Wild plots, crazy characters and rapid-fire dialogue marked the screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s. For his MovieFanFare debut, writer Nathaniel Cerf examines the genre where such stars as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and others showed off their funny bones.
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In today’s guest post, Melanie Simone shares her thoughts on the classic film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” Does she find to movie to be dated, or does she think it is still relevant to today’s audiences? Read on to find out!
Read more →Few actresses are accorded the kind of reverence given to Katharine Hepburn. (Though this was famously not always the case) Does the four-time Oscar winner deserve all that…or does she actually deserve more? Movie Irv assesses the Connecticut-born, Bryn Mawr…
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A look at Female Empowerment Films starting with Pixar Studio’s Brave directed by Brenda Chapman. Also featured is The Princess and the Frog (2009), Whale Rider (2003), Alien from 1979,
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You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “Dear God! You mean there’s eight more innings of all this spitting & scratching & hitching &…
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Captains Courageous (1937) There are times when I think Spencer Tracy would have been better off if he’d never been paired up with Katharine Hepburn in 1942, when they co-starred in Woman of the Year. Now I know there are…
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One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each… The case for Rose Sayer…
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Something happened to Katharine Hepburn in the 1950s that was both a blessing and a curse: she started playing a lot of spinsters. Some of these spinsters were painful to watch (think The Rainmaker and Summertime), but thankfully her turn…
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Desk Set is not the best Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedy. For that, you would have to check out superior films like, say, Adam’s Rib or Woman of the Year. Then again, it’s not the worst either. Desk Set…
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March 29, 1982: Katharine Hepburn wins a record-setting fourth Academy Award, and an ailing Henry Fonda wins his first, for On Golden Pond. March 31, 1915: The nascent serial genre has its first true star when Pearl White plays the hazard-plagued heroine of The Perils…
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