More classic titles from the Universal Studios film library–The Ballad of Josie with Doris Day, Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach, Souls at Sea with Gary Cooper, and more–are out on DVD this week. Get the scoop on these and other movies inside.
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More adult themes and complex characters marked the western movie genre in the 1950s. This week MovieFanFare saddles up and asks you to pick your top ’50s-era frontier flick: High Noon, The Searchers, and Shane are among the choices.
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She played William Powell’s wife and fellow sleuth six times, but there was more to Myrna Loy than Nora Charles. Vote in this week’s MovieFanFare poll for your top non-“Thin Man” performance by the actress once dubbed the “Queen of Hollywood.”
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Grab your toga and best pair of sandals, because MovieFanFare is taking a big, brawny look at the many big- and small-screen depictions of the mighty Hercules, from silent films and Steve Reeves sagas to Disney cartoons and the new Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson actioner.
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He was a Broadway producer, a butler, a senator, a Navy doctor…oh, yes, and Nick Charles, too. This week’s MovieFanFare poll salutes William Powell and invites you to vote for which of his non-“Thin Man” screen performances is your favorite.
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He was the man frontier film fans loved to hate, causing trouble for Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and other cowboy heroes for over 20 years. Perennial western villain Roy Barcroft is MovieFanFare’s latest Scene Stealer.
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MovieFanFare wants you to “go ape” in this week’s poll and tell us which movie in either of the simian sci-fi franchises–from the 1968 original to the new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes–is your favorite.
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Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart’s only film together came at the dawn of their careers–and under the direction of none other than John Ford. As part of the John Ford Blogathon, we take a look at the picture, the 1930 prison comedy Up the River.
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More than 30 years after her final screen role, she remains a symbol of cinematic glamour and sophisticated sex appeal. See what made Marlene Dietrich one of the top stars of the 1930s and ’40s in nine classic films released on DVD this week.
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Fredric March is the Grim Reaper, Alan Ladd’s a Mountie, and Dick Powell’s a dog reincarnated as a human in three of 12 classic movies out on DVD this week in the Universal Vault Series, exclusive to Movies Unlimited. Get the full story inside.
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