Saddle up! Guest contributor Cowgirl Victoria “Buckaroo” Balloon writes: A Saturday afternoon at the movies was practically synonymous with seeing a cowboy picture. From exciting serials with cliff-hanging action to full-length features, there are so many greats to choose from—Ken…
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This outspokenly indomitable, unconventionally pretty New Englander reached Broadway and Hollywood through seeming force of will, and her craftwork and determination ensured a performing legacy that has endured for generations after her heyday. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts to a patent…
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Here are 10 trivia facts about Gran Torino from 2008, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to comment and add…
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From prim and proper spinsters to wise-cracking schoolmarms, Edna May Oliver had a storied career as one of Hollywood’s most popular character actresses in the ’30s and ’40s. The sour-faced star of Little Women and David Copperfield is today’s Scene Stealer.
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Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda… and woke up with me. –Rita Hayworth Even Rita Hayworth realized she was not Gilda Mundson Farrell, the blowzy wife of casino owner George MacReady, who was once romantically involved with…
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Guest blogger The Siren writes: The first thing to know about Wee Willie Winkie is that it isn’t a Shirley Temple movie that happened to be directed by John Ford; it’s a John Ford movie that happened to star Shirley…
Read more →To see a complete list of all movie polls, click here ““baby boomer” is defined as those born between 1946 and 1964”
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Guest blogger Greg Orypeck writes: In these hard economic times, a little bit of escapism might be a good thing, almost essential, wouldn’t you say? How better to escape than by going into a movie theater, or, okay, watching a DVD in a…
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MGM is getting into the DVD-on-demand business. But what just does that mean? Many people know that most of the classic films of the fabled studio have belonged to Warner Brothers for years. And the studio that once gave us…
Read more →January 4, 1954: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the right of film distributors to confine first-run engagements to downtown theaters. January 8, 1954: Sydney Greenstreet, memorable screen heavy (in every sense of the term) of The Maltese Falcon and other…
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