Classic 1930s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1930 to 1939, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Last week saw the release of two exclusive four-film collections featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. In this classic remembrance, we look back at two of the beloved musical duo’s movies, Girl of the Golden West and New Moon.
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Humphrey Bogart as a vampire? Ronald Reagan and the Dead End Kids? For the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, we present this classic look at 10 less-than-classic movies released the same year as Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
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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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As his contribution to today’s My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon, MovieFanFare’s Gary Cahall rings a bell for one of his all-time faves, 1939’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton as Quasimodo and Maureen O’Hara as Esmeralda.
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His Revolutionary War-era ride isn’t as famous as Paul Revere’s, but Delaware’s Caesar Rodney was the hero of an Oscar-winning–if not 100% accurate–1938 short. For the Shorts! Blogathon, MovieFanFare looks at Warner Bros.’ The Declaration of Independence.
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Seven years before starring as Knute Rockne, All American, Pat O’Brien played another gridiron guru in College Coach. Guest writer Laura Grieve tackles the 1933 Warner Bros. pre-Code drama, which also features Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak.
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Since this week marks the anniversary of his groundbreaking tough-guy turn in The Public Enemy, James Cagney is the focus of this classic salute to the pugnacious Oscar-winner, who was as quick on his feet (Yankee Doodle Dandy) as he was with a gun (White Heat).
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In 1920s Hong Kong, Greta Garbo is torn between her husband, doctor Herbert Marshall, and British attache George Brent in The Painted Veil. Guest writer Danny Reid examines the 1934 MGM melodrama, based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel.
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Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Durante, The Three Stooges and even Mickey Mouse were among the “guests” at MGM’s 1934 comedy Hollywood Party. For the Pre-Code Blogathon, MovieFanFare invites itself in to see if it’s a party worth attending.
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The travails of a family in strife-torn 1920’s Dublin were the focus of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 drama Juno and the Paycock. As part of the Luck of the Irish Blog O’Thon, MovieFanFare reviews this early Hitchcock effort, based on a Sean O’Casey play.
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