’31 Days of Oscar’: Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) series continues with an eclectic array of 12 comedies that (hopefully) will make you laugh while forcing you to ask some tough …
Jean Arthur
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Jimmy Stewart. ‘Jimmy’ Stewart: Unlikely Hollywood star enjoyed decades-long career in a variety of genres The personification of all-American aw-shucksiness – of the sort you find only in bad movies …
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Melvyn Douglas: Liberal Hollywood Star Went from Suave Leading Man to First-Rate Film Actor
7 minutes readMelvyn 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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Updated: Following a couple of Julie London Westerns*, Turner Classic Movies will return to its July 2017 Star of the Month presentations. This evening, July 27, Ronald Colman can be …
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Charles Brackett Diaries: Gay Rumors re: Brackett and son-in-law quashed, troubled Billy Wilder Partnership and right-wing politics.
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Rex Ingram (Actor): Early Black Performer in Hollywood Films
8 minutes readRex Ingram (Actor): Early Black Performer in Hollywood Movies such as Cabin in the Sky. He also played the Genie in The Thief of Bagdad 1940.
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Jean Arthur Films: 3 Frank Capra Classics Starring Progressive-Minded Actress that was 1 of the greatest performers during the studio era.
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Tom Laughlin in Billy Jack. Tom Laughlin: ‘Billy Jack’ actor-filmmaker who died last week helped to revolutionize film distribution patterns in North America Tom Laughlin, best known for the Billy …
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Marta Heflin: Broadway Actress & Robert Altman Performer
3 minutes readMarta Heflin in A Perfect Couple. Broadway actress Marta Heflin dead at 68: Featured in several Robert Altman movies Stage actress Marta Heflin, who was featured in a handful of …
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Shane with Alan Ladd. ‘Shane’: Alan Ladd stars in classic Western to be screened at the Academy The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a 60th anniversary …
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William Holden Movies: Two ‘Wild’ Westerns
4 minutes readWilliam Holden. William Holden movies: The Bridge on the River Kwai William Holden is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” featured actor on Aug. 21. Throughout the day, TCM …
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Fred MacMurray: The All-American jerk in movies such as Double Indemnity and The Apartment. Fred MacMurray movies: ‘Double Indemnity’ & There’s Always Tomorrow’ Fred MacMurray is Turner Classic Movies’ 2013 …
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Movie extras, bit players and stand-ins: Film historian Anthony Slide lecture at the historical Lasky-DeMille Barn (image: Olivia de Havilland and her The Charge of the Light Brigade stand-in, Ann …
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Lionel Barrymore: More Than Drew Barrymore Great-Uncle
8 minutes readLionel Barrymore movies: Rare Night Flight. Lionel Barrymore movies on TCM. (Image: Lionel Barrymore [right] You Can’t Take It with You, with Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, and James Stewart.) Lionel …
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Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea in The More the Merrier. The delightful actress Jean Arthur is Turner Classic Movies’ star of the evening tonight. Beginning at 5 p.m. PT, TCM …
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Marlene Dietrich Movies: Mystery and Glamour
7 minutes readMarlene Dietrich movies. German-born Marlene Dietrich is Turner Classic Movies last “Summer Under the Stars” star of 2011. Today, TCM is showing 12 Marlene Dietrich movies, in addition to J. …
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George Stevens Films: Disparate Western Trio
4 minutes readJames Dean in Giant: George Stevens sprawling Texas-set 1956 family drama. George Stevens will be the star attraction of Turner Classic Movies’ Monday evenings in April. The series begins tonight …
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar + Raquel Welch Classic Movie Picks
19 minutes readKareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Osborne: Classic movie selections on TCM. Basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will join Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne to present four of his favorite films in …
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Vintage Best Picture Oscar Posters Exhibition
2 minutes readGone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dark Victory, Four Daughters, Citizen Kane, The More the Merrier, The Talk of the Town, A Star Is Born, Love Affair, Stagecoach, …
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Jean Arthur Movies: The Devil and Miss Jones + Shane
6 minutes readJean Arthur movies: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Jean Arthur is one of my all-time favorite performers. So, it’s great to see her listed as one of Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer …
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Feel-good political corruption comedy-drama stars Jean Arthur and James Stewart. A newly restored print of Frank Capra’s 1939 Best Picture nominee Mr. Smith Goes to …
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The More the Merrier Movie: Jean Arthur + Joel McCrea in George Stevens’ Romantic Comedy Classic
5 minutes readGeorge Stevens. George Stevens’ The More the Merrier movie screening: Oscar-Nominated romantic comedy stars Jean Arthur & Joel McCrea + Charles Coburn As part of its George Stevens Lecture on …
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Jean Arthur was Columbia’s top star of the 1930s and early 1940s. Jean Arthur starred in numerous classics, including Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and You Can’t Take It with …
Comediennes of the Silent Era + Film Historian Anthony Slide: Remembering Cinema’s Pioneering Women
Comediennes of the Silent Era and Film Historian Anthony Slide at American Cinematheque as reminder of cinema’s largely forgotten pioneering women.
Honorary Oscars: Hayao Miyazaki Among Recipients
Hayao Miyazaki. Honorary Oscars 2014: Hayao Miyazaki, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Maureen O’Hara; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award goes to Harry Belafonte One good thing about the creation of the Academy of …
Glenda Farrell. Glenda Farrell: Actress has her ‘Summer Under the Stars’ day Scene-stealer Glenda Farrell is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” star on Aug. 29. A reliable – …
George Stevens Jr, Stunt Man Hal Needham: Honorary Oscar
Honorary Oscar: George Stevens Jr. George Stevens Jr. is the founding director of the American Film Institute. During his tenure, the AFI established the Center for Advanced Film Studies and …
Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in The Talk of the Town (top); Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year (bottom). Actor Cary Grant collaborated with director George …
Golden Age Actresses Video Homage
https://youtu.be/Ki94_VlOGI0Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Forgotten Actresses Any Other World (https://youtu.be/Ki94_VlOGI0) Remembering actresses of the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood What better way to start the New …
Cinecon attractions include a squeaky-voiceless (silent) and brunette Jean Arthur in The Poor Nut and a young Alice Faye in one of her earliest musicals.