Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
Arthur Kennedy
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Visions of the shattered American Dream in 2 ‘Arthur Miller movies’: The subversive family dramas All My Sons and Death of a Salesman.
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Actress Sandra Dee & A Summer Place: Sweet + Turbulent Youth
11 minutes readActress Sandra Dee is seen as a sweet-looking but gutsy rule-breaker in the 1959 blockbusters A Summer Place and Imitation of Life.
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Jimmy Stewart. ‘Jimmy’ Stewart: Unlikely Hollywood star enjoyed decades-long career in a variety of genres The personification of all-American aw-shucksiness – of the sort you find only in bad movies …
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Dana Andrews Movies: Film Noir actor outstanding in portrayals of angst-ridden characters which made him unique mix of Hollywood hero and antihero.
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Raymond Massey: Abraham Lincoln & Boris Karloff
7 minutes readRaymond Massey Movies: From Oscar-nominated Abraham Lincoln to Boris Karloff in addition to H.G. Wells visionary and James Dean’s father.
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Olivia de Havilland Turns 99: Sole Surviving major Gone with the Wind Cast Member Filed Lawsuit vs. Warner Bros. that Changed U.S. Labor Law.
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Tatiana Samoilova in The Cranes Are Flying: The Russian Audrey Hepburn. Tatiana Samoilova dead at 80: ‘The Russian Audrey Hepburn’ best remembered for Cannes winner ‘The Cranes Are Flying’ Russian film …
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Shirley Jones. Shirley Jones movies: Elmer Gantry Oscar winner on TCM A few weeks ago, Shirley Jones, 79, made headlines following the publication of her book of memoirs, concisely titled …
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Eleanor Parker: Three-Time Best Actress Nominee Turns 91
5 minutes readEleanor Parker Palm Springs resident: Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month. Eleanor Parker: Palm Springs resident turns 91 today Eleanor Parker turns 91 today. The three-time Oscar nominee (Caged, …
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John Garfield: The First (Official) Hollywood Movie Rebel
6 minutes readJohn Garfield, Joan Crawford, Humoresque John Garfield is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” star on Friday, Aug. 5, ’11. TCM will be presenting twelve John Garfield movies, in …
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Jean Simmons movies: Elmer Gantry with Burt Lancaster. Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month Jean Simmons’ film series comes to a close tonight, with the presentation of seven Jean …
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David Nelson, best remembered as the older brother in the long-running television show The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952–66), died on Jan. 11 in Los Angeles. He was 74. …
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Joseph Hayes: The Desperate Hours Author + Screenwriter
2 minutes readNovelist and playwright Joseph Hayes, best known for his stage and film adaptations of his 1954 suspense novel The Desperate Hours, died this past Sept. 11 at a nursing home …
Edgar G. Ulmer Movies: The Black Cat + Detour
Edgar G. Ulmer movies on TCM: ‘The Black Cat’ & ‘Detour’ Turner Classic Movies’ June 2017 Star of the Month is Audrey Hepburn, but Edgar G. Ulmer is its film …
Don Mankiewicz Movies: I Want to Live! + The Chapman Report
I Want to Live Screenwriter Don Mankiewicz Dead: Father Was Citizen Kane screenwriter while filmmaking uncle was multiple Oscar winner.
Janet Leigh Movies: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Janet Leigh movies: The Manchurian Candidate 1962, with Frank Sinatra. Janet Leigh would have turned 85 on Friday, July 6. In her honor, Turner Classic Movies is showing eight Janet …
Stairway to Heaven + Orpheus: Two Radically Different Fantasies Tackle That Mysterious Space in Between
Stairway to Heaven & Orpheus: 2 radically different fantasies focus on that mysterious space in between what’s called A Matter of Life and Death.