The Music Man with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones: Independence Day movies. Numerous Hollywood musicals have attempted to capture that elusive, reality-averse quality known as “Americana-ness” – e.g., Yankee Doodle Dandy, Meet Me in St. Louis, In the Good Old Summertime, On Moonlight Bay, By…
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Pat O’Brien: Actor was James Cagney’s partner in eight Warner Bros. movies. Pat O’Brien: Actor was Hollywood’s prolific ‘Resident Irishman’ and favorite priest Remember Pat O’Brien? In case you don’t, you’re not alone despite the fact that O’Brien was featured – in both large and…
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Veterans Day Movies: George C. Scott in ‘Patton.’ Veterans Day movies on TCM: From ‘The Sullivans’ to ‘Patton’ On Nov. 11, Turner Classic Movies is presenting five war or war-related films in celebration of Veterans Day. For those outside the United States, Veterans Day is…
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Jean Harlow in Libeled Lady with William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy. Turner Classic Movies’ Jean Harlow film series continues this evening with four of Harlow’s MGM vehicles – Bombshell, Personal Property, Reckless, and Libeled Lady – and one supporting appearance in Warner Bros.’…
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Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar. Turner Classic Movies’ Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood continues this evening with “Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?” which takes us to the beginning of the talkie era and the Great Depression. That was the time…
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Ann Blyth. Ann Blyth, who received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for the film noir Mildred Pierce (1945), is pictured above during a discussion following a screening of the Joan Crawford classic at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Monday, June 14,…