Bette Davis on TCM
No rare Bette Davis flicks on her Turner Classic Movies‘ "Summer Under the Stars" day, Saturday, Aug. 8.
That’s too bad, as TCM now has access to Columbia’s film library. They could have unearthed Davis’ early Columbia flick The Menace (1931), which isn’t very good, but it’s rare and it’s Bette Davis. Also, there’s the little-seen, Columbia-distributed, political drama Storm Center (1956), in which Davis co-stars with Kim Hunter, who happened to be blacklisted during the anti-Red hysteria of the 1950s. Well, maybe later in the year…
I can’t say I’m a huge Bette Davis fan, but I do like watching her. In fact, I find several of her performances to be among the best ever committed to [...]
by Andre Soares | August 7, 2009
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Tags: Bette Davis, Classic Movies, Dark Victory, Deception, Glenn Ford, In This Our Life, Summer Under the Stars, TCM, The Letter, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Turner Classic Movies
Glenn Ford on TCM
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 the middle is directed by Gordon Douglas, which is almost invariably a good sign; and the third one is a wild card: it could be a forgotten gem; it could be the sort of dreary star vehicle that ruined Ford’s film career at about that time.
Now, I must admit that I haven’t seen most of the [...]
by Andre Soares | August 6, 2009
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Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, Charles Vidor, Classic Movies, Delmer Daves, Gilda, Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Summer Under the Stars, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Van Heflin
Lee Madden
Lee Madden, best known for directing Hell’s Angels ‘69, died of complications from pneumonia on April 9 in Camarillo, a town north of Los Angeles. He was 82.
The American International Pictures release Hell’s Angels ‘69, the tale of two brothers who plan on robbing Las Vegas’ Caesar’s Palace, was the Brooklyn-born Madden’s first feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it is the only fiction film in which the Oakland Hell’s Angels, including leader Sonny Barger, appeared.
Madden’s other features were the bikers vs. rednecks adaptation of The Magnificent Seven, Angel Unchained (1970), starring Tyne Daly and Don Stroud, and which Madden also wrote and produced; The Night God Screamed (1971), starring 1940s Fox star Jeanne [...]
by Andre Soares | April 15, 2009
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Tags: American International Pictures, Angel Unchained, Biker Movies, Cade's County, Don Stroud, Donald Pleasence, Glenn Ford, Hell's Angels '69, Jeanne Crain, Lee Madden, Nancy Kwan, Night Creature, Ralph Bellamy, Sonny Barger, The Hollywood Reporter, The Magnificent Seven, The Night God Screamed, Tyne Daly
Best Films – 1946
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford in Gilda
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Anna and the King of Siam
d: John Cromwell; scr: Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson
The Best Years of Our Lives
d: William Wyler; scr: Robert E. Sherwood
Cloak and Dagger
d: Fritz Lang; scr: Albert Maltz, Ring Lardner Jr.
From This Day Forward
d: John Berry; scr: Hugo Butler, Garson Kanin
Gilda
d: Charles Vidor; scr: Marion Parsonnet
Margie
d: Henry King; scr: F. Hugh Herbert
A Night in Casablanca
d: Archie Mayo; scr: Joseph Fields, Roland Kibbee, Frank Tashlin
Le Père tranquille / Mr. Orchid
d: René Clément; scr: Noël-Noël
Sciuscià / Shoeshine
d: Vittorio De Sica; scr: Cesare Zavattini, Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola
The Spiral Staircase
d: Robert Siodmak; scr: Mel Dinelli
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My Darling Clementine
d: John Ford; scr: [...]
by Andre Soares | August 31, 2004
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Tags: A Matter of Life and Death, A Night in Casablanca, Adolfo Franci, Albert Maltz, Anna and the King of Siam, Anthony Wager, Archie Mayo, Arthur C. Miller, Ava Gardner, Bernard Herrmann, Best Films, Burt Lancaster, Butterfly McQueen, Cecil Kellaway, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini, Charles G. Clarke, Charles Vidor, Clarence Brown, Classic Movies, Claude Rains, Cloak and Dagger, David Niven, David O. Selznick, Deception, Dorothy McGuire, Duel in the Sun, Elwood Bredell, Ernest Haller, F. Hugh Herbert, Finlay Currie, Florence Bates, Frank Tashlin, Fredric March, Fritz Lang, From This Day Forward, Gale Sondergaard, Garson Kanin, Gary Cooper, George Barnes, George Brent, Gilda, Glenn Ford, Great Expectations, Gregory Peck, Guy Green, Harold Rosson, Henry King, Hugo Butler, Humoresque, Humphrey Bogart, Irene Dunne, Jane Wyman, Jeanne Crain, Jennifer Jones, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, John Berry, John Cromwell, John Ford, John Garfield, Joseph Fields, Joseph P. MacDonald, King Vidor, Le Père tranquille, Lee Garmes, Leopoldine Konstantin, Lilli Palmer, Linda Darnell, Margie, Marion Parsonnet, Marius Goring, Mel Dinelli, Mr. Orchid, My Darling Clementine, Myrna Loy, Nicholas Musuraca, Noël Noël, Notorious, Oliver H. P. Garrett, Paul Osborn, Queenie Smith, Ray Rennahan, René Clement, Ring Lardner Jr., Rita Hayworth, Robert E. Sherwood, Robert Siodmak, Roland Kibbee, Sally Benson, Samuel G. Engel, Saratoga Trunk, Sciuscià, Sergio Amidei, Shoeshine, Talbot Jennings, Teresa Wright, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Big Sleep, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Spiral Staircase, The Yearling, Vittorio De Sica, Walter Huston, William Wyler, Winston Miller
