Howard Keel in Dallas with Donna Reed: late 20th-century mainstream resurgence of two former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stars. On Season 8 (1984–1985) of CBS’s hit TV soap Dallas (1978–1991), 1950s MGM contract…
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…
It’s a Wonderful Life sequel? Donna Reed and James Stewart star in Oscar-nominated 1946 Frank Capra classic. Paramount to drown ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ sequel? What would the world be…
Fred Zinnemann began his career during the studio era, but kept on going, however sporadically, long after most of his contemporaries had retired. Even so, today his name means little…
From Here to Eternity movie: Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster make love (top); Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra do a little (sorta) lovemaking of their own later on in the film…