Here are 10 trivia facts about Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein from 1948, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to…
Read more →Monthly Archives: June 2011
Selena Gomez Goes to Monte Carlo
Selena Gomez is carrying around her nude stiletto-heeled shoes, apologizing. “I’m sorry, but I need to take these off,” she says in her Philly hotel suite. “Please excuse me.” Gomez, dressed in a sparkly gold sweater, sits down, now unencumbered…
Read more →Scaling The Tree of Life
There’s a pleasing irony to reading the many discussions of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life that refer to the movie as “unconventional.” The implication, naturally, is that we’re being given something so new in cinema that it’s revolutionary, when…
Read more →Actress Beauty Tip: The Jean Harlow Weight Loss Program
Since it’s summer and swim suit season, several of us have weight loss on the brain. Looking at thin actresses such as Hedy Lamarr and Claudette Colbert makes losing weight seem impossible. They are so tiny and perfect! Who actually has a 20-inch waist? But…
Read more →Which Fictional Movie Bar/Nightclub Would You Most Like to Visit?
Lover Come Back (1961): Movie Review
Lover Come Back (1961): Movie Review Two years after debuting a sparkling chemistry in 1959′s Pillow Talk, Doris Day and Rock Hudson re-teamed for another romantic comedy, Lover Come Back. Again, they were joined by Tony Randall and a slew…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 06.26.11
June 30, 1929: Alfred Hitchcock‘s Blackmail, which nearly saw completion as a silent film, was re-shot with sound, becoming Britain’s first “talkie.” June 29, 1933: Unable to overcome the scandal that plagued him 12 years earlier, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, 46,…
Read more →Blue Velvet
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! Same sh*t, different day at the Booth household. When was anything exciting gonna happen?
Read more →Clint Eastwood: The Man With No Name vs. Harry Callahan
This is the debut article of a new MovieFanFare feature we’re calling Character Witness. Here’s how it works: We pick an actor who is known for not one but two recurring characters—in this case Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of spaghetti western…
Read more →Petrie Dishes: Inside Dick Van Dyke’s New Tell-All
Dick Van Dyke is best known as an actor, singer and dancer who made it big in the 1960s over the brief span of years in which he starred in the stage and movie versions of Bye Bye Birdie, TV’s…
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