Greer Garson Articles

Joan Crawford (right, in Daisy Kenyon) is Turner Classic Movies' next "Summer Under the Stars" star. On Monday, August 22, TCM will be showing 13 Joan Crawford movies, in addition to Peter Fitzgerald's documentary Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, narrated by Anjelica Huston. (Curiously, Crawford is nowhere to be found in any of the 40+ films directed by Anjelica Huston's father, John Huston.) [Joan [...]

Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello Ralph Bellamy was what many would call a "dependable" player: always there (nearly 100 movies), always capable, (almost) always losing the girl. Why Bellamy never became a major movie star is beyond me — especially considering that guys like James Stewart, Fred MacMurray, Dick Powell, Don Ameche, Joseph Cotten, etc. were top leading men of that era. Perhaps [...]

Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson in William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver (top); Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight (middle); Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi in Frank Lloyd's The Divine Lady (bottom) Doris Day, Danielle Darrieux, Joan Fontaine, Barbra Streisand: Honorary Oscars and Women Pt.2 Among the distinguished female film professionals in Hollywood and elsewhere who have gone to the Great Beyond without having received the Academy's [...]

Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind (top); Greer Garson, Robert Donat, Goodbye Mr. Chips (middle); Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Love Affair (bottom) Turner Classic Movies' homage to the Best Picture Oscar nominees of 1939 continues this evening with three more entries: Victor Fleming's Gone with the Wind, Sam Wood's Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and Leo McCarey's Love Affair. If you haven't watched all three [...]