Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
John Ireland
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by
Western Guy »
October 20th, 2012, 12:53 pm
Here's an interesting actor. Was just watching him in MY DARLING CELEMENTINE and got to thinking how in the late 40s he was heading - or should have...
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Last post by RedRiver
October 24th, 2012, 3:42 pm
Anthony Asquith - Forgotten Director?
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by
Konway »
October 11th, 2012, 2:17 pm
Hello Everyone,
My favorite films from Asquith are The Browning Version (1951) and The Winslow Boy (1948). There are also other known films from him...
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Last post by Konway
October 20th, 2012, 3:05 am
Marlon Brando
Replies: 18
by
charliechaplinfan »
September 24th, 2012, 5:11 am
I wonder if there has ever been an actor from the classic period who has been as controversial as Marlon Brando, love him or hate him, I know plenty...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
October 18th, 2012, 2:45 pm
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
October 16th, 2012, 8:50 pm
Gary Collins RIP
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by
stuart.uk »
October 14th, 2012, 2:55 pm
I just heard about the death of actor Gary Collins. I had no idea he was a tv host as well, butI do remember him as a top tv actor in the 60s and...
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Last post by Western Guy
October 14th, 2012, 3:10 pm
Sidney Buchman
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by
Konway »
October 10th, 2012, 1:45 am
Hello Everyone,
As you know, Sidney Buchman is a screenwriter who wrote the screenplays for films like Mr. Smith goes to Washington and Here comes...
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Last post by JackFavell
October 12th, 2012, 8:14 am
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Last post by ChiO
October 9th, 2012, 3:28 pm
They Had Great Character
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by
moira finnie »
September 17th, 2010, 5:05 pm
After seeing several actors pass away recently, contemporary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky (Spaceballs, Groundhog Day, Glee) wrote this op-ed...
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Last post by moira finnie
October 9th, 2012, 8:36 am
Norman Wisdom R.I.P
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by
stuart.uk »
October 5th, 2010, 6:18 am
Norman Wisdom the star of several classic Brit movies, like Trouble In Store with Lana Morris, The Square Peg with Honor Blackman and The Early Bird...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
October 5th, 2012, 4:10 pm
The Academy's Most Wanted
by
Lzcutter »
September 29th, 2012, 9:07 pm
The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences has announced its latest initiative, Most Wanted :
The Academy Film Archive's mission to preserve...
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Last post by Lzcutter
September 29th, 2012, 9:07 pm
Ralph Richardson, film actor
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by
JackFavell »
October 2nd, 2010, 11:30 pm
When considering the big three British stage actors - Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson - I have always found Ralph Richardson to...
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Last post by ChiO
September 29th, 2012, 8:40 am
Lyle Talbot and daughter Margaret Talbot
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by
pvitari »
September 26th, 2012, 9:20 am
Margaret Talbot, daughter of Lyle Talbot, has a new book coming out in November called The Entertainer: The Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
September 28th, 2012, 4:43 pm
Dick Cavett on meeting Stan Laurel
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by
Lzcutter »
September 17th, 2012, 12:26 pm
Dick Cavett has a nice piece in today's NYTimes about visiting Stan Laurel back in the early 1960s.
Stan remembers Babe Hardy in the piece and just...
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Last post by movieman1957
September 24th, 2012, 9:35 am
Hairstyles we love
Replies: 69
by
charliechaplinfan »
June 15th, 2012, 4:24 pm
One of the side benefits of being a classic movie lover is the chance to marvel at some of the hairstyles. As someone who's own hair has always had a...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 20th, 2012, 1:41 pm
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
Replies: 14
by
kingrat »
September 16th, 2010, 4:06 pm
The recent death of Claude Chabrol has made me realize how few of his films I've actually seen, around five out of 50-60 films: LE BEAU SERGE (1958)...
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Last post by kingrat
September 19th, 2012, 7:25 pm
Marc Platt
Replies: 7
by
norfious »
September 13th, 2012, 4:25 am
Ever since watching Tonight and Every Night , and marveling at the dancing skill of Marc Platt, I have become rather interested in this star and his...
