Ann Sothern: Although never a superstar, throughout her unusual and unusually long Hollywood career – after a long apprenticeship, she enjoyed two career peaks – Ann Sothern was billed above…
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Jimmy Edwards. Best known for his radio and television work – Take It from Here in the former medium; Whack-O! in the latter – British comedian Jimmy Edwards was seen,…
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Merle Oberon: ‘Exotic’ and mysterious star of British and American cinema was a victim of the ‘Marion Davies Syndrome.’ Merle Oberon movies: ‘Exotic’ and underrated actress with mysterious past is…
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Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, and Ingrid Bergman: The ‘Notorious’ British (Hitchcock, Grant) and Swedish (Bergman) talent. British actors and directors in Hollywood; Hollywood actors and directors in Britain: Anthony Slide’s…
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Raymond Massey. Raymond Massey movies: From Lincoln to Boris Karloff Though hardly remembered today, the Toronto-born Raymond Massey was a top supporting player – and sometime lead – in both…
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Mother roles: Teresa Wright in The Actress, with daughter Jean Simmons and husband Spencer Tracy. Teresa Wright in the 1950s: From Marlon Brando leading lady to spinsters and mother roles…
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2014: Two Lives with Liv Ullmann and Julia Bache-Wiig. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2014 semifinalists: Liv Ullmann potential Academy Awards comeback Out of 76…
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Randolph Scott and Cary Grant ca. 1933: Gay lovers? Randolph Scott and Cary Grant: Gay lovers or good friends and roommates? (See previous post: “Randolph Scott Movies: From Westerns to…
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Eleanor Parker movies. Eleanor Parker movies on TCM Palms Springs area resident Eleanor Parker, who turns 91 next June 26, was one of the best actresses of Hollywood’s studio era.…
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Turhan Bey: 1940s Universal Technicolor fantasy & adventure actor Turhan Bey, best remembered for being featured along with Maria Montez and Jon Hall in a number of Technicolor “Easterns” at…
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Rita Hayworth: Gilda was career peak. Rita Hayworth is Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Evening. TCM will be presenting the quintessential Hayworth in Gilda at 5 p.m. PT. That’ll…
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Mary Pickford Building: The Lot a.k.a. Pickford-Fairbanks Studios Los Angeles just got uglier. Despite protests, the Mary Pickford Building on West Hollywood’s The Lot has been destroyed by its current…
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William Wyler was one of the greatest film directors Hollywood – or any other film industry – has ever produced. Today, Wyler lacks the following of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford,…
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Model and sometime actress Doe Avedon Siegel, best known for her marriages to photographer Richard Avedon and to Dirty Harry movie director Don Siegel, died Sunday in Los Angeles. She…
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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…