Ronald Colman: Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month in two major 1930s classics Updated: Turner Classic Movies’ July 2017 Star of the Month is Ronald Colman, one of the …
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Ricardo Cortez: Latin Lover from Manhattan Jewish family was the perfect Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Paramount’s threat to Rudolph Valentino.
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Maureen O’Hara Movies: TCM Tribute to Queen of Technicolor featured opposite John Wayne in 5 movies including the John Ford classic The Quiet Man.
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Child Actor Dickie Moore: 1 of last surviving Our Gang members, Jane Powell Husband has died. Gave Shirley Temple her 1st screen kiss.
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He Who Gets Slapped with Lon Chaney Lon Chaney is one of the most fascinating movie stars in film history. Throughout the 1920s, Chaney was one the biggest box office …
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Young Alfred Hitchcock movie? Betty Compson in The White Shadow, which was actually directed by Graham Cutts. Among other duties, Hitchcock wrote and edited the 1923 film. About thirty minutes …
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Arabs in Hollywood Movies: Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres in George Melford’s 1921 hit The Sheik. Long before they became Hollywood’s favorite terrorists, Arabs were generally portrayed as lusty, uncouth, …
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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 …
Was dog star Rin Tin Tin the first Best Actor Academy Award winner? Author Susan Orlean, whose book The Orchid Thief became – more or less – director Spike Jonze …
Cavalcade with Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook (upstairs), and Herbert Mundin and Una O’Connor (downstairs). Synopsis: Upstairs, Robert and Jane Marryot (Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard), and downstairs, Alfred and Ellen …