Carol Lynley: In her heyday, the Blue Denim, Bunny Lake Is Missing, and The Poseidon Adventure actress was often cast as dreamy girl-next-door types willing and able to tear down the walls of social conventions. In all, throughout her 45-year big-screen career, Carol Lynley was…
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Ann Sothern. Although never a superstar, Ann Sothern was billed above the title in a series of comedies, musicals, and dramas of the 1940s and early 1950s, mostly at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Today perhaps chiefly associated with MGM’s Maisie comedy series (1939–1947), Sothern was actually featured in…
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John Paul Jones with Robert Stack: 4th of July movies. Although every sign indicates that 2019 is the new 1984, those in the U.S. shouldn’t fret: TCM’s 4th of July movies will transport viewers to the distant past, when there was no climate crisis (or…
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Howard Keel at the height of his career in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, with Jane Powell. In his autobiography, Only Make Believe: My Life in Show Business, Howard Keel refers to the making of Stanley Donen’s 1954 sleeper blockbuster Seven Brides for Seven Brothers…
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In the Fade with Diane Kruger: Fatih Akin’s Avenging Woman drama may give its German-speaking star the chance to become next awards season’s Isabelle Huppert. Diane Kruger: 2017–2018 awards season’s Isabelle Huppert? (See previous post: “Cannes Film Festival Winners vs. Oscar Nominations.”) The Cannes Film…
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Cannes Film Festival winners: The Square with Claes Bang. “Gobsmackingly weird” Cannes Film Festival favorite may have a tough time landing a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award nomination. As an aside, Ruben Östlund’s comedy-drama is totally unrelated to Jehane Noujaim’s 2013 Oscar-nominated political documentary…
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‘Ben-Hur’ 2016 trailer with Jack Huston: Deadly chariot race in religious epic for the CGI-loving crowd. ‘Ben-Hur’ 2016 trailer: ‘Gladiator’ meets ‘Fast Seven’ meets ‘Star Wars’ meets… Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have released the trailer for their Ben-Hur 2016 remake (or reboot or readaptation) –…
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Ben-Hur movie: Ramon Novarro starred in the silent version, at the time the most expensive film production and the biggest worldwide blockbuster in history. ‘Ben-Hur’ movie: Semi-biblical epic starring Ramon Novarro became most expensive and most successful blockbuster in history Christmas 2015 is just around…
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SAG Awards’ surprise double nominee Helen Mirren as Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in ‘Trumbo.’ 2016 SAG Awards’ nominations: Sylvester Stallone, Matt Damon ‘snubbed’ while Helen Mirren among surprising inclusions Screener issues (see further below) and online streaming possibilities hated by film exhibitors and the…
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‘Chi-Raq’ movie with Teyonah Parris: Spike Lee has set ‘Lysistrata’ amidst Chicago’s urban warfare. Chiraq (one word) stands for the Chicago-Iraq combo. ‘Chi-Raq’ movie review: Ancient Greek comedy in 21st-century Chiraq setting The star of Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is an astounding young actress named Teyonah…
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Top Ten Scream Queens: Barbara Steele, who both emitted screams and elicited same, is in a category of her own. Top Ten Scream Queens Halloween is over until next year, but the equally bewitching Day of the Dead is just around the corner. So, dead…
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Stormtroopers deal with ‘Boycott Star Wars: Episode VII’ Twitter ‘controversy.’ The “Boycott ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’” media idiocy The “Boycott Stars Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens” hashtag, concisely named #BoycottStarWarsVII, was trending earlier today (Oct. 19) on Twitter. Shocked? If so, you haven’t…
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Coleen Gray: Actress and film noir good girl went from Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Killing’ to ‘The Leech Woman.’ Coleen Gray: Actress in early Stanley Kubrick film noir, destroyer of men in cult horror ‘classic’ Actress Coleen Gray, best known as the leading lady in Stanley…
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Sunset Blvd. with Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond: Final Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder collaboration. Publication of Charles Brackett diaries quashes gay rumors and reveals screenwriter-producer’s troubled relationship with his more famous partner, Billy Wilder. The Charles Brackett Diaries: Gay rumors quashed & troubled Billy…
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Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials with Dylan O’Brien: Beating latest Johnny Depp flop at the domestic box office. ‘Maze Runner 2’ to beat Johnny Depp ‘Black Mass’ The 20th Century Fox release Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the sequel to the 2014 hit The…
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Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett – and D.M. Marshman Jr. – collaboration: Sunset Blvd., starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden, and directed by Wilder. Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett movies Below is a list of movies on which Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder worked together…