August 18, 1925: MGM settles on the winner of a fan magazine contest to rechristen contract starlet Lucille LeSeur, and adds “Joan Crawford” to the lexicography. August 16, 1926: Up-and-coming starlet Clara Bow inks a deal with Paramount, but refuses…
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A MovieFanfare Reader Names His Favorite Movies
A few weeks back, MovieFanFare featured a post that would give readers the opportunity to submit their own guest post about whatever film-related topic they wanted to discuss. The response was terrific, and many of you sent in lists of…
Read more →The Purple Monster and Other Movie Serial Villains!
Guest blogger JSD writes: Whenever I think of movie serial villains, an image burned into my brain during my youthful years watching 1950s television pops into my consciousness. It is the image of Ming, the Merciless, the cruel yet cool…
Read more →Miranda July Contemplates The Future
Poor Paw Paw. Paw Paw, a cat, is at the vet’s office with an injured paw. Paw Paw now has to wait 30 days to be moved into the apartment of his new human owners. Sophie and Jason are the…
Read more →What’s the best post-1971 “doomed romance” film?
My Hair Is Naturally Natural
Guest blogger Katie from The Scarlet Olive writes: When it comes to hair colour, blondes and brunettes have been best “frenemies” for a very long time. Even film titles contribute to this battle between the two different hair colours: My…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 08.07.11
August 9, 1930: The Fleischer Studio’s Betty Boop sashays onto the screen (as a dog!) in the cartoon short Dizzy Dishes. August 10, 1950: Director Billy Wilder is accused of biting the hand that feeds him with his darkly funny…
Read more →Crazy Stupid Love
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! He was a poopy-head. She had girl cooties. It was love.
Read more →Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959): Classic Movie review
The Tarzan movies that I watched as a kid on Saturday morning TV have all blurred into my head as one vine-swinging meta-narrative of a cartoonish jungle hero battling cartoonish villains. But of all those films, one stood out from…
Read more →Taxi Driver: Ten Things To Know About The Movie
Here are 10 trivia facts about Taxi Driver from 1976, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to comment and add…
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