The Beginning or the End 1947 with Robert Walker and Tom Drake. Hiroshima bombing 70th anniversary: Six movies dealing with the A-bomb terror Seventy years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945,…
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Michael Caine Movies: From Gay Villain to starring in the Best British Film in a series of vehicles presented on TCM including Get Carter.
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Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire movies: Dancing in the dark & on the ceiling on TCM Aug. 5 is Fred Astaire Day on Turner Classic Movies, as TCM continues with its…
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Teresa Wright ca. 1945. Teresa Wright movies on TCM: ‘The Little Foxes,’ ‘The Pride of the Yankees’ Pretty, talented Teresa Wright made a relatively small number of movies: 28 in…
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Olivia de Havilland as Lady Marian in ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood.’ Olivia de Havilland on TCM: Your chance to watch ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ for the 384th time…
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Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago. Egyptian actor Omar Sharif Below is a brief career recap of Egyptian film star Omar Sharif, who died on July 10 and whose credits include…
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ChristsdfasdfasdfsdfsdaTheodore Bikel. Theodore Bikel: Oscar-nominated actor & folk singer best known for stage musicals The Sound of Music & Fiddler on the Roof Folk singer, social and union activist, and…
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Olivia de Havilland. Labor relations’ history-making ‘Gone with the Wind’ star and two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland turns 99 Two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner Olivia de…
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Jean-Luc Godard in his youthful days: Greek debt crisis solution? Jean-Luc Godard solution for the Greek debt crisis: ‘Therefore’ copyright payments A few years ago, Nouvelle Vague filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard,…
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Laura Antonelli: Malizia sex symbol led a troubled, difficult life. Laura Antonelli: Malizia sex symbol who led troubled life found dead Laura Antonelli, for a brief while an international star…
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Ron Moody Oliver Twist characterization: As Fagin in Carol Reed’s 1968 musical Oliver!, based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel. Ron Moody ‘Oliver Twist’ effort: Fagin in 1968 box office and…
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Abandoned in post-production and long-forgotten, Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day is a rare early movie about the lives of black people anywhere.
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Long thought lost Chinese blockbuster The Cave of the Silken Web
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SFSFF’s ‘Avant-Garde Paris’ movies Ménilmontant and the wholly abstract Emak-Bakia were offered to those willing to take a chance.
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival program ‘Amazing Tales from the Archives’ discussed the discovery of the 1916 Sherlock Holmes.
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Ron Moody: ‘Oliver!’ actor played Fagin in 1968 movie. Ron Moody: ‘Oliver!’ actor nominated for an Oscar dead at 91 Two well-regarded, nonagenarian British performers have died in the last…
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Jayne Meadows. Three-time Emmy nominee Jayne Meadows dead at 95 Jayne Meadows, best known for her show business partnership with husband and television personality Steve Allen, died at age 95…
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Teresa Wright. Teresa Wright: Later years (See previous post: Hollywood actress goes from Broadway hit to late 20th-century movies Somewhere in Time & The Rainmaker.) Teresa Wright and Robert Anderson…
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Teresa Wright: Actress starred in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, with Pat Hingle. Teresa Wright: Actress’ Broadway comeback in ‘The Dark at the Top of the Stairs’…
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Teresa Wright The Men publicity shot: Her career was derailed following a nasty, public fight with independent mogul Samuel Goldwyn. Teresa Wright & Samuel Goldwyn association comes to a nasty,…
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The Best Years of Our Lives: Blockbuster with Teresa Wright, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, and Michael Hall. Teresa Wright: Missing out on ‘Duel in the Sun,’ but scoring with ‘The…
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Alfred Hitchcock heroine Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt, facing serial killer Joseph Cotten. Teresa Wright in ‘Shadow of a Doubt’: Alfred Hitchcock heroine in the director’s favorite film…
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Marc Allégret: André Gide lover, all-around starmaker and the initial driving force behind the film career of Simone Simon. Marc Allégret: From André Gide lover to Simone Simon mentor (See…
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Simone Simon: Femme fatale in ‘Cat People.’ Simone Simon: Remembering the ‘Cat People’ and ‘La Bête Humaine’ actress Pert, pretty, pouty, and fiery-tempered Simone Simon – who died at age…
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Lizabeth Scott: Film noir actress Lizabeth Scott: Film noir star of the 1940s and 1950s + Elvis Presley leading lady Lizabeth Scott, a Paramount star in the 1940s usually cast…
Adolphe Menjou: Actor’s “debonair” style on screen, boorish right-wing politics off-screen. Adolphe Menjou movies today: Actor was known for ‘suave’ characterizations on-screen and boorish right-wing politics off-screen Despite countless stories…
Glenda Jackson: Actress and former Labour MP. Two-time Oscar winner and former Labour MP Glenda Jackson returns to acting Two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson set aside her…
Father of the Bride with Steve Martin and Kimberly Williams: Father’s Day Movies. Top Five Father’s Day Movies? From giant Gregory Peck to tyrant John Gielgud What would be the…
Frank Capra’s first all-talkie, The Donovan Affair is now a silent once again. In-house actors were thus needed to voice Jack Holt, Agnes Ayres et al.
Don Mankiewicz co-wrote I Want to Live, starring Susan Hayward, 1958’s Best Actress Oscar winner. ‘I Want to Live!’ screenwriter Don Mankiewicz dead at 93 Veteran television and film screenwriter Don…
Mother roles: Teresa Wright in The Actress, with daughter Jean Simmons and husband Spencer Tracy. Teresa Wright in the 1950s: From Marlon Brando leading lady to spinsters and mother roles…
Teresa Wright: Actress Made Oscar History for her work in The Little Foxes, Mrs Miniver and The Pride of the Yankees - feat still unmatched.