It was exactly 80 years ago that RKO released the musical Flying Down to Rio, fortuitously giving the second leads to Broadway hoofer Fred Astaire and contract actress Ginger Rogers. We’ve got even more movie milestones ready to take wing.
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Joan Fontaine: Hitchcock’s Oscar-Winning Damsel in Distress
MovieFanFare looks back at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Suspicion, who passed away this week at the age of 96.
Read more →Peter O’Toole: The Lion at Rest
His nearly 50-year film career, covering everything from historical epics to broad comedy, garnered him global acclaim and eight Oscar nominations (but no wins). Movie FanFare remembers actor Peter O’Toole.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 12-15-13
It was exactly 90 years ago that Cecil B. DeMille treated audiences to the spectacle–for the first time, as it would turn out–of his vision of the Moses story with the release of The Ten Commandments. We’re handing down even more Tinseltown trivia for your consideration.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 12-08-2013
It was 74 years ago that they were marching on Atlanta…to the Fox Theater, to be precise, for the world premiere of Gone With the Wind. We’ve got more cinema signposts that you may give a darn about.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 12.01.13
It was exactly 110 years ago this week that film storytelling as we know it had its genesis with the release of Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery. We’ve drawn on other movie mileposts to share.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 11.24.13
71 years ago, with Allied landings in WWII North Africa making headlines, Warner Brothers decided to capitalize on the news…and released a little drama called Casablanca. We’ve rounded up the usual film factoids for you to check out.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 11.17.13
It was 37 years ago that life started imitating art for actor-scripter-unknown Sylvester Stallone, with the opening of his rousing underdog boxing opus Rocky. We’ve taken steps to bring you more cinema signposts.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 11.10.13
This was pretty much our response when we realized it’s been 24 years since Macaulay Culkin was left Home Alone in the John Hughes/Chris Columbus family classic. We’ve left behind more movie milestones for your consideration.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 11.03.13
It was exactly 55 years ago that a young Steve McQueen had to rescue Downingtown, Pennsylvania, from the gelatinous intergalactic menace of The Blob. We’ve got more Tinseltown trivia for you to beware.
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