Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Mei 31, 2007
Bugs Bunny, Gene Autry, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Joanne Woodward

The Hollywood Walk of Fame, with its star-shaped plaques extends on Hollywood Boulevard from Gower Street to La Brea, and on Vine Street fro...

"Community" Theaters

"Community" Theaters

Mei 30, 2007
carnival glass, Depression glass, downtown movie houses, influence of the film industry on America

Two teenage girls in the 1930s won a prize turkey in a raffle at their local movie house. They lived in a city, close to the downtown where...

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Mei 29, 2007
Errol Flynn, Eugene Pallette, My Man Godfrey, Robin Hood, The Lady Eve, William Powell

Most of Eugene Pallette’s film career occurred before 1930, in the days of silent films. He was young, he was slim, he was silent. We probab...

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Mei 28, 2007
Claudette Colbert, George Reeves, Memorial Day, Paulette Goddard, So Proudly We Hail, Veronica Lake, Walter Abel, World War II

Today is Memorial Day in the U.S., when we commemorate members of the American armed forces who have lost their lives in war. Among the man...

John Wayne - 100th Anniversary

John Wayne - 100th Anniversary

Mei 24, 2007
Barry Fitzgerald, John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Mildred Natwick, Stagecoach, The Quiet Man, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, World War II

I once met an Arizona cowboy, a real cowboy, not a film one, who said he wanted to vote for John Wayne as President. That Wayne had entered...

Katharine Hepburn - 100th Anniversary

Katharine Hepburn - 100th Anniversary

Mei 23, 2007
Katharine Hepburn, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Morning Glory, Spencer Tracy

May 12th marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Katharine Hepburn, who, with four Best Actress Academy Award wins needs no career desc...

Sir Laurence Olivier - 100th Anniversary

Sir Laurence Olivier - 100th Anniversary

Mei 22, 2007
49th Parallel, Hamlet, Laurence Olivier, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, Vivien Leigh, Wuthering Heights

We cover three giants this week with a great many differences between them, but one particular thing in common, which is the 100th anniversa...

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Mei 21, 2007
Alan Hale Sr, Basil Rathbone, Bugs Bunny, Claude Rains, Daffy Duck, Errol Flynn, Eugene Pallette, Olivia de Havilland, Porky Pig, Robin Hood, Una O'Connor, Warner Brothers

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) looks as fun and lusty a good time as people could have overthrowing a corrupt government while wearing...

Stella Dallas (1937)

Stella Dallas (1937)

Mei 17, 2007
Alan Hale Sr, Anne Shirley, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Stella Dallas

“Stella Dallas” (1937) is one of the reasons why Barbara Stanwyck was one of the best actresses of her generation. It demonstrates not only ...

Alan Hale, Sr.

Alan Hale, Sr.

Mei 16, 2007
Alan Hale Sr, Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn, Great Expectations, Of Human Bondage, Robin Hood, Stella Dallas, The Scarlet Letter, Warner Brothers

Alan Hale, Sr. has been called one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood, with 235 films under his belt. He began in 1911 with “The C...

Some Movie Icons

Some Movie Icons

Mei 15, 2007
Audrey Hepburn, B-westerns, Grace Kelly, John Ford, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Stagecoach

Grace Kelly became a 1950s acting icon, after appearing in only 11 films and also in a number of early television guest roles. Audrey Hepbu...

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Mei 14, 2007
Bronson Gate, Fred MacMurray, Paramount Pictures, Sunset Blvd.

Paramount is 95 years old this year. It is the only motion picture studio from Hollywood’s “Golden Age” to remain in Hollywood after the m...

The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Part 2

The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Part 2

Mei 10, 2007
Adolf Hitler, D.W. Griffith, Don Imus, Ku Klux Klan, Mae Marsh, racism in Hollywood, Rutgers women's basketball team, The Birth of a Nation, the Civil War

The story of the Northern Stoneman family and the Southern Cameron family is played out over many years. A lot happens in the film: a war, ...

The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Part 1

The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Part 1

Mei 09, 2007
D.W. Griffith, Donald Crisp, Ku Klux Klan, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, racism, silent films, The Birth of a Nation, the Civil War

Director D. W. Griffith was astonished to find himself called a racist upon the release of his landmark film, “The Birth of a Nation.” This ...

Five Films from 1941

Five Films from 1941

Mei 08, 2007
Citizen Kane, Frank Capra, John Huston, Joseph Cotten, Lillian Hellman, Meet John Doe, Orson Welles, Sullivans Travels, The Little Foxes, The Maltese Falcon

Five films from 1941, and I think the top five are, in no special order: “Citizen Kane” “The Little Foxes” “The Maltese Falcon” “Meet John D...

Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

Mei 07, 2007
Christmas in Connecticut, Random Harvest, Robin Hood, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Informer, Una O'Connor, Witness for the Prosecution

Una O’Connor’s voice like a rusty hinge and her spot-on comedic timing made her one of the most reliably funny and endearing character actre...

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Mei 03, 2007
Charles Laughton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Fredric March, Norma Shearer, Robert Browning, Rudolf Besier, Sidney Franklin, The Barretts of Wimpole Street

“The Barretts of Wimpole Street” (1934) does two things very well. First, it (or rather Rudolf Besier’s stage play which it closely follows...

Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer

Mei 02, 2007
character actors, Dabbs Greer, The Green Mile, Tom Hanks

Dabbs Greer, who died recently, gave a wonderful quote to the Albany Times Union in 2000, much repeated with news of his passing, “Every cha...

Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

Mei 01, 2007
Dinah Shore, Donald Duck, Edgar Bergen, Fun and Fancy Free, Goofy, Jiminy Cricket, Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney

On his Sunday evening Chase and Sanborn Hour radio program, September 21, 1947, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy took advantage of the airw...