February 25, 1906: Future Universal Pictures president Carl Laemmle enters the moving pictures business with Chicago’s first nickelodeon, the White Front Theater. February 22, 1934: A Depression-weary American public flocks to Frank Capra‘s comedy It Happened One Night, starring Claudette…
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Paramount Classics On The Way
Paramount Gets Back In the Game: We never understood why a film studio would suddenly take some of their best—and best-selling—DVDs off of the market. We understand there are rights issues sometimes, and licenses expire, and there are other reasons…
Read more →Rampart and the Best of L.A. Noir
In the City of Angels, crime often pays big dividends when it comes to the movies. To some, Los Angeles is a Dreamland, feted in song, film and all matter of art, where warm weather, style and show biz glitz…
Read more →The Bit Actors of Double Indemnity
Guest blogger Allen Hefner recently contacted MovieFanFare with this article he wrote about the various actors of Double Indemnity: No one can argue that Double Indemnity (1944) is not a wonderful film noir classic. It is the very definition of the genre….
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“A silent movie? In this day and age?” Chances are, a silent movie-about-the-movies is about to take the Best Picture prize at this year’s Academy Awards. At least, all the usual signs are now pointing to The Artist making a…
Read more →Hello, Dolly!
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! Dolly & I were supposed to have a nice quiet lunch together. Did everything need to be…
Read more →Angel and the Badman: Classic Movie review
Angel and the Badman (1947) is one of my very favorite John Wayne movies, one which I revisit on a regular basis. The movie is a simple tale about gunslinger Quirt Evans (Wayne) who is wounded and nursed back to health…
Read more →Shul’s Out: The Jerry Lewis “Jazz Singer” Surfaces
While the name “Jerry Lewis” is most closely associated with comedy, the cinematic Everyman has also made some impressive forays into serious fare. There is, of course, his fantastic, Oscar-nomination-worthy turn as talk show host Jerry Langford, kidnapped by stalker…
Read more →What’s the Best “Best Picture” Winner from the 1960s?
From dancing gang members and singing nuns to race relations in the South and New York street hustlers, the Best Picture winners of the 1960s had it all. Vote for which of the 10 Academy Award-winning films is your favorite.
Read more →What’s the Most Romantic Movie of All Time?
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and as such, love is in the air. With that in mind, here’s a question for you: what do you think the most romantic movie of all time is? Do you think it is a classic…
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