Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe: Husband and wife from 1956 to 1961, the Broadway playwright and the Hollywood star collaborated on one major project, the ill-fated modern-day Western The Misfits…
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Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa: Glamour and charisma mix that should be better appreciated. As former nightclub dancer Maria Vargas, Gardner discovers that the life of a noblewoman isn’t…
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A history of sound in film: Hal Roach looks on as technicians install Vitaphone equipment in his studio screening room, ca. 1928. (Click on the image to enlarge it.) A…
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Joan Crawford. Joan Crawford movies on TCM: Underrated actress, top star in several of her greatest roles If there was ever a professional who was utterly, completely, wholeheartedly dedicated to…
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San Andreas movie with Dwayne Johnson: California nightmare. San Andreas movie box office: $100 million domestic milestone today As the old saying (sort of) goes: If you build it, they…
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Loretta Young: Devout Catholic was featured in numerous sexually daring movies. Loretta Young films: Conservative Catholic actress starred in a number of risqué Pre-Code releases Turner Classic Movies is celebrating…
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Alicia Rhett as India Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. ‘Gone with the Wind’ actress Alicia Rhett dead at 98; was oldest surviving credited GWTW cast member Gone with the…
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Lionel Barrymore movies: Rare Night Flight. Lionel Barrymore movies on TCM. (Image: Lionel Barrymore [right] You Can’t Take It with You, with Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, and James Stewart.) Lionel…
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Myrna Loy biography: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood Myrna Loy: All-American wife and mother – and more Many believe that Myrna Loy is the best American actress never to…
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Loretta Young and Clark Gable in The Call of the Wild: Daughter Judy Lewis was born in 1935, the year the adventure movie came out. Judy Lewis, out-of-wedlock daughter of…
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Carole Lombard: Screwball comedienne and dramatic actress of the 1930s. Best remembered for her light comedies of the 1930s and early 1940s, Carole Lombard is Turner Classic Movies Star of…
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Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable in It Happened One Night. Mostly a Paramount star, Claudette Colbert hasn’t been a frequent presence on Turner Classic Movies – that is, apart from…
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Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar. Turner Classic Movies’ Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood continues this evening with “Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?” which takes us…
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Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg with Ramon Novarro as the titular character. Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late…
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“… Far and away the biggest-grossing movie with a female as its sole main player, which is certainly a challenge to conventional Hollywood assumptions (men can star alone, while women…
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