John Mills. John Mills movies: Oscar-winning British actor Unfortunately, nine of the ten John Mills films to be shown on Turner Classic Movies as part of their month-long “Summer Under…
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Young Paul Newman in Martin Ritt’s Hud. Twelve Paul Newman movies on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, Aug. 21, as part of TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars” series. (See Paul…
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Katharine Hepburn movies: ‘The Philadelphia Story’ & ‘Woman of the Year’ were Hollywood career turning points. Katharine Hepburn in ‘The Philadelphia Story,’ ‘Woman of the Year’: Movie career landmarks on…
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I mentioned dignified, gentlemanly, and usually a little dull Walter Pidgeon the other day, wishing he had been cast as Jane Powell’s grandfather in A Date with Judy (1948) so…
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Maureen O’Hara movies include William Dieterle’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry King’ The Black Swan, and John Ford’s The Quiet Man. Maureen O’Hara, who is turning 90, is Turner…
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Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Airplane! Robert Stack is one of those actors I know but at the same time I don’t. I’ve watched many of his movies, but despite his…
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Margaret O’Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis, with Judy Garland. For Turner Classic Movies’ Margaret O’Brien Day on Sunday, Aug. 15, TCM will present the television premiere of Meet Me…
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Robert Ryan in Robert Wise’s The Set-Up. Robert Ryan, one of the most effective Hollywood actors of the studio era – or any other era – will have his Turner…
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Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg with Ramon Novarro as the titular character. Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late…
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Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s The Fortune Cookie Twelve Walter Matthau movies will be presented on Turner Classic Movies on Wednesday, Aug. 11, as part of TCM’s “Summer…
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Warren Beatty in Reds with Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton. Eleven Warren Beatty movies will be shown on Turner Classic Movies on Monday, Aug. 9, as part of TCM’s “Summer Under…
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Bob Hope isn’t my idea of a funny guy, but those who do enjoy his comedy style are can go on a Turner Classic Movies binge on Sunday, Aug. 8. TCM…
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Errol Flynn, Roman Bohnen, Ann Sheridan are anti-Nazi fighters in Lewis Milestone’s World War II drama Edge of Darkness (1943) Eleven Errol Flynn movies and a 2005 documentary about the…
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Woody Strode in John Ford’s Western Sergeant Rutledge I’m not at all familiar with Woody Strode’s film career. I believe that most people aren’t either. And that is an excellent reason…
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Believe it or not, there’s much more to stage and screen legend Ethel Barrymore than the fact that she was Drew Barrymore’s great-aunt. In fact, Ethel Barrymore was the grand-dame…
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Steve McQueen: Hollywood rebel of the 1960s. Steve McQueen died at a relatively young age – he was 50 when he succumbed to cancer in 1980 – but strangely, especially…
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Double Indemnity poster. Regarding Barbara Stanwyck, Jacques Tourneur – who directed 11 episodes of the short-lived The Barbara Stanwyck Show – would later recall “that Barbara is one hell of…
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Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in The Talk of the Town (top); Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year (bottom). Actor Cary Grant collaborated with director George…
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Joan Crawford, Conrad Veidt in George Cukor’s A Woman’s Face (1941). The first TCM Classic Film Festival has just come to a close, but Turner Classic Movies has already given…
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Robert Taylor is April 2010’s Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies. The Robert Taylor Tuesday evening has already begun: Camille (1937), in which he co-stars with Greta Garbo,…
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James Dean in Giant: George Stevens sprawling Texas-set 1956 family drama. George Stevens will be the star attraction of Turner Classic Movies’ Monday evenings in April. The series begins tonight…
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Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor’s Adam’s Rib Raquel Welch is the guest programmer tonight on Turner Classic Movies. Welch and Robert Osborne will be introducing and…
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Olivia de Havilland. Olivia de Havilland is the subject of an interview published in the London Evening Standard about a week ago. The piece is a must-read. Discussed are de…
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Ginger Rogers is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month of March. Most of the films – perhaps all of them – have been shown on TCM before. So, don’t…
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Toshiro Mifune (second from right) in Seven Samurai. The Academy had its John Hughes tribute on Sunday. Tonight, Turner Classic Movies is paying tribute to someone who may not be…
Ann Sheridan: “The Oomph Girl” 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…
Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven In my view, Gene Tierney was not only one of the most beautiful but also one of the most underrated…
Kathryn Grayson in Kiss Me Kate, with Howard Keel. Kathryn Grayson, who died at the age of 88 last February, is Turner Classic Movies’ Tuesday, Aug. 10, star. Kathryn Grayson…
Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata. Ingrid Bergman’s best on-screen performance, as Liv Ullmann’s painfully self-centered mother in Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata, can be appreciated on Friday, Aug. 6 – Ingrid…
Julie Christie, easily one of the most compelling performers of the last half-century and an ardent political activist for liberal causes, has her day on Monday, Aug. 2, as part…
Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller Pygmalion. George Bernard Shaw is tonight’s star on Turner Classic Movies. Major Barbara (1941), directed by Gabriel Pascal, and starring Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller,…
Ginger Rogers. Ginger Rogers’ last Star of the Month evening begins on March 31 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Turner Classic Movies. Among the Rogers classics on TCM’s schedule…