Margaret O’Brien

Fantastic Deals on Golden Age Greats from the 1930s to ’50s

03.08.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1930s Films, 1940s Films, 1950s Films, Academy Award Winners, Anthony Mann, Billy Wilder, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Lovejoy, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Janet Leigh, Jimmy Stewart, John Ford, John Wayne, June Allyson, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret O'Brien, Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Ray Milland, William Wellman | no comments

Hooray for Hollywood! It’s an adage that is as true today as it was all those years ago. Can you even imagine what life would be like without the magic of movies? We don’t want to either, and fortunately we…

Check Out These Five Favorites from the Warner Archive Collection

10.14.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Albert Finney, Alfred Hitchcock, Around the World in 80 Days, Cantinflas, David Niven, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Wyman, Janet Leigh, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret O'Brien, Marlene Dietrich, Peter Lawford, Queen of Outer Space, Shirley MacLaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor | 1 comment

Here at MovieFanFare, we are huge fans of the work being done by the Warner Archive Collection. Their releases bring classic and rare films to home video, preserving them on digital disc in order to make sure that they aren’t…

Revisiting the 1949 Classic “The Secret Garden”

03.30.17 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: Dean Stockwell, Margaret O'Brien, The Secret Garden | 2 comments

“Aye, I know wha’ tis said. He locked the gate and buried the key, and nary’s been in there since.” A secret garden. Locked up for years. Now overgrowing with weeds and bramble for want of anyone to tend to…

The Years Margaret O’Brien Ruined Christmas

12.21.12 | Jessica Pickens | Tags: Christmas Movies, Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor | 11 comments

Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) starring Margaret O’Brien

Can Margaret O’Brien ruin Christmas? A look at the spectacular brattiness of O’Brien in the Christmas films Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) & Tenth Avenue Angel (1948). Guest Blogger Jessica Pickens gives us a play by play.

From My Collection: Lost Angel

09.14.11 | Laura Grieve | Tags: 1940s Movies, Margaret O'Brien | 14 comments

Here’s a sample pulled from my collection of movie stills, a lovely picture of Marsha Hunt and Margaret O’Brien in Lost Angel (1943). Lost Angel was one of O’Brien’s earliest major roles, in which she plays a little girl who’s been raised…