Elizabeth Taylor was the glamorous Hollywood icon who starred in dozens of movies throughout her career, collecting two Best Actress trophies at the Oscars and three additional nominations. But how many of those titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1932, Taylor began her career as a child actress, landing her first leading role when she was just 12-years-old with “National Velvet” (1944). She quickly transitioned into adult stardom, earning her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress for “Raintree County” (1957). Subsequent bids for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) and “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959) quickly followed.
She collected her first statuette playing a prostitute with man troubles in “Butterfield 8” (1960), a film she openly hated. Her win probably had more to do with an emergency tracheotomy she underwent right before the ceremony than the performance, but either way, Taylor was...
Born in 1932, Taylor began her career as a child actress, landing her first leading role when she was just 12-years-old with “National Velvet” (1944). She quickly transitioned into adult stardom, earning her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress for “Raintree County” (1957). Subsequent bids for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) and “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959) quickly followed.
She collected her first statuette playing a prostitute with man troubles in “Butterfield 8” (1960), a film she openly hated. Her win probably had more to do with an emergency tracheotomy she underwent right before the ceremony than the performance, but either way, Taylor was...
- 2/23/2024
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
They’ve done alphabetical. They’ve tried chronological. And now, for Turner Classic Movie‘s 30th celebration of Academy Award-winning and nominated films, the classic movie network is going categorical for 31 Days of Oscar 2024. Over one month (starting February 9), fans get to savor 348 of Hollywood’s finest dramas, comedies, musicals, and documentaries, grouped into one of 19 Oscar categories. Daytime offers a mix of winners and nominees; nighttime, it’s winners only, starting with costume design honorees. Day 1 kicks off with Errol Flynn’s Adventures of Don Juan (6am/5c), a 1948 release that had been delayed several years, in part due to a postwar clothing materials shortage. The swashbuckling flick would eventually require several thousand costumes, good enough to earn Oscar gold in the color film category. (Black-and-white titles got their own trophy until the awards were permanently combined in 1967.) Don Juan is followed by the 1957 nominee Raintree County (8am...
- 2/8/2024
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Oscar-winning production designer William A. Horning and Oscar-nominated production designer, costume designer and producer Polly Platt will be inducted into the Art Directors Guild’s Hall of Fame this year for their “extraordinary contributions to the art of visual storytelling.”
The guild’s 26th annual awards will be held in-person March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
“The creative and professional standards set by the 2022 Adg Awards Hall of Fame recipients Polly Platt and William A. Horning are nonpareil,” said Nelson Coates, the guild’s president. “The breadth of the narrative design achievement and depth of storytelling excellence of both legendary designers has served as a benchmark for production design and collaboration and will continue to inspire for generations to come.”
2022 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For The Oscars, SAG, BAFTAs & More
Horning, who died in 1959, won Oscars for Ben-Hur and Gigi and was Oscar-nominated for The Wizard of Oz,...
The guild’s 26th annual awards will be held in-person March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
“The creative and professional standards set by the 2022 Adg Awards Hall of Fame recipients Polly Platt and William A. Horning are nonpareil,” said Nelson Coates, the guild’s president. “The breadth of the narrative design achievement and depth of storytelling excellence of both legendary designers has served as a benchmark for production design and collaboration and will continue to inspire for generations to come.”
2022 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For The Oscars, SAG, BAFTAs & More
Horning, who died in 1959, won Oscars for Ben-Hur and Gigi and was Oscar-nominated for The Wizard of Oz,...
- 2/15/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
In a career that spans more than seven decades, Eva Marie Saint has won an Oscar, played Superman’s mom, and acted alongside screen legends such as Paul Newman, Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando. A versatile performer, she appeared in comedies, historical epics (“Raintree County”), social dramas (“On the Waterfront”), and misbegotten superhero films (“Superman Returns”). Saint, who turns 97 on July 4, is one of the last surviving links to Hollywood’s Golden Age, with her style and sophistication serving as a luminous reminder that they “don’t make ’em like they used to.”
Nowhere is this more evident than in “North by Northwest,” where Saint put her own spin on the “Hitchcock Blonde.” It was a role previously filled by the likes of Grace Kelly and Kim Novak (“Vertigo”), and one that would later be played by Tippi Hedren in “The Birds” and “Marnie.” Strangely, Saint’s foray into Alfred Hitchcock...
Nowhere is this more evident than in “North by Northwest,” where Saint put her own spin on the “Hitchcock Blonde.” It was a role previously filled by the likes of Grace Kelly and Kim Novak (“Vertigo”), and one that would later be played by Tippi Hedren in “The Birds” and “Marnie.” Strangely, Saint’s foray into Alfred Hitchcock...
- 7/4/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Clayne Crawford joins Josh and Joe to discuss a few of his favorite flicks.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – John Landis’s trailer commentary. Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review.
Mad Max (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary. Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review.
