Actress Sandra Dee was a hugely popular – and curious – cross between wholesome teen Deanna Durbin and tormented teen James Dean, going to school, catching waves, falling in love,…
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Christmas films: Grease with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John on TCM. Despite an array of mostly uninspired songs and dance numbers, the Randal Kleiser-directed, 1950s-set musical Grease was a gigantic…
James MacArthur, best remembered for playing blue-eyed Detective Danno Williams in the original version of Hawaii Five-0 and for being the adopted son of Broadway and Hollywood star Helen Hayes…
Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth in Gilda Glenn Ford will have his “Summer Under the Stars” day on Friday, Aug. 7. The Turner Classic Movies Glenn Ford marathon will…
Maria Schell. Maria Schell remembered: Gervaise + The Hanging Tree + Superman actress Maria Schell, who starred in Gervaise, The Last Bridge, and other film classics of the 1950s, had…
Sandra Dee: A Top Ten U.S. box office draw in the early 1960s, the pert, cute, blonde actress was Hollywood’s personification of “all-American” youth – a singular blend of Deanna…