We’re helping turn November into “Noirvember” with this classic post, as writer Brian Sieck offers his thoughts after seeing Billy Wilder’s 1944 suspense gem Double Indemnity, with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, for the first time.
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One of the best-loved Yuletide-themed comedies, 1945’s Christmas in Connecticut–starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet–is the focus of Marsha Collock’s review.
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Whether he was a song-and-dance man, a romantic lead, a family film star, or a TV dad, Fred MacMurray delighted audiences for more than 40 years. MovieFanFare marks his birthday with a look at this beloved and versatile actor.
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Is “The Happiest Millionaire” a classic, or a dud? Find out in this overview of the Fred MacMurray favorite from guest blogger Rick29.
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Guest blogger Courtney Small writes about a movie he has a blind spot for, 1944’s Double Indemnity: Despite being heralded by many as one of the greatest directors of all time, the majority of the works by director Billy Wilder…
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Guest blogger Allen Hefner recently contacted MovieFanFare with this article he wrote about the various actors of Double Indemnity: No one can argue that Double Indemnity (1944) is not a wonderful film noir classic. It is the very definition of the genre….
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Last year, MovieFanFare writer Brian Sieck gave his views on Christmas in Connecticut in a First Time Watch post, here with another take on the beloved holiday classic (just in time for Christmas in July!) is guest blogger Gary Sweeney: It’s getting…
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Fred MacMurray (1908-1991) was a popular movie star during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was so popular, that in 1943, MacMurray was the highest paid movie star in the world. For most of his career, MacMurray played likeable characters in comedies,…
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Pollster Fred MacMurray gets mixed up with homicidal hillbillies, glow-in-the-dark grannies, and a hidden fortune in the zany 1945 comedy Murder, He Says, co-starring Helen Walker, Porter Hall and Marjorie Main. Check it out, we says!
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Bounding Main: Marjorie Main is best known as the “Ma” in the Ma and Pa Kettle series made for Universal Pictures in the 1940s and 1950s. But Ms. Main was also a reliable character actress who appeared in such favorites…
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