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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Sam Wood</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/sam-wood/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 03:07:03 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>James Stewart on TCM: THE STRATTON STORY, NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-stewart-the-stratton-story-no-highway-in-the-sky/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-stewart-the-stratton-story-no-highway-in-the-sky/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:48:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27581</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Stewart remains one of the most beloved film actors in Hollywood history. Well, at least in the United States, where Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington are considered the apex of studio-era filmmaking. Stewart's shy, naive, wholesome, aw-shucksy boy-next-door (later man-next-door) manner continues to endear him to millions whose idea of shyness, naiveté, wholesomeness, and boy-next-doorishness has nothing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-stewart-the-stratton-story-no-highway-in-the-sky/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GONE WITH THE WIND; GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS; LOVE AFFAIR: 1939 Best Picture Nominees on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gone-with-the-wind-goodbye-mr-chips-love-affair/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gone-with-the-wind-goodbye-mr-chips-love-affair/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:01:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26307</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind (top); Greer Garson, Robert Donat, Goodbye Mr. Chips (middle); Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Love Affair (bottom) Turner Classic Movies' homage to the Best Picture Oscar nominees of 1939 continues this evening with three more entries: Victor Fleming's Gone with the Wind, Sam Wood's Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and Leo McCarey's Love Affair. If you haven't watched all three [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gone-with-the-wind-goodbye-mr-chips-love-affair/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Laurence Olivier, Gene Kelly, Sam Wood, Bruce Beresford: Biggest Oscar Snubs #9b</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/laurence-olivier-gene-kelly-biggest-oscar-snubs/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/laurence-olivier-gene-kelly-biggest-oscar-snubs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:36:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26125</guid> <description><![CDATA[Biggest Oscar Snubs #9a: List of Non-Nominated Directors &#8211; From William A. Wellman to Joe Wright The directors listed in the previous post &#8212; and I could add several other names to the roster &#8212; are those whose films received multiple Oscar nods, including Best Picture, but they (the directors themselves) failed to be shortlisted. [Note: Steven Spielberg for The Color Purple and Christopher Nolan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/laurence-olivier-gene-kelly-biggest-oscar-snubs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>VIRIDIANA, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: Spain&#039;s Top Ten Censored Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/viridiana-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-spain-censored-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/viridiana-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-spain-censored-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:43:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25299</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper in Sam Wood's For Whom the Bell Tolls (top); &#34;The Last Supper&#34; scene in Luis Buñuel's Viridiana (middle); Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (bottom) The ludicrous censors at the Motion Picture Association of America and their precursors at the Production Code Office have always had counterparts in other countries. Whether for political, religious, social, economic, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/viridiana-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-spain-censored-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ann Sheridan on TCM: KINGS ROW, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-sheridan-tcm-kings-row-the-man-who-came-to-dinner/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-sheridan-tcm-kings-row-the-man-who-came-to-dinner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:40:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25000</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ann Sheridan, &#34;The Oomph Girl&#34; (top); Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan in Sam Wood's Kings Row Ann Sheridan, the determined, humorous, sensual 1940s Warner Bros. star, is one of my favorite movie toughies. Sheridan was also a first-rate comedienne (I Was a Male War Bride) and in the right role was a capable dramatic actress (Angels with Dirty Faces &#8212; except for the hysterical scene). As [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-sheridan-tcm-kings-row-the-man-who-came-to-dinner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ginger Rogers&#039; KITTY FOYLE, THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/ginger-rogers-kitty-foyle-the-major-and-the-minor/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/ginger-rogers-kitty-foyle-the-major-and-the-minor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:01:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23837</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ginger Rogers' last Star of the Month evening begins tonight at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Turner Classic Movies. [Ginger Rogers Schedule] Among the Rogers classics on TCM's schedule are two of the actress' most important vehicles: Sam Wood's romantic melodrama Kitty Foyle (1940, right), which earned Rogers a Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a working-class young woman who falls for a high-society [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/ginger-rogers-kitty-foyle-the-major-and-the-minor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jean Arthur on Turner Classics</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-movies-turner-classics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-movies-turner-classics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:39:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15543</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Arthur is one of my all-time favorite performers. So, it's great to see her listed as one of Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; stars. Jean Arthur Day will take place on Sunday, Aug. 30. Jean Arthur was Columbia's top star from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, when Rita Hayworth became the studio's reigning queen and Arthur semi-retired from films. Her characters were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-movies-turner-classics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/goodbye-mr-chips-robert-donat-greer-garson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/goodbye-mr-chips-robert-donat-greer-garson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:57:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14720</guid> <description><![CDATA[Goodbye, Mr. Chips, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939” on Monday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Juliet Mills, daughter of John Mills, who has a supporting role [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/goodbye-mr-chips-robert-donat-greer-garson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</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; 1935</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1935/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1935/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:01:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4334</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Clark Gable in China Seas FILM Alice Adams d: George Stevens; scr: Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner China Seas d: Tay Garnett; scr: Jules Furthman, James K. McGuinness The Gay Deception d: William Wyler; scr: Stephen Avery, Don Hartman A Tale of Two Cities d: Jack Conway; scr: W. P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman The Whole Town's Talking d: John Ford; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1935/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</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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