Otto Preminger Articles

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling have been mentioned as potential Oscar contenders for their performances as carefree lovers-turned-unhappily-married couple in Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, which The Weinstein Company will be releasing in the United States on Dec. 31. But members of the Motion Picture Association of America’s ratings (i.e., censorship) board, whose job is to perpetuate the ludicrousness of the Hays Office and the Breen [...]

  Lee Remick on TCM: ANATOMY OF A MURDER, DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Schedule (PT) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 AM Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965) A parolee tries to launch a musical career and keep out of trouble. Cast: Steve McQueen, Lee Remick, Don Murray. Dir: Robert Mulligan. BW-99 mins. 5:00 AM Wheeler Dealers, The (1963) Texas tycoons try to [...]

Great news for Lee Remick fans: eleven of her movies will be shown on Thursday, Aug. 26, on Turner Classic Movies. Remick Day is part of TCM’s "Summer Under the Stars" series. [Lee Remick schedule.] I’ve been a major Lee Remick fan since I saw this pretty, talented blonde with the bluest of blue eyes in two movies: Otto Preminger’s courtroom comedy-drama Anatomy of a [...]

Gene Tierney in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Dragonwyck (top); Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde in John M. Stahl’s Leave Her to Heaven (bottom) In my view, Gene Tierney was not only one of the most beautiful but also one of the most underrated actresses of the studio era. Her eyes sparkled, her teeth sparkled, her complexion sparkled — even her cheekbones sparkled. And in the right role, [...]