Whoa, that month went fast. As we get ready to bid October farewell, we have a huge amount of new releases for you to watch before the month ends! This week’s new releases showcase everything from a recent Academy Award…
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“The Thin Man” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” Are Among This Week’s Epic New Releases!
Wow. That’s pretty much the only word we can use to describe this week’s DVD and Blu-ray new releases. There’s a stunning amount of Hollywood heavy hitters that are now available, and if these weren’t exciting enough, other offerings include…
Read more →Throwback Thursday: The 1939 World Premiere of “Gone with the Wind”
Many consider Gone with the Wind to be a beloved classic. But what must the film’s world premiere been like. Wonder no more, as this vintage British Pathé newsreel transports you back to 1939 Atlanta so that you can see…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Gone With the Wind
Frankly my dear, you will give a damn about this week’s Create-A-Caption, because it is dedicated to Gone with the Wind! This Academy Award-winning classic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s best-seller remains a watershed moment in cinema — and cemented Clark…
Read more →What’s Vivien Leigh’s Best Non-Scarlett O’Hara Film Role?
She’ll forever be known to movie fans as Scarlett O’Hara, but Vivien Leigh–whose 100th birthday is this month–won acclaim for an array of roles in her relatively brief screen career. MovieFanFare invites you to vote for your favorite.
Read more →My Guilty Pleasure: Gone with the Wind
Guest blogger Katie writes: My guilty pleasure is not necessarily looked down upon in the classic film community and it is definitely not obscure. Gone with the Wind is a typical movie to love and repeatedly watch alone in the dark,…
Read more →The Case for Anna Karenina
Guest blogger Kendra Bean writes: When Julien DuVivier’s production of Anna Karenina was released in theatres in 1948 it received less-than-stellar notices, especially concerning its leading lady, Vivien Leigh. Critics called it a “beautiful failure” and said Vivien failed to portray…
Read more →Waterloo Bridge (1931)
When 1910s London chorus girl Myra Deauville (Mae Clarke) finds herself out of work, she assumes she’ll be able to find herself a new show soon enough. Two years later and still jobless, she has no choice but to become…
Read more →Vivien Leigh and the Search for Rebecca
One of the things Vivien Leigh did after finishing filming on Gone with the Wind was test for the role of the second Mrs. DeWinter in the film version of Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca. The film, being directed by Alfred Hitchcock…
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