Lillian Gish Bowling Green University Theatre gone: The outraged ones vs iconic actress seen in D.W. Griffith’s landmark (racist) epic The Birth of a Nation.
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James Garner. James Garner movies: ‘Grand Prix’ & ‘Victor Victoria’ among TCM highlights James Garner, whose film and television career spanned more than five decades, died of “natural causes” at…
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San Francisco Symphony & Cary Grant in ‘North by Northwest.’ San Francisco Symphony salutes Alfred Hitchcock: Halloween movies and Hitchcock movie music The San Francisco Symphony will celebrate Alfred Hitchcock…
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Eva Marie Saint: Actress has gone from Marlon Brando & Cary Grant to Superman As found in Arthur Spiegelman’s 2006 Reuters article “Eva Marie Saint won’t look back,” the Oscar-winning…
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TCM Cruise: Oscar Winners Eva Marie Saint and Ernest Borgnine + Hitchcock Star Tippi Hedren plus Turner hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz.
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Rudolph Valentino in ‘Blood and Sand’ Rudolph Valentino Movies: ‘Blood and Sand,’ starring Hollywood’s foremost Latin Lover, at the Hollywood Heritage Museum The Hollywood Heritage Museum will celebrate the birthday…
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Jill Haworth in Exodus with Eva Marie Saint. Actress Jill Haworth, who was seen in a handful of movies and television shows since 1960 but who was best known as…
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White couple, black baby: Sophie Okonedo as black daughter of white parents in Skin Winner of four audience awards, including at the AFI Dallas and Santa Barbara film festivals, Skin…
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Goldie Hawn, Whoopi Goldberg, Anjelica Huston, Penélope Cruz, Tilda Swinton, and Eva Marie Saint. “This is not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now,” said best…
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Douglas Fairbanks in The Iron Mask. Last Remaining Seats: North by Northwest & Roman Holiday The Los Angeles Conservancy (website) will present the 21st Annual Last Remaining Seats film series…
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Stagy screenplay and 3 of its 4 leads hinder Fred Zinnemann’s early drug addiction drama A Hatful of Rain. Eva Marie Saint is the sole standout.
Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck, Gentleman’s Agreement Elia Kazan: Actors Director Elia Kazan is best remembered today for two things: his association with Marlon Brando during the first half of the…
Irvin Kershner, the director of the most watchable early Star Wars saga effort, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), has died in Los Angeles. Kershner was 87. What makes The Empire Strikes…
Wayne Wang’s whimsical and sentimental Because of Winn-Dixie feels contrived. Veteran Eva Marie Saint and Jeff Daniels are the acting highlights.