Melvyn Douglas. Melvyn Douglas: From suave leading man to Hollywood’s top female stars to first-rate dramatic actor Unlike Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, or Gary Cooper, Melvyn Douglas couldn’t exactly be…
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Marjorie Lord: Actress in hit TV series Make Room for Daddy was mother of Oscar-nominated actress and Scripter Award Co-Founder.
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Vivien Leigh Movies: Anglo-Indian-Armenian Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire?
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Katharine Hepburn movies. Katharine Hepburn movies: Woman in drag, in love, in danger In case you’re suffering from insomnia, you might want to spend your night and early morning watching…
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Mary Anderson: Gone with the Wind actress. ‘Gone with the Wind’ actress Mary Anderson dead at 96; also featured in Alfred Hitchcock thriller ‘Lifeboat’ Mary Anderson, an actress featured in…
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Jeanne Crain in The Fan with Madeleine Carroll. Jeanne Crain: Lighthearted movies vs. real life tragedies (See previous post: “Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ Inanity to ‘Margie’ Magic.”) Unlike her characters…
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Hattie McDaniel. Hattie McDaniel: First black performer to win an Academy Award One of the best and, despite nearly 100 film appearances, most poorly utilized actresses of the studio era…
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1939 Best Picture Oscar Nominees: Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Love Affair on TCM. 3 must-watch screen classics.
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I Remember Mama with Irene Dunne, Philip Dorn, Barbara Bel Geddes, Steve Brown: George Stevens immigrant family drama. George Stevens’ film series on Turner Classic Movies continues tonight with a…
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Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Jones, the widow of both Gone with the Wind producer David O. Selznick and industrialist Norton Simon, will have a number of her belongings auctioned.…
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How long is Gone with the Wind? Long enough for Clark Gable to watch Vivien Leigh grow from teenage belle to womanly Civil War survivor. “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best…
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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…
Olivia de Havilland. Labor relations’ history-making ‘Gone with the Wind’ star and two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland turns 99 Two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner Olivia de…
Linda Darnell. Linda Darnell, the gorgeous leading lady of numerous 20th Century Fox productions of the 1940s, is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” player on Aug. 27. TCM,…
Movie Star Stamps: Katharine Hepburn + Pioneering Black Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and movie cowboys William S. Hart and Tom Mix + Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.