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What does Elvis Presley’s 1967 beach film Clambake have in common with Orson Welles’ cinematic milestone Citizen Kane? More than you think, says guest writer Aurora, who contrasts and compares the two films.
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What’s a film fan to do when you’re up at 5 in the morning and the cable’s not working? For MovieFanFare reader Bill Dunphy, it means popping in a random DVD. His pick: the 1966 Cold War comedy The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
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Barbara Stanwyck can’t convince police that she saw a woman being strangled to death, but killer George Sanders is out to silence her for good. Guest writer Kristen Lopez peeks in on the 1954 thriller (and Rear Window precursor) Witness to Murder.
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Six decades after its debut, Sunset Boulevard remains one of the most biting big-screen looks at Hollywood. Guest writer Marsha Collock offers her list of 10 key moments, performances and lines from Billy Wilder’s acerbic dark comedy.
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Wandering “bad boy” Paul Newman woos Joanne Woodward, daughter of Mississippi plantation owner Orson Welles, in The Long, Hot Summer. Guest writer Emily Rauber reviews the steamy 1958 drama and its Cinemascope splendor.
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Movies taken from TV shows (and vice versa) are common now, but 1932’s The Phantom of Crestwood was a media tie-in pioneer. Guest writer Constance Metzinger pulls the mask off the 1932 RKO whodunit, based on a radio series and write-in contest.
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George C. Scott’s character turns to “Rage” when his government lies to him. Read on to see why the star/director’s brutally dark 1972 movie speaks to us right now.
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The fabled Moroccan city gets turned upside down by The Marx Brothers, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo tangle with Nazi art thieves in A Night in Casablanca. Guest writer Steve Bailey checks out the 1946 comedy, the boys’ penultimate film as a team.
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Widow Joan Crawford inherits an oceanfront home and falls for local gigolo Jeff Chandler, who may have killed its last resident. For the Beach Party Blogathon, MovieFanFare slathers on the sunscreen and reviews the campy 1955 melodrama Female on the Beach.
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How “true” the story of “Sybil” (1976) really is might be argued forever. What’s hardly debatable is Sally Field’s great work and the movie’s universality. Read on to revisit one of the great made-for-TV films of all time.
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