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Summer Under the Stars 2024: Day Thirty-One – Tony Curtis

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Aug 30, 2024

We’ve come to the last day of Summer Under the Stars 2024, y’all. And while I’m a little sad, as always, to see August come to an end, I can honestly say this has been my best SUTS ever! Identifying a daily new-to-me movie has led me to watch so many good films, a great number of which I’d never read more

The Defiant Ones (1958): Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 5, 2022

I can’t have made this up myself, but The Defiant Ones is a testament to the pithy axiom that proximity breeds empathy. Stanley Kramer has very clear intent when he builds the premise of his story out of a white and black prisoner, in the era of Jim Crow, who are chained together for the majo read more

Tony Curtis as The Great Impostor

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Sep 21, 2020

Young Ferdinand Demara, Jr. isn't one to take "no" for an answer, even after well-intentioned Father Devlin (Karl Malden) explains that sometimes you just have to accept your limitations. Years later, Demara  (Tony Curtis) encounters a major career obstacle when his application for Officer Can read more

Unusual Suspects Week 2: Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler (1968)

Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on Aug 22, 2015

Unusual Suspects Week 2: Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler (1968) 22 Saturday Aug 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1960s, Crime, Drama, Mystery ≈ 7 Comments Tags1960s, Classic Cinema, Creepy True Story, Crime, Drama, Grand read more

The Fabulous Stony (I mean Tony) Curtis!

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Mar 9, 2013

Yabba Dabba Doo! Classic Movie Cartoon Tribute! In October of 1965, Tony Curtis ‘appeared’ as Stone Age Movie Star, Stony Curtis, on The Flintstones in the episode called “The Return of Stony Curtis” (Season 6, Episode 3, Oct 1 1965). I have to laugh out loud when I see this read more

Tony Curtis: Books and Appearances.

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 3, 2012

In 1994 a mural featuring his likeness, painted by the artist George Sportelli, was unveiled on the Sunset Boulevard overpass of the Hollywood Freeway Highway 101 in California. The mural was relocated to Hollywood Blvd and Bronson Ave in Sept 2011. In 2004, he was inducted into the Univer read more

Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Tony Curtis

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jun 3, 2012

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Tony Curtis, born today,     June 3 in 1925! Ah, the versatile, Tony Curtis — as a ‘man’:  Cpl. Paul Hodges in Blake Edward’s The Perfect Furlough opposite real-life wife Janet Leigh as Lt. Vicki Loren. Lt. Vicki Loren: We just read more

Great On Screen Couples: Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by monty on Feb 6, 2012

One of my favorite on screen couples was Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. At one time, they were a real life couple. Married from 1952 - 1961 and had two daughters, Jamie Lee and Kelly. They starred in 5 films together: Houdini (1953), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Vikings (1958), The Perfe read more

Some of my favorite Tony Curtis pictures.

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Oct 13, 2010

Tony Curtis and Audrey Hepburn. Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. read more

Tony Curtis wife Jill talks to the media.

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Oct 1, 2010

Jill Curtis talks to the media outside the Henderson, Nevada, home she lived in with her husband, actor Tony Curtis. The Oscar nominee passed away Wednesday night of cardiac arrest at the age of 85. read more

Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010).

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Sep 30, 2010

Tony Curtis, began his acting career in an uncredited screen debut came in the film, Criss Cross (1949) playing a rumba dancer. Later, he performed in the film, Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with Burt Lancaster (who also starred in Criss Cross) and an Oscar-nominated performance in, The Defiant One read more

Remembering Tony Curtis.

True Classics Posted by Brandie on Sep 30, 2010

When I woke up this morning to the news that Tony Curtis has passed away at the age of 85, I was immeasurably saddened. In a week that has seen some high-profile deaths (Eddie Fisher, Gloria Stuart), it is nothing short of heartbreaking to add yet another legend to that list. Born Bernard Schwartz read more

Hollywood’s prince: RIP Tony Curtis

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by Jnpickens on Sep 30, 2010

Tony Curtis 1925-2010 I remember the first time I saw him as a child he was dressed as a woman. When I was seven-years-old, I remember thinking he was cute as his tooth twinkled in “The Great Race” (1964). Though Tony Curtis might not be one of my favorite actors, he is one actor that I read more

God Speed Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on Sep 30, 2010

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles.  Oh Tony, you shall be missed. Thank you so much for all of your performances ranging from serious to all-out kooky (more kooky than serious!). I will never forget you donning a sk read more

Happy Birthday Tony Curtis!!

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 3, 2010

Tony Curtis, has played roles from light comic, as the musician on the run from gangsters in Some Like It Hot, to dramatic roles, as an escaped convict in The Defiant Ones, which snagged him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Since 1949, he has performed in more than 100 films and h read more

God Speed Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001

 Oh Tony, you shall be missed. Thank you so much for all of your performances ranging from serious to all-out kooky (more kooky than serious!). I will never forget you donning a skimpy toga in Spartacus (1960), dressing in drag in Some Like it Hot (1959), toting around a big salami in Captai read more