Charlton Heston Articles
Orson Welles on TCM: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE THIRD MAN, TOUCH OF EVIL
Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai Orson Welles‘ career as an actor was both fruitful and frustrating. From Citizen Kane (1941) to Someone to Love (1987), Welles appeared — mostly in supporting roles — in about 70 features made in various parts of the world. There was one brilliant performance in one brilliant film, Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane, but the rest [...]
Oprah Winfrey Jean Hersholt Award Controversy Has Precedents
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ decision to hand Oprah Winfrey a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the November 12 Governors Ball ceremony, has been widely criticized. Some have remarked that Winfrey, rumored as a possible host for the 2012 Oscarcast, is a television — not a film — personality. Others have complained that Winfrey doesn’t deserve the Humanitarian Award, period. Academy president [...]
Oscar Winner Emil Jannings, Theda Bara, Lon Chaney, Clara Bow in Color: FRAGMENTS on TCM
Emil Jannings in Victor Fleming’s The Way of All Flesh The final reel of John Ford’s The Village Blacksmith (1922), featuring Virginia Valli; Best Actor Oscar winner Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927); screen legends Douglas Fairbanks in He Comes Up Smiling (1918), Theda Bara in Cleopatra (1917), and Lon Chaney in The Miracle Man (1919); the early sound, Technicolor musical Gold [...]
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Most Important Religion Films of All Time
A list of the 50 Most Important Religion Films of All Time is now online at Film Snobbery, which is paying tribute to "the union of the sacred and cinematic" in celebration of Epiphany (Jan. 6), the final day of the Christmas holiday season. Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is not the #1 film on the list. Instead, that position belongs to Cecil [...]