To Be or Not to Be Articles

Carole Lombard Best remembered for her light comedies of the '30s and early '40s, Carole Lombard is Turner Classic Movies Star of the Day on Sunday, August 28, as TCM's continues its "Summer Under the Stars" film series. Unfortunately, TCM isn't showing any hard-to-find Carole Lombard movies. So, don't expect Swing High, Swing Low; We're Not Dressing; the eminently dreadful (and compulsively watchable) White Woman; [...]

Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks in To Be or Not to Be (top); Mel Brooks at the 1969 Oscar ceremony (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a tribute to Mel Brooks on Friday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin, the evening will feature numerous film clips and stories [...]

James Robert Parish, author of countless film books (The RKO Gals, Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops), answers a few questions on the subject of his upcoming biography, It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks (Wiley, 2007). Many comedians are supposed to be major bores when they're not "on." Does Mel Brooks fit into that mold? Over the [...]

FILM Bambi d: David Hand; scr: Larry Morey and others The Black Swan d: Henry King; scr: Ben Hecht, Seton I. Miller Casablanca d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch Johnny Eager d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant The Magnificent Ambersons d, scr: Orson Welles The Major and the Minor d: Billy Wilder; scr: Charles Brackett, [...]