THE BOX OFFICE STARS: 1954

Looking back at the year 1954 - some 70 years ago it was pretty much the same top stars from the year before. After 1954 though the movies were changing, and the next generation of youth would soon be taking over the box office...

1. JOHN WAYNE

2. DEAN MARTIN/JERRY LEWIS

3. GARY COOPER

4. JAMES STEWART
5. MARILYN MONROE
6. ALAN LADD
7. WILLIAM HOLDEN 
8. BING CROSBY
9. JANE WYMAN
10. MARLON BRANDO 

                     

THE BOX OFFICE STARS: 1953

For the year 1953, television was continuing to take a sizable chunk of the audience away from the movies, but there were still some legendary stars among the top ten stars of 1953...

1. GARY COOPER 

2. DEAN MARTIN/ JERRY LEWIS

3. JOHN WAYNE

4. ALAN LADD

5. BING CROSBY
6. MARILYN MONROE 
7. JAMES STEWART
8. BOB HOPE
9. SUSAN HAYWARD
10. RANDOLPH SCOTT

                                                                     

 

THE BOX OFFICE STARS: 1952

Television was starting to overtake movies as the favorite medium of 1952. However, movies were still popular. Here are the top stars for 1952...

1. DEAN MARTIN/JERRY LEWIS
2. GARY COOPER

3. JOHN WAYNE

4. BING CROSBY
5. BOB HOPE
6. JIMMY STEWART
7. DORIS DAY
8. GREGORY PECK
9. SUSAN HAYWARD
10. RANDOLPH SCOTT

                                            

THE BOX OFFICE STARS: 1944

 Even with World War II raging on, America still loved going to the movies. It was a form of escape for an otherwise bleak world. In 1944, Bing Crosby was crowned king of the box office - a title he would hold for the next 5 years! Here are the top box office stars of 1944...

TOP BOX OFFICE STARS - 1944

1. Bing Crosby
2. Gary Cooper
3. Bob Hope
4. Betty Grable
5. Spencer Tracy
6. Greer Garson
7. Humphrey Bogart
8. Abbott & Costello
9. Cary Grant
10. Bette Davis

THE BOX OFFICE STARS: 1942

Even though America was involved in World War II by 1942, audiences were flocking to the movies to get away from their troubles. Here are the biggest stars of that year by box office, and it shows who war weary audiences were going to see...

THE BIGGEST STARS OF 1942:

1. ABBOTT/COSTELLO
2. CLARK GABLE
3. GARY COOPER
4. MICKEY ROONEY
5. BOB HOPE
6. JAMES CAGNEY
7. GENE AUTRY
8. BETTY GRABLE
9. GREER GARSON
10. SPENCER TRACY

HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS: THE 1940s

TOP FILMS OF 1940s 
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)

1. Bambi (1942)
2. Pinocchio (1940)
3. Fantasia (1940)
4. Song of the South (1946)
5. Mom and Dad (1945)

6. Samson and Delilah (1949)
7. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
8. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
9. This Is the Army (1943)
10. Duel in the Sun (1946)

11. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
12. Sergeant York (1941)
13. Going My Way (1944)
14. Forever Amber (1947)
15. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

16. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
17. Battleground (1949)
18. Random Harvest (1942)
19. The Snake Pit (1948)
20.  The Lost Weekend (1945)

PHOTOS OF THE DAY: A NEW YEAR WITH CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

Hard to believe it is another year! It does not seem right that it is 2016! One thing that does not change with each year is our love of classic movies. Here are some pictures of the classic stars celebrating the New Year...

Dorothy Lamour

Bette Davis

Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, and Jimmy Stewart

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Betty Hutton

Shirley Temple

PHOTOS OF THE DAY: A CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN

It is that time of the year - Halloween when all of the gremlins and ghouls come out! I like to dust off some movies I always watch around this time of the year like: Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), and even Arsenic And Old Lace (1944). I may have to watch the creepy Freaks (1932) as well. It's a movie I can not watch every year though. I also like to look through how classic Hollywood celebrated October 31st. Some of the pics are really great to look at again:

Judy Garland

Ida Lupino

Fay Wray and Gary Cooper

Ann Rutherford

Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra

Thelma Todd

PHOTOS OF THE DAY: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD AND THE OSCAR

The Oscar ceremony of today is much different than the classic ceremonies of the past. Hollywood was so much different in the classic days. Movie stars were true legends, and the Oscars was THE event of the year. Here are some memories of those classic days...

LUISE RAINER, 1937



INGRID BERGMAN, 1944



GARY COOPER AND BING CROSBY, 1944

AUDREY HEPBURN, 1953



GRACE KELLY AND CLARK GABLE, 1954



JOANNE WOODWARD AND PAUL NEWMAN, 1958



RIP: PATRICIA NEAL (1926-2010)

Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for 1963's "Hud" and then survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday. She was 84. Neal left behind great movie roles, and she was a great example of a true survivor...