Frances Dee movies: From ‘An American Tragedy’ to ‘Four Faces West’ Frances Dee began her film career at the dawn of the sound era, going from extra to leading lady …
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Merle Oberon: Glamour Actress with mysterious past dons men’s clothes and fights Nazis, but her private life more dramatic than her films.
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British Cinema vs. Hollywood: Q&A with author Anthony Slide about ties between US and UK talent, from Alfred Hitchcock to Harry Potter.
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Norma Shearer: Queen of MGM and the movies’ Early Liberated Woman often played roles well ahead of both their and our own time.
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Olivia de Havilland Turns 99: Sole Surviving major Gone with the Wind Cast Member Filed Lawsuit vs. Warner Bros. that Changed U.S. Labor Law.
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Teresa Wright: Actress Made Oscar History for her work in The Little Foxes, Mrs Miniver and The Pride of the Yankees – feat still unmatched.
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Maria von Trapp was one of the singing von Trapp family members that inspired the characters in Robert Wise’s 1965 blockbuster The Sound of Music. Maria von Trapp dead at 99: …
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Bette Davis’ eyes keep Watch on the Rhine. Bette Davis’ eyes are watching everything and everyone on Turner Classic Movies this evening, as TCM continues with its “Summer Under the …
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1939 Best Picture Oscar Nominees: Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Love Affair on TCM. 3 must-watch screen classics.
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Pygmalion with Wendy Hiller, Leo Genn, Irene Browne, and Violet Vanbrugh: Co-directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard (who also stars), MGM’s version of George Bernard Shaw’s play is considered …
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How long is Gone with the Wind? Long enough for Clark Gable to watch Vivien Leigh grow from teenage belle to womanly Civil War survivor. “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best …
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Under Full Sail. Under Full Sail – Silent Cinema on the High Seas Flicker Alley (website) in association with the Blackhawk Film Collection has announced the release of “Under Full …
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Femme Fatale Ann Savage: Detour actress The Meanest Woman in Film History for superlative performance as film noir psychopath.
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Bette Davis – young and older – is the subject of a Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences centennial tribute. Bette Davis …
Vivien Leigh Movies: Anglo-Indian-Armenian Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Alicia Rhett as India Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. ‘Gone with the Wind’ actress Alicia Rhett dead at 98; was oldest surviving credited GWTW cast member Gone with the …
Like many other Hollywood filmmakers of the studio era, Frank Lloyd (1886-1960) is hardly remembered today despite his numerous box office successes – e.g., The Sea Hawk (1924), Mutiny on …
Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Intermezzo. Ingrid Bergman movies on Monday, Aug. 25, on Turner Classic Movies: Before being vilified, accursed, and banished from Hollywood because of her adulterous affair with …