Jane Powell Articles

Jane Powell, Howard Keel, and fellow Seven Brides for Seven Brothers cast members Howard Keel, best remembered for MGM musicals such as Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, is Turner Classic Movies' next-to-last "Summer Under the Stars" star. On Tuesday, August 30, TCM will be presenting 14 Howard Keel movies, including one TCM premiere — Charles Crichton's British crime drama [...]

Robert Osborne, 79, is taking a three-month leave of absence from Turner Classic Movies. TCM announced in a statement that Osborne will undergo minor surgery and then will go on vacation. During that time, he'll be replaced by Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' Jane Powell, The Birds' Tippi Hedren, and Prince Valiant's Robert Wagner. TCM will also continue to air pre-recorded segments featuring Osborne. A [...]

James L. Brooks, among whose films are Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good As It Gets (1997) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library celebrated the acquisition of 12 unique collections on Wednesday, May 19. Among the collections are the Joseph L. Mankiewicz Papers, Alan J. Pakula Papers, Sydney Pollack Papers, Jane Powell Papers, and Norma Talmadge [...]

Doris Day, Howard Keel, Calamity Jane Actor Howard Keel, best known for his MGM musicals of the 1950s, died on November 7 in Palm Desert, in Southern California. Keel, who had been suffering from colon cancer, was 85 years old. Born Harold Clifford Leek on April 13, 1919, in Gillespie, Illinois, Keel had his name changed when he was hired by MGM in the 1940s [...]