Oscars’ Westerns: Turner Classic Movies’ ’31 Days of Oscar’ continues with 11 titles, including John Ford’s classic Stagecoach and the so-called Worst Best Picture Winner Ever.
Lee Marvin
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Robert Redford Movies: Two of the Biggest Blockbusters Ever + War Hero or Serial Killer?
11 minutes readRobert Redford Movies: Two of the Biggest Blockbusters Ever and War Hero or Serial Killer? The future Hollywood icon in an early subversive war movie.
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Jane Fonda Movies: From ‘Vietnam Traitor’ to Best Actress Oscars
10 minutes readJane Fonda in Alan J. Pakula’s Klute. Jane Fonda movies on TCM: ‘The China Syndrome’ & ‘Klute’ + Jean-Luc Godard drama Turner Classic Movies’ 2014 “Summer Under the Stars” kicked …
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Vivien Leigh. Vivien Leigh: Legendary ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ star would have turned 100 today Vivien Leigh was perhaps the greatest film star that hardly …
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‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson has died Former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Frank Pierson, among whose screenwriting credits are Dog Day Afternoon, A Star …
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Ernest Borgnine: Oscar-Winning Actor Dead at 95
5 minutes readErnest Borgnine dead at 95: Frequent Hollywood villain at his best as befuddled ‘ordinary’ men Ernest Borgnine, a movie villain who won a Best Actor Academy Award for playing a …
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The Negro Soldier and The Big Heat + early John Bunny comedy added to National Film Registry which excludes films focused on LGBT experiences
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Anne Francis: Actress in Blackboard Jungle + Brainstorm
5 minutes readAnne Francis: Actress starred in Honey West. As part of its “Summer Under the Stars” film series, Turner Classic Movies is showing 12 Anne Francis movies today, including three TCM premieres. …
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Ralph Bellamy Movies: ‘Sunrise at Campobello’ & ‘Carefree’
6 minutes readRalph Bellamy in Sunrise at Campobello, with Greer Garson: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Ralph Bellamy was what many would call a “dependable” player: always there (nearly 100 movies), always …
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Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire. Marlon Brando movies on TCM Marlon Brando is the first star in the 2011 edition of Turner Classic Movies’ annual …
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Gloria Grahame Movies: Crossfire + The Big Heat Tough Siren
6 minutes readGloria Grahame in Crossfire. In films, Grahame usually came across as vulgar, sleazy, and untrustworthy – and I mean that as a compliment; in my book, shady movie characters have …
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Paul Newman Movies: Hud + Torn Curtain
6 minutes readPaul Newman in Hud. Paul Newman, who died this past Sept. 26 at age 83, will be the Star of the Day on Turner Classic Movies this Sunday, Oct. 12. …
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Don Siegel Movies: From Alien Pods to Clint Eastwood
2 minutes readClint Eastwood in Dirty Harry. Don Siegel Movies: From Alien Pods to Clint Eastwood From March 17 through April 13, New York City’s Film Forum (website) will be screening a …
Humphrey Bogart Movies: To Have and Have Not + Key Largo
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not. Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall: From To Have and Have Not to Key Largo Humphrey Bogart (born on Christmas …
Dialect Coach Robert Easton: ‘Henry Higgins of Hollywood’
Actor and dialect coach Robert Easton, known as the “Henry Higgins of Hollywood,” died of “natural causes” on Friday, Dec. 16, in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake. Easton …
Clint Eastwood Movies: The Bridges of Madison County
Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County, with Meryl Streep. Clint Eastwood is the last star to be featured in Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” series, 2010 …