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10 Classic Movies Starring Zsa Zsa Gabor
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 6, 2012
Glamorous
Zsa Zsa Gabor never became an A-list actress, but she certainly did find
lasting celebrity. In recent years, her health problems and marriage to Prince Frederic von Anhalt have produced a fair amount of tabloid interest in the
Hungarian-born Gabor, the middle of a trio of acting sisters th read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE LODGER (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 6, 2012
There
have been plenty of Jack the Ripper movies in the history of cinema, but few
can lay claim to the eerie charms of director John Brahm's 1944 picture, The Lodger, which stars the incomparable
Laird Cregar as the mysterious title character. Adapted from a novel by Marie
Belloc Lowndes (which had read more
Classic Films in Focus: MR. SKEFFINGTON (1944)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 6, 2012
Despite
its title, Mr. Skeffington (1944) is
really a movie about Mrs. Skeffington, a focal shift that makes more sense when
you know that the leading lady cast in that role is Bette Davis. Davis tends to
dominate any picture in which she appears, and this one is no exception, even
though the title read more
Classic Films in Focus: ROAD HOUSE (1948)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 5, 2012
Long
before Patrick Swayze made the 1989 movie with the same name, Road House (1948) provided an
entertaining if dangerous stop for travelers on film noir's dark highway. It
isn't the first noir film a classic movie fan should see, but it provides
plenty of action and interest and has held up over t read more
Classic Films in Focus: ROAD HOUSE (1948)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 5, 2012
Long
before Patrick Swayze made the 1989 movie with the same name, Road House (1948) provided an
entertaining if dangerous stop for travelers on film noir's dark highway. It
isn't the first noir film a classic movie fan should see, but it provides
plenty of action and interest and has held up over t read more
Classic Films in Focus: ROAD HOUSE (1948)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 5, 2012
Long
before Patrick Swayze made the 1989 movie with the same name, Road House (1948) provided an
entertaining if dangerous stop for travelers on film noir's dark highway. It
isn't the first noir film a classic movie fan should see, but it provides
plenty of action and interest and has held up over t read more
Classic Films in Focus: STAR WARS (1977)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 4, 2012
Some
people might be surprised to find Star
Wars: A New Hope (1977) categorized as a classic movie. Certainly it can be
difficult to look back at the original film now with a clear picture of it,
especially with the clutter of the later trilogy and the commercial juggernaut
Lucas built from the whol read more
Classic Films in Focus: STAR WARS (1977)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 4, 2012
Some
people might be surprised to find Star
Wars: A New Hope (1977) categorized as a classic movie. Certainly it can be
difficult to look back at the original film now with a clear picture of it,
especially with the clutter of the later trilogy and the commercial juggernaut
Lucas built from the whol read more
Classic Films in Focus: STAR WARS (1977)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 4, 2012
Some
people might be surprised to find Star
Wars: A New Hope (1977) categorized as a classic movie. Certainly it can be
difficult to look back at the original film now with a clear picture of it,
especially with the clutter of the later trilogy and the commercial juggernaut
Lucas built from the whol read more
10 Classic Movies Starring Boris Karloff
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 3, 2012
Born in England in 1887 with the much less sinister
name of William Henry Pratt, Boris Karloff rose to lasting Hollywood fame as
one of the great stars of classic horror. Although he is best remembered today
as the heavily disguised and largely silent monster in James Whale’s iconic
adaptation read more
10 Classic Movies Starring Boris Karloff
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 3, 2012
Born in England in 1887 with the much less sinister
name of William Henry Pratt, Boris Karloff rose to lasting Hollywood fame as
one of the great stars of classic horror. Although he is best remembered today
as the heavily disguised and largely silent monster in James Whale’s iconic
adaptation read more
10 Classic Movies Starring Boris Karloff
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 3, 2012
Born in England in 1887 with the much less sinister
name of William Henry Pratt, Boris Karloff rose to lasting Hollywood fame as
one of the great stars of classic horror. Although he is best remembered today
as the heavily disguised and largely silent monster in James Whale’s iconic
adaptation read more
10 Classic Movies Starring Barbara Stanwyck
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 1, 2012
One
of classic Hollywood's great dames, Barbara Stanwyck enjoyed an acting career
that lasted well over fifty years and stretched from the early days of talking
pictures to the golden age of television. Like many classic stars, Stanwyck
could do it all; she appeared in comedies, melodramas, We read more
Classic Films in Focus: UNDERCURRENT (1946)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 1, 2012
Directed
by Vincente Minnelli, Undercurrent
(1946) plays with the same thematic elements as other feminine thrillers like Suspicion (1941), Gaslight (1944), and Dial M
for Murder (1954), but in spite of a very attractive cast the picture falls
short of its genre peers. It’s an interesting and read more
Classic Films in Focus: UNDERCURRENT (1946)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 1, 2012
Directed
by Vincente Minnelli, Undercurrent
(1946) plays with the same thematic elements as other feminine thrillers like Suspicion (1941), Gaslight (1944), and Dial M
for Murder (1954), but in spite of a very attractive cast the picture falls
short of its genre peers. It’s an interesting and read more
10 Classic Movies Starring Barbara Stanwyck
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 1, 2012
One
of classic Hollywood's great dames, Barbara Stanwyck enjoyed an acting career
that lasted well over fifty years and stretched from the early days of talking
pictures to the golden age of television. Like many classic stars, Stanwyck
could do it all; she appeared in comedies, melodramas, We read more
Classic Films in Focus: UNDERCURRENT (1946)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 1, 2012
Directed
by Vincente Minnelli, Undercurrent
(1946) plays with the same thematic elements as other feminine thrillers like Suspicion (1941), Gaslight (1944), and Dial M
for Murder (1954), but in spite of a very attractive cast the picture falls
short of its genre peers. It’s an interesting and read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 31, 2012
One
thinks of Shirley Temple as a perpetual child, tap dancing her little heart out
in those short dresses and pin curls. It comes as something of a surprise,
then, to see her as a teenager in The
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), but it's a pleasant surprise. She's a
very good comedienne in a ve read more
25 Classic Movie Stars Who Changed Their Names
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 31, 2012
Marion Morrison became John Wayne.
During
the studio system era, film actors and actresses changed their names for a
variety of reasons. Sometimes they chose new names for themselves, but often
names were selected for them by studio executives and directors. The studios
exerted at least par read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Aug 31, 2012
One
thinks of Shirley Temple as a perpetual child, tap dancing her little heart out
in those short dresses and pin curls. It comes as something of a surprise,
then, to see her as a teenager in The
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), but it's a pleasant surprise. She's a
very good comedienne in a ve read more