She was only seen in the final three minutes of her eponymous film, and she didn’t utter a single word. In spite of these limitations, the Bride of Frankenstein has gone on since her 1935 debut to become a…
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Sometimes, with the passing of the years, things you once believed change. Maturity and social mores influence us, or maybe we just get wiser. I recently watched Imitation of Life, both versions. The first, a 1934 release, starred Claudette…
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Thelma Ritter received six Academy Award nominations over a 13-year period but never took home the golden statue. For the Oscar Snubs Blogathon, we compare the beloved character actress’s performances with the ones that beat her out.
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March can either come in or go out like a lion, so it’s fitting that later this month you’ll be able to roar with Leo the lion as a pair of classic MGM films make their Blu-ray debut, courtesy…
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It was a decade that saw the first “silent film” since Wings (The Artist), as well as the first foreign-language movie ever (Parasite), take home Hollywood’s biggest prize. Now we’d like to hear which Academy Award winner from the 2010s…
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If you’re looking for an escape from the winter doldrums and the ever-present depressing news, check out Soapdish, a silly 1991 look at the soap opera world and all its lunacy. It stars a game Sally Field as daytime TV…
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Most of you know how, over the years, numerous movies have been turned into successful television series, from M*A*S*H to Westworld. And you also know that even more movies have been turned into unsuccessful television series, among them Mr. Smith…
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You may know the drill, but this time we’re changing things up a little. As part of MovieFanFare’s ongoing salute to all things Oscar-related, we turn the clock back to April 2, 1974. At that year’s 46th Annual Academy Awards…
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He belonged to one of Hollywood’s most idiosyncratic acting families, and early in his film career he was often cast alongside his better-known siblings. His most famous screen role, though, may have been as the head “brother” in…
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Throughout his nearly 70-year career on the stage, television, and in film, Robert Duvall demonstrated what the New York Times called the innate ability “to immerse himself in roles so deeply that he seemed to almost disappear into them.”…
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