Peter Ustinov Articles
Robert Taylor on TCM: QUO VADIS, IVANHOE, the Atomic Bomb

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, [...]
Best Films – 1951

Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire FILM Ace in the Hole / The Big Carnival d: Billy Wilder; scr: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman The African Queen d: John Huston; scr: James Agee L’Auberge rouge / The Red Inn d: Claude Autant-Lara; scr: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost The Day the Earth Stood Still d: Robert Wise; scr: Edmund H. North The [...]