True Grit cast: Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges in ‘wonderful’ Joel and Ethan Coen 2010 Western remake. ‘True Grit’ cast delivers first-rate performances in 2010 Joel and Ethan Coen Western…
Tyrone Power: Q&A with researcher Maria Ciaccia about one of the biggest film stars of the 20th century Among the romantic leading men of the studio era, Tyrone Power, 20th…
The 1959 MGM version of Ben-Hur is best remembered for its chariot race, which happens to be an imitation of the superior 1925 race for that studio’s mammoth – and…
Go West Young Man with Mae West and Randolph Scott. Although it gets off to a slow start, Go West Young Man is one of Mae West’s better Post-Code efforts…
Malvin Wald screenplay: The Naked City 1948 with Barry Fitzgerald and Dorothy Hart. ‘The Naked City (1948) screenwriter Malvin Wald dies Screenwriter Malvin Wald, who received an Academy Award nomination…
Film noir New York: Sweet Smell of Success with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. Whenever I think of film noir, I – somewhat incongruously – immediately picture murder and mayhem…
If remembered at all, the name Franchot Tone usually comes up only when someone lists Joan Crawford’s series of husbands. Never mind the fact that Franchot Tone appeared in about…
Marc Lawrence. Prolific actor was usually cast as gangster and other assorted scuzzy characters, making life difficult for just about everybody, from Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake to Humphrey Bogart…
Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino in Beyond the Rocks: “Lost movie” will be screened in Los Angeles area. Gloria Swanson & Rudolph Valentino: Found ‘Lost’ film ‘Beyond the Rocks’ screening…
June Haver: Hollywood actress who briefly became a nun has died Actress June Haver, the blonde star of several popular 20th Century Fox musicals such as Irish Eyes Are Smiling…