Dick Van Dyke on TCM: Turner Classic Movies is airing four films showcasing the small-screen star, who briefly flirted with big-screen celebrity in the 1960s.
Classic Movies
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TCM Film Schedule Today: Bogart-Bacall + 2 ‘Hispanic’ Tales
10 minutes readTCM film schedule today includes Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in Dark Passage, Eleanor Parker in Caged and two 1980s releases centered on ‘Hispanics.’
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Remembering movie comedy pioneer Al Christie and several Vitagraph Studios comedians – including John Bunny and Larry Semon – whose shorts are included in a new Kino Classics DVD set.
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Doris Day Films on TCM: 1 of Top Box Office Draws
16 minutes readDoris Day films on Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’ series: TCM will be presenting 12 titles starring one of cinema’s biggest – and sunniest – names of the …
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Actress Carole Lombard on TCM: 1 of World’s Highest-Paid Women
17 minutes readActress Carole Lombard on Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars’: The madcap, Oscar-nominated ‘screwball’ comedy heroine was one of the highest-paid women in the world.
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Katy Jurado Movies on TCM: First Oscar-Nominated Mexican Actress
11 minutes readKaty Jurado on Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’: Twelve titles featuring the first Mexican actress to receive an Oscar nomination, but nothing from her South of the Rio …
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Ronald Colman Movies on TCM: 3 Best Actor Oscar Nominations
17 minutes readRonald Colman movies on TCM: This year’s ‘Summer Under the Stars’ lineup includes three titles that earned Colman Oscar nominations, most notably the classic Random Harvest.
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Rhonda Fleming Movies on TCM: Sultry Redhead’s Centenary
14 minutes readRhonda Fleming on Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’: The redheaded actress can be seen in 13 TCM titles, notably as Cleopatra in Serpent of the Nile.
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Actress Joan Blondell on TCM: Warners’ 1930s Anti-Heroine
11 minutes readActress Joan Blondell on Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’ series: TCM will be airing no less than 16 titles featuring Warner Bros.’ wisecracking, Depression era anti-heroine.
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SFSFF Movies: Blockbuster Silent Operetta + Cinema’s First Diva
10 minutes readSan Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) titles include Erich von Stroheim’s blockbuster silent ‘operetta’ The Merry Widow. Mae Murray and John Gilbert star.
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SFSFF Movies: F. Scott Fitzgerald Muse + ‘Haunted House’ Comedy
10 minutes readSan Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) titles include two super-rarities – Padlocked and Flowing Gold – the former starring F. Scott Fitzgerald’s muse Lois Moran.
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) will showcase Hollywood and international rarities, plus well-known silent era classics. Featured stars include Norma Shearer and Douglas Fairbanks.
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Following complaints from David Zaslav, editors at the Condé Nast-owned GQ magazine have removed an article exposing the gross misdeeds of the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO.
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Ted Ray: ‘The Greatest Standup Comedian’ Discussed
15 minutes readTed Ray remembered: Author Anthony Slide delves into the life and times of the now largely forgotten music hall, radio, and sometime movie comic whom he labels ‘the greatest standup …
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McLintock! (movie 1963): Loosely based on The Taming of the Shrew, this reactionary comedy Western marked the final pairing of John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara.
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Hondo (Movie 1953): 2 Notable Oscar Nods
7 minutes readHondo (movie 1953): John Farrow’s 3D Western provided future Best Actress Oscar winner Geraldine Page with her first major big-screen role. John Wayne costars as a ‘Shane’ type.
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Track of the Cat (Movie 1954): Experimental Cult Classic
7 minutes readTrack of the Cat (movie 1954): William A. Wellman’s family drama is notable for its mostly prestigious cast and for its unconventional use of color. Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright …
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TCM Classic Film Festival: Steven Spielberg + George Clooney
7 minutes readTCM Classic Film Festival: Filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh, and actor (and sometime director) George Clooney were among the Hollywood celebrities in attendance.
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TCM Classic Film Festival: Angie Dickinson + WB Turns 100
15 minutes readTCM Classic Film Festival: Angie Dickinson, Ann-Margret and Russ Tamblyn were among the celebrities in attendance, while screenings focused on Warner Bros.’ (official) centenary.
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Oscars’ war movies: Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Academy Award-themed series continues with nine features, including two Best Picture winners and three nominees.
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‘31 Days of Oscar’: TCM’s Movie Comedies Raise Serious Questions
13 minutes read’31 Days of Oscar’: Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) series continues with an eclectic array of 12 comedies that (hopefully) will make you laugh while forcing you to ask some tough …
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Gunga Din (Movie 1939): British Colonialism Homage
20 minutes readGunga Din (movie 1939): George Stevens’ adventure pays homage to British colonialism while revamping The Front Page. Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star.
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Joan Bennett: The Criterion Channel is presenting 10 films starring the personable and underrated actress whose big-screen roles ranged from spirited blondes to sultry brunettes.
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First Women Filmmakers Remembered: The Silent Feminists
13 minutes readThe first women filmmakers are the topic of Anthony Slide’s book The Silent Feminists. In a q&a with Alt Film Guide, the author and film historian discusses Weber, Arzner et …
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Alice Guy Blaché: First Woman Director Q+A
15 minutes readAlice Guy Blaché: The world’s first woman director is remembered in this q&a with film historian Anthony Slide, who also discusses the republication of her book of memoirs.
Barbara Stanwyck Movies on TCM: 1 of Cinema’s Greatest Stars
Barbara Stanwyck movies on TCM: Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’ series continues by placing the spotlight on one of cinema’s greatest and most compelling performers.
Actress Greer Garson on TCM: The 1940s’ ‘Queen of MGM’
Actress Greer Garson on Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’: TCM will be airing 12 titles starring the 1940s’ Queen of MGM and a record-tying Best Actress Academy Award …
SFSFF Movies: Rare Ukrainian Satire + Silent Shakespeare
San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) titles include the rare Ukrainian satire Pigs Will Be Pigs (banned in Nazi Germany) and Yasujiro Ozu’s homage to Hollywood gangster movies, Walk Cheerfully.
SAG president Ronald Reagan failed to rise to the occasion during the pivotal 1960 Screen Actors Guild strike, when veteran Hollywood stars and supporting players were denied residuals.
Edward D. Wood Jr. (a.k.a. Ed Wood) has been labeled ‘The Worst Director of All Time.’ Yet the Grade-Z auteur whose credits include Plan 9 from Outer Space is now …
Oscars’ Westerns on TCM: North America’s Brutal Wide Open Spaces
Oscars’ Westerns: Turner Classic Movies’ ’31 Days of Oscar’ continues with 11 titles, including John Ford’s classic Stagecoach and the so-called Worst Best Picture Winner Ever.
I Remember Mama (Movie 1948): Superlative Irene Dunne
I Remember Mama (movie 1948): George Stevens’ nostalgic immigrant family drama provided veteran Irene Dunne with one of the best roles of her career. Barbara Bel Geddes costars.