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Last post by norfious
September 15th, 2012, 1:15 am
Karl Malden
Replies: 12
by
Littledrummerboy »
September 8th, 2012, 9:45 pm
Growing up I can remember the face of Karl Malden flashing on the screen of our television. In the films I can recall; I remember him always playing...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 11th, 2012, 2:50 pm
The Clifton Webb Site
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by
RedRiver »
September 1st, 2012, 2:42 pm
I confess. I don't have much to say about this tremendous performer. I just wanted to say Clifton Webb Site! It ocurred to me last night as I enjoyed...
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Last post by RedRiver
September 5th, 2012, 2:01 pm
Max Bygraves dies at 89
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by
stuart.uk »
September 1st, 2012, 9:50 am
While I realize Max Bygraves isn't to well known in America, I still beleive this great British all-round entertainer not only made a massive...
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
September 2nd, 2012, 10:07 pm
ROBERT MONTGOMERY Presents...
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by
CineMaven »
April 29th, 2009, 10:04 pm
I've developed a crush on Robert Montgomery.
There. I've said it. I admit it. You heard it here, first !
I've recently come to appreciate Robert...
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Last post by feaito
August 13th, 2012, 8:49 am
Steve Cochran
Replies: 24
by
moira finnie »
July 19th, 2012, 1:55 pm
Okay, I know what you're thinking. Steve Cochran ?
The guy with the slick, malevolent manner and even slicker black hair?
Yeah, ya wanna make...
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Last post by ChiO
July 25th, 2012, 4:46 pm
Simon Ward, Young Winston has died
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by
stuart.uk »
July 22nd, 2012, 1:26 pm
Simon Ward the actor had died after a long illness, aged 70.
Early in his career Simon looked like becoming a big star. As a young man he played the...
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Last post by JackFavell
July 23rd, 2012, 11:19 am
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Last post by RedRiver
July 15th, 2012, 3:06 pm
VINCENT SHERMAN
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by
CineMaven »
July 12th, 2012, 5:17 am
VINCENT SHERMAN
Prolific or prosaic...there's no doubting Vincent Sherman ( 7/16/1906 - 6/18/2006 ) directed some of the most memorable films that...
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Last post by kingrat
July 13th, 2012, 12:32 pm
Vittorio De Sica
Replies: 29
by
charliechaplinfan »
January 2nd, 2011, 8:50 am
I've long been a fan of De Sica's both his acting and his directing career. Perhaps the best role I've seen him act in is in Madame De , he's so...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 12th, 2012, 2:13 pm
Spencer Tracy
Replies: 25
by
movieman1957 »
May 10th, 2010, 2:42 pm
It doesn't seem like we talk much about Tracy. He always seemed like he spoke with confidence and authority even in his comedies. Though not...
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
July 5th, 2012, 4:19 pm
WILLIAM WELLMAN
Replies: 42
by feaito » May 9th, 2009, 4:09 pm
I searched repeatedly but I did not find any thread devoted to this larger-than-life Director.
If somebody had told me that I was going to create a...
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Last post by feaito
July 5th, 2012, 10:14 am
Eric Syckes UK comic icon RIP
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by
stuart.uk »
July 4th, 2012, 12:44 pm
The name of Eric Syckes might not be all that well known in America, but he did make many well known films. He was side kick to Terry Thomas in 3...
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Last post by stuart.uk
July 4th, 2012, 1:27 pm
ANN HARDING
Replies: 57
by feaito » April 28th, 2011, 8:22 pm
Since there is not a thread dedicated to this great actress and star, I am going to start one so that the members who like her work and admire her...
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Last post by feaito
July 3rd, 2012, 9:29 pm
James Grout from Morse has died
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by
stuart.uk »
July 3rd, 2012, 9:34 am
James Grout who played John Thaw's boss in Morse has died. I can't say I know to much about him, but know from what I've seen he was a talented...
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Last post by movieman1957
July 3rd, 2012, 10:28 am
Brooks, Dietrich and Harlow
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by
stuart.uk »
July 2nd, 2012, 12:51 pm
It's funny how the names of Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich and Jean Harlow are linked.
