The Music Man with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones: Independence Day movies. Numerous Hollywood musicals have attempted to capture that elusive, reality-averse quality known as “Americana-ness” – e.g., Yankee Doodle…
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Rex Ingram in The Thief of Bagdad 1940 with tiny Sabu. An Alexander Korda production. Actor Rex Ingram movies: Early black Hollywood performer It’s somewhat unusual for two well-known film…
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Marc Allégret: André Gide lover, all-around starmaker and the initial driving force behind the film career of Simone Simon. Marc Allégret: From André Gide lover to Simone Simon mentor (See…
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Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity. With Deborah Kerr, it’s not the bare shoulders that matter. It’s the eyes. Deborah Kerr, who died at the age of 86…
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Lawrence of Arabia with Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif. White men rule on TCM: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ & ‘The Four Feathers’ + ‘Young Winston’ Turner Classic Movies’ “Race and Hollywood:…
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Jean Simmons in Great Expectations with Martita Hunt. Jean Simmons is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month of June. Though never a major box office draw, Simmons either starred…