Heroes & Icons Network Presents A Collection of Holiday Themed Programming for Thanksgiving Weekend, Christmas Eve and Day
(Nov 22, 2015 | Heroes and Icons Network)
Heroes & Icons Network, the new multicast network destination for heroic characters and iconic series, is ready to deliver a special schedule of holiday themed episodes this November and December as we present "Heroes On The Holidays". H&I is celebrating the season with a special collection of our most heroic and iconic shows, each presented with their own holiday episodes. The special H&I...read more
Gary Cooper: Roles He Missed That Other Actors Made Famous
(Nov 22, 2015 | NewsMax)
Gary Cooper may have been smart about the roles he chose in films such as "Sergeant York," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "High Noon." But his instincts may not always have been spot-on, as he missed some roles that made other actors famous. "Foreign Correspondent" In a 1999 interactive exhibit in New York's Museum of Modern Art, Alfred Hitchcock explained what happened when Cooper turned down the...read more
How a Married and Bored Norma Jeane became Sex Bomb Marilyn Monroe
(Nov 21, 2015 | New York Post)
By Michelle Morgan and Astrid Franse November 21, 2015 | 6:00pmOne day, while shopping for vintage items for their shop, Bennies Fifties in the Netherlands, Astrid and Ben Franse bought a box of old Marilyn Monroe memorabilia from a dealer in Los Angeles. They didn't know what they really had: a treasure trove. In the box were letters and never-before-seen photos from Miss Emmeline Snively, who had...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Fifties Musicals and Ramon Navarro
(Nov 17, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
New from Warner Archives: Happy #Novarrember DEVIL MAY CARE (1929) Silent screen superstar heartthrob Ramon Navarro makes his all-talking debut in this delightful musical confection set during the Napoleonic era. Novarro plays staunch Napoleon loyalist Armand de Treville, facing execution while Napoleon lives in exile on Elba. Outfoxing his firing squad with a bravura escape that is equal parts panache...read more
Treasures from the Dream Factory, TCM/Bonhams Movie Memorabilia Auction
(Nov 16, 2015 | TCM)
Bonhams and TCM are proud to announce their third annual movie memorabilia auction, Treasures from the Dream Factory, to be held in New York on November 23. Following on the success of the 2013 and 2014 auctions-where the Maltese Falcon sold for $4.2 million and Sam's piano from Rick's Café in Casablanca sold for $3.2 million-this year's auction features such high points as the dress worn...read more
Kino Lorber Releases F.W. Murnau's Silent Film Masterpiece Faust in Digital HD Restoration on Blu-ray
(Nov 15, 2015 | Kino Lorber)
Available on Blu-ray November 17th with special features including a documentary on the making and restoration of the film, test footage from Ernst Lubitsch's abandoned film version of the story, and a bonus DVD featuring an alternate, longer cut of the filmKino Lorber is proud to announce the Blu-ray release of F.W. Murnau's silent film masterpiece Faust, starring Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh, The...read more
MeTV Network Announces "A Very Merry MeTV" Special Presentation of Holiday Programming starting November 16 and continuing through December 25
(Nov 15, 2015 | MeTV)
The Classic TV Network Unwraps a Collection of Family TV Favorites MeTV, America's #1 all classic television network, celebrates the holidays with a sleigh full of television favorites, as MeTV wishes everyone "A Very Merry MeTV". It's a family television event unwrapping a different holiday themed TV show each weeknight throughout the season. Everyone is invited to celebrate with merry and memorable...read more
Stunning evening dress worn and ripped by Marilyn Monroe is expected to fetch at least $30,000 at auction in Los Angeles
(Nov 12, 2015 | dailymail.com)
Dress worn by Marilyn Monroe is expected to fetch £20,000 at auctionThe star worn the 1950s evening dress and accidentally ripped it The dress was designed by James Galanos, a legendary American fashion designer whose clientele included Jackie Kennedy and Judy GarlandBy TOM WYKE FOR MAILONLINE12 November 2015 A stunning evening dress worn and accidentally ripped by Marilyn Monroe is...read more
Betsy Drake, Actress and Former Wife of Cary Grant, Dies at 92
(Nov 11, 2015 | Variety)
SNAP/REX SHUTTERSTOCK NOVEMBER 11, 2015 | 06:27PM PTBetsy Drake, the former wife of Cary Grant who starred in films including "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957), "Room for One More" (1952) with Grant and the 1950 film noir "The Second Woman" with Robert Young, died in London on October 27. She was 92.Grant married Drake in 1949 (his best man was Howard Hughes) after seeing...read more
The Writers Guild of America picks the 101 Funniest Screenplays: Annie Hall tops list followed by Some Like it Hot!
(Nov 11, 2015 | Writers Guild of America)
Writers Choose 101 Funniest Screenplays Annie Hall Tops List - Followed by Some Like It Hot, Groundhog Day, Airplane!, and Tootsie The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight released the list of the 101 Funniest Screenplays. From the classics - The Gold Rush (#94, Written by Charles Chaplin) - to the contemporary - Bridesmaids (#16, Written...read more
New Releases from the Warner Archive Collection include Passage to Marseille starring Humphrey Bogart
(Nov 10, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
New from Warner Archive:Thanksgiving BluesPASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (1944) On Blu-ray! Humphrey Bogart plays Jean Matrac, a happily married French journalist who is framed and sentenced to Devil's island by French Fascists. But Matrac devises a bold escape from the legendary island prison, faces death adrift at sea with fellow escapees, helps the loyal crew of a French merchant ship overcome its pro-Fascist...read more
TCM Celebrates 3rd Bonhams Auction with Evening of Films on November 9th
(Nov 7, 2015 | TCM)
For the third year, TCM partnered with Bonhams Auction house to present a movie memorabilia auction "Treasures from the Dream Factory," on November 23 in New York City. Following the success of the 2013 and 2014 events - where a statuette from The Maltese Falcon sold for $4.2 million and the piano from Casablanca for $3.2M -- this year's auction again features a number of items from Hollywood's storied...read more
Maureen O'Hara to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery; husband was Air Force general
(Nov 6, 2015 | AP)
ARLINGTON, Va. - Actress Maureen O'Hara is set to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery alongside her husband. The Irish-born O'Hara died on Oct. 24 at age 95. She was a mainstay of Hollywood's Golden Age, starring in movies including "How Green Was My Valley," ''Miracle on 34th Street" and "The Quiet Man." Also known as Maureen FitzSimons Blair, O'Hara was married to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen....read more
TV Batmobile designer George Barris dies at age 89
(Nov 5, 2015 | ksdk.com)
George Barris, the man who designed some of TV's coolest cars - starting with the Holy Grail, Batmobile No. 1, the primo prop used in the 1960s TV series Batman - has died, age 89.Barris died Thursday, according to a post by his son, Brett Barris, on Facebook."Sorry to have to post that my father, legendary kustom car king George Barris, has moved to the bigger garage in the sky. He passed on peacefully...read more
It's Noirvember at getTV!
(Nov 4, 2015 | Sony getTV)
getTV PRESENTS A CORNUCOPIA OF COLUMBIA PICTURES CRIME CLASSICS IN THE "NOIRVEMBER" BLOCK, FEATURING A HUMPHREY BOGART TWO-PACK AND A THANKSGIVING DAY MARATHON, EVERY THURSDAY AT 7 P.M. ETOther Highlights Include Glenn Ford in the Fritz Lang Drama HUMAN DESIRE, Aldo Ray in NIGHTFALL, an Evening of Classics Starring Oscar® Winner Edmond O'Brien, and MoreDead Reckoning getTV puts...read more