Joan Fontaine

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Women, The (MGM 1939, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer)
In a social satire as sharp as a cat’s claw, George Cukor pulls back the curtains of drawing rooms and ladies’ lounges to expose the machinations...
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Rebecca (United Artists 1940, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine)
Alfred Hitchcock’s American debut Rebecca was a smashing success, and an intriguing change of pace after his British murder mysteries. Here, Hitchcock takes a subtler, psychologically-based...
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South Pacific (TCF 1958, Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi)
The Rodgers and Hammerstein songs from musical classic South Pacific rank with the best of their prodigious careers. This film adaptation of the unprecedented Broadway smash,...
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (RKO 1956, Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt was the last American film of the great Fritz Lang, this melodrama has a nerve-wracking premise: urged on by his prospective father-in...
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Jane Eyre (1944, Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine)
There have been many film versions of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontė’s brooding melodrama of romance, madness and cruelty, but this literate and highly individual film remains...
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Constant Nymph, The (Warner 1943, Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine)
The Constant Nymph is a romantic melodrama of a young composer living in Switzerland with his mentor and the man’s four young daughters, one of whom...
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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (1961, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine)
Far out in space, the Van Allen radiation belts are causing the polar ice cap to burn, threatening life on earth. The only hope lies in...
Features7 years ago
Classic Hollywood Feuds: Olivia de Havilland vs. Joan Fontaine
They were the sisters who turned sibling rivalry into a Hollywood blood sport. Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were pitted against each other from the...
Features7 years ago
Five Of The Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies
The real question is how can you choose just five Alfred Hitchcock movies, so many classics has the legendary director made. Beginning his career with silent...

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Joan Fontaine

Women, The (MGM 1939, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer)

Rebecca (United Artists 1940, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine)

South Pacific (TCF 1958, Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (RKO 1956, Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine)

Jane Eyre (1944, Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine)

Constant Nymph, The (Warner 1943, Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine)

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (1961, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine)

Classic Hollywood Feuds: Olivia de Havilland vs. Joan Fontaine

Five Of The Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies

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