May 12, 1944: Roy Rogers makes his first movie with future wife Dale Evans, The Cowboy and the Señorita, but saves his screen kisses for Trigger. May 10, 1912: The screen’s earliest romantic pairing, Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, first gaze into each…
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Tough Girls of the Movies
If you’re Collecting Movie Classics (and you already know which are the best Movie Bombs to put in your library), you’re going to want to make space on your shelves not just for John Wayne (take the poll to choose your…
Read more →The Greatest (Classic) Performances By an Actress
Last week, guest blogger Richard Finch presented his choices for The Greatest (Classic) Performances By an Actor. Here’s his follow-up piece examining his picks for the greatest leading ladies ever to hit the silver screen. This week I’m posting the…
Read more →Audie Murphy Westerns and More Classic Movies Rounded Up
Murphy’s Law: Audie Murphy, WWII legend-turned-movie hero, is showcased in Audie Murphy Westerns Collection, an exclusive to Movies Unlimited. The four-disc, four-film set is a surefire hit for Murphy mavens and sagebrush fanatics alike, boasting these titles: Sierra (1950): Audie…
Read more →Is This a Frank Nelson Tribute? Ooooooh, Is It!
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….
Read more →A Pirate Meets the Thin Man
Guest blogger Andrea Tuccillo writes: So I think maybe I’m a little psychic. Or maybe just super intuitive. Way back in February of last year, I wrote a post about franchises, focusing specifically on The Thin Man series and also referencing…
Read more →MovieFanFiction: Travis & Marty
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET—NIGHT The grimy, rain-soaked streets of Lower Manhattan. A YELLOW CAB speeds uptown, passing strip joints, electronics shops, and grindhouse movie theaters on its way to the tonier areas of the city. INSIDE THE CAB The…
Read more →Out of the Past (1947): Movie Review
Guest blogger Dave writes: If you watch only one film from the noir genre in your lifetime, make sure that one film is Out of the Past (1947). Every fundamental element used in the making of a great noir film…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 05.01.11
May 5, 1903: The film world first mines the riches of the literary world with Edwin S. Porter‘s version of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. May 4, 1934: With a show-stopping performance of “Baby Take a Bow” in Fox’s…
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