New Book - The Lives of Robert Ryan
(May 11, 2015 | Wesleyan)
Available May 11, 2015, from Wesleyan PublishersThe Lives of Robert RyanBy J.R. JonesRobert Ryan etched a memorable gallery of film characters throughout a thirty-year career. In a diverse array of films from World War II dramas to film noir, from westerns to his final memorable role in Eugene O'Neill's tragic drama, The Iceman Cometh, Ryan revealed himself to be a gifted actor, and one whom...read more
Kino Lorber Studio Classics Announces its June Releases, includes Judgment at Nuremberg and Inherit the Wind
(May 8, 2015 | Kino Lorber)
Kino Lorber Studio Classics Announces its June Releases William Friedkin's The Boys in the Band, Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg and Inherit the Wind, Harold Becker's The Onion Field and Malice, the Chuck Norris action hits An Eye for an Eye and Hero and The Terror, The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Burt Lancaster, the adventure classic The Land That Time Forgot, and more coming to home...read more
New Book: Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer
(May 4, 2015 | University Press of Kentucky)
Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer, by Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson Available in stores on June 16, 2015...To purchase "Ziegfeld and His Follies" click here. "The name Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867-1932) is synonymous with the decadent revues that the legendary impresario produced at the turn of the twentieth century. These extravagant performances were...read more
TCM Announces the Return of Summer of Darkness
(May 4, 2015 | TCM)
TCM Announces the Return of Summer of Darkness Film Noir Programming Event Primetime Screenings Hosted By Eddie Muller, Founder And President Of The Film Noir Foundation 24 Hours of Noir Begins June 5 and Airs Every Friday in June and July Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is returning to the shadowy world of film noir with the return Summer of Darkness, the network's ultimate film...read more
getTV Salutes The Armed Forces with Memorial Day Marathon, May 25 + more
(May 3, 2015 | Sony getTV)
getTV SALUTES THE ARMED FORCES WITH A SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY MARATHON FEATURING THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS, ALL THE YOUNG MEN, AND THE HEROES OF TELEMARK, ON MONDAY, MAY 25, AT 8 A.M. ET Other Highlights Include a Month-Long Block Honoring the Army, Navy, and Air Force with a Lineup Starring Harrison Ford, Steve McQueen, and James Stewart, Among Others CULVER CITY, CA - Wednesday, April...read more
New Book - Richard Anderson: At Last... A Memoir, from the Golden Years of M-G-M and the Six Million Dollar Man to Now
(May 2, 2015 | Bear Manor Media)
Available May 2, 2015 from Bear Manor Media...Richard Anderson: At Last... A MemoirBy Richard Anderson as told to Al Doshna"When people ask me where I received my education, I tell them it was at MGM-U. The biggest lessons I learned is that acting is a talent. You can't teach it. And even if you have the talent you have to get a part." - Richard Anderson. This fascinating book covers Anderson's...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: New This Week! 4/28/2015
(Apr 28, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: New This Week!Escape from East BerlinWhen his friend Gunther Jurgena attempts to break out of East Germany by crashing his truck through the Berlin Wall, Kurt Schröder (Don Murray) watches in horror as he is shot dead by the border guards. So when Gunther's sister Erika (Christine Kaufmann) follows her brother and barely escapes the same fate, Kurt offers to...read more
Emmy-Nominated Actress Jayne Meadows Dies At 95
(Apr 28, 2015 | NPR.org)
Emmy-Nominated Actress Jayne Meadows Dies At 95APRIL 28, 2015 3:32 AM ETIn 1996, Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen arrive at the gala opening of the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills, Calif.Rene Macura /Associated PressJayne Meadows, the Emmy-nominated actress and TV personality who often teamed with her husband, Steve Allen, has died. She was 95.Meadows died of natural causes Sunday...read more
New Book: Orson Welles: Power, Heart, and Soul
(Apr 28, 2015 | The Critical Press)
Orson Welles: Power, Heart, and SoulIn stores April 28, 2015, from The Critical Press, Orson Welles: Power, Heart, and Soul is available in hardcover ($35) and as an ebook ($15)Click here to purchase at amazon This incisive introduction to the life and work of Orson Welles is an essential study of one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. With special attention...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: New This Week!
(Apr 22, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: New This Week!42nd Street - ON BLU-RAY! Meet a dewy-eyed ingenue, a gee-whiz tenor, stuck-up stars, hard-up producers, brassy blondes and "shady ladies from the '80s." They're all denizens of 42nd Street, belting out ageless Harry Warren/Al Dubin songs and tapping out Busby Berkeley's sensational Depression-lifting production numbers. The put-on-a-show plot...read more
New Book: My First Time in Hollywood: Stories from the Pioneers, Dreamers and Misfits Who Made the Movies
(Apr 22, 2015 | Asahina and Wallace)
Available April 22 from Asahina and Wallace Publishers, My First Time in Hollywood: Stories from the Pioneers, Dreamers and Misfits Who Made the MoviesBy Cari BeauchampFilm Historian and author Cari Beauchamp has assembled a terrific line-up of Hollywood legends for her latest book, My First Time in Hollywood. Utilizing a wide array of archives, she has traced back to the beginning...read more
getTV Celebrates Mother\'s Day with a Special Afternoon Brunch Block May 10
(Apr 20, 2015 | Sony getTV)
CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY WITH getTV IN AN AFTERNOON BRUNCH BLOCK FEATURING MARILYN MONROE IN LADIES OF THE CHORUS AND MARLENE DIETRICH IN THE LADY IS WILLING, ON SUNDAY, MAY 10, AT 9:30 A.M. ET The Mother's Day Marathon Puts the Spotlight on Five Golden Age Classics Starring Claudette Colbert, Barbara Hale, Carole Lombard and More in Some of their Finest Roles CULVER CITY, CA - Monday,...read more
Gone With The Wind Dress Sold For $137,000
(Apr 19, 2015 | AP)
'Gone With The Wind' Dress Sold For $137,000DALLAS (AP) - An outfit Vivien Leigh wore when she played Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" has fetched $137,000 at auction.Heritage Auctions offered the gray jacket and skirt, featuring a black zigzag applique, plus other items from the Academy Award-winning film at auction Saturday in Beverly Hills, California.Dallas-based Heritage...read more
TCM To Host U.S. Television Premiere of Human Voice 4/21, Starring Academy Award® Winner Sophia Loren by Filmmaker Edoardo Ponti on April 21
(Apr 15, 2015 | TCM)
TCM To Host U.S. Television Premiere of Human Voice Starring Academy Award® Winner Sophia Loren by Filmmaker Edoardo Ponti on April 21Film Debut Kicks Off Primetime Tribute to Legendary Actress Sophia LorenTurner Classic Movies (TCM) will host the U.S. Television premiere of filmmaker Edoardo Ponti's short film Human Voice, starring Sophia Loren as part of the networks five-film tribute to...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: New Releases: Rosalind Russell, Strangers and Growing Pains
(Apr 14, 2015 | Warner Brothers Archives)
New Releases Starring Rosalind Russell, Tony Anthony, Alan Thicke, Gary Cooper & The Ritz Brothers THE STRANGER COLLECTION (1967, 1968, 1974) Meet the other Man With No Name! While Spaghetti Westerns were burning up the global box-office, a no-named Stranger, quite unlike another no-named pasta pistolero, was played by Tony Anthony. He's more beholden to the antics of the Native American...read more