31 Days of Oscar: Ben-Hur Proves That Bigger not Necessarily Better plus grandiose David Lean while Spencer Tracy nearly ruins British drama.
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The Godfather actor Abe Vigoda Dead 3 decades After obituary that made Barney Miller performers a pop celebrity in the U.S.
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Mickey Rooney ca. 1940 Mickey Rooney dead at 93: Four-time Oscar nominee & frequent Judy Garland co-star may have had the longest film career ever Mickey Rooney, four-time Academy Award…
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Rossana Podesta in Helen of Troy with Jacques Sernas. Rossana Podesta dies: ‘Helen of Troy’ actress later featured in sword-and-sandal spectacles & risqué sex comedies Rossana Podesta, the sensual star…
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Julie Harris in East of Eden with James Dean. Julie Harris: Best Actress Oscar nominee & multiple Tony winner Film, stage, and television actress Julie Harris, a Best Actress Academy…
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Randolph Scott Westerns, comedies, war dramas: TCM schedule on August 19, 2013 See previous post: “Cary Grant and Randolph Scott Marriages – And ‘Expect the Biographical Worst.’” 3:00 AM BADMAN’S…
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Pope movies: Anthony Quinn in The Shoes of the Fisherman. Pope Francis movie in the works? Friend of the Poor: The Pope Francis Story is the working title of a…
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Francesco Quinn, son of two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn and Dino’s voice in Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, has died. Quinn collapsed, apparently from a heart attack,…
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Filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis, best known for the 1964 Oscar-nominated drama Zorba the Greek, died of complications from a heart attack and chronic respiratory problems early Monday at an Athens hospital.…
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Lawrence of Arabia with Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif. White men rule on TCM: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ & ‘The Four Feathers’ + ‘Young Winston’ Turner Classic Movies’ “Race and Hollywood:…
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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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Claire Bloom, one of the most talented and most striking actresses of her generation, will have her “Summer Under the Stars” day on Monday, Aug. 31. Handpicked by Charles Chaplin…
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Gina Lollobrigida: Five-decade movie career Movie legend Gina Lollobrigida – La Lollo for short – turned 81 last July 4. She’ll be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award next Wednesday…
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The Art Directors Guild (website) Film Society will be screening George Cukor’s extravagant 1960 Western Heller in Pink Tights, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn, in tribute to production designer…
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Muslim cinema at UCLA. Pictured: Brick Lane. “What we wanted to say is, if these people [Iranians, Muslims] scare you, look closer: They have parents, they have lovers, they have…
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Martin Luther King Jr. documentary rare screening + Lucía Cedrón Argentinean political thriller Lamb of God to open Rotterdam Film Festival.
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John Fowles: The Collector, The French Lieutenant’s Woman and The Magus Author Dead at 79. Meryl Streep starred in film version of ‘French.’
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Christopher Fry dead at 97: The Lady’s Not Burning playwright & Ben-Hur screenplay contributor British playwright and screenwriter Christopher Fry died on June 30 at a hospital in Chichester, in…
Kirk Douglas: Hollywood star of the 1950s and 1960s. Kirk Douglas movies: Theatrical, larger than life performances Kirk Douglas, a three-time Best Actor Academy Award nominee and one of the…
‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson has died Former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Frank Pierson, among whose screenwriting credits are Dog Day Afternoon, A Star…
Dorothy Malone: Oscar winner incomprehensibly never became a top Hollywood star despite memorable performances in movies of the 1950s.
Charlton Heston movies: Ben-Hur 1959. It’s Charlton Heston Movies Day on Thursday, Aug. 28, on Turner Classic Movies. Charlton Heston was a graduate cum laude of the Paul Muni School…
Cesar Romero: Hollywood leading man and second lead in the 1930s and 1940s. Cesar Romero centennial tribute: ‘The White Rose’ Los Angeles’ Cervantes Center of Arts & Letters will be…