Here at the Scene Stealers corner of Movie FanFare, we try to pay tribute to that large group of often-unsung supporting actors and actresses who rarely received star status or got their name above the title, but still achieved popularity and garnered fans through their performances….
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It sure is heartening to know that I’m not the only Ruff and Reddy fan out there. That’s the lesson I learned from the responses to last month’s article on new DVD collections of 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, where I mentioned how my…
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Last week, Movie FanFare ran a poll asking readers to vote for their favorite “cult classic” film. Not surprisingly, The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out of the gate strong and has a comfortable lead on such worthies as George Romero’s…
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“They just don’t make movies like they used to.” That’s the sort of line you’ll likely hear from older filmgoers who yearn for the days of Saturday matinee twin bills at the local picture house and wouldn’t be caught dead at a…
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Last week, MovieFanFare introduced a poll asking people to vote for their “favortie classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series.” Now, the distinction between “classic” and “modern” can be a tricky one–after all, to those readers 40 and under shows like SuperFriends, Hong Kong Phooey…
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Pollster Fred MacMurray gets mixed up with homicidal hillbillies, glow-in-the-dark grannies, and a hidden fortune in the zany 1945 comedy Murder, He Says, co-starring Helen Walker, Porter Hall and Marjorie Main. Check it out, we says!
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Quick, now: What planet in our solar system has had the most movies made about it? Okay, obviously the answer is Earth. Coming in a distant second–but still considerably ahead of the other six (sorry, Pluto, you don’t count anymore)–is our…
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Despite being trapped in stereotypical roles in ’30s and ’40s Hollywood, his comic gifts managed to shine through. Our latest Scene Stealer is actor Mantan Moreland, who also made a name for himself in the world of vintage all-black cinema.
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There are some Oscar nominations that all movie fans can agree on, some that cause constant debate, and some so off-the-wall you have to wonder what the voters were smoking! Read on to see how a man in a gorilla suit can be called a “special effect.”
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