Playwright Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible (1953) – about the witchcraft trials held in late-17th-century Salem – as a political allegory against the HUAC hearings held in mid-20th-century Washington, D.C.…
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Arthur Miller movies include adaptations of All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and A View from the Bridge. One of the most influential 20th-century American playwrights, Miller…
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…
Raymond Massey. Raymond Massey movies: From Lincoln to Boris Karloff Though hardly remembered today, the Toronto-born Raymond Massey was a top supporting player – and sometime lead – in both…
Olivia de Havilland. Labor relations’ history-making ‘Gone with the Wind’ star and two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland turns 99 Two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner Olivia de…
Don Mankiewicz co-wrote I Want to Live, starring Susan Hayward, 1958’s Best Actress Oscar winner. ‘I Want to Live!’ screenwriter Don Mankiewicz dead at 93 Veteran television and film screenwriter Don…
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…
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…
Lana Turner: Scandals on- and off-screen. Lana Turner movies: Scandal and more scandal Lana Turner is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” star today, Saturday, Aug. 10. I’m a…