Top Ten Movie Screamers
Doctor X directed by Michael Curtiz (top); Janet Leigh in Psycho (bottom)
Halloween Time. So, here’s my list of the Top Ten Movie Screamers of All Time.
Well, at least the Top Ten Movie Screamers of All Time That I Can Think of Right Now.
You won’t find any new movies here because I tend to avoid most recent horror movies — partly because most of the recent ones I’ve seen are total crap; partly because there’s enough horror in the world out there and I see no need for me to go looking for more at the movies.
Also, most of the screaming newcomers don’t have the vocal flair of their predecessors. Even Naomi Watts, a really good actress, pales next to [...]
by Andre Soares | October 30, 2009
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Tags: Claire Bloom, Classic Movies, Denise Cheshire, Horror Movies, Jane Wyman, Jaws, Johnny Belinda, Julie Harris, Mary Philbin, Patricia Owens, The Phantom of the Opera
Claire Bloom on TCM
Claire Bloom, Julie Harris in The Haunting. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies.
Claire Bloom, one of the most talented and stunning-looking actresses of her generation, will have her "Summer Under the Stars" day on Monday, Aug. 31.
Handpicked by Charles Chaplin to be her young leading lady in the 1952 melodrama Limelight, the British-born Claire Bloom developed into a fantastic actress; one who should have become an international film superstar. That never happened, perhaps because Bloom was more enamored of the stage (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Cherry Orchard, A Doll’s House) than she was of film, and wasn’t as discerning in her film choices as she should have been.
I knew of her, but was mostly unfamiliar with her work [...]
by Andre Soares | August 25, 2009
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Tags: 80000 Suspects, A Severed Head, Alexander the Great, Claire Bloom, Classic Movies, Julie Harris, Summer Under the Stars, The Man Between, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Turner Classic Movies
Claire Bloom TCM Schedule
Claire Bloom on Turner Classic Movies
Claire Bloom, Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Claire Bloom on TCM
Pacific Time
31 Monday
3:00 AM Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, The (1962)
Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden. Dir: Henry Levin, George Pal. C-136 mins.
5:30 AM Outrage, The (1964)
A Mexican bandit’s crimes receive wildly different interpretations from four witnesses. Cast: Paul Newman, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Martin Ritt. BW-96 mins.
7:30 AM Brothers Karamazov, The (1958)
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father. Cast: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, [...]
by Andre Soares | August 25, 2009
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Tags: Claire Bloom, Classic Movies, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Richard III, Summer Under the Stars, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Turner Classic Movies
Liam Neeson to Star in CLASH OF THE TITANS
Liam Neeson, 56, whose wife Natasha Richardson died last March 18, is set to begin work on a remake of Clash of the Titans.
Neeson will play Zeus, the ancient Greeks’ top god (Zeus is akin to the Latin Deus, God), a role played by Laurence Olivier in the 1981 film.
Louis Leterrier, of The Incredible Hulk, is set to direct the new version, which is scheduled to begin production in the United Kingdom later this month.
Also in the new Clash of the Titans are Ralph Fiennes playing Hades, ruler of the underworld, Luke Treadaway (of Brothers of the Head), Mads Mikkelsen, Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, and Alexa Davalos. This will mark Neeson’s and Fiennes’ first film reunion [...]
by Anna Robinson | April 9, 2009
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Tags: Ancient Greece, Atom Egoyan, Chloe, Claire Bloom, Clash of the Titans, Desmond Davis, Fantasy Movies, Flora Robson, Harry Hamlin, Historical Movies, Judi Bowker, Liam Neeson, Louis Leterrier, Luke Treadaway, Maggie Smith, Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Remakes, Sam Worthington, Sian Phillips, Ursula Andress, Visual Effects
