Best remembered for playing the creepy Omni chairman in RoboCop, Dan O’Herlihy was a one-of-a-kind Best Actor Oscar nominee during the studio era.
Ron Moody Oliver Twist characterization: As Fagin in Carol Reed’s 1968 musical Oliver!, based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel. Ron Moody ‘Oliver Twist’ effort: Fagin in 1968 box office and…
Ron Moody: ‘Oliver!’ actor played Fagin in 1968 movie. Ron Moody: ‘Oliver!’ actor nominated for an Oscar dead at 91 Two well-regarded, nonagenarian British performers have died in the last…
Autumn Crocus movie adaptation with Ivor Novello and Fay Compton: Summertime precursor. Ivor Novello last movie: ‘Autumn Crocus’ Can a naive, plain-looking, spinster school teacher ever find real love in…
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter. Friday, Aug. 22, highlights on Turner Classic Movies (TCM): I’m not all that familiar with Trevor Howard’s career as a star. I’ve…
Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie, with Jack Lemmon. Saturday, June 14, highlights on Turner Classic Movies include The Third Man and several Walter Matthau movies: Many consider The Third…
Alida Valli possessed a stern, aristocratic beauty: A wide face covered with dark, voluptuous hair, and featuring large, profoundly expressive green eyes that could convey with equal intensity either soulfulness…
What are the best British films of all time? A violent thriller is critics’ surprise #1 choice, while women-focused titles are (as usual) almost completely ignored.
Andrew Sarris, auteur theory proponent in the U.S., died earlier today at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, apparently of complications caused by a stomach virus. Sarris, who was 83, was…
Margaretta Scott. Margaretta Scott: Things to Come & All Creatures Great and Small actress remembered Margaretta Scott, best remembered for playing the eccentric widow Mrs. Pumphrey in the BBC television…