Montgomery Clift Articles

Montgomery Clift could have become a much bigger star had he turned down fewer roles in major classics (Sunset Blvd., reportedly Shane, East of Eden) and accepted fewer roles in major duds (The Big Lift, Lonelyhearts, The Defector). Clift has been a relatively frequent presence on Turner Classic Movies, but those unfamiliar with his work will be able to check him out — and compare [...]

Montgomery Clift, I Confess Alfred Hitchcock is the focus of tonight’s programming on Turner Classic Movies, which will be showing five of the director’s films: Stage Fright, I Confess, Dial M for Murder, The Wrong Man, and Strangers on a Train. None of them is a masterpiece; all of them are worth your time. My favorite of the five is I Confess, partly because of [...]

Ernst Lubitsch’s The Merry Widow, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald (top); George Stevens‘ A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor (bottom) If the more rabid elements within the Republican party don’t succeed in their attempts to shut down the US government, the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, located in Culpeper, VA, will have a number of goodies to offer in [...]

Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz’s Oscar winner Casablanca (1943). Bogart and Rains were nominated for their performances in the film; Bergman was nominated for Sam Wood’s For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henreid wasn’t nominated for anything. Biggest Oscar Snubs #8d: Catherine O’Hara – FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION In addition to Audrey Hepburn, Cher, Eric Stoltz, Al Pacino, and Catherine O’Hara, [...]