Who’s that absent-minded lab assistant in 1955’s Revenge of the Creature? Why, it’s Clint Eastwood, whose film debut came in the Universal shocker 60 years ago this week. If Hollywood trivia like this makes your day, we’ve got other notable dates waiting for you inside.
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His Revolutionary War-era ride isn’t as famous as Paul Revere’s, but Delaware’s Caesar Rodney was the hero of an Oscar-winning–if not 100% accurate–1938 short. For the Shorts! Blogathon, MovieFanFare looks at Warner Bros.’ The Declaration of Independence.
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Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and we’d like to know who your top mother/daughter actresses are. Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli; Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis; Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and Dakota Johnson: this week’s quiz is all about the ladies.
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Hollywood’s iconic dance duo, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, made their final screen appearance together 66 years ago this week in MGM’s The Barkleys of Broadway. There are many more memorable moments from cinematic history to read about inside.
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Wondering what’s on the home video horizon for the merry month of May? We’ve got a sneak peek at upcoming releases, from Academy Award-winning dramas and hit comedies to vintage favorites starring Wallace Beery, Yul Brynner and, yes, Rowan and Martin.
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He’s nearly as well known for his uncompleted film projects as for his finished ones, but Orson Welles still managed to forge a memorable body of work as a director. This week’s poll wants your vote for which feature film helmed by Welles is your favorite.
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One of the most powerful cinematic depictions of the horrors of war, the Oscar-winning All Quit on the Western Front, debuted 85 years go this week. Click here to read about even more memorable movie moments from days gone by.
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After the success of 1969’s Easy Rider, Jack Nicholson went to “B” film actor to Academy Award-winning star in the 1970s. To mark his 78th birthday this week, we’re asking for your vote for Jack’s top ’70 film role: pick from The Last Detail, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and more.
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James Cagney cemented his status as a gangster film icon with his fourth screen role, in 1931’s The Public Enemy, which debuted 84 years ago this week. No need to take a grapefruit to the face for more key dates in Hollywood’s past; just read inside.
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He was usually a kindly grandfather or loyal sidekick, but he played memorable real-life villains in two classic frontier dramas. For the Great Villain Blogathon, we salute Walter Brennan’s menacing turns in The Westerner and My Darling Clementine.
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