Douglas Sirk blockbuster Imitation of Life, with Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, and Karin Dicker. Douglas Sirk movies: ‘Imitation of Life,’ ‘Written on the Wind’ Douglas Sirk is Turner Classic Movies’…
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Sara Montiel Sara Montiel: Legendary Spanish movie and recording superstar Sara Montiel, a.k.a. Sarita Montiel a.k.a. Saritisima, one of the Spanish-speaking world’s biggest film and recording stars, died yesterday, April…
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Peter Breck (right, in Shock Corridor), best known for his role as the short-tempered Nick Barkley in the 1960s television series The Big Valley, died Monday, Feb. 6, in Vancouver.…
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Actress Eve Brent, best remembered for playing Jane twice opposite Gordon Scott’s Tarzan, died August 27 of “natural causes” at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Sun Valley, Calif. She…
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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…
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Greer Garson in Random Harvest with Ronald Colman. Greer Garson, one of the most underrated actresses of the studio era, will have her day – and I mean “day” as in morning…
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Made in USA: Jean-Luc Godard effort stars Anna Karina. When the young cinephiles who would later spawn the French New Wave attended screenings of Hollywood films at the Cinémathèque Française…
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The Naked Kiss (movie 1964) review: Samuel Fuller crime drama is an underrated gem that teaches audiences a couple of valuable lessons re: good citizenship and telephones.
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Film noir New York: Sweet Smell of Success with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. Whenever I think of film noir, I – somewhat incongruously – immediately picture murder and mayhem…
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Barbara Stanwyck in The Furies. “A Lady to Talk About: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck” is the title of the retrospective being presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive…
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Alexander Payne’s California-set road movie Sideways was the big winner. Imelda Staunton and Liam Neeson topped the acting categories.
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sidney Lumet, Murder on the Orient Express. Among Lumet’s most notable big-screen efforts are the U.S. justice system dramas 12 Angry Men and The Verdict; the…
Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall in The Cobweb. Monday, Aug. 11, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Of the Richard Widmark vehicles that I’ve seen, the best one by far is…
Thelma Ritter publicity shot ca. early 1950s. Thelma Ritter: Six-time Oscar nominee would have turned 101 today Six-time Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Thelma Ritter, who was born on…