Renée Asherson in Henry V (1944), with Laurence Olivier. ‘Henry V’ movie (1944) actress Renée Asherson dead at 99: Laurence Olivier leading lady in acclaimed Shakespearean classic Renée Asherson, a British stage actress featured in London productions of A Streetcar…
Robert Donat
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1939 Best Picture Oscar nominees: Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind, that year’s eventual winner. 1939 Best Picture Oscar nominees on TCM Turner Classic Movies’ homage to the 1939 Best Picture Oscar nominees continues this evening, Feb. 12, ’11,…
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Alfred Hitchcock British films: The Lady Vanishes with Dame May Whitty, Margaret Lockwood, and Michael Redgrave. On Nov. 27–28, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (website) will present the last four films in its “Hitchcock: The British Thrillers” series.…
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Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939 with Robert Donat and Greer Garson. Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s…
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Robert Donat in The Magic Box: All-star biopic. London’s BFI Southbank has been hosting an homage to Robert Donat, who died fifty years ago (on June 9, 1958) of a chronic asthma attack at the age of 53. In spite of…