31 Days of Oscar: Ben-Hur Proves That Bigger not Necessarily Better plus grandiose David Lean while Spencer Tracy nearly ruins British drama.
Robert Donat
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Henry V Movie (1944) Actress Renée Asherson: Laurence Olivier’s Leading Lady was London stage star married to Oscar winner Robert Donat.
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Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Peter O’Toole: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ actor & eight-time Oscar nominee Stage, film, and television actor Peter O’Toole, an eight-time …
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Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady. Rex Harrison hat on TCM: ‘My Fair Lady,’ ‘Anna and the King of Siam’ Rex Harrison is Turner Classic Movies’ final “Summer Under the …
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Don Sharp: Psychomania + The Kiss of the Vampire Director
2 minutes readAccording to various online sources, Tasmanian-born director Don Sharp has died at age 89. A former small-time actor (The Planter’s Wife, The Cruel Sea), Sharp (born April 19, 1922, in …
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Marlene Dietrich Movies: Mystery and Glamour
7 minutes readMarlene Dietrich movies. German-born Marlene Dietrich is Turner Classic Movies last “Summer Under the Stars” star of 2011. Today, TCM is showing 12 Marlene Dietrich movies, in addition to J. …
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Best Picture 1939 Oscar Nominees
4 minutes read1939 Best Picture Oscar Nominees: Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Love Affair on TCM. 3 must-watch screen classics.
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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 …
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Jack Cardiff: Master of Color Cinematography
4 minutes readCinematographer and director Jack Cardiff, one of the early masters of color cinematography, has died. He was 94. (Image: Peter Ustinov in Death on the Nile, shot by Jack Cardiff.) Cardiff’s …
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Peter Lorre + Greer Garson Movies
8 minutes readPeter Lorre & Greer Garson movies: TCM’s ‘Summer Under the Stars’ Wednesday-Thursday, Aug. 13–14, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Peter Lorre and Greer Garson. Greer Garson and Peter Lorre. How …
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Jean Parker: Last Surviving Little Women Actress
9 minutes readJean Parker: Last Surviving Little Women 1933 actress and Lady for a Day ingenue + star of sleeper MGM hit Sequoia and whose husband was Batman actor.
Deborah Kerr: Sexual Outlaw
Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity. With Deborah Kerr, it’s not the bare shoulders that matter. It’s the eyes. Deborah Kerr, who died at the age of 86 …
Alfred Hitchcock British Films + Charles Chaplin & All-American Nazis + Berlin Classics
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 …
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 …