Classic 1930s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1930 to 1939, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
This Friday marks the 116th birthday of one of the most popular screen swashbucklers of all time, Errol Flynn. Born on the Australian island of Tasmania in 1909, Flynn’s first film role was as Fletcher Christian in the Aussie…
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If you’ve looked at a calendar (or your phone, I suppose) today, you’re already aware that it’s Friday the 13th once more. And since this is MovieFanFare, “the movie collector’s blog,” you’re probably expecting us to run an article connected…
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Over 75 years since his death in 1948, George Herman “Babe” Ruth is to this day recognized pretty much everywhere as the greatest player in baseball history. Many of the records the slugger known as “The Sultan of Swat” set…
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He was a pro wrestler-turned-Hollywood actor decades before Hulk Hogan and Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson. He was also an Ivy League graduate and Olympic medalist who spoke four languages. His imposing physique made him perfect for gangster and tough guy…
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Well, this is the day that fans of 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs have been anticipating–or dreading–for a couple of years. Snow White, the Walt Disney Company’s $250-plus million live-action remake of its first full-length animated film, opens…
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Call us “victims of coicumstance” for missing it, but last Spring marked the 90th anniversary of the premiere of The Three Stooges’ debut short for Columbia Pictures. Released on May 5, 1934, Woman Haters was the first of 190 two-reelers…
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The western Ohio town of Springfield has received a good deal of unwanted publicity over the past couple of months. Something a lot of folks are not aware of is that the city was the birthplace/hometown of two notable early…
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If you’re like me, chances are you spent a good portion of this pre-Halloween weekend watching horror movies. And no journey into the world of cinematic terrors is complete without visiting the classic Universal Monsters. When it comes to the…
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Charlie Chaplin‘s Depression-era favorite City Lights is a high-wire balancing act between huge laughs and moments of intense and surprisingly poignancy. Despite the fact that talkies were all the rage when this movie was produced in 1931, Chaplin decided that…
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Although she was only 26 when she died of kidney disease in 1937, Jean Harlow left an indelible mark on the entertainment through her memorable film roles. The too-brief life of the “Platinum Blonde” is celebrated in the release Jean…
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