The currently popular trend of comic book-based cinema really began 75 years ago this week, with the debut of the Republic serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler. We have more “Shazam-tastic” trivia for your pleasure inside.
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Killer cyborgs, cannibalistic psychiatrists, female fugitives in the Southwest: some memorable motion pictures made their debut 25 years ago. This week we’d like to know which movie marking its silver anniversary this year is your favorite.
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“Tarzan…Jane.” Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O’Sullivan first swung onto the screen 84 years go this week in MGM’s Tarzan the Ape Man. No need to go on a safari to track down more great movie moments; just check inside.
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St. Patrick’s Day is just a shillelagh’s throw away, so let’s look at six Irish-themed film posters (The Quiet Man, Darby O’Gill and the Little People, Michael Collins and more), then see if you agree with our pick for the one that best represents the Emerald Isle.
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Rita Hayworth cemented her standing as Hollywood’s reigning sex queen with her title turn as Gilda, with opened 70 years ago this week. Want to see more Tinseltown trivia? Look inside…and put the blame on us.
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With the passing this weeknd of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, we look back at her Hollywood days as an MGM contract actress named Nancy Davis, a brief career which included co-starring with husband Ronald Reagan in 1957’s Hellcats of the Navy.
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For the TV Sidekick Blogathon, we rev up our engines and salute Muttley, the snickering canine companion of Dick Dastardly on Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
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Now that Leonardo Di Caprio finally has a Best Actor Academy Award, which of his winless “D” colleagues, Johnny Depp or Robert Downey, Jr., do you think will take home an Oscar next? Let us know in this week’s film poll.
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One of John Wayne’s best-loved collaborations with director John Ford, the powerful frontier drama The Searchers, opened 60 years ago this week. If you’re searching for more notable dates from Hollywood’s past, we’ve got plenty inside.
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He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as Paul Newman’s prison pal in Cool Hand Luke and was ace aviation engineer Joe Patroni in the Airport films. MovieFanFare remembers George Kennedy, who died this past Sunday at 91.
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