Classic 1940s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1940 to 1949, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
As MovieFanFare’s contribution to the Sinatra Centennial Blogathon, let’s see how a young Frank gave some youngsters a musical lesson in religious tolerance in the Oscar-winning 1945 short The House I Live in.
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In need of a little holiday spirit? In this classic review, author Brian Sieck spends Chrtistmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan. See if this first-time viewing puts the 1945 Yuletide favorite on Brian’s nice or naughty list.
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Ostriches and hippos dance, dinosaurs fight, and Mickey Mouse battles a magical broom. We mark the 75th anniversary of Disney’s groundbreaking Fantasia with a look at its most memorable moments.
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Exotic action, romance and laughs were in ample supply in Arabian Nights, starring John Hall, Maria Montez and Sabu. As part of the Swashathon! blogathon, we review Universal’s Middle East costume adventure.
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Struggling writer Ray Milland is forced to confront his alcoholism after undergoing the ordeals of The Lost Weekend. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck offers his first-time impressions of director Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning 1944 drama.
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An amnesiac WWII veteran finds himself facing a court martial for treason and goes on the lam to clear his name in The Clay Pigeon. Guest writer Laura Grieve takes aim at the 1949 RKO thriller, which starred real-life couple Bill Williams and Barbara Hale.
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How do we watch a great movie like “Stormy Weather” (1943) today? Can we enjoy the film without thinking about “race”? Should we? Read on, and then tell us what you think about this classic musical starring Lena Horne and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
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A classic Three Stooges routine, the “Maha” sketch, was featured in their 1946 short Three Little Pirates. For the “…And Scene!” Blogathon, we salute what turned out be one of Curly’s funniest–and final–moments with the slapstick trio.
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The fabled Moroccan city gets turned upside down by The Marx Brothers, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo tangle with Nazi art thieves in A Night in Casablanca. Guest writer Steve Bailey checks out the 1946 comedy, the boys’ penultimate film as a team.
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A Hollywood-style makeover turns dowdy music school teacher Maureen O’Hara into a stylish beauty who is pursued by bandleader Harry James and singer Dick Haymes in Do You Love Me. We think you’ll love guest writer Jessica Pickens’ review of the 1946 musical.
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