Is great movie talk a lost art of the movies? Hear Movie Irv dish on dialogue and then channel your own inner Chayefsky in the comments section…
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Movie Poster Doppelgangers: Cheaper by the Dozen
Proving without a doubt that there’s dozens of poster lookalikes, we’ve arrived at the twelfth installment of the Doppelganger series. Since the holiday season is coming fast upon us let’s start off with something Christmas-themed—no re-gifting, please! Season of…
Read more →Eleanor Parker: The Very Thought of Her
Earlier this week Oscar nominee Eleanor Parker, whose film roles ranged from the prison drama Caged! to the beloved The Sound of Music, passed away at the age of 91. Jessica Pickens remembers the actress dubbed The Woman of a Thousand Faces.
Read more →The Boxing Cats: Why Movies Have a Purr-fectly Good Life Ahead of Them
If you think that mankind’s bizarre obsession with watching cat videos is a peculiar grotesquerie of our era…read on!
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Better Off Dead
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! The John Cusack Automatic Q-Tip Dispenser And Toothbrush Holder:A must-have in all college dorm rooms.
Read more →Cagney Turns Yellow (Journalist) as the Picture Snatcher
Along with his iconic gangster roles, James Cagney’s early ’30s Warner Bros. tenure included turns as a cabbie, a race car driver, and–as Marsha Collock discusses here–a tabloid newspaper photographer, in 1933’s Picture Snatcher.
Read more →Six Pix: Jesse James
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Wanted! Six Pix of Jesse James-related films. Included are: Jesse James…
Read more →What’s James Garner’s Best 1960s Film Performance?
In the 1960s James Garner made the jump from small-screen to big-screen star, at ease in both comedic and dramatic roles. This week’s MovieFanFare polls asks you to pick which of Garner’s ’60s film performances is your favorite.
Read more →Guadalcanal Diary: Mass Media Convergence in the 1940s
Guest writer John Greanias looks at the 1943 20th Century-Fox WWII drama Guadalcanal Diary, based on Richard Tregaskis’ first-hand account of the bloody Pacific conflict and released less than a year after the battle’s conclusion.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 12-08-2013
It was 74 years ago that they were marching on Atlanta…to the Fox Theater, to be precise, for the world premiere of Gone With the Wind. We’ve got more cinema signposts that you may give a darn about.
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