Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe joined forces on the problem-plagued The Misfits. See also: The playwright’s answer to On the Waterfront.
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Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
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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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Dana Andrews movies: Complex film noir actor excelled in both major and minor crime dramas. Dana Andrews movies: First-rate film noir actor excelled in both classics & minor fare One…
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Marie Dubois: Actress in the mammoth blockbuster La Grande Vadrouille. Marie Dubois, actress in French New Wave films, dead at 77 Actress Marie Dubois, a popular French New Wave personality…
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Laurence Olivier = Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn. Once upon a time, Kenneth Branagh was hailed as the new Laurence Olivier. Back in early 1990, Branagh was nominated…
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Kennedy Center Honors: Meryl Streep among recipients Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep (right), singer Barbara Cook, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and saxophonist and composer Sonny…
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Tony Award winners: Eddie Redmayne in Red, with Alfred Molina. June 13 update: Hollywood took over Broadway at the 2010 Tony Awards. Or almost. Presenters included Daniel Radcliffe and Academy…
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John Forsythe in Dynasty with Joan Collins and Linda Evans. John Forsythe, best known as the oil tycoon Blake Carrington on the television series Dynasty, died on April 1 at…
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Marilyn Monroe smokes pot? As everyone’s pot-smoking grandmother used to say, “Some like pot, some like it not.” Marilyn Monroe may have been among the “some” who did like it,…
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Paul Scofield in A Delicate Balance with Katharine Hepburn. Benedict Nightingale’s “Paul Scofield: an overlooked acting great” in The [London] Times: “Why didn’t most theatregoers think of Paul Scofield in…
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Between Oct. 25–28, Aberystwyth’s National Library of Wales and the Aberystwyth Arts Centre will host the newly created film festival Fflics – Wales Screen Classics. Fflics will screen about 30…
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Barbara La Marr dies in the arms of star-in-the-making Ramon Novarro in Fred Niblo’s 1924 melodrama Thy Name Is Woman. Cecilia Rasmussen in the Los Angeles Times: “Silent-film actress and screenwriter…
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Robert Altman: ‘The Player’ + ‘Nashville’ & ‘MASH’ director dead at 81 Robert Altman, whose movie career alternated between little-seen and at times poorly received offbeat efforts and award-winning film…
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Alida Valli - Part I Valli looked considerably older, her features hardened, when she resumed her career in 1957. That year, she appeared in three productions: Glauco Pellegrini’s Spanish-Italian L’Amore…
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Marc Lawrence. Prolific actor was usually cast as gangster and other assorted scuzzy characters, making life difficult for just about everybody, from Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake to Humphrey Bogart…
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Stagy screenplay and 3 of its 4 leads hinder Fred Zinnemann’s early drug addiction drama A Hatful of Rain. Eva Marie Saint is the sole standout.
Teresa Wright: Actress starred in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, with Pat Hingle. Teresa Wright: Actress’ Broadway comeback in ‘The Dark at the Top of the Stairs’…
Joe Dallesandro and Jane Birkin in Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime moi non plus / I Love You, No I Don’t. According to the “censor watchgroup” site melonfarmers.com, Tom Six’s The…
Hypnosis and crime: Michael Redgrave and Joan Bennett in Secret Beyond the Door. April 4 update: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at UCLA’s Festival of Preservation you’ll be able to catch…
The Misfits photos: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller during the making of John Huston’s 1961 psychological drama. © The Inge Morath Foundation/Magnum Photos Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable,…
Sidney Lumet movies getting some belated Academy recognition: The Honorary Oscar will go to the Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon director.