Ann Sheridan Articles

  Ann Sheridan on TCM: KINGS ROW, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Schedule (PT) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 AM Naughty But Nice (1939) A college professor turns songwriter and falls for his lyricist. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dick Powell, Gale Page. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-89 mins. 4:30 AM Nora Prentiss (1947) An ambitious singer ruins a doctor's life. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Kent [...]

Ann Sheridan, "The Oomph Girl" (top); Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan in Sam Wood's Kings Row Ann Sheridan, the determined, humorous, sensual 1940s Warner Bros. star, is one of my favorite movie toughies. Sheridan was also a first-rate comedienne (I Was a Male War Bride) and in the right role was a capable dramatic actress (Angels with Dirty Faces — except for the hysterical scene). As [...]

Orson Welles in Citizen Kane FILM Cheers for Miss Bishop d: Tay Garnett; scr: Sheridan Gibney, Adelaide Heilbron Citizen Kane d: Orson Welles; scr: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles The Devil and Miss Jones d: Sam Wood; scr: Norman Krasna Dumbo d: Ben Sharpsteen; scr: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer and others The Great Lie d: Edmund Goulding; scr: Lenore J. Coffee Here Comes Mr. Jordan [...]

Author Ray Hagen, who has contributed to film publications such as Films in Review and Screen Facts, has kindly consented to answer a few questions about Ann Sheridan for Alt Film Guide. In Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames (McFarland, 2004), which Hagen co-wrote with regular Classic Images contributor Laura Wagner, he devotes one chapter to Sheridan, whom he befriended in the 1960s. (Sheridan is [...]