David Niven

Check Out These Captivating Comedies That Are Now on Sale

04.24.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Alec Guinness, Comedies, David Niven, Humphrey Bogart, James Coco, Maggie Smith, Michael J. Fox, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Stanley Kramer, Tim Curry, Truman Capote | no comments

Our current Comedies by the Carload sale is celebrating some of the most riotously funny flicks ever made. Here’s five of my favorites! Back to the Future Michael J. Fox stars as Marty McFly, a teen from 1985 who accidentally…

“The Guns of Navarone” Should Have Been An Oscar Favorite

02.24.19 | Jim Brymer | Tags: 1960s films, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Dimitri Tiomkin, Gregory Peck, The Guns of Navarone | 2 comments

1961. It was the most important year in history: John F. Kennedy became the President of the United States! The Beatles played their first gig! The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba began! Ernie Davis became the first African-American…

“The Wife” and a Criterion Collection Release of “In the Heat of the Night” Are Now Available

01.29.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Ben Vereen, Bob Fosse, Criterion Collection, David Niven, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Glenn Close, Helen Mirren, In the Heat of the Night, Jane Greer, Jessica Lange, Joel Edgerton, Joel McCrea, Jonathan Pryce, Larry Hagman, Linda Blair, Mark Hamill, Maureen O'Hara, Maureen O'Sullivan, Penelope Spheeris, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Roy Scheider, Russell Croew, Sidney Poitier, Superman, Tarzan, Tarzan Movies, The Wife, Warner Archive Collection | 2 comments

Glenn Close‘s Academy Award-nominated performance in The Wife is the most notable DVD/Blu-ray of the week, and it is joined by several acclaimed films getting Criterion Collection and Warner Archive Collection releases, as well as other theatrical hits and critical…

The Latest New Releases Include “Venom,” “The House with a Clock in Its Walls,” and “The Predator”

12.18.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Adrien Brody, Alec Guinness, Anna Kendrick, Billie Burke, Blake Lively, Bruce Willis, C;aude Rains, Christopher Lee, Comic Book Movies, Criterion Collection, David Niven, Eli Roth, Erroyl Flynn, Ingmar Bergen, Jack Black, James Coco, Jeff Bridges, John Carpenter, Karen Allen, Liu Ye, Maggie Smith, Marvel Comics, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Curtiz, Michelle Williams, Patty Duke, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Roland Young, Shane Black, The Predator, Tom Hardy, Truman Capote, Venom | 1 comment

‘Twas the week before Christmas and all across the net, millions of shoppers they needn’t to fret. For these new releases, they’ll show you the way for you and your loved ones to have a grand holiday! Yes friends, the…

Create-A-Caption: The Bishop’s Wife

12.09.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1940s Films, Cary Grant, Christmas Movies, David Niven, Holiday Films, Loretta Young, The Bishop's Wife | 1 comment

The Bishop’s Wife is the motion picture equivalent of wrapping yourself up in a blank on a bone-chilling winter night — warm and welcoming and lovely. This 1947 Yuletide favorite stars Cary Grant as Dudley, an angel who is assigned…

Check Out These Five Favorites from the Warner Archive Collection

10.14.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Albert Finney, Alfred Hitchcock, Around the World in 80 Days, Cantinflas, David Niven, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Wyman, Janet Leigh, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret O'Brien, Marlene Dietrich, Peter Lawford, Queen of Outer Space, Shirley MacLaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor | 1 comment

Here at MovieFanFare, we are huge fans of the work being done by the Warner Archive Collection. Their releases bring classic and rare films to home video, preserving them on digital disc in order to make sure that they aren’t…

The Stars Come Out In These New Warner Archive Releases

09.21.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Ann Sheridan, Anthony Perkins, Barton MacLane, David Niven, Dustin Hoffman, Fred MacMurray, Gary Cooper, Henry Fonda, Katharine Ross, Michael Caine, Olivia de Havilland, Peggy Bates, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Widmark, Steve McQueen, Warner Archive Collection, William Wyler | no comments

The Warner Archive Collection is dedicated in bringing non-stop Warner Brothers studio classics to DVD and Blu-ray. In doing so, they ensure that motion pictures from various genres aren’t lost to the mists of history. This month sees the release…

Check Out These Classics from Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Errol Flynn, and Other Hollywood Legends

07.29.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Ann Sheridan, Burt Lancaster, David Niven, Emeric Pressburger, Errol Flynn, Gene Lockhart, Kim Hunter, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Michael Powell, Richard Attenborough, Ruth Gordon | 1 comment

We’ve said it before and we will most definitely say it again: There’s never been a better time to be a lover of classic cinema. Each week, scores of titles from throughout the ages are making their DVD and Blu-ray…

Five Mystery Favorites You Might Have Missed

08.24.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: David Niven, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Jacques Tourneur, Throwback Thursday, Wallace Ford | 1 comment

Since it’s Throwback Thursday, let’s travel back to the Golden Age of Hollywood to check out five superb suspense classics that you may not be familiar with. All of these feature engaging mysteries waiting to be revealed and an assortment…

No Valentines for Midge: Romance Cinema’s Third Wheels

02.13.15 | Gary Cahall | Tags: Cary Grant, Clark Gable, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Olivia de Havilland, Romance Movies | 16 comments

For a pre-Valentine’s Day treat, we’re offering this classic look at some classic love triangle movies–Gone with the Wind, Vertigo, Pretty in Pink, the Twlight films and more–as seen by the guys and gals who wound up on the outside looking in.