October 17, 1916: Swimming star-turned-actress Annette Kellerman causes a sensation when she appears in the nude in Daughter of the Gods. October 18, 1931: “The Wizard of Menlo Park” and film pioneer Thomas Alva Edison passes away at the age…
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Red Starring Karl Urban: An Interview
Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker head the cast of the new action-comedy Red. But it was veteran thespian Ernest Borgnine who really made an impression on actor Karl Urban. “Having Ernest Borgnine on set…
Read more →Cinema of Brotherly Love: Philadelphia Film Festival ’10
The annual Philadelphia Film Festival is back, and in its nineteenth incarnation. Over the years, it has shifted in size, season, focus, and administrators. But following a big dust-up between two opposing factions vying for control of the festival –and…
Read more →The Man from Laramie (1955): Movie Review
The 1950s is arguably the finest decade for western films, with not only the work of Anthony Mann, but fine work from John Ford (The Searchers, The Horse Soldiers, Rio Grande), Howard Hawks (Rio Bravo), Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) and…
Read more →Let Us Now Praise Zeppo Marx
He’s been called “Zero Marx,” “the Missing Marx Brother” and “the Rodney Dangerfield” of the foursome. He was part of the screen’s greatest comedy team, yet–ironically–is now a footnote in Hollywood history, and on those rare occasions his name is brought up it’s…
Read more →Child Actor Success Stories: The Comeback Kids
Guest contributor Victoria Balloon writes: People have always been enthralled by showbiz talent in the very young, and movies are the ultimate showcase for young entertainers. Unfortunately, they are also a way for parents with unfulfilled ambitions to live vicariously…
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Flick or Treat: Classic Horror Movies for Halloween
So, what do you watch when you want to have fun being scared on Halloween? A fan of classic horror movies who prefers shivers over gore offers his picks for the most entertaining October 31st fright fare.
Read more →Remembering Tony Curtis
On September 29th, one of the last great Hollywood legends, Tony Curtis died in his Las Vegas area home; He was 85. Born Bernie Schwartz , he was the son of a Bronx tailor. He recalled growing up in a tough…
Read more →This Week In Movie History 10/10/2010
October 15, 1915: The Supreme Court finds Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company guilty of restraint of trade against the independents, spelling the trust’s doom. October 10, 1939: Babes in Arms, the first in a popular quartet of Busby Berkeley musicals…
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