Nelson Eddy is a Harvard-educated lawyer who returns to his frontier hometown and helps free it from crooked railroad magnate Edward Arnold’s grip in Let Freedom Ring. Guest blogger Jessica Pickens reviews the 1939 MGM western/musical.
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In this 10th installment of MoveFanFare’s long-running Letter Imperfect series, more film poster titles are altered ever so slightly—causing enormous “see” changes!
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Join bad movie connoisseur Julian Andre in a classic look at the Italian-made 1978 sci-fi tale Star Crash, starring Caroline Munro as a sexy space heroine and a pre-Knight Rider David Hasselhoff as the son of interplanetary emperor Christopher Plummer,
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Last week we asked for your top Lana Turner movie. Today we salute her The Postman Always Rings Twice co-star, two-time Oscar nominee John Garfield. Which of his films–Body and Soul, Gentleman’s Agreement, Force of Evil and more–is your favorite?
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Her appearance would change over the decades, but cartoon flapper Betty Boop made her screen debut (as a canine singer!) 85 years ago this week in the short Dizzy Dishes. You can bet your boop we’ve got more fun Hollywood trivia waiting inside.
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WHAT IF…you could pick the next four Marvel movies based on their popular comics characters? Face front, true believers! Check out one fan’s wish list, and tell us which of your favorite titles should get a big-screen treatment from the hugely successful studio.
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“They transplanted a white bigot’s head onto a soul brother’s body!,” read ads for The Thing with Two Heads. Guest writer Barry P. tries to wrap his one head around the 1972 sci-fi cult fave, which starred Ray Milland and Rosey Grier.
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The month of August promises to bring more sizzling weather and more sizzling home video releases. We can’t help with the former, but we can tell you when to expect Aloha, Hot Pursuit, Criterion editions of classic Truffaut and Kurosawa films, and more.
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From “sweater girl” to femme fatale to melodrama diva, Lana Turner did it all in her storied and stormy Hollywood career. Which of the Oscar-nominated actress’s movies–Honky Tonk, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Imitation of Life and more–is your favorite?
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With the release of The Learning Tree 46 years ago this week, Gordon Parks became the first African-American director of a major Hollywood film. If you’re looking to learn more interesting facts from cinema’s past, we’ve got them for you inside.
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