Jane Powell: The life and career of MGM golden-voiced soprano Jane Powell is explored in her starring roles in MGM’s Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and ’50s.
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Articles by: Jay Steinberg
Doris Day: I’ll See You in My Dreams
Doris Day, the sunny, shapely one-time big band singer, parlayed her powerful pipes and peppy personality into a position as one of the most prolific and popular screen presences of the ’50s and ’60s. She excelled in all facets of her career as song stylist, movie actress, TV star and animal activist.
Read more →Sidney Poitier: The Defiant One
Sidney Poitier: The life and career of the first African-American performer to achieve major Hollywood stardom is explored with his watershed roles of the 1950s and ’60s and beyond…
Read more →Olivia de Havilland: The Adventures of Maid Marian
Olivia de Havilland, the elegantly pretty, doe-eyed brunette, made a transformative impact upon Hollywood’s golden era for the range, skill and confidence of her performances as well as forever changing the landscape for performers’ legal rights…
Read more →Remembering Kirk Douglas: A Career Retrospective
Kirk Douglas: A Man For All Seasons from blogger Jay Steinberg presents a tribute to the legendary actor’s film legacy. Kirk Douglas excelled as an actor, an author, and a true humanitarian.
Read more →Maureen O’Hara: Remembering The Redhead from Dublin
Her beauty and fiesty on-screen demeanor were in evidence in Miracle on 34 Street, The Quiet Man, and over 50 other films. We salute actress Maureen O’Hara, who passed away this past weekend at 95.
Read more →Joan Crawford: What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest?
This piece originally ran on MovieFanFare in 2012, we are reprinting it today to pay tribute that most of infamous of movie moms. From flapper girl to working-class heroine to martyr mom to shocker diva, the indomitable and driven Joan…
Read more →Alec Guinness: Britain’s Man of a Thousand Faces
Beloved British actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose films ranged from The Bridge on the River Kwai to Star Wars and more, died 25 years ago this week. MovieFanFare remembers the Oscar-winning performer with this classic look back at his brilliant career.
Read more →Debbie Reynolds: Perky, Pretty, Petite Performing Powerhouse
The perkiness and poise of this pretty, petite (5’2″) performer made Debbie Reynolds one of the last stars of the Hollywood musical’s heyday and an ever-welcome presence on stage, screen and television in the decades to follow.
Read more →Edward G. Robinson: Gangland Cinema’s Little Giant
One of the screen’s all-time tough guys passed away 43 years ago this week. In this classic post, we look back at the life and career of Little Caesar himself, Edward G. Robinson.
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