January 4, 1954: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the right of film distributors to confine first-run engagements to downtown theaters. January 8, 1954: Sydney Greenstreet, memorable screen heavy (in every sense of the term) of The Maltese Falcon and other…
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MovieFanFare: The Most Popular Articles Of 2010
This year at MovieFanFare we started a new category called the Movie Mashup. The mashup features several articles written about a particular movie category or niche. For Halloween, we published two mashups, Halloween Classic Horror Movie Mashup and Zombies, Vampires…
Read more →Happy New Year!
As we bid farewell to 2010, we’d like to take this opportunity to say how much we appreciate our loyal readers and guest contributors, who have helped us publish exciting and informative articles about the movies we love to watch. Our…
Read more →Lies My Father Told Me: The Gift Of A Movie
Lies My Father Told Me: The Gift Of A Movie Ever since my father was a boy, he’s had a love for movies. This love has followed him throughout his life. Sometime in his late twenties, he was introduced to…
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Waterloo Bridge (1931)
When 1910s London chorus girl Myra Deauville (Mae Clarke) finds herself out of work, she assumes she’ll be able to find herself a new show soon enough. Two years later and still jobless, she has no choice but to become…
Read more →The Apartment
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! [EPILOGUE] “You came back just to play cards, Miss Kubelik?” “Of course not! Pour me some of…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 12.26.10
January 1, 1900: French film pioneer Charles Pathé releases the historical re-enactment Episodes of the Transvaal War in Paris. December 31, 1903: Capital Execution is the first feature from what will be a thriving Danish film industry, until its decline…
Read more →Loving Someone Who Is Not a Classic Film Fan
In this article, guest blogger Elizabeth Madron writes about being in a relationship with someone who doesn’t share her adoration for vintage cinema and discusses some of her favorite films of yesteryear: I think Hollywood in the 1930s-1960s was so much…
Read more →Movies for New Year’s Eve: Fifteen Film Favorites
Here are 15 movies, some more popular than others but all good choices for New Year’s Eve viewing with a friend…and just as worthwhile even for those finding themselves home alone when the glitter ball drops at midnight in Times…
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