The Killing Of Two Lovers (2021)
Metropolis (1927)
On The Waterfront (1954) – John Badham’s trailer commentary.
Top Gun (1986)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review. Tfh’s Gremlins celebration.
Young Guns (1988)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary.
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Moonraker (1979)
Robocop (1987) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary.
12 Monkeys (1995) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review.
Brazil (1985)
Predator (1987)
Rocky (1976)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary.
The Fisher King (1991)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Easy Rider (1969) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary.
Batman (1989)
Grand Hotel (1932)
It’s Alive (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – John Landis’s trailer commentary. Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review.
Mad Max (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary. Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review.
The Killing Of Two Lovers (2021)
Metropolis (1927)
On The Waterfront (1954) – John Badham’s trailer commentary.
Top Gun (1986)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review. Tfh’s Gremlins celebration.
Young Guns (1988)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary.
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Moonraker (1979)
Robocop (1987) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary.
12 Monkeys (1995) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review.
Brazil (1985)
Predator (1987)
Rocky (1976)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary.
The Fisher King (1991)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Easy Rider (1969) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary.
Batman (1989)
Grand Hotel (1932)
It’s Alive (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary.
- 5/25/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
by Nathaniel R
Sadly, we now reach the finale of the Montgomery Clift filmography. The shroud of sadness and tragedy that hung over Clift's second act in motion pictures (Raintree County through Freud) have often obscured the quality of some of the films. Despite the broken souls and grim reaper feeling exuded by The Misfits and Judgment at Nuremberg in particular -- it's part of their subject matter, after all -- Clift's acting prowess was actually on the rise again.
His declining health and addictions interfered. After Freud there was another four year intermission from the silver screen as there'd been just after From Here to Eternity. With 1966's The Defector the curtain raised again and filming went smoothly for a change. But no third act came. Both Clift (then 45) and his director Raoul Lévy (then just 44) died that year, Clift of a heart attack shortly before the movie's release and Levy,...
Sadly, we now reach the finale of the Montgomery Clift filmography. The shroud of sadness and tragedy that hung over Clift's second act in motion pictures (Raintree County through Freud) have often obscured the quality of some of the films. Despite the broken souls and grim reaper feeling exuded by The Misfits and Judgment at Nuremberg in particular -- it's part of their subject matter, after all -- Clift's acting prowess was actually on the rise again.
His declining health and addictions interfered. After Freud there was another four year intermission from the silver screen as there'd been just after From Here to Eternity. With 1966's The Defector the curtain raised again and filming went smoothly for a change. But no third act came. Both Clift (then 45) and his director Raoul Lévy (then just 44) died that year, Clift of a heart attack shortly before the movie's release and Levy,...
- 10/18/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
by Nathaniel R
The next Smackdown will be posted on Sunday July 7th. But first let's have a little context on the year that was: Dwight Eisenhower began his second term as President, an influenza epidemic that killed 1 million people worldwide began, Elvis Presley made his final appearance on the Ed Sullivan show (shot waist up only), and the Frisbee was introduced. here's more context for that year in a pop culture sense.
Great Big Box Office Hits: Bridge on the River Kwai, Sayonara, and Peyton Place were the top grossers (and competed for the Oscars). Other hits included Old Yeller, Raintree County, and Gunfight at the Ok Corral...
The next Smackdown will be posted on Sunday July 7th. But first let's have a little context on the year that was: Dwight Eisenhower began his second term as President, an influenza epidemic that killed 1 million people worldwide began, Elvis Presley made his final appearance on the Ed Sullivan show (shot waist up only), and the Frisbee was introduced. here's more context for that year in a pop culture sense.
Great Big Box Office Hits: Bridge on the River Kwai, Sayonara, and Peyton Place were the top grossers (and competed for the Oscars). Other hits included Old Yeller, Raintree County, and Gunfight at the Ok Corral...
- 6/26/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Come get your Q on! The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis,runs April 28-May 2, 2019, at the Tivoli Theatre (6350 Delmar) .The St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of 28 films. The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and to celebrate queer culture. The full schedule can be found Here
The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis continues Tuesday April 30th. Here’s Tuesday’s schedule:
5:00pm April 30th: The Gospel Of Eureka – This is a Free screening
(though tickets are required from box office)
Eureka Springs, Ark., is a one-of-a-kind oasis in the Ozarks where Christian piety rubs shoulders with a thriving and open queer community. Known for its natural springs, the town...
The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis continues Tuesday April 30th. Here’s Tuesday’s schedule:
5:00pm April 30th: The Gospel Of Eureka – This is a Free screening
(though tickets are required from box office)
Eureka Springs, Ark., is a one-of-a-kind oasis in the Ozarks where Christian piety rubs shoulders with a thriving and open queer community. Known for its natural springs, the town...
