Film fans have asked for years when Brazzaville, the 1944 follow-up to Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains and Geraldine Fitzgerald, will be out on DVD. MovieFanFare takes a special April 1st look at the film and the odds of its release.
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Edward G. Robinson Goes from Mobster to Monk as Brother Orchid
Betrayed by ex-pal Humphrey Bogart and left for dead, gangster Edward G. Robinson is saved by monks from a nearby monastery and learns a new way of life as Brother Orchid. Guest writer Aurora reviews the light-hearted 1940 Warner Bros. crime drama.
Read more →Lauren Bacall: A Farewell Look at “The Look”
She became an instant star with her 1944 debut alongside future husband Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not. Sultry-voiced stage and screen leading lady Lauren Bacall, who died this week at 89. is remembered by MovieFanFare.
Read more →Up the River (1930): When Tracy Met Bogie
Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart’s only film together came at the dawn of their careers–and under the direction of none other than John Ford. As part of the John Ford Blogathon, we take a look at the picture, the 1930 prison comedy Up the River.
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A Reader Shares His Thoughts on His Favorite Films, Part Two
Bill Dunphy, an avid movie collector, shares some of his favorite films. The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart, Experiment in Terror (1962), The Sea Wolf from 1941 with Edward G. Robinson are a few of his favorites.
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Something happened to Katharine Hepburn in the 1950s that was both a blessing and a curse: she started playing a lot of spinsters. Some of these spinsters were painful to watch (think The Rainmaker and Summertime), but thankfully her turn…
Read more →You Can’t Get Away With Murder (1939)
It’s amazing in retrospect just how long it took Humphrey Bogart’s career to launch: literally several years and a few dozen movies. One of his underrated films is 1939’s You Can’t Get Away with Murder. Here he is top billed, but…
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What’s So Great About….? Or The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars
Once upon a time, when I was a very obnoxious teenager with pseudo-intellectual pretensions, I made my father throw his napkin at me at the dinner table. Dad had come home after a hard day’s work as a mechanic and…
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