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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Loretta Young Films: Conservative Catholic actress featured in suggestive, socially and sexually daring pre-Code motion pictures.
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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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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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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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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…
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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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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,…
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…
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…
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?
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…
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,…