
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Evan Thompson's Bottle House
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Greystone Manor
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: The Hearst Castle
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: The Hollywood Sign
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Homes of the Stars
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Jean Harlow
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Maps and Floor Plans
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Pickfair
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: The Rispin Mansion
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Royal Hawaiian Hotel
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Scotty's Castle
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Shelby House
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: West Hollywood Historical Association
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: Whimsy
ARCHIVES: VOLUME 1
ARCHIVES: VOLUME 2
ARCHIVES: VOLUME 3
ASSORTED SHORT CLIPS
"B" MOVIES
B - MOVIES: Serials
B - MOVIES: Series
B - MOVIES: Television Series
THE BARRYMORE FAMILY
BIOGRAPHIES
BLOOPERS
BOBBY "BORIS" PICKETT
BUSTER KEATON
CARLA LAEMMLE
CARTOONS
CHARLIE CHAN ANNEX
CHARLIE CHAN: Asian Actors in Hollywood
CHARLIE CHAN: Bloopers & Bonus Questions
CHARLIE CHAN: The Books and Their Movies!
CHARLIE CHAN: Chang Apana
CHARLIE CHAN: Charlie's Sons
CHARLIE CHAN: Chemicals
CHARLIE CHAN: Chronology
CHARLIE CHAN: Criminal?!?!*
CHARLIE CHAN: Extras
CHARLIE CHAN: Gilbert Martines and Chang Apana
CHARLIE CHAN: Hawaii Steve
CHARLIE CHAN: Maps
CHARLIE CHAN: Maven and Rush Glick's Interview in . . . "Monster Bash"!
CHARLIE CHAN: Movie Eras
CHARLIE CHAN: Movie Notes
CHARLIE CHAN: Murder Rate
CHARLIE CHAN: On The Town
CHARLIE CHAN: Puzzles and Quizzes
CHARLIE CHAN: Quiz and Puzzle Answers
CHARLIE CHAN: Radio Shows
CHARLIE CHAN: Spookies
CHARLIE CHAN: Transportation
CHARLIE CHAN: Weather
CHILDREN'S CORNER
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Holiday Crafts
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Boats and Planes and More
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Paper Dolls
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Fun Stuff to Read
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Boys' Town
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Colleen Moore's Castle
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Judy Bolton
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Nancy Drew
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Nancy Drew (For Older Fans!)
CHILDREN'S CORNER: Shirley Temple
COMEDIANS
COPPER CAPERS: FBI's and CIA's!
COSTUME DESIGNERS
DASHIELL HAMMETT
ETTA KIT
FASHIONS IN FILM
FILM NOIR
FOOD CENTRAL
FOREIGN FILMS
GENRES
GINGER ROGERS
HALLOWEEN FUN!
HALLOWEEN 2011: Movies to Watch
HALLOWEEN RECIPES
HAROLD LLOYD
HAUNTS: Hollywood and Elsewhere
HAUNTS: Winchester House
HISTORY: Hollywood and Elsewhere
HOLLYWOOD'S SCANDALS AND CRIMES
HOLLYWOOD'S . . . CRIME: Greystone Mansion Murder
