Barbara Stanwyck movies on TCM: Turner Classic Movies’ ‘Summer Under the Stars’ series continues by placing the spotlight on one of cinema’s greatest and most compelling performers.
Howard Hawks
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Actress Carole Lombard on TCM: 1 of World’s Highest-Paid Women
17 minutes readActress Carole Lombard on Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars’: The madcap, Oscar-nominated ‘screwball’ comedy heroine was one of the highest-paid women in the world.
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TCM Classic Film Festival: Angie Dickinson + WB Turns 100
15 minutes readTCM Classic Film Festival: Angie Dickinson, Ann-Margret and Russ Tamblyn were among the celebrities in attendance, while screenings focused on Warner Bros.’ (official) centenary.
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Gunga Din (Movie 1939): British Colonialism Homage
20 minutes readGunga Din (movie 1939): George Stevens’ adventure pays homage to British colonialism while revamping The Front Page. Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star.
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Submarine Movie Feast: Memorial Day TCM Films
7 minutes readSubmarine movie evening: Underwater war waged in TCM’s Memorial Day films In the U.S., Turner Classic Movies has gone all red, white, and blue this 2017 Memorial Day weekend, presenting …
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Joan Leslie Dead at 90: Underappreciated Actress Fought Jack Warner off screen and Danced with Fred Astaire and James Cagney on.
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Gary Cooper Movies: Lover-Daddy to Joan Leslie + Audrey Hepburn
11 minutes readGary Cooper Movies: Playing Lover-Daddy to Joan Leslie, Audrey Hepburn in two of the weakest (but successful) films of his career.
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Cary Grant Films: From I Was a Male War Bride to Miscast Macho Aviator + Submarine Commander
8 minutes readCary Grant Films: Gender-Bending Comedy I Was a Male War Bride with Grant as French wife but badly miscast in macho roles.
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Lauren Bacall: Hollywood + Broadway Star
3 minutes readLauren Bacall Lauren Bacall Dead: 89-year-old Oscar nominee who starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in ‘To Have and Have Not’ and ‘The Big Sleep’ Lauren Bacall has died following a massive …
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Humphrey Bogart Movies: To Have and Have Not + Key Largo
9 minutes readHumphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not. Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall: From To Have and Have Not to Key Largo Humphrey Bogart (born on Christmas …
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Rita Hayworth Movies: Gilda + The Lady from Shanghai
5 minutes readRita Hayworth: Gilda was career peak. Rita Hayworth is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Evening. TCM will be presenting the quintessential Hayworth in Gilda at 5 p.m. PT. That’ll …
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Montgomery Clift Movies: ‘A Place in the Sun,’ ‘The Heiress’
5 minutes readMontgomery Clift could have become a much bigger star had he turned down fewer roles in major classics (Sunset Blvd., reportedly Shane, East of Eden) and accepted fewer roles in …
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Ben Johnson isn’t exactly what one would call a movie icon; Johnson isn’t even a Western icon, despite his presence in numerous Old (and not-so-Old) West movies during his 50+-year …
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Howard Hawks: Tough Men + Determined Women
6 minutes readGentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. “Late Hawks” is the title of a film series featuring the, what else?, later efforts of Hollywood auteur Howard Hawks, which …
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David Schwartz discusses Old Hollywood director Howard Hawks (The Big Sleep, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and the auteur theory with Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell at Moving Image Source. Here are …
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Ann Sheridan: Warner Bros. Star Discussed with Author Ray Hagen
10 minutes readAnn Sheridan. If someone asked me to name a truly tough film star, I’d never think of naming John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, Humphrey Bogart, or any …
Barbara Stanwyck: One of Cinema’s Most Charismatic Performers
Four-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood actress Barbara Stanwyck delivered many of the 20th century’s most captivating big-screen performances.
Katharine Hepburn Movies: Women in Drag, in Love & in Danger
Katharine Hepburn Movies: Women in Drag, in Love and in Danger in classic movies that ultimately earned her 12 Academy Award nominations.
Andrew Sarris: Auteur Theory Film Critic & Author Dead
Andrew Sarris, auteur theory proponent in the U.S., died earlier today at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, apparently of complications caused by a stomach virus. Sarris, who was 83, was …
Lauren Bacall Movies: To Have and Have Not + The Big Sleep
Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall, hardly a top box office attraction in the 1940s or 1950s, but a major “Old Hollywood” star today, will have her Turner Classic Movies “Summer Under …