Magnificent Obsession book by Anthony Slide. Whereas Lloyd C. Douglas’ 1929 Magnificent Obsession book dealt with a playboy’s urge to restore the eyesight of the woman he had accidentally blinded, Anthony Slide’s latest explores the lives and times of movie…
Alec Guinness
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Premiere: Lupita Nyong’o at the most anticipated event since the days of Nostradamus. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ premiere in Hollywood The most anticipated event since Nostradamus prophesied World War I, World War II, Climate…
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Alec Guinness. Alec Guinness movies: Pre-‘Star Wars’ Guinness runs the gamut from Dickens’ Fagin to Japanese businessman romancing Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” star on Saturday, August 3, 2013. The bad news: No…
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A Passage to India with Judy Davis. Synopsis: In the early 20th century, Miss Quested (Judy Davis) and her soon-to-be mother-in-law, Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft, right), arrive in India, where they’re met by Ronny Moore (Nigel Havers), a young and self-righteous…
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MGM Files for Bankruptcy + the History of Hollywood & ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’
by Andre SoaresMarion Davies in King Vidor’s Show People. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which decades ago was the most financially stable of the Hollywood studios, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday. MGM – initially Metro-Goldwyn – was formed through the amalgamation of Metro Pictures,…
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Screenwriter-director Philip Kaufman’s 1983 Best Picture Oscar nominee, The Right Stuff, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The screening will take place on Monday, June 11, at…
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Star Wars with Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill. Part four of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series will kick off on Monday, April 23, with a screening of George Lucas’ cornball space saga Star…