On TCM: Treasures from the Disney Vault, October 28, 7 Movies 5 Shorts
(Oct 26, 2015 | TCM)
TCM proudly presents the fourth installment of Treasures from the Disney Vault, an ongoing showcase of classics from the Disney library. This collection is again host by film critic/historian Leonard Maltin, author of many film books and a popular television personality. This festival, airing October 28, has an appropriately Halloween-ish flavor. With the exception of the features Escape to Witch...read more
Spend Halloween with MeTV & Svengoolie! 'Frankenstein,' 10pm ET this Saturday, w/Superman, Wonder woman & Batman
(Oct 25, 2015 | MeTV)
Halloween is more than creepy decorations, candy and costumes. It's also about celebrating scary movies! MeTV has lined up a wicked slate of TV tricks and treats for our classic TV viewers. From sitcoms to westerns to superheroes, our schedule is filled with costumed characters and memorable monsters.Saturday evening, Svengoolie (Rich Koz) will host Super Sci-Fi Saturday Night beginning at 6 PM/5...read more
Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment present Dracula (1931) on The Big Screen 10/25 and 10/28 at Select Theaters Nationwide
(Oct 24, 2015 | Fathom Events)
Enjoy a specially produced introduction from Turner Classic Movies that will give insight into both of these 1931 vampire-horror films: the original 1931 English and Spanish versions.Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment are thrilled to present a double-feature event of the classic 1931 vampire film Dracula to cinemas nationwide for a two-day event...read more
Actor Maureen O'Hara dies aged 95
(Oct 24, 2015 | Irish Times)
Family confirms 'Quiet Man' star passed away peacefully today in her sleepThe actor Maureen O'Hara, famed for her flaming red hair and her role in The Quiet Man, has died aged 95.Her family confirmed in a statement that she passed away peacefully in her sleep today."It is with a sad heart that we share the news that Maureen O'Hara passed away today in her sleep of natural causes," a statement from...read more
Maureen O'Hara, Fiery Star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 95
(Oct 24, 2015 | Variety)
Camel DaganMaureen O'Hara, known for her screen pairings with John Wayne in the films of John Ford and one of the last A-list survivors of Hollywood's golden age, died on Saturday at home in Boise, Idaho. She was 95.O'Hara also played Natalie Wood's mother in Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street."A generation after her classic-era film career, O'Hara appeared in director Chris Columbus'...read more
Marty Ingels, actor-turned-agent and husband of Shirley Jones, dies at 79
(Oct 24, 2015 | Washington Post)
Actress Shirley Jones and comedian Marty Ingels after their wedding in 1977. (Wally Fong/AP)By Steve Chawkins October 24After Marty Ingels and his wife, actress Shirley Jones, went through a painful, year-long separation, they arranged to meet for a reconciliation session at their therapist's office.Mr. Ingels, a compulsive comic who had a brief TV and film career but never entirely left...read more
Too many classic films remain buried in studios' vaults
(Oct 23, 2015 | LA Times)
"The Wild Party" (1929), the first talkie to star 1920's "It" girl Clara Bow, second from left in the first row, was directed by the pioneering female director Dorothy Arzner. Produced by Paramount Studios, it is among 700 titles assumed to be nestled in the vaults of Universal Pictures, which inherited Paramount's 1930s and 1940s film archive from its forebear MCA, which acquired the collection in...read more
Kino Lorber Studio Classics Announces its November Home Video Releases: John Ford, Vincent Price, Judy Garland, George Raft and More...
(Oct 22, 2015 | Kino Lorber)
Coming to Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics in NovemberJohn Ford's Adventure Classic The Hurricane, John Cassavetes' Powerful Drama A Child is Waiting, starring Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster, the Vincent Price Comedies Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine and Dr. Goldfoot & The Girl Bombs, Film Noir Classics Pitfall starring Dick Powell and Lizabeth Scott and A Bullet for Joey...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Silver Screen Icons Irene Dunne and John Barrymore
(Oct 21, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
Irene Dunne: Never DullCONSOLATION MARRIAGE (1931) Irene Dunne shares the screen with Pat O'Brien in this adult romancer about a pair of broken hearts that take up contracted nuptials in lieu of being with the ones they love. But complications arise when their respective inamoratas return looking to rekindle lost love. Co-starring Myrna Loy and John Halliday. Directed by Paul Sloane. ANN VICKERS...read more
On TCM: Guest Programmer Nathan Lane, October 21
(Oct 19, 2015 | TCM)
Two-time Tony Award winner, Nathan Lane, is TCM Guest Programmer on October 21st. Lane's first film pick, Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967) is the first version of the 2001 Broadway musical that brought him one of his Tonys, and "arguably the funniest film ever made." His other choices are Alan J. Pakula's All the President's Men (1976), "an incredible examination of that kind of investigative...read more
Julie Andrews, Actress and Author, Muses on Her Newest Children's Book
(Oct 19, 2015 | Observer)
The New York Botanical Garden's annual Rose Garden Dinner is already one of the more enchanting evenings of the New York social calendar-a night of wine, champagne, delicacies and dancing enjoyed between a saunter through a magnificent garden and dinner in a ballroom. Add Julie Andrews to the list of this year's honorees, and you have an incredibly elegant event.Ms. Andrews giving remarks...read more
Joan Leslie, Star of 'Sergeant York' and 'Yankee Doodle Dandy,' Dies at 90, October 12th
(Oct 15, 2015 | Variety)
PETER BROOKER/REX SHUTTERSTOCKOCTOBER 15, 2015 | 10:54AM PTJoan Leslie Caldwell, best known by her stage name of Joan Leslie, has died at age 90.The actress starred in over 30 films - her breakout role came at the age of 15, when she appeared in "High Sierra" with Humphrey Bogart. Some of Leslie's most notable roles came before the actress was 18; she starred alongside Gary Cooper in...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: A Deluge of Discs
(Oct 13, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
Wild Bill Rides Again WILD BILL ELLIOTT WESTERN COLLECTION (1951-54) Western great "Wild Bill" Elliott sauntered into the Fifties at the top of his Cowboy game and soon signed up at a new studio, Monogram Pictures (soon to become Allied Artists). Along with his two-fists, six guns and ramrod righteousness, Wild Bill brought something else to bear on this series of Westerns - brain matter. Themes...read more
Happy tramping at Lake Geneva: Preview of a New Museum dedicated to Charlie Chaplin.
(Oct 12, 2015 | Yahoo News)
Approaching Vevey, we pass two modern high-rise apartment blocks, each decorated with the distinctive figure of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp. It might seem an odd architectural choice but the message is clear: Charlie Chaplin lives here.Or he did, at least, for this area was Chaplin's home for the last 25 years of his life. Following various legal troubles and scandals in the US, including accusations...read more
Studios Open Their Vaults-Even Wider
(Oct 12, 2015 | Indiewire)
By Leonard Maltin October 12, 2015 at 2:58PMPorter Hall, Betty Hutton, and Eddie Bracken in Preston Sturges sidesplitting 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek' (1944) Even as film buffs bemoan the downsizing of the DVD market, major studios are making more of their vintage titles available in other ways. Paramount has just launched a YouTube channel on which, amazingly, they...read more