Sometimes even a die-hard movie fan’s interests wander, until some film revives them. Guest writer The Lady Eve shares how the 1934 Astaire-Rogers classic The Gay Divorcee reintroduced her to the world of classic cinema.
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This Week In Film History, 09.02.12
September 5, 1901: William McKinley, the first U.S. president to be captured on film, is shown at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, one day before his assassination. September 5, 1916: In response to the outcry over The Birth of a…
Read more →Fred Astaire: Born in Top Hat and Tails
At times his on-screen dancing seemed to enable him to defy gravity. MovieFanFare founder Jerry Frebowitz offers a special birthday salute to Fred Astaire, whose dapper presence set the tone for Hollywood musical from the 1930s to the ’60s.
Read more →The Major and the Minor: Classic Movie Review
Guest blogger Brandie Ashe presents a look at 1942’s The Major and the Minor, starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland: The film is a must-see, if only for the slightly disturbing sexual undertones that inevitably make the uninitiated viewer squirm…
Read more →The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939): Movie Review
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) The nine films Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made together at RKO between 1933 and 1939 are some of the most magical and sublime movies ever made. They’re also among the wittiest….
Read more →Serenade Me, Mr. Powell: 20 Million Sweethearts (1943)
Ginger Rogers is a triple threat. She can sing, act and dance. She even won an Oscar for her 1941 performance in Kitty Foyle. I taped several of her films that I haven’t seen (I’m trying to see all of…
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