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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Mervyn LeRoy</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/mervyn-leroy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Howard Keel on TCM Pt.2: ROSE MARIE, PAGAN LOVE SONG, CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/howard-keel-rose-marie-pagan-love-song/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/howard-keel-rose-marie-pagan-love-song/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:45:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27652</guid> <description><![CDATA[Howard Keel on TCM: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, SHOW BOAT, KISS ME KATE Callaway Went Thataway is a pleasant comedy in which Keel has two roles: that of a cowboy star who spends most of his time wasted and a naive hick hired to impersonate said cowboy star. Keel is fine in both comedic roles, and so is Dorothy McGuire as the Hollywood slicker [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/howard-keel-rose-marie-pagan-love-song/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ann Dvorak Pt.4: Warner Bros. Co-Stars, THREE ON A MATCH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-three-on-match-pre-code-hollywood/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-three-on-match-pre-code-hollywood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:42:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27556</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ann Dvorak, Paul Muni, Dr. Socrates Ann Dvorak Pt.3: SCARFACE, Warner Bros. Leading Lady, But Never a Star Ann Dvorak played opposite most big names at Warner Bros. in the 1930s. In addition to the aforementioned Joan Blondell and Bette Davis, there were Warren William, Paul Muni, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., James Cagney, Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, and Richard Barthelmess, among others. How did she get [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-three-on-match-pre-code-hollywood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ann Dvorak Movie Schedule: THREE ON A MATCH, OUR VERY OWN, COLLEGE COACH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-movie-three-on-a-match-sweet-music/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-movie-three-on-a-match-sweet-music/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:47:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27549</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Three on a Match Ann Dvorak on TCM Part I: SCARFACE, I WAS AN AMERICAN SPY Another cool Ann Dvorak performance is her drug addict in Mervyn LeRoy's Three on a Match (1932), which features a great cast that includes Warren William, Joan Blondell, and a pre-stardom Bette Davis. Never, ever light three cigarettes using the same match, or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-movie-three-on-a-match-sweet-music/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Greer Garson: Multiple Oscar Nominee on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greer-garson-oscar-nominations-mrs-miniver-mrs-parkington/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greer-garson-oscar-nominations-mrs-miniver-mrs-parkington/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:55:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26248</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greer Garson (top); Garson and Teresa Wright in William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver (bottom) Greer Garson received no less than six Best Actress Academy Award nominations during a seven-year span (1939-1945). The Oscar record of MGM's First Lady of the 1940s is only matched by that of Warner Bros.' First Lady of the 1940s (and of the late 1930s), Bette Davis, who also earned six Best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greer-garson-oscar-nominations-mrs-miniver-mrs-parkington/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spencer Tracy on TCM: SAN FRANCISCO Earthquake, Early John Ford-Humphrey Bogart UP THE RIVER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/spencer-tracy-san-francisco-earthquake-up-the-river-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/spencer-tracy-san-francisco-earthquake-up-the-river-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:51:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25579</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spencer Tracy, Jeanette MacDonald, San Francisco Spencer Tracy is the star of the evening on Turner Classic Movies. My two major recommendations are W. S. Van Dyke's San Francisco (1936), corny to the bone but enjoyable all the same, and Up the River (1930), one of Tracy's earliest efforts, directed by John Ford and also featuring a young Humphrey Bogart. Tracy, as a tough-talking priest, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/spencer-tracy-san-francisco-earthquake-up-the-river-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Greer Garson on TCM: RANDOM HARVEST, ADVENTURE, THE SINGING NUN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greer-garson-random-harvest-adventure-the-singing-nun/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greer-garson-random-harvest-adventure-the-singing-nun/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:53:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25223</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greer Garson, Ronald Colman in Mervyn LeRoy's Random Harvest Greer Garson, one of the most underrated actresses of the studio era, will have her day &#8212; and I mean &#34;day&#34; as in morning and afternoon &#8212; on Turner Classic Movies on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Garson would have turned 106 years old on that date. Now, when I say &#34;underrated&#34; I mean Garson is underappreciated today. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greer-garson-random-harvest-adventure-the-singing-nun/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Taylor: KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, VALLEY OF THE KINGS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-taylor-knights-of-the-round-table-valley-of-the-kings/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-taylor-knights-of-the-round-table-valley-of-the-kings/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:40:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23996</guid> <description><![CDATA[Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor in Mervyn LeRoy's Quo Vadis Robert Taylor on TCM: QUO VADIS, IVANHOE, the Atomic Bomb Schedule and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00pm [Comedy] Personal Property (1937) The bailiff charged with disposing of a financially strapped widow's estate pretends to be her butler. Cast: Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Reginald Owen, Una O'Connor Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II BW-84 mins. 5:00pm [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-taylor-knights-of-the-round-table-valley-of-the-kings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Taylor on TCM: QUO VADIS, IVANHOE, the Atomic Bomb</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-taylor-quo-vadis-ivanhoe/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-taylor-quo-vadis-ivanhoe/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:37:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23995</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine in Richard Thorpe's Ivanhoe (lower photo) Robert Taylor had some trouble early in his career because he was considered too pretty, with some complaining that he wore more makeup than Greta Garbo in Camille. As a result, MGM toughened him up in subsequent vehicles such as The Crowd Roars (1938), Billy the Kid (1941) and Johnny Eager (1942). By the 1950s, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-taylor-quo-vadis-ivanhoe/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Taylor on TCM: WATERLOO BRIDGE, ESCAPE, WHEN LADIES MEET</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-taylor-waterloo-bridge-escape-when-ladies-meet/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-taylor-waterloo-bridge-escape-when-ladies-meet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:17:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23894</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor Waterloo Bridge Robert Taylor is April's Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies. The Robert Taylor Tuesday evening has already begun: Camille (1937), in which he co-stars with Greta Garbo, is on right now. The little-seen (in the last several decades) Magnificent Obsession (1935), with Irene Dunne, was shown before that. (The John M. Stahl-directed melodrama is currently available on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-taylor-waterloo-bridge-escape-when-ladies-meet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Esther Williams Box Set: MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/esther-williams-dvd-million-dollar-mermaid-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/esther-williams-dvd-million-dollar-mermaid-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:04:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20051</guid> <description><![CDATA[Van Johnson, Esther Williams Esther Williams Box Set, Vol. 2: Part I If you find yourself unmoved by what you've read so far, then I suggest you skip this Esther Williams set altogether as, historical and sociological dimensions aside, these films are pretty dreadful. The visual style usually hovers around the level of &#34;faceless competence&#34; (but, curiously enough, the dullest-looking of the bunch, This Time [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/esther-williams-dvd-million-dollar-mermaid-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Great Directors Series on Turner Classic Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre, Oskar Werner in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim In June, Turner Classic Movies' month-long series &#34;Great Directors&#34; will be celebrating the efforts of 52 films directors, from past and present, from Hollywood and overseas (though, as to be expected, mostly Hollywood). Among TCM's &#34;greats&#34; are, inevitably, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, and John Ford, but also Jacques Tourneur, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1940</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1940/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1940/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:57:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4331</guid> <description><![CDATA[Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath FILM The Blue Bird d: Walter Lang; scr: Ernest Pascal The Grapes of Wrath d: John Ford; scr: Nunnally Johnson Kitty Foyle d: Sam Wood; scr: Dalton Trumbo The Letter d: William Wyler; scr: Howard Koch The Mark of Zorro d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: John Tainton Foote, Garrett Fort, Bess Meredyth Pinocchio d: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1940/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1931</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:51:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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