HOLLYWOOD'S . . . Crime: Jean Harlow and Paul Bern's Muder?
HOLLYWOOD'S . . . CRIME: Tate/LaBianca Murders
HOLLYWOOD'S . . .CRIME: William Desmond Taylor Murder
HOLLYWOOD'S MARRY-GO-ROUNDS
HORROR - SCIENCE FICTION
HORROR - SCI FI: Annex
HORROR - SCI FI: The Atomic Submarine (1959)
HORROR - SCI FI: Bela Lugosi
HORROR - SCI FI: Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
HORROR - SCI FI: Boris Karloff
HORROR - SCI FI: Dracula (1931)
HORROR - SCI FI: Frankenstein (1931)
HORROR - SCI FI: Gojira (1954) & Godzilla (1957)
HORROR - SCI FI: Invaders from Mars (1954)
HORROR - SCI FI: King Kong
HORROR - SCI FI: Lon Chaney
HORROR - SCI FI: Nifty Fifty's Creature Features
HORROR - SCI FI: Nightmare Theatre with Gorgon
HORROR - SCI FI: Ray Harryhausen
HORROR - SCI FI: Stephen King
HORROR - SCI FI: Universal Studios
HORROR - SCI FI: Universal Monster Genealogy
HORROR - SCI FI: Wes Davis
HORROR - SCI FI: The Witch's Dungeon
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
HUSTON FAMILY
I LOVE LUCY
INTERVIEWS
JOHN WAYNE
JONATHAN GEFFNER
JOSEPHINE BAKER
KAY LINAKER
LEI MAKING
LOCATIONS
MDs - RNs - RNBs - OH MY!
M.D.S . . . - The Crime Doctor Series
MAGIC IN MOVIES
MAKEUP ARTISTS
MAKEUP ARTISTS: The Westmore Family
MARX BROTHERS
MARY ASTOR
MARY PICKFORD AND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
MAVEN'S LIBRARY
MAVEN'S WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT
MUSIC
MUSIC: Dancers
MUSIC: The Lyrics
MYSTERIES
MYSTERIES: A Warning For Those Who Give Away The Endings!
MYSTERIES: Alfred Hitchcock
MYSTERIES: The Bat
MYSTERIES: D. W. Griffith vs. Mary Roberts Rinehart
MYSTERIES: Gum Shoes
MYSTERIES: Old Dark Houses
MYSTERIES: S.S. Van Dine
MYSTERIES: S.S. Van Dine - The Kidnap Murder Case
ORSON WELLES
PERRY MASON
QUIZZES AND PUZZLES
QUIZ ANSWERS
QUOTES From Hollywood
QUOTES From Hollywood Movies
QUOTES From Dorothy Parker
QUOTES Dorothy Parkers' "The Waltz"
RADIO SHOWS: Vintage Series
RECIPES OF THE WEEK
RECIPES OF THE WEEK: More about the Recipes
RECIPES OF THE WEEK: A Rejuvenating Diet
REVIEWS
REVIEWS - Mini Mavens
RONALD REAGAN
RUDOLPH VALENTINO
SEX IN THE CINEMA
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
SILENT MOVIES
TAYLOR SCHULTZ: Hollywood Sculptor
TRANSPORTATION IN THE MOVIES: Aviation
VINCENT PRICE
VINCENT PRICE: Connoisseur
WHAT'S MY LINE?
THE WHISTLER
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
     THIS PAGE IS AS MUCH FOR MAVEN'S USE AS  ANY, SINCE HER MIND HAS GONE RELIGIOUS. . . . TO PARAPHRASE ONE OF THE WEASLEY TWINS (of Harry Potter Fame):  IT'S GOTTEN SO "HOLEY" LIKE SWISS CHEESE THAT TOO MANY THOUGHTS HAVE STARTED PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH MAVEN!
     ADMITTEDLY INCOMPLETE, THESE ARE BOOKS+ AND MOVIES THAT WOULD BE PERFECT - IN WHAT IS LEFT OF MAVEN'S MIND! - FOR CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR . . . AND GOOD FOR ALL AGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
       IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND/OR COMMENTS, PLEASE SENT THEM TO THEOLDMOVIEMAVEN@YAHOO.COM.
 
