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Ann Sheridan, "The Oomph Girl" (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 — except for the hysterical scene). As [...]

Ava Gardner, Bette Davis, William Holden, Boris Karloff: Packard Campus March Series Series Schedule Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. Network (MGM, 1976, R-rated*) Driven mad by corruption, trivia and his network's obsession with ratings, a veteran anchorman threatens to blow his brains out on live television. Directed by Sidney Lumet, the film was named to the National Film Registry in 2000. Its stars Peter Finch, [...]

William Holden, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch in Sidney Lumet's Network Joan Bennett, Edward G. Robinson, William Holden, Ava Gardner, John Wayne, Boris Karloff, Bette Davis, Burt Reynolds, Faye Dunaway, Robert Ryan, Grant Williams, Miss Piggy, and the recently deceased Kathryn Grayson. Murder, madness, mayhem, mutants, muppets, satanists, and singers. All that and more will be offered movie fans in the March film series at the [...]

No rare Bette Davis flicks on her Turner Classic Movies' "Summer Under the Stars" day, Saturday, Aug. 8. That's too bad, as TCM now has access to Columbia's film library. They could have unearthed Davis' early Columbia flick The Menace (1931), which isn't very good, but it's rare and it's Bette Davis. Also, there's the little-seen, Columbia-distributed, political drama Storm Center (1956), in which Davis [...]