Deborah Kerr Articles

Deborah Kerr, pony, Michael Powell on the Black Narcissus set The Criterion Collection has posted a series of images providing a glimpse behind the scenes of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1947 classic Black Narcissus. Set in the Himalayas, this adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel was filmed entirely in Britain, chiefly at Pinewood Studios. Make sure to check it out here. In the beautifully nuanced [...]

Dean Martin would have turned 94 on Tuesday, June 7. Generally a somnolent presence in low-brow comedies co-starring either Jerry Lewis or Frank Sinatra, Martin was at his most interesting in dramas, e.g., Vincente Minnelli's Some Came Running, Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo. Both the somnolent Dean Martin and the interesting Dean Martin can be seen Tuesday morning and afternoon on Turner Classic Movies. In addition [...]

At Viv and Larry, a site dedicated to Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, there are two great photos showing Leigh and Deborah Kerr on the set of Bonjour Tristesse, a 1958 drama Otto Preminger filmed on the French Riviera for Columbia Pictures. Jean Seberg and David Niven co-starred with Kerr. A smaller version of one of the images is reproduced on the right. Kerr is [...]

Mary Pickford At the 1936 Academy Awards ceremony, D.W. Griffith became the first individual to win an Honorary Award for his body of work. Seventy-five years and 84 (my count*) Honorary Oscar winners later — including last year's Eli Wallach, Kevin Brownlow, and Jean-Luc Godard — a mere nine women have been recognized for their cinematic oeuvre and/or for their pioneering film work. The chosen [...]