Moviegoers went behind bars with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins 20 years ago this week with the release of the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption. Plenty of other key moments from Hollywood history are waiting to bet set free inside.
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This Week in Film History, 09.14.14
It’s one of the most iconic scenes ever filmed, and it was shot 60 years ago this week. If you’re “itching” to learn even more dates and facts from Hollywood history, all you have to do is click here.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 09.07.14
Kind of hard to see that far back, but it was exactly 65 years ago this week that Mr. Magoo made his debut in the UPA cartoon short Ragtime Bear. We’ve got more movie milestones for you to peruse.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 8.31.14
The Women, MGM’s all-star, all-female film version of the hit Broadway play, debuted 75 years ago this week. We’ve got plenty of juicy gossip about other key moments from Hollywood history waiting for you inside.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 8.24.14
Sixty-six years ago this week, moviegoers thrilled to Alfred Hitchcock’s unique crime drama Rope. If you weren’t one of them, don’t get hung up; we’ve got plenty of other notable film moments to share with you.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 8.17.14
Woody Allen’s first film as writer/director/star, the crime comedy Take the Money and Run, debuted 45 years ago this week. It would be criminal if you missed the other key Hollywood historical moments we’ve listed for you inside.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 8.10.14
Moviegoers got a look at a new kind of gangster film 47 years ago this week, as Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty shot up the screen as Bonnie and Clyde. Don’t let the other memorable movie moments that occurred this week get away.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 8.3.14
It was 85 years ago this week that four madcap siblings known as Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo burst onto film screens in The Cocoanuts. There’s no “secret word” needed to read about this and other notable cinematic anniversaries inside.
Read more →This Week in Film History, 07.27.14
It was 27 years ago that the license to kill was transferred to Timothy Dalton, as he became the fourth big-screen James Bond with the release of The Living Daylights. We’ve stirred up even more film factoids.
Read more →James Garner: Remembering the Reluctant Hero
He turned western conventions upside down on TV and in the movies, but that was just part of James Garner’s charm in an acting career that spanned over 50 years. MovieFanFare remembers the Academy Award nominee.
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