A young woman starts to suspect that the visiting uncle she adores may be a wanted murderer. Guest blogger Stephen Fitzgerald salutes one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most iconic screen villains, Joseph Cotten’s Uncle Charlie in the 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt.
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By 1944, Irene Dunne was one of the top female stars in Hollywood. A four-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actress, she was in demand by all the major Hollywood studios. In 1943, Dunne signed on to star in a…
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Guest blogger Stephen Reginald writes: The Hunger Games was one of the most anticipated film releases of 2012. Based on the young adult novel by Suzanne Collins, it is the story of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), a 16-year-old girl coming…
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In 1948, Irene Dunne was a very youthful looking 50-year-old actress. When she made I Remember Mama, Dunne was fitted with padding to make her appear overweight and makeup was applied to make her look older. It’s hard to believe…
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Guest blogger Stephen Reginald writes: In 1943, Warner Brothers set out to film an account of the Bronte siblings, focusing mainly on the lives of authors Charlotte (Jane Eyre) and Emily (Wuthering Heights). In the 1930s and ’40s, the studio…
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Fred MacMurray (1908-1991) was a popular movie star during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was so popular, that in 1943, MacMurray was the highest paid movie star in the world. For most of his career, MacMurray played likeable characters in comedies,…
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Guest blogger Stephen Reginald writes: Sometimes history isn’t always fair. For example, there are movie directors and actors who, in their day, were enormously famous and successful, but for whatever reasons are almost forgotten today. Paramount Director Such is the…
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