On October 11, 1975, a group of performers gathered together to foist upon the public what is one of the longest running TV shows in history, Saturday Night Live. It has only a few rivals for that distinction (all of…
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In this guest post, Jim Brymer takes a look back at two Vincent Price cult classics. But are these sexy spoofs worth your time? Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966): The essence…
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Nothing, absolutely nothing could prepare you for the bizarre turn that Dick van Dyke and the cast pulled for this second season entry in The Dick van Dyke Show. Up until then the show had followed a typical 60’s sitcom…
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So where did disaster movies get their start? If you are thinking Irwin Allen, I suggest you are off by a few years. The High and the Mighty predates any of his films by two decades. In fact the classic Airport (which…
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On my list of acts that I hope to see in concert before they stop touring altogether is Meat Loaf. Meat Loaf is the stage name of Marvin Lee Aday, a vocalist who is better known for his long songs,…
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The scene is Grauman’s Chinese Theater. It is the 1945 Academy Awards presentation. Leo McCarey, et. al are running away with the statuettes, nearly sweeping every category for which the film was nominated. (Much to the dismay of Billy Wilder,…
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To commemorate the passing of Max von Sydow, we are reprinting this guest post from 2018. We will have much more on the legendary actor’s life and work throughout the week here on MovieFanFare: “Flash! Aaah! Savior of the Universe!…
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In 1949, an English gentleman by the name of Anthony E. Pratt developed a board game which he dubbed Cluedo. It was sold to a company called Waddington’s in Britain as well as Parker Brothers in the U.S The classic…
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The first of Barry Levinson‘s tetralogy of Baltimore movies (the others include Tin Men, Avalon and Liberty Heights) was also his directorial debut. The man who eventually brought us Rain Man, The Natural and Good Morning, Vietnam, hit one out of…
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Carole Lombard made her “talkie” debut in 1929 in the film High Voltage. She starred with William Boyd and character actor Billy Bevan she was part of a group of people stranded in a snowstorm in an abandoned church. Somewhere…
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