Lovers Of Classic Cinema Mugs

The Battle of Bedford Falls

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

Herman Mankiewicz

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

"Housekeeping?!"

'I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.'

All-Verbal Westerns

"You funnin' me, bub?"

"Citizen Kane first draft... Citizen Kane By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz Int. Kane's bedroom Kane's old voice Call a freaking ambulance! Rosebud..."

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, in all the solar systems, in all the galaxies, in all the universe, she walks into mine.

I'm Spartacus.

Wizard of Oz - repeat fees

Queen Kong

"Whatcha watching, Dad?"

Hitchcock's The Birds

Ask Sadie! I just read an article where Daisy Ridley said J.J. Abrams wrote drafts for Episode VIII and Episode IX. And then Rian Johnson THREW THAT OUT and went a whole different direction. This makes me lose all faith in Star Wars. Am I overreacting? **Actual reader question. Excellent question. This reminds me of the time I saw Gone with the Wind on opening day. I was the invited guest of an elderly veteran of the Civil War. He couldn't stop yammering about how seceding from the union didn't

Fred Astaire

Jack Nicholson

After selling his life story, with movie and merchandising rights, Zorro had a new mark.

"I'm just gonna reach in my back pocket real slow-like and turn off my ringer."

I hope that "golden showers" dossier about Trump is true. That'd be awesome. How so, little buddy? Well, I was always a big fan of the cold war. I loved "Red Dawn" and "War Games" and "James Bond" and all those really cool cold war movies. If it's true that our new president is actually being blackmailed by the Russians, we might finally have a real "Manchurian Candidate." I've calculated that the number of "Twilight Zone" episodes that might still come true has just grown by half a dozen. I hop

"Well, the hills were alive with the sound of music...I'm sure!"

'Business was slow, slower than a fat tortoise with a limp. The phone hadn't rung for so long I thought it must be out of order. The new competition was good, very good. Who was this 'Google' guy?'

Interesting encounters in history.

At a silent moment - I don't know Slim, it's quiet.. a little too quiet.

An early turning-point in old Hollywood...

'You know, it's kind of nice turning off the sound, turning on closed caption, and listening to piano music.'

2001: A Space Odyssey - Updated

Sorry about the odor --- Phone booths have gone out of style so I had to change in a dumpster.

The Pride of Frankenstein

Al Pacino

Charlie Chaplin

'Now I know why they called this airco model 'Marilyn Monroe'.'

Janet Leigh