Myrna Loy and William Powell made marriage look fun – and acting look easy. So easy, in fact, that neither performer ever won an Academy Award.Read More
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From Jane Austen to J.K. Rowling, many famous writers have had their novels transformed into movie hits. But for a classic film noir fan like me, nobody spins a sordid tale into cinematic gold like James M. Cain.Read More
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Remember that episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, when Lou tells Mary, “You know what? You’ve got spunk!” then adds, “I hate spunk”? Norma Shearer had spunk in spades – and it made her a star.Read More
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Sometimes, Academy Awards are given to the right actor in the wrong year. Then there are years when the top Oscar contender loses and never scores Hollywood’s most coveted prize.Read More
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In 1950, Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson launched big-screen comebacks in All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard with scenery-chomping performances that instantly made them front-runners in the Oscar race for Best Actress. If it was a monster movie, this clash of Tinseltown titans would be called Bette-Zilla vs. Swanson-Stein.Read More
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For me, the big downside to loving classic films is that all of the stars that I want to meet are dead. But once upon a time in Hollywood, I met one of the greatest.Read More
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