Classic 1940s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1940 to 1949, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
We here at MovieFanFare staff thought this would be a good time to bring back one of our more popular posts, Create-a-Caption. And since Easter Sunday is just two days away, for this return installment we’re saluting the 1948 M-G-M…
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He was a pro wrestler-turned-Hollywood actor decades before Hulk Hogan and Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. He was also an Ivy League graduate and Olympic medalist who spoke four languages. His imposing physique made him perfect for gangster and tough guy…
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It’s been roughly one month since Captain America: Brave New World debuted in theatres following a year of post-production “tinkering.” This is the fourth Marvel Cinematic Universe feature to spotlight Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s patriotic superhero, and the first…
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Did you know director John Huston placed a reference to one of Humphrey Bogart’s worst films in The Maltese Falcon? See what he did inside.
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Here’s looking at you, film fans! There are great movie scenes and then there’s what many consider to be the greatest movie scene of all time: Rick (Humphrey Bogart) putting Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) on a plane and saying farewell…
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A plain young woman and a scarred war veteran find love and beauty with each other inside The Enchanted Cottage. Guest writer Constance Metzinger opens the door to the 1945 RKO fantasy/romance starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young.
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Today is National Classic Movie Day, and we can think of no better way to celebrate than with this post about what many consider to be the best film ever made! Casablanca. Is there a motion picture that conjures up…
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Funnyman Danny Kaye made his feature film debut as a hypochondriac who winds up a G.I. in Up in Arms. Guest writer Rick29 falls in for a closer look at the 1944 comedy/musical, which also stars Dinah Shore and Dana Andrews
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The Walt Disney crew worked for four years to animate Felix Salten’s 1923 kiddie lit classic, Bambi, A Life in the Woods, resulting in some of the studio’s most memorable characters and unforgettable moments. The beloved (and, at times, downright…
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Two years after it was originally published, Betty MacDonald’s down home memoir The Egg and I was transformed into a motion picture which hit theaters in May of 1947. In the film, Claudette Colbert stars as city-bred Manhattanite MacDonald, who…
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