We salute the famous–and forgotten–stars of Hollywood past and present, from Barrymore (John and Drew) to Cooper (Gary and Bradley) and beyond. Read about their lives and their films.
Call it the “Cousin Oliver Curse” or “Scrappy-Doo Syndrome.” It’s when a new character is introduced into a long-running TV series with hopes of “refreshing” things, only to meet with negative audience response. One show that managed to survive this…
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There would have been a certain bittersweet symmetry if actor Tony Roberts–who passed away last Friday at the age of 85–had won either of the two Antoinette Perry Award nominations he received back in 1968-69, just so the headlines could…
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Jane Powell: The life and career of MGM golden-voiced soprano Jane Powell is explored in her starring roles in MGM’s Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and ’50s.
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Sidney Poitier: The life and career of the first African-American performer to achieve major Hollywood stardom is explored with his watershed roles of the 1950s and ’60s and beyond…
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Her beauty and fiesty on-screen demeanor were in evidence in Miracle on 34 Street, The Quiet Man, and over 50 other films. We salute actress Maureen O’Hara, who passed away this past weekend at 95.
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Beloved British actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose films ranged from The Bridge on the River Kwai to Star Wars and more, died 25 years ago this week. MovieFanFare remembers the Oscar-winning performer with this classic look back at his brilliant career.
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With the passing this weeknd of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, we look back at her Hollywood days as an MGM contract actress named Nancy Davis, a brief career which included co-starring with husband Ronald Reagan in 1957’s Hellcats of the Navy.
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He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as Paul Newman’s prison pal in Cool Hand Luke and was ace aviation engineer Joe Patroni in the Airport films. MovieFanFare remembers George Kennedy, who died this past Sunday at 91.
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He was on one side of the law as Tessio in the Godfather films and the other as Fish on TV’s Barney Miller. We remember Brooklyn-born actor Abe Vigoda, who passed away this week at 94.
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One of the screen’s all-time tough guys passed away 43 years ago this week. In this classic post, we look back at the life and career of Little Caesar himself, Edward G. Robinson.
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