Hal Prince Broadway musical legend: Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator + remembering subversive cult classic.
(See previous post: “Gay Pride Movie Series Comes to a Close: From Heterosexual Angst to Indonesian Coup.”) Ken Russell’s Valentino (1977) is notable for starring ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev as…
Turner Classic Movies’ 2017 Gay Pride film series comes to a close this evening and tomorrow morning, Thursday–Friday, June 29–30, with the presentation of seven movies, hosted by TV interviewer…
More ‘Gay Hollywood’ movies: Montgomery Clift & Anthony Perkins On the day a U.S. appeals court lifted an injunction that blocked a Mississippi “religious freedom” law – i.e., giving Christian…
Anne Francis: Actress starred in Honey West. As part of its “Summer Under the Stars” film series, Turner Classic Movies is showing 12 Anne Francis movies today, including three TCM premieres.…
Tab Hunter turns 80 today. In his honor, Turner Classic Movies is airing five of his films. The first of the batch, Phil Karlson’s Western Gunman’s Walk, is on right…
Lilli Palmer in USSR hit featuring real-life suspected communist agent + 1 of Greatest ‘Conservative’ Movies and Silent Version of baffling gay icon.
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…
The Barker with Dorothy Mackaill and Milton Sills. Among the good & rarities screened at the UCLA Film and Television Archive Festival of Preservation (website) was a restored print of…
An experimental cult classic and a Glenn Ford star vehicle are among new DVDs featuring long-unseen titles with a little-known John Wayne connection.
Rossana Podesta in Helen of Troy with Jacques Sernas. Rossana Podesta dies: ‘Helen of Troy’ actress later featured in sword-and-sandal spectacles & risqué sex comedies Rossana Podesta, the sensual star…
Wholesome silent era superstars Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks drawn by Vargas (probably best known for his drawings of naked and semi-naked women in Playboy), Motion Picture Long before Robert Pattinson,…