Out this week, the latest batch of Universal Vault releases on DVD includes classic films with Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, Alan Ladd, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck and many mor stars. Read all about these film buffs’ must-haves here.
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Whether he was up against alien goo (The Blob), Mexican outlaws (The Magnificent Seven), or the streets of San Francisco (Bullitt), Steve McQueen made it all look effortless. MovieFanFare salutes the actor, who would have turned 85 today.
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To salute Steve McQueen on what would have been his 85th birthday this week, we re-promoting our poll asking for your top film/TV performance by the “King of Cool.” From The Blob to The Great Escape to Bullitt and more, it’s a poll fit for a McQueen.
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A visiting Tippi Hedren and the residents of Bodega Bay, California faced an aerial assault unlike any other in Alfred Hitchcock’s shocker The Birds, which opened 52 years ago this week. Wet your beak with more key Hollywood dates inside.
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Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk are contestants in a 1908 trans-global road rally in The Great Race. Guest writer Kristen Lopez takes the checkered flag with her look at director Blake Edwards’ slapstick epic, which turns 50 this year.
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The travails of a family in strife-torn 1920’s Dublin were the focus of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 drama Juno and the Paycock. As part of the Luck of the Irish Blog O’Thon, MovieFanFare reviews this early Hitchcock effort, based on a Sean O’Casey play.
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St. Patrick’s Day may be tomorrow, but it’s never too early to get into the “Create O’Caption” spirit. Click here for a classic photo from 1993’s Leprechaun with our caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comments.
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Since tomorrow marks “the wearin’ of the green” for St. Patrick’s Day, this week’s poll asks for your vote for the best movie with “green” in its name, from drama (How Green Was My Valley) to action (The Green Berets) to sci-fi (Soylent Green) and more.
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They didn’t get along on the set, but comic legends Mae West and W.C. Fields delighted audiences in My Little Chickadee, which marks its 75th anniversary this week. Why don’t you come up sometime and see what other Hollywood trivia we’ve found?
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MovieFanFare remembers filmmaker Albert Maysles–co-director with his brother David of such groundbreaking documentaries as Salesman, Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens and The Gates–who died last week at 88. .
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