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Current News & Features

A Tribute to Olivia de Havilland
Celebrating the 93rd birthday of the well-liked leading lady who is best known for a supporting role and who successfully fought the studio system in 1943.
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Karl Malden Dead at 97
Beloved supporting actor Karl Malden has died at the age of 97. An Oscar-winner for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), he was also nominated for his supporting role as the priest in On the Waterfront (1954) and appeared in 70 films and TV shows during a career stretching back to the 1940s (and before that on Broadway). He was best known to modern audiences as a spokesman for American Express, and for his role in Streets of San Francisco with Michael Douglas.
Internet Movie Database.

Gale Storm Dies at 87
Actress Gale Storm, best known for starring in two popular 1950s TV comedies, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show, has died at the age of 87. She was exceeded in popularity at the time only by Lucille Ball. She appeared in dozens of movies beginning in 1940 before switching to TV. She was also a recording artist with a number of popular hit songs.
Internet Movie Database.

A Tribute to Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward was born in poverty, received her first Oscar nomination after 10 years as an actress, got four more before finally winning one, then died of cancer at the age of 58. She fought every step of the way, and gave us many memorable performances.
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A Tribute to Richard Rodgers
He wrote over forty-two Broadway musicals, first with Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein II. Nineteen were made into films which are the core of the great crop of musicals of the "golden age" in the 40s and 50s.
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A Tribute to Billy Wilder
A tribute to the great director of Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and many more.
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A Tribute to Errol Flynn
He received no formal recognition from his peers during his career, and even today the Academy has yet to recognize his achievements, but this prodigal son of Hollywood was one of the original action heroes, and lived a life offscreen that was often more flamboyant than those of his famous characters.
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A Tribute to Jeanette MacDonald
Her eight films with Nelson Eddy made the pair the biggest musical team of their era. It may have been cornball to some critics, but it was successful, popular, and well-sung cornball!
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New on DVD
Here are four recent DVD releases, including new editions of The Diary of Anne Frank and Woodstock, plus Tom and Jerry and The Three Stooges.
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Summer Movies
A list of classic films with the word "summer" in the title, or with summer themes, to help you find something appropriate for the season. Not just beach blanket bingo, either.
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