Casablanca Newlywed Joy Page Dies at 83
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Bogie told her, "Go Back to Bulgaria." But then he arranged for the luckless refugee groom to win miraculously at the roulette table - so the lovely young bride ... Read More
The Chairman of the Board on TCM in May
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Turner Classic Movies is serving up a heapin' helpin' of Ol' Blue Eyes in May, playing a bunch of classic Frank Sinatra films, launching a web site and running all ... Read More
Live Where Alfred Hitchcock Lived
Thursday April 24, 2008
The delightfully self-aware blog "Alfred Hitchcock Geek" informs us that the Shamley Green "cottage" where the master of suspense once lived is on the block, if you can come up ... Read More
Shrinking Man May be Remade, Sort Of
Tuesday April 22, 2008
The Hollywood blogs and rags report that director Brett Ratner is in talks to remake The Incredible Shrinking Man, playing it for laughs with Eddie Murphy in the leading role ... Read More
Scream Queen Hazel Court Passes Away
Tuesday April 22, 2008
She got her start as a pin-up girl -- now there's a phrase you don't hear much anymore.
Hazel Court, known best for her ability to shriek and to show ... Read More
The Last of the Great Old Disney Animators Passes On: Ollie Johnston
Thursday April 17, 2008
You may never have heard Ollie Johnston's name, but I know you've seen his work. Johnston, the last of the "Nine Old Men" who created the legendary animation of Disney's ... Read More
Collector's Edition of A Passage to India
Monday April 14, 2008
To honor the 100th anniversary of director David Lean's birth, Sony has released a new collector's edition DVD and Blu-Ray of A Passage to India, E.M. Forster's classic novel of ... Read More
When Warner Brothers Cartoons Went to War
Sunday April 13, 2008
Here's a bit of nostalgia from WWII, when the Warner Brothers cartoon studio was in its Golden Age with Chuck Jones, and the military needed an engaging character to teach ... Read More
Tragic Marilyn Monroe Portrait Fetches $457k
Saturday April 12, 2008
It's not sexy. Not nude. Not glamorous, flirtatious, outrageous, audacious, or playful.
It's just sad. Lovely and sad.
Richard Avedon's indelible portrait of an actress whose public persona ... Read More
Turner Classic Movies Honors Heston Friday
Monday April 7, 2008
To mark the passing of the great, gorgeous movie star who was Charlton Heston, Turner Classic Movies will air several of his films this Friday in a 15-hour block starting ... Read More
Best. Mother's. Day. Present. Ever.
Monday April 7, 2008
Even though I suspect it's a tradition mostly kept alive by retailers who like to invent holidays to keep the cash registers ringing, I do like to send my ... Read More
Charlton Heston Dies at 84
Sunday April 6, 2008
Charlton Heston, an old-school movie star whose ruggedly handsome profile looked as good in Bibilical epics as in path-breaking science fiction, died April 5th at his home in California at ... Read More
A Century of Bette
Wednesday April 2, 2008
UPDATE: Turner Classic Movies will run a marathon of classic Bette Davis movies to mark her centennial, kicking off early Saturday. Check their schedule for details.
April marks the ... Read More
Ex-Pat Director Jules Dassin Dead at 96
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Jules Dassin, the black-listed Hollywood director who practically invented the heist film with Rififi and Topkapi has died of complications of the flu in Athens.
Also known for his film noir ... Read More