First Brooks leaves Hollywood for Germany to play the part...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
July 2nd, 2012, 1:11 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
July 1st, 2012, 12:16 pm
A DIRECTOR'S DIRECTORY
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by
CineMaven »
June 25th, 2012, 10:27 pm
* I UPDATED THE DIRECTORY BY ADDING EDGAR G. ULMER TO THIS LIST. ( If you have any directors I've missed, just let me know. :) )
I read a great...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 27th, 2012, 11:48 am
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
June 25th, 2012, 3:17 pm
Maurice Chevalier
Replies: 48
by
charliechaplinfan »
November 8th, 2010, 3:24 pm
I hope you won't mind me creating another thread about another French favorite. In fact, this favorite is very favoured by my daughter who has...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 8th, 2012, 8:58 am
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Last post by Uncle Stevie
June 2nd, 2012, 1:17 am
Marius Goring
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by
stuart.uk »
May 20th, 2012, 8:44 am
I was watching a re-run of the Man In A Suitcase epsiode Blind Spot and was reminded of Marius Goring, who played a campish French drug dealer,...
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Last post by Jezebel38
May 20th, 2012, 9:32 pm
Dame Thora Hird and Jeanette Scott
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by
stuart.uk »
April 18th, 2012, 9:04 am
I was watching the war movie Went The Day well with both a young John Farrar, as a German Para posing as a British soldier in an English village and...
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Last post by JackFavell
April 19th, 2012, 11:44 am
Honor Blackman before and after Bond
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by
stuart.uk »
April 17th, 2012, 7:36 am
During the war, Honor Blackman was a motorbike dispatch rider, which came in handy in her acting career.
After the war she made the film A Boy, A...
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Last post by RedRiver
April 17th, 2012, 1:40 pm
Bernard Cribbens
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by
stuart.uk »
April 17th, 2012, 8:26 am
Bernard Cribbens over the last 50 odd yrs has appeared with more famous stars than him, but he's outlasted many of them.
In the 1950s he had small...
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Last post by stuart.uk
April 17th, 2012, 10:51 am
Hollywood Rides a Bike
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by
Lzcutter »
March 17th, 2012, 4:12 pm
Angel City Press is releasing a new book (with plenty of photos) of Hollywood stars biking their way around studio lots, the City of Angels and in...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
March 18th, 2012, 3:22 pm
Barrymore Film To Be Seen
Replies: 3
by
moira finnie »
March 15th, 2012, 11:37 am
Just after we were discussing the fate of Barrymore (2011) starring the recent Oscar winner Christopher Plummer, comes news that the movie has found...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
March 16th, 2012, 3:53 pm
Lili Palmer freedom fighter
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by
stuart.uk »
March 8th, 2012, 12:15 pm
Spoiler
I watched Cloak And Dagger for the first time today, where Lilli Palmer, who plays a spy helping Gary Cooper get a scientist out of Italy....
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Last post by moira finnie
March 9th, 2012, 12:00 pm
The History of Hugo Cabret /George Melies
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by
Birdy »
May 8th, 2009, 11:12 pm
Book recommendation:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik (Brooklyn) is the fictionalized story of Georges Melies who was a filmmaker who...
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Last post by knitwit45
March 7th, 2012, 10:28 pm
Dead Celebrity Cookbook
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by
Lzcutter »
March 3rd, 2012, 2:25 pm
Okay, it's probably not the best titled book but hey, it is an eye catcher.
The up side, the author has collected 150 recipes from dead classic film...
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Last post by Fossy
March 4th, 2012, 8:20 pm
For Your Consideration
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by
Lzcutter »
February 5th, 2012, 6:04 pm
It's February and the Academy and Hollywood are puttin' on the ritz a few weeks from now and honoring the films of 2011.
Before Oscar arrives on...
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Last post by RedRiver
February 29th, 2012, 12:26 pm
Gene Kelly Won't Dance...
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by
moira finnie »
February 24th, 2012, 5:41 pm
...at least not in this thread, which is devoted to the films made with Gene Kelly , journeyman actor, not the dazzling dancer. Kelly himself...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
February 27th, 2012, 2:05 pm
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Last post by mongoII
February 25th, 2012, 3:56 pm
The Academy's Film History Museum
by
Lzcutter »
February 25th, 2012, 1:53 pm
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced late last year that they would be creating a museum dedicated to the history of film. It...
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Last post by Lzcutter
February 25th, 2012, 1:53 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
February 21st, 2012, 2:51 pm
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