 

NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY:
After the Thin Man (1937)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
 
CHINESE NEW YEAR'S:
Charlie Chan in The Golden Eye (1948)
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
 
VALENTINE'S DAY: 
Any of the Thin Man Series with William Powell and Myrna Loy
Holiday Inn (1942)
 
EASTER:
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Holiday Inn (1942)
 
TRIPLE CROWN:

See also Melbourne Cup (First Tuesday in November)

Any westerns with Gene Autry with Champion; John Wayne and Duke [Randy Rides Alone (1934) and Ride 'Em Cowboy (1932)]; Roy Rogers with Trigger and Dale Evans' Buttermilk; Hopalong Cassidy and Topper]

Black Beauty (1994)

Black Stallion, The (1979)

Charlie Chan in London (1934)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Day at the Races, A (1937)

Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Fancy Pants (1950)

Francis, The Talking Mule (1950, Maven knows that this is a mule in the horse section; but, hey, Francis not only talked before Mr. Ed but he spawned a series of Francis sequels!  Not to mention the mulish version of “equine equal rights”!)

Garden Murder Case (1938, Philo Vance Series)

Mr. Ed (TV Series, 1961 - 1966)

Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)

National Velvet (1944)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Saratoga (1937)

Sea Biscuit (2003)

Story of Seabiscuit, The (1949 - Includes Actual Film of Seabiscuit Racing)

They Met in Argentina (1941)

 

 
FOURTH OF JULY:   
1776 (1972)
Above and Beyond (1950)
Charlie Chan in the City of Darkness (1939)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Murder Over New York (1940)
The Stars and Stripes Forever (1957 - This is about John Philip Sousa, whose music still defines 4th of July music!)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Strategic Air Command (1955)
Tora!  Tora!  Tora! (1970)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
 
JULY 19:  
The Bat (1959 - This is when the Price/Moorehead happens, on a Tuesday.  Why this one?  It's one of Maven's favorite movies from one of her favorite writers!)

HALLOWEEN:    
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Bat, The (1925, Silent)
Bat, The (1958, Vincent Price)
Bat Whispers, The (1930)
Blue Room, The
     Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
     Missing Guest, The (1928)
     Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
Boston Blackie
     The Phantom Thief (1944)
Crime Doctor, The
     Shadows in the Night (1944)
     Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
Cat and the Canary (1927, Silent)
Cat and the Canary (1939)
Charlie Chan
     Black Camel (1931)
     Black Magic . . .  (1944)
     Chinese Cat (1944)
     Dead Men Tell (1941)
     Jade Mask (1945)
     Secret (1936)
     Treasure Island (1941)
     Wax Museum (1940)
Devil Commands, The (1951)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
     (1920, Silent, John Barrymore)
     (1931, Fredric March)
     (1941, Spencer Tracy)
Doctor X (1932)
     Return of Dr. X (1939)
Dracula (1931)
     Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
     Dracula's Daughter (1936)
     La Voluntad del muerto (1931)
     Son of Dracula (1945)
     House of Dracula (1944)
Dracula Wannabees
     Nosferatu (1922, Silent)
     London after Midnight (1927)
     Mark of the Vampire (1935)
     Return of the Vampire (1944)
     Vampire Bat (1933)
Frankenstein (1931)
     Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
     Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
     Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
     Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
     House of Frankenstein (1944)
     Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Ghost Breakers, The (1939)
Gorilla, The (1939)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Horror Island (1941)
Invisibe Man, The (1933)
     Invisible Man Returns (1940)
     Invisible Woman (1940)
     Invisible Agent (1942)
     Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
King of the Zombies (1941)
Mad Love (1935)
Miracles for Sale (1939)
Murder in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Mummy, The (1932)
     Mummy's Hand (1940)
     Mummy's Tomb (1942)
     Mummy's Ghost (1944)
     Mummy's Curse (1944
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
     House of Wax (1953)
Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
Sherlock Holmes
     Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
     Scarlet Claw (1944)
Smiling Ghost, The (1942)
Thirteenth Chair, The (1929)
Thirteenth Guest, The (1932)
Uninvited, The (1944)
Werewolves
     Werewolf of London (1935)
     Wolf Man, The (1941)
     She-Wolf of London (1946)
     Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
You'll Find Out (1940)
(NOTE:  HALLOWEEN 2011: Movies to Watch for links of movies shown free on the internet)

MELBOURNE
CUP (AU):
[See Also "Triple Crown"]
 
THANKSGIVING:  
Holiday Inn (1942)
 
CHRISTMAS:
A Christmas Carol (1938, 1953)
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Belles of St. Mary's (1945)
Bishop's Wife, The (1947)
Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas in Conneticut (1945)
Heidi (1937)
Holiday Inn (1942)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Little Women (1933, 1949)
Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Nutcracker, The (1977, Mikhail Baryshnikov)
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1944)
Since You Went Away (1944)
The Thin Man (1934)
Three (3) Godfathers (1948)
White Christmas (1954)
 
NEW YEAR'S EVE:
See NEW YEAR'S DAY