Classic movie reviews, movie articles, movie information from 1960 to 1969, the end of Golden Age of Hollywood.
Set in 19th-century Ukraine, “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” explores doomed love, the urgency of memory, and the culture of the Hutsul people. Check out this MovieFanFare contribution to the Russia in Classic Film blogathon!
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This week marks the Golden Anniversary of The Sound of Music’s debut, but quite a few popular movies also turn 50 in 2015. Vote in this week’s poll for your top 1965 film. Selections include Cat Ballou, Doctor Zhivago, Thunderball and many more.
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For the First Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon, MovieFanFare reviews the stone-faced funnyman’s final screen performance in the 1966 musical/comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, co-starring Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford and Phil Silvers.
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For its first live-action musical, the Walt Disney studio chose Victor Herbert’s fantasy operetta Babes in Toyland. Guest writer Jessica Pickens reviews the colorful 1961 film, which starred Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands and Ray Bolger.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania coming to America. To celebrate the occasion, guest writer Greg Altum reviews the Fab Four’s first starring film, the 1964 “day in the life” comedy/concert classic A Hard Day’s Night
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1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s with Audrey Hepburn has legions of fans, but the film makes some major changes to the original Truman Capote story. Guest writer Leah Williams compares and contrasts the movie and its source material.
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In a change of pace from her cheery Disney screen roles, Hayley Mills played an out-of-control teen counseled by new governess Deborah Kerr in 1964’s The Chalk Garden. Guest writer Toto2 reviews this provocative British drama.
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The quest for gold and a thirst for revenge sends gunslingers Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach on a collision course in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Guest writer Jeff Pike critiques the good, bad and (yes) ugly in Sergio Leone’s landmark 1966 Italian western.
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Suburban marrieds Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain and their two kids are terrorized along the desert highway by joy-riding teens in Hot Rods to Hell. Guest writer Jessica Perkins puts the pedal to the metal and reviews the cult 1967 action/drama.
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Jeffrey Hunter played a circuit-riding attorney in 1880s Texas in The Man from Galveston. Guest writer Laura Grieve lays down the law on the 1963 frontier legal drama, which started out as a TV pilot and lead to Hunter’s short-lived 1963-64 series Temple Houston.
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