Jane Powell. Jane Powell movies: MGM actress in musicals of the 1940s & 1950s Jane Powell, the youthful star of a series of lighthearted Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer color comedy-musicals of the 1940s…
Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire movies: Dancing in the dark & on the ceiling on TCM Aug. 5 is Fred Astaire Day on Turner Classic Movies, as TCM continues with its…
Jerry Weintraub produced The Karate Kid 1984 with Ralph Macchio. Jerry Weintraub: ‘The Karate Kid’ & ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ producer dead at 77 Former talent agent turned film and television producer…
Shirley Jones. Shirley Jones movies: ‘Elmer Gantry’ Oscar winner on TCM A few weeks ago, Shirley Jones, 79, made headlines following the publication of her book of memoirs, concisely titled…
Esther Williams. Esther Williams: Swimwear-garbed star of MGM Technicolor musicals dead at 91 Esther Williams, known for her swimming skills and ability to smile and keep her make-up and coiffure…
Ann Rutherford Gone with the Wind actress dies. Ann Rutheford, best remembered as Scarlett O’Hara’s younger sister Carreen in the 1939 blockbuster Gone with the Wind, died earlier this evening…
Dean Martin would have turned 94 years old on Tuesday, June 7. Generally a somnolent presence in low-brow comedies co-starring either Jerry Lewis or Frank Sinatra, Martin was at his…
Ricardo Montalban, who co-starred in several 1940s MGM musicals and later played the mysterious host in the long-running 1970s TV series Fantasy Island, died this morning at his Los Angeles…
Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet. When one thinks of 1950s science-fiction films, one thinks of the sort of schlocky black-and-white B movies that were parodied on…