Thursday, September 27, 2018

Walter Matthau Makes House Calls With Glenda Jackson

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Walter Matthau as a widower. Relationship comedies were all the rage in the late 1970s. Jill Clayburgh played a woman who becomes sudden...
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Monday, September 24, 2018

Seven Things to Know About Robert Goulet

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With Julie Andrews in Camelot . 1. Robert Goulet was a virtual unknown when he auditioned for the role of Lancelot in the 1960 Broadway ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Movie-TV Connection Game (September 2018)

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What do Gene and Robin have in common? With autumn just around the corner, that means, well, it's time for another edition of our m...
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Monday, September 17, 2018

Classic Film Stars--Not Terror--in the Wax Museum

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Wax Jack the Ripper and Ray Milland. Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Louis Hayward, Broderick Crawford, John Carradine, Maurice Evans, and...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Thieves' Highway: Dark Streets and Rolling Apples

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Who would have thought a movie about transporting and selling apples could be so engrossing? Yet, director Jules Dassin has crafted an atmos...
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Monday, September 10, 2018

The Five Best Giant Squid/Octopus Movies

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1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - Walt Disney provided the giant squid with its best role when it attacked the submarine Nautilus  du...
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Thursday, September 6, 2018

Fred MacMurray and a Double Dose of Flubber

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MacMurray in the lab. Following the success of 1959's The Shaggy Do g , Walt Disney re-teamed Fred MacMurray and Tommy Kirk for The...
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Monday, September 3, 2018

Classic Movies on Amazon Prime in August 2018

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Amazon Prime may not have a reputation for featuring classic movies, but it boasts a stellar line-up this month. Here are the highlights: ...
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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Cult Movie Theatre: Race With the Devil

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I miss drive-in movies. Sure, you can still watch a movie at a drive-in, but no one shows drive-in movies anymore. I'm referring to the ...
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Monday, August 27, 2018

Movie-TV Connection Game (August 2018)

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Tanya Roberts and Cloris Leachman. Welcome to the August 2018 edition of our most popular regular feature! You will be given a pair or t...
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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Seven Things to Know About Tina Louise

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1. In his book Inside Gilligan's Island , series creator Sherwood Schwartz wrote: "Actually, we were fortunate to sign Tina Louise ...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Author Paula Finn Discusses Her Interviews with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Others

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In her new book, Sitcom Writers Talk Shop , Paula Finn provides a fascinating look behind the scenes of a beloved American TV genre: the sit...
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Richard Chamberlain as The Count of Monte-Cristo

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Chamberlain as Edmond Dantes. Between his TV heartthrob status as Dr. Kildare and his reign as "King of the Miniseries," Richa...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

A Song Is Born: Fabulous Music But a Waste of Danny Kaye

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Danny Kaye as Hobart Frisbee. A musical remake of Ball of Fire must have been one of the easiest pitches of all time. After all, the or...
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