Fred Astaire Movies: Dancing in the Dark, dancing on the Ceiling and with Ginger Rogers in several RKO and MGM classic musicals.
Fred Astaire
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Top Box Office Movies: Women to the Sidelines (Except Bullock)
14 minutes readTop Box Office Movies: Few women (Sandra Bullock an exception) and lots of sequels and remakes + what’s actual Record-Breaking year in domestic market?
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Remembering a Forgotten ‘Hollywood Hero’
5 minutes readFilm historian Anthony Slide wearing Tom Mix’s hat in 1976. ‘Hollywood Hero’ John Dewar remembered Perhaps I have been around too long, but as I grow older I grow despondent …
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The Iron Petticoat with Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope. Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope: ‘The Iron Petticoat’ TCM premiere Starring Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope, The Iron Petticoat became a movie …
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Ralph Bellamy Movies: ‘Sunrise at Campobello’ & ‘Carefree’
6 minutes readRalph Bellamy in Sunrise at Campobello, with Greer Garson: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Ralph Bellamy was what many would call a “dependable” player: always there (nearly 100 movies), always …
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Swing Time movie: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (top); choreographer Hermes Pan, Fred Astaire, and director George Stevens on the set of Swing Time (bottom). The George Stevens-directed Ginger Rogers-Fred …
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“Summer Under the Stars” is over, but Kim Novak is the “star of tonight” on Turner Classic Movies. Five Novak vehicles released at the height of her stardom will be …
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Rita Hayworth in Gilda. Rita Hayworth & Fred Astaire movies Friday-Saturday, Aug. 15–16, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Since TCM is currently leasing Columbia’s library, this year’s Rita Hayworth Day …
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Cyd Charisse, the long-legged dancer of about a dozen MGM musicals, died today at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Charisse, who was 86 (or 87, depending on the …
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Osa Massen: Femme Fatale in Hollywood films of the 1940s
2 minutes readDanish-born actress Osa Massen, a femme fatale in Hollywood films of the 1940s, died at age 91 on Jan. 2 at a convalescent home in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles …
Audrey Hepburn films: ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ & ‘Two for the Road’ screening Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica will be presenting two Audrey Hepburn …
Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire Movies
Ginger Rogers is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month of March. Most of the films – perhaps all of them – have been shown on TCM before. So, don’t …