Back in the day, many television notables tried to parlay their small-screen popularity into a movie career. In today’s showbiz world, actors move from TV to film to theatre with no harm. However, it was once considered beneath a…
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Everyone has heard how the first prime time animated TV series, 1960’s The Flintstones from Hanna-Barbera, was inspired by Jackie Gleason’s seminal sitcom The Honeymooners. One year later, the studio did it again, adapting The Phil Silvers Show, aka Sergeant…
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To earn an Academy Award nomination for your film debut is no small accomplishment, but that’s just what happened to Terence Stamp following his title turn in 1962’s maritime drama Billy Budd. The famed British actor, who was born in…
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Since the silent film era, taglines have been with us to promote Hollywood’s latest cinematic masterpieces. A catchy slogan can entice the masses to shell out their hard-earned cash to see what the fuss is all about. Some taglines capture a…
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From the Ancient Roman myths of Romulus and Remus to such reality TV “favorites” as Jon & Kate Plus 8, multiple births have fascinated folks for millennia. In the early 20th century, interest in childbirth and medical science gave rise…
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The greatest bicycle movie this side of Vittorio De Sica Bicycle Thieves marked a milestone this past weekend. Saturday was the 40th anniversary of the opening of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. Director Tim Burton’s debut feature followed Paul Reubens as Pee-wee…
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It’s a well-known fact that about three-fourths of all Silent Era films no longer exist, their prints having been lost due to decay, neglect, or accident over time. One of the most famous of these missing movies is the 1927…
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Just as in life, animals have always been part of the movies…especially dogs. In the current Superman film (highly recommended) the Man of Steel’s dog Krypto has a major role. Krypto first appeared in Adventure Comics in 1955. He proved…
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If Farrah Fawcett-Majors was the queen of 1970s pin-up models, running a close second was another statuesque blonde in a red swimsuit, Loni Anderson. The TV/film actress, who rose to fame on the 1978-82 CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati…
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This week marks the 119th anniversary of the birth of Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter, and actor John Huston. Born in the small town of Nevada, Missouri on August 5, 1906, John was the son of vaudeville performer/film actor Walter Huston….
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