We all know the old “Karloff vs. Lugosi” horror film debate. MovieFanFare offers another take on the rivalry by asking who made the better Charlie Chan series appearance, Bela in 1931’s “The Black Camel” or Boris in 1936’s “Charlie Chan at the Opera.”
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He was usually a kindly grandfather or loyal sidekick, but he played memorable real-life villains in two classic frontier dramas. For the Great Villain Blogathon, we salute Walter Brennan’s menacing turns in The Westerner and My Darling Clementine.
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Hey there, you with classic movie musicals in your eyes…check out guest blogger The Lady Eve’s look at 1957’s The Pajama Game, with Doris Day and John Raitt as labor dispute rivals-turned-lovers, now back on DVD as part of a new Day collection.
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MovieFanFare’s 15th installment of Movie Poster Doppelgangers is more of the same; that is, more similar-looking film posters that’ll have you scratching your head thinking you’re seeing double.
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His resumé includes comedies (Indiscreet) and thrillers (Charade), but Stanley Donen, who turns 91 today, is best known as the director of some of Hollywood’s top musicals. Our poll asks which of these films–Singin’ in the Rain, Funny Face, Damn Yankees! and more–is your favorite.
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The only film directed by Alfred Hitchcock to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Rebecca, opened 75 years go this week. There’s no need to dream of going to Manderlay for more memorable movie moments; just click below and read on.
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Protested by gay activists, trashed by critics, and shoved into the corner of movie history, William Friedkin’s “Cruising” is a bold, brilliant thriller that deserves a place among the important films of its time. Not that the movie doesn’t go out of its way to help some people get the wrong idea…
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In 1920s Hong Kong, Greta Garbo is torn between her husband, doctor Herbert Marshall, and British attache George Brent in The Painted Veil. Guest writer Danny Reid examines the 1934 MGM melodrama, based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel.
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This week’s airing of HBO’s Frank Sinatra: All or Nothing at All makes it a good time to check out one of Frank’s most powerful screen performances. In this classic post, author Brian Sieck reviews Sinatra’s 1955 drama The Man with the Golden Arm..
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1939 is known as Hollywood’s greatest year, but with The Philadelphia Story, Pinocchio, Rebecca, The Sea Hawk, The Westerner and more, 1940 was no slouch, either. This week’s poll wants your vote for the top “Diamond Anniversary” picture of 1940.
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