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John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Grease Don't ask my why, but I used to get Randal Kleiser and Irvin Kershner confused. It's a mystery. Kershner directed The Empire Strikes Back (1980), which has nothing at all to do with Kleiser's Grease (1978) — except that both were big box-office hits in their day. Grease, which stars John Travolta at his most, huh, unisexual, is on Turner [...]

Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford in Gilda Glenn Ford will have his "Summer Under the Stars" day on Friday, Aug. 7. The Turner Classic Movies Glenn Ford marathon will include three TCM premieres: Convicted Woman, Mr. Soft Touch, and A Time for Killing. The first one sounds like a B flick that may be quite enjoyable (hey, it revolves around women behind bars); the one in [...]

Sacha Guitry in The Story of a Cheat FILM Follow the Fleet d: Mark Sandrich; scr: Dwight Taylor Fury d: Fritz Lang; scr: Bartlett Cormack, Fritz Lang Libeled Lady d: Jack Conway; scr: Maurine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin My Man Godfrey d: Gregory La Cava; scr: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch Le Roman [...]