Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett Movies as screenwriters and sometimes director or producer include dozen classic Hollywood films.
Jean Peters
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Howard Hughes Movies: From Leonardo DiCaprio to (almost) Jim Carrey plus Hell’s Angels, Katharine Hepburn and wrecking RKO.
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Jeanne Crain in The Fan with Madeleine Carroll. Jeanne Crain: Lighthearted movies vs. real life tragedies (See previous post: “Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ Inanity to ‘Margie’ Magic.”) Unlike her characters…
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Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe Movies Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, Aug. 5 6:00 AM THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist. Director: John…
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Howard Hughes: Billionaire spent a number of years in Hollywood. If all goes as planned, Warren Beatty will be the next big-screen Howard Hughes, following The Aviator‘s Leonardo DiCaprio. In…
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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…
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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…
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Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall in The Cobweb. Monday, Aug. 11, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Of the Richard Widmark vehicles that I’ve seen, the best one by far is…
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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…
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Thelma Ritter publicity shot ca. early 1950s. Thelma Ritter: Six-time Oscar nominee would have turned 101 today Six-time Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Thelma Ritter, who was born on…
Scarlett Johansson naked pictures have recently surfaced online. Now, the FBI is reportedly after those who have hacked into the computer and/or cell phone files of various female celebrities. In…
If Clark Gable was the King of Hollywood, then Tyrone Power was its – more handsome, more charming, more pleasant – Crown Prince. Allan Ellenberger has reported on and posted…