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- December 19th, 2013, 5:24 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: TCM Remembers 2013
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9486
Re: TCM Remembers 2013
Well, then wouldn't it be better if they made these tributes towards the very end of December? Like, on the 30th or 31st?
- December 18th, 2013, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: TCM Remembers 2013
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9486
Re: TCM Remembers 2013
Hmm...I could've sworn that Carey Jr, Klugman & Durning died last year and not in 2013...
Anyway, I wish they had included Rise Stevens and Louise Currie in the video.
Anyway, I wish they had included Rise Stevens and Louise Currie in the video.
- December 9th, 2013, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Oh no, not Eleanor Parker. Such a talented actress and so beautiful.
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/09/actress ... ies_at_91/
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/09/actress ... ies_at_91/
- November 30th, 2013, 8:29 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
I hate to be the bearer of bad news once again, but British actress Jean Kent has passed away (1921-2013). Herald Scotland, 30 November 2013: Film star Jean Kent dies at 92 Kent was one of Britain's top box-office stars in the 1940s and 1950s. Her death was announced by a close family friend, author...
- November 28th, 2013, 4:20 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Jane Kean (1923-2013) has passed away at the age of 90 (although I always thought she was born in 1924). LA Times, November 28, 2013: Jane Kean, who played Trixie on 'The Honeymooners,' dies at 90 Jane Kean, best known for her role as Trixie, the long-suffering wife of Ed Norton on the 1960s TV rev...
- November 23rd, 2013, 5:46 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Now here's a death that definitly went without fanfare: Virginia Hunter . According to as secondary source, I found out that she passed away already on March 23, 2012(!) Her SSDI entry confirms this: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMD4-584 So who was she? Virginia Hunter was born February 20,...
- November 21st, 2013, 2:29 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Strangely, no obituary for Mickey Knox has yet emerged online. Is it a privacy thing?
- November 14th, 2013, 3:43 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Shirley Mitchell (1919-2013) has died. From Hollywood Reporter: 'I Love Lucy' Actress Shirley Mitchell Dies at 94 Shirley Mitchell, the comic actress who played Marion Strong, Lucy Ricardo's friend with the cackling laugh on the TV classic I Love Lucy, has died. She was 94. Mitchell, who was believe...
- November 5th, 2013, 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: LISTS
- Replies: 547
- Views: 193342
Re: LISTS
I got into classics after seeing some What's My Line episodes online. It got me thinking: "Whoa, super old people could actually be funny back then. Let's see what else I can discover". So I slowly began to try out some films. In the beginning, I chose whatever was freely available on Yout...
- November 3rd, 2013, 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: LISTS
- Replies: 547
- Views: 193342
Re: LISTS
I've seen 14 Hitchcock films so far so here's my ranking, from the best to the worst. 1. Rope 2. Strangers on a Train 3. Shadow of a Doubt 4. The Birds 5. Psycho 6. Dial M for Murder 7. North by Northwest 8. Rear Window 9. Suspicion 10. The Trouble with Harry 11. Spellbound 12. Vertigo 13. Marnie 14...
- October 31st, 2013, 6:40 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
British actor Graham Stark has passed away at the age of 91. BBC News, 30 October 2013: Graham Stark, Pink Panther actor, dies aged 91 British comic actor Graham Stark, best known for his recurring roles opposite Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther films, has died aged 91. The actor died in London on ...
- October 12th, 2013, 5:19 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
John Calvert (1911-2013) died recently. Though mainly a magician, he appeared in more than 10 Hollywood films. RIP. LA Times, 28 September 2013. John Calvert dies at 102; stage magician was also in movies Sleight-of-hand artist John Calvert, who was chummy with Hollywood stars, played a detective ca...
- October 10th, 2013, 9:38 am
- Forum: Games and Trivia
- Topic: A quiz
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12257
A quiz
As an attempt to honor those golden age performers that are still alive, I've made a little quiz. To make things a little more difficult, most of these people were/are not superfamous. Good luck! 1. This actress made her first screen appearence in the 1910s. In fact, she holds the distinction of bei...
- October 5th, 2013, 4:50 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Honourary Oscars...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7915
Re: Honourary Oscars...
James Earl Jones I can see getting a honorary Oscar, though even Mr. Jones would probably say that his greatest moments have been on stage--though his body of film work is generally wonderful (even the Conan the Barbarian movie, which was hilarious). But com'on. Oprah. Winfrey. They should be embar...
- September 16th, 2013, 7:20 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 798726
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Wow, must be awesome to have experienced the 60s! Anyways, here's another one that died without a mention here (perhaps because she was never in Hollywood). Rona Anderson (1926-2013), Scottish actress. Here's what Daily Telegraph had to say on 18 August 2013: Rona Anderson, the Scottish actress, who...