Teresa Wright and Samuel Goldwyn had an ugly parting in 1948, when the producer publicly fired and berated his Oscar-winning contract star.
Carl Foreman
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Meet Me in St. Louis with Margaret O’Brien, Judy Garland Hugh Martin, best known for co-composing with Ralph Blane “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” sung by Judy Garland in …
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Eli Wallach + Anne Jackson + Francis Ford Coppola: The Oscars
13 minutes readEli Wallach and Anne Jackson, Francis Ford Coppola and Wife Eleanor at the Oscars as movie veterans honored with special career awards.
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Marion 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 …
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Howard Hawks: Tough Men + Determined Women
6 minutes readGentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. “Late Hawks” is the title of a film series featuring the, what else?, later efforts of Hollywood auteur Howard Hawks, which …
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Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands in director Steve McQueen’s Hunger. With six wins, Steve McQueen’s Hunger was the big winner at the 2009 Irish Academy Awards. The story of Irish …
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William Holden: ‘A Different Kind of Hero’ Film Retrospective
22 minutes readWilliam Holden in Picnic with Kim Novak. At Moving Images Source, Michael Atkinson discusses William Holden in “St. Bill of Illinois”: As per Atkinson, William Holden was “on the surface …
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A Hatful of Rain (1957): Eva Marie Saint Withstands Ham Fest
8 minutes readA Hatful of Rain (1957) review: Eva Marie Saint is the standout in Fred Zinnemann’s drug addiction drama seriously impaired by its theatricality.
Rosanna Schiaffino: Italian Film Star
Rosanna Schiaffino, Vince Edwards in Carl Foreman’s The Victors (1963) Rosanna Schiaffino, the sensual leading lady of dozens of Italian (and a few international) productions of the ’60s and early …
Doris Day DVD Collection: 8 Movies Starring Hollywood Icon
Warner’s Doris Day DVD Collection box set include several of the bright star’s biggest hits – comedies and musicals – and even one of her rare (big-budget) flops.