Groucho Marx Movies: From classic A Night at the Opera to disastrous The Story of Mankind plus still pertinent political satire Duck Soup.
Anna Magnani in Rome, Open City, known in the U.S. as Open City. ‘Rome, Open City’ returns: 4K digital restoration of Roberto Rossellini masterpiece at London’s BFI Southbank A restored…
Gay Movie Scenes: Paul America in Andy Warhol’s My Hustler. Controversial Gay Movie Scenes at LACMA: Andy Warhol & Gus Van Sant + Jean Genet Whether or not you find…
Tony Martin movies Actor-singer Tony Martin, once married to 20th Century Fox singing star Alice Faye and the widower of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dancer-actress Cyd Charisse, died of “natural causes” at his…
Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson In the last couple of days, two hand/footprint ceremonies at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre have been announced: Mickey Rourke will dirty his hands and feet…
Groucho Marx, Thelma Todd in Norman Z. McLeod’s Monkey Business It’s Thelma Todd day on Turner Classic Movies. As part of TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars” series, about a dozen…
Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Cavill, and director Woody Allen. Woody Allen’s return to NYC has resulted in one of his best comedies in years. Of course, he hasn’t been making…
Author and photographer Mark A. Vieira (right), who has been a friend for a number of years, has recently written no less than two books on Irving G. Thalberg, the…
Barry Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby and Gene Lockhart in Going My Way Leo McCarey is Turner Classic Movies’ Director of the Evening this Christmas. Considering that McCarey was an ardent Catholic,…
Vilma Banky. Edward G. Robinson was only 37 years old when he gave this hammy, scene-stealing, over-the-top performance as Tony, a middle-aged Italian grape grower in Napa Valley, California, in…