1963’s acclaimed romantic dramedy Love with the Proper Stranger stars Natalie Wood as Angie Rossini, a “good Italian girl” who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand with Rocky Papasanso (Steve McQueen). Initally, Angie desires only to track down Rocky to…
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As September swiftly passes, we hope you’ll take some time out from your busy schedule to catch some of the great releases that are now available. From recent dramedies to studio classics from the 1960s to CGI sci-fi tales, there…
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The title character in Cash McCall does not make an appearance until eighteen minutes into the film. Still, he dominates the opening scenes. Little girls sing about him as they jump rope. Business executives describe him as a “jackal,” a…
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Has there ever been a better film about teen angst than the 1955 James Dean classic Rebel Without a Cause? Director Nicholas Ray‘s powerful character study of alienated youth stars Dean as new kid in town Jim Stark, who faces…
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Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk are contestants in a 1908 trans-global road rally in The Great Race. Guest writer Kristen Lopez takes the checkered flag with her look at director Blake Edwards’ slapstick epic, which turns 50 this year.
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On this day in movie history spotlighting Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Mel Blanc and the The Great Train Robbery!
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A historic look at classic movie history week by week featuring Orson Welles, Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood, Busby Berkeley, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
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St. Nick a meanie? Guest blogger Jessica Pickens explores Santa Claus as he’s seen in the movie Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and in TV’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964).
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Type the keyword “Christmas” into the Internet Movie Database, and you’ll get a listing of more than 3,000 film and TV titles stretching back to 1897. Certainly no other holiday comes close to the number of times some aspect of the…
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This doe-eyed brunette beauty followed up a successful stint as a child star with a run as one of Hollywood’s most popular female leads of the ’60s, rendering a series of noteworthy performances as emotionally fragile young women. Born in San…
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