Actress Ann Sothern enjoyed an unusual second career peak that included a top Oscar winner and decades later she became one of the oldest nominees.
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Lena Horne. Lena Horne movies: Velvety-voiced singer generally relegated to specialty numbers during heyday of the Hollywood musical Had things been different, it’s anybody’s guess whether or not three-time Grammy…
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Antihero Ricardo Cortez: Best movies and roles during Pre-Code and silent eras + Oscar-Winning Cinematographer brother Stanley Cortez.
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Dana Andrews Movies: Film Noir actor outstanding in portrayals of angst-ridden characters which made him unique mix of Hollywood hero and antihero.
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Martha Stewart Not Dead? Despite reports to the contrary, the actress-singer (In a Lonely Place) is still alive. UPDATE: She died in February 2021.
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Juanita Moore: Imitation of Life 1959 Oscar-nominated actress. Oscar-nominated ‘Imitation of Life’ actress Juanita Moore has died Juanita Moore, Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for the 1959 blockbuster Imitation…
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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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Lon McCallister: Boy-Next-Door troubled gay relationship with William Eythe If remembered at all, Lon McCallister is associated with Boy-Next-Door roles in several 20th Century Fox “family” movies of the mid-…
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Myrna Loy. John Wayne movies 6:00 AM FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1951) A World War II Marine officer drives his men mercilessly during the battle for Guadalcanal. Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter, Jay…
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Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson In the last couple of days, two hand/footprint ceremonies at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre have been announced: Mickey Rourke will dirty his hands and feet…
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Kirk Douglas is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month of September. Though hardly a great film actor – or even a good one – Douglas has had one of…
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Jeanne Crain films on TCM Jeanne Crain was one of 20th Century Fox’s biggest stars of the 1940s and early 1950s – one who led a tragic life, not at…
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Best Actress Oscar nominee Jeanne Crain absurdly miscast as part-black woman.
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Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard in Humpday. A few highlights today at the Los Angeles Film Festival, currently being held (mostly) in the Westwood Village and at the Westside’s Landmark…
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Lee Madden, best known for directing Hell’s Angels ’69, died on April 9 in Camarillo, a town north of Los Angeles. He was 82. The American International Pictures release Hell’s…
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Marni Nixon: Making Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, and Audrey Hepburn sound more melodious. Marni Nixon, the voice behind, among others, Deborah Kerr in The King and I and An Affair…
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Henry King: Film director mostly associated with 20th Century Fox. Henry King director: San Sebastian Film Festival retrospective Henry King is best remembered for the movies he directed at Fox,…
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Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises. Viggo Mortensen Shirtless and Tattooed: London Film Festival Opening Gala David Cronenberg’ London-set thriller Eastern Promises will open this year’s Times BFI 51st London Film…
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As part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Gold Standard Series, the Academy Foundation will present the premiere of the newly restored “film noir” Leave Her to…
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Tom Cruise & Steven Spielberg War of the Worlds 2005 movie: H.G. Wells’ sci-fier for the 21st-century U.S. “Aren’t you afraid that audiences in some parts of the world may…
Early Woman Director Lois Weber Film to be shown. Socially Conscious drama with Mary MacLaren tackles working class issues and prostitution.
Jeanne Crain. Jeanne Crain: From ‘Pinky’ to ‘Margie’ Jeanne Crain, one of the most charming Hollywood actresses of the 1940s and 1950s, is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars”…
Norman Corwin, best remembered for his World War II programs during the Golden Age of Radio, died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Oct. 18. He was…
Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven In my view, Gene Tierney was not only one of the most beautiful but also one of the most underrated…
Leave Her to Heaven: Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the Technicolor film noir (yes, there was such a thing) Leave…
June Haver: Hollywood actress who briefly became a nun has died Actress June Haver, the blonde star of several popular 20th Century Fox musicals such as Irish Eyes Are Smiling…