The Way We Were Articles

Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were Playwright-screenwriter Arthur Laurents has died. Laurents, who was 93, died in his sleep. Best known for writing the book for the Broadway smashes West Side Story and Gypsy, the New York-born Laurents (July 14, 1918) also penned several screenplays, among them those for Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958), and Herbert Ross' The Turning [...]

Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford in Sydney Pollack's The Way We Were Arthur Laurents, whose credits include the stage versions of Gypsy and West Side Story, and the screenplays for Rope, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point, will be known from now on as the man who said No to Barbra Streisand — which is kinda like saying No to Oprah [...]

Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate Below is the complete "Shadows of Russia" schedule on Turner Classic Movies: Wednesday, Jan. 6 Part One: Twilight of the Tsars 8 p.m. The Scarlet Empress (1934) – starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge. 10 p.m. Rasputin and the Empress (1932) – starring John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore. Part Two: Red Romance 12:15 a.m. Red Danube (1949) [...]

Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (top); Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford in The Way We Were (bottom) From the Romanovs' last stand to Warren Beatty's first solo directorial effort: On every Wednesday in January 2010, Turner Classic Movies will present the 20-film festival "Shadows of Russia," a showcase of Hollywood movies portraying Russia (and/or the Soviet Union) and the sociopolitical reverberations of Communism throughout the [...]