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…
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…
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…
One of cinema’s early comediennes, Dorothy Devore: between 1918 and 1930, the Ft. Worth-born actress was seen in nearly 100 movies, both features and shorts. Among them were Salvation Sue,…
Rex Ingram in The Thief of Bagdad 1940 with tiny Sabu. An Alexander Korda production. Actor Rex Ingram movies: Early black Hollywood performer It’s somewhat unusual for two well-known film…
African-American film ‘Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day’ with Williams (in blackface) and Odessa Warren Grey: Early 20th century rarity.* Rare, early 20th-century African-American film among San Francisco Silent…
Jean Arthur. Jean Arthur films on TCM includes three Frank Capra classics of the 1930s Five Jean Arthur films will be shown this evening, Monday, Jan. 5, on Turner Classic…
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…
Marta 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…
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…
William 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…
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…
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…
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…
Clint Eastwood chair speech. Clint Eastwood chair speech at Republican National Convention It was less a bizarre “Clint Eastwood Chair Speech” than a bizarre “Clint Eastwood Chair Performance Artwork” at…
Lionel 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…
Marlene 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.…
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…
James 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…
Gone 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,…
What better way to start the New Year than by remembering the long-ago past? No, not war and assorted catastrophes, but beauty and romance. The clip above features a montage…
Jean 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…
George 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…
Ann 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…
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 You. Jean Arthur died in 1991.
Sunset Blvd. with Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond: Final Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder collaboration. Publication of Charles Brackett diaries quashes gay rumors and reveals screenwriter-producer’s troubled relationship with his…
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 –…
Deep Throat porn star Harry Reems dead at 65; Reems became a free-speech cause célèbre in the mid-’70s Harry Reems, star of the landmark 1972 porn movie Deep Throat and…
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…
Kareem 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…
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…