Barbara Stanwyck movies on TCM: Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’ series continues by placing the spotlight on one of cinema’s greatest and most compelling performers.
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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe joined forces on the problem-plagued The Misfits. See also: The playwright’s answer to Elia Kazan’s 1954 Oscar winner On the Waterfront.
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Evolution of Movie Sound Technology: Interview with Film Preservationist Robert Gitt plus Douglas Shearer (Norma’s brother) and his 7 Oscars.
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Joan Crawford Movies: The Women 1939, Controversial Christian-Themed Drama (banned in parts of the U.S.) and going berserk for love.
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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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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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Sandra Bullock becomes one of the few women named the top box office draw in the domestic market. But how reliable are these exhibitors’ polls?
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Like many other Hollywood filmmakers of the studio era, Frank Lloyd (1886-1960) is hardly remembered today despite his numerous box office successes – e.g., The Sea Hawk (1924), Mutiny on …
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Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty, with Charles Laughton. Clark Gable has his “Summer Under the Stars” day on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Turner Classic Movies will present thirteen of …
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Under Full Sail. Under Full Sail – Silent Cinema on the High Seas Flicker Alley (website) in association with the Blackhawk Film Collection has announced the release of “Under Full …
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Sexual abuse family drama tops Sundance + Alzheimer’s and motherhood wins Slamdance + Clark Gable Oscar available for viewing courtesy of Steven Spielberg.
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Stanley Kramer in “Film-Making with Spencer Tracy” (essay found in The Films of Spencer Tracy): “I can’t explain why I was never able to say to him what I wanted …
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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, …
Loretta Young Films: Conservative Catholic actress featured in suggestive, socially and sexually daring pre-Code motion pictures.
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 …
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 …
How long is Gone with the Wind? Long enough for Clark Gable to watch Vivien Leigh grow from teenage belle to womanly Civil War survivor. “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best …
Car racing movie? Not exactly, but Dorothy Malone respects no speed limits in Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind. May 8 highlights on Turner Classic Movies: John Frankenheimer’s car racing epic, …