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A Musical Connection: Mother and Son, Marni Nixon and Andrew Gold Soprano Marni Nixon, who dubbed the singing voices for some of the most iconic songs in musical film history — including My Fair Lady, West Side Story and The King and I — is the mother of  singer/songwriter Andrew Gold wh read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Four Saturday February 22: The Red Shoes at 8:00PM 2 Wins: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Color, Best Music-Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; 3 Nominations: Best Picture, Best Writing-Motion Picture Story, Best Film Editing 194 read more

How Many Movies Did Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn Star in Together? Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby (1938, Howard Hawks) I have to admit that I was quite surprised at the answer myself because (as I never counted them before) I always just ‘assumed’ the answer wo read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Two Saturday February 15:  Talk of the Town at 8:00AM 7 Nominations: Best Picture, Best Writing Original Story, Best Writing Screenplay, Best Cinematography Black-and-White, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Black-and-White, Best read more

  Just for Fun: a little Valentine’s Day Classic Movie Tribute! Rita Hayworth ….. Fred Astaire and Virginia Dale ….. Yes, Elizabeth Taylor’s Whitman’s Sampler Valentines Day Ad! ….. Lucille Ball ….. Cyd Charisse ….. Marilyn Monroe ….. A read more

  Reel to Real: 35 Years of Interviewing the Legends Thanks to Annmarie and Classic Movie Hub for giving me the opportunity to introduce myself, or rather my long-time love affair with classic movies. For me, like many others, I was first introduced to show-stopping Hollywood moments when my pa read more

  Gregg Toland: The Second Genius of Citizen Kane There is a basic theory in film criticism called the auteur theory. It was developed in the early 1950’s by French critics and was presented in the famed film periodical Cahiers du Cinéma, with future film director Francois Truffaut developing read more

Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week Two Saturday February 8: Auntie Mame at 5:30PM EST 6 Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Cinematography Color, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Film Editing 1959 “Life is a banquet and most poor sucke read more

Did you know? Barry Fitzgerald was the only actor to ever be nominated for BOTH a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the same performance — as Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way.  He ultimately won for Best Supporting Actor, with the Best Actor Oscar going to Bing Crosby for his read more

  John Carradine, Tim Holt and Red Buttons share a birthday and a film (well, sort of): John Carradine and Tim Holt both starred in the John Ford classic, Stagecoach (1939) — and both Carradine and Holt were born today February 5 (13 years apart!).  Red Buttons appeared in the 1966 remake read more

  Clark Gable and Michael Kanin share a birthday and a film: Michael Kanin co-wrote the story for Teacher’s Pet which starred Clark Gable — both Kanin and Gable were born today February 1 (9 yrs apart!). Clark Gable and Doris Day in Teacher’s Pet (1958, director George Seaton read more

  Never Even Nominated: Myrna Loy Award season has begun, which means it’s that time of year, again — the time when the below meme makes its way across the far reaches of the Internet. Leonardo DiCaprio every Oscar night. Yes. Every year film fanatics around the world ponder: Will read more

  Turner Classic Movies: 31 Days of Oscar CMH Picks: Week One It’s every Movies Lovers’ favorite time of year: Awards Season — when Hollywood’s most ambitious and artistic films are hoping for that Oscar gold. And if you’re a classic movie fan, then you even have more to be happy read more

  The Freed Unit: MGM Musicals, the Evolution of Integration. There’s a saying you might know – it’s pretty popular among classic film buffs, and it goes a little something like this  “MGM has more stars than there are in heaven.” Well, I’m not here to argue whether that statement read more

Just Announced: Turner Classic Movies to Honor Legend Jerry Lewis at 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival! The 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival will honor legendary actor, filmmaker and humanitarian Jerry Lewis with a multi-tiered celebration of his remarkable career. Highlighting the tribute, Lewis will read more

Born January 19, 1866 Character Actor Harry Davenport! A veteran stage actor, Harry Davenport made his film debut at age 48. In his 37-year film career, he appeared in over 160 films and shorts, playing his share of grandfathers, judges and doctors. His films include Gone with the Wind (as Dr. Meade read more

  Hitchcock at the Box Office About eighteen months ago I was commissioned to write Darkness Visible, a short book of 15,000 words on my six favorite Hitchcock films. Delighted as I was to be asked, my first question to my publisher was: “Why the limit? Any Hitchcock fan could easily rattle off read more

How Many Films did Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland Star in Together? Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, directors Michael Curtiz and William Keighley) Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland starred in EIGHT films together: Captain Blood (1935)  On DVD and read more

  Musical 101: Fred and Ginger, The Reigning Royalty of Dance Without a doubt, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are the king and queen of the movie musical. Although absolutely wonderful on their own, together the two add up to far more than the sum of their parts. But why were they so prefect fo read more

  TCM Star of the Month Joan Crawford As a relatively young fan of classic movies, my introduction to Hollywood stars is not always through their films. More than once, I have encountered the myth of a movie star before catching a glimpse of the star him/herself. I knew John Wayne was a pictur read more