In movies like the Oscar-nominated The Cardinal, actress Carol Lynley portrayed great-looking ‘girls-next-door’ who dared to defy social traditions.
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The Poseidon Adventure actress Carol Lynley should also be remembered for a landmark teen pregnancy drama and for a first-rate British thriller.
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Jimmy Stewart. ‘Jimmy’ Stewart: Unlikely Hollywood star enjoyed decades-long career in a variety of genres The personification of all-American aw-shucksiness – of the sort you find only in bad movies…
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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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Porgy and Bess film: Costly and controversial + hard-to-find black musical version of Gershwin Broadway hit is most notable LoC National Registry entry.
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Weird stuff happened at the most recent MTV Movie Awards ceremony: Justin Timberlake grabbed Mila Kunis’ breasts, Mila Kunis grabbed Justin Timberlake’s crotch, Robert Pattinson kissed Taylor Lautner instead of…
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Jill Haworth in Exodus with Eva Marie Saint. Actress Jill Haworth, who was seen in a handful of movies and television shows since 1960 but who was best known as…
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Lee Remick. Great news for Lee Remick fans: eleven of her movies will be shown on Thursday, Aug. 26, on Turner Classic Movies. Remick Day is part of TCM’s “Summer…
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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…
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Gene Tierney in Laura with Clifton Webb: Classic 1944 film noir. Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb, Otto Preminger’s classic 1944 film noir Laura, one of the best…
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‘Porgy and Bess’: Rare movie version of George Gershwin musical New York screening The Samuel Goldwyn-produced, Otto Preminger-directed 1959 musical Porgy and Bess “was a much-touted, much-seen and in some…
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Frank Sinatra in ‘The Man with the Golden Arm’: Groundbreaking drug addiction drama. Although hardly one of Otto Preminger’s better films, The Man with the Golden Arm is worth a…
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Otto Preminger film noir Laura with Gene Tierney and Clifton Webb. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “A Centennial Tribute to Otto Preminger” will be hosted by filmmaker…
Ben Gazzara, who was featured on Broadway in the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in movies by the likes of John Cassavetes, Otto Preminger, and Peter Bogdanovich,…
Clara Bow, known as the “It” Girl, stars in the appropriately titled It. Part III of Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood, “The Dream Merchants,” narrated by Christopher…
As the title implies, BearManor Media’s The History of Independent Cinema covers the century-long development of – American – filmmaking outside the big-studio lots. Now, who were those independents? Well,…
Ramon Novarro and Enid Bennett in The Red Lily. Generally, I post my “Can’t Miss” warnings days after the must-see movies have been shown on television. I’ve decided to try something…