Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa: as former nightclub dancer Maria Vargas, Gardner discovers that the life of a noblewoman is not what it’s cracked up to be. Eleven years later, Swinging Londoner Julie Christie would learn the same lesson in John Schlesinger’s Darling. Ava…
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Cary Grant in ‘I Was a Male War Bride’: Classic gender-bending comedy. Cary Grant films on TCM: Gender-bending comedy classic ‘I Was a Male War Bride,’ reactionary adventure flick ‘Gunga Din’ More Cary Grant films will be aired tonight, Dec. 15, ’14, as Turner Classic…
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Honorary Award non-recipient Marlene Dietrich. Honorary Award: Academy ‘snubbed’ Gloria Swanson & Rita Hayworth + Marlene Dietrich & dozens of other women (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars: Doris Day & Danielle Darrieux ‘Snubbed.’”) A sizable chunk of part three of this three-part article about the…
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Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews as the flying-umbrella-carrying, brat-rearing title character. As the Walt Disney Studios’ Saving Mr. Banks adds about 2,000 North American theaters, the U.S. Library of Congress adds Mary Poppins to the National Film Registry, resulting in some always welcome free publicity…
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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 be followed by the quintessential anti-Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai, plus Fire Down Below,…
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Andrew Embiricos, grandson of Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan, was found dead of an apparent suicide at his West 17th Street apartment in Chelsea, New York City on Dec. 4. Embiricos was 25. Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos was the son of…
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Tyrone Power: Q&A with researcher Maria Ciaccia about one of the biggest film stars of the 20th century Among the romantic leading men of the studio era, Tyrone Power, 20th Century Fox’s top male star from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s, is my favorite.…
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Rita Hayworth in Gilda. Rita Hayworth & Fred Astaire movies Friday-Saturday, Aug. 15–16, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Since TCM is currently leasing Columbia’s library, this year’s Rita Hayworth Day includes most of the actress’ best films. Gilda (right), of course, is a must for…