- 4/29/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Elizabeth Taylor would’ve celebrated her 87th birthday on February 27, 2019. The glamorous Hollywood icon starred in dozens of movies throughout her career, collecting two Best Actress trophies at the Oscars and three additional nominations. But how many of those titles remain classics? In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1932, Taylor began her career as a child actress, landing her first leading role when she was just 12-years-old with “National Velvet” (1944). She quickly transitioned into adult stardom, earning her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress for “Raintree County” (1957). Subsequent bids for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) and “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959) quickly followed.
SEEOscar Best Actress Gallery: Every Winner in Academy Award History
She collected her first statuette playing a prostitute with man troubles in “Butterfield 8” (1960), a film she openly hated. Her win probably had...
Born in 1932, Taylor began her career as a child actress, landing her first leading role when she was just 12-years-old with “National Velvet” (1944). She quickly transitioned into adult stardom, earning her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress for “Raintree County” (1957). Subsequent bids for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) and “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959) quickly followed.
SEEOscar Best Actress Gallery: Every Winner in Academy Award History
She collected her first statuette playing a prostitute with man troubles in “Butterfield 8” (1960), a film she openly hated. Her win probably had...
- 2/27/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
It’s been more than 40 years since publicist and newly minted Governors Award honoree Marvin Levy began his close association with Steven Spielberg, but their adventures together only constitute one of acts in the Levy saga.
From the time Levy graduated from NYU in 1949, the affable but no-nonsense communications pro has been somewhere near the center of showbiz gravity.
“I was always a fan of the Broadway musicals starting in high school, and by college we were regularly scoring tickets for opening nights and showing up in tuxedos. We’d see epic shows like ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ and ‘Brigadoon,’ and being naughty boys, we’d go to the backstage door dressed in our tuxes and they’d let us in and we’d get word of where to go for the cast parties.”
When asked if a Variety column item from 1954 — “Marvin Levy and Gordon Morris penned the special material...
From the time Levy graduated from NYU in 1949, the affable but no-nonsense communications pro has been somewhere near the center of showbiz gravity.
“I was always a fan of the Broadway musicals starting in high school, and by college we were regularly scoring tickets for opening nights and showing up in tuxedos. We’d see epic shows like ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ and ‘Brigadoon,’ and being naughty boys, we’d go to the backstage door dressed in our tuxes and they’d let us in and we’d get word of where to go for the cast parties.”
When asked if a Variety column item from 1954 — “Marvin Levy and Gordon Morris penned the special material...
- 11/16/2018
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Montgomery “Monty” Clift was an enigma as a “movie star” from the minute his image reflected from the silver screen. Dark and intense, he exhibited a inner ferocity that was unmatched from any other actor of his era, including Marlon Brando. Because of the enigma, his persona has often been mischaracterized, and he died young in his mid-forties. His nephew Robert Anderson Clift seeks to revitalize the authentic Monty in the new documentary “Making Montgomery Clift.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Essentially, before this film, Monty Clift’s life was defined by two very popular biographies that came out in the late 1970s… “Monty” by Robert Laguardia and “Montgomery Clift: A Biography” by Patricia Bosworth. The Bosworth bio has been praised as one of the must-read profiles of a major star, but both books advance the notion that Clift had one of the “slowest suicides” in Hollywood history. Robert Anderson Clift wanted to find something else,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Essentially, before this film, Monty Clift’s life was defined by two very popular biographies that came out in the late 1970s… “Monty” by Robert Laguardia and “Montgomery Clift: A Biography” by Patricia Bosworth. The Bosworth bio has been praised as one of the must-read profiles of a major star, but both books advance the notion that Clift had one of the “slowest suicides” in Hollywood history. Robert Anderson Clift wanted to find something else,...
- 11/4/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Montgomery Clift would’ve celebrated his 98th birthday on October 17, 2018. The iconic actor gave only a small number of onscreen performances before his untimely death in 1966 at the age of 45. Yet several of those titles remain classics. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 12 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
A product of the Actor’s Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, Clift had a successful Broadway career before moving to Hollywood. Among his notable stage credits was the role of Henry in Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Like James Dean and Marlon Brando, he was one of the original method actors, calling upon past memories and experiences to inform his performances.
He came to the attention of movie audiences in 1948 with a pair of releases: Howard Hawks‘ western “Red River” and Fred Zinnemann‘s WWII drama “The Search.
A product of the Actor’s Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, Clift had a successful Broadway career before moving to Hollywood. Among his notable stage credits was the role of Henry in Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Like James Dean and Marlon Brando, he was one of the original method actors, calling upon past memories and experiences to inform his performances.
He came to the attention of movie audiences in 1948 with a pair of releases: Howard Hawks‘ western “Red River” and Fred Zinnemann‘s WWII drama “The Search.
- 10/17/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Montgomery Clift would’ve celebrated his 98th birthday on October 17, 2018. The iconic actor gave only a small number of onscreen performances before his untimely death in 1966 at the age of 45. Yet several of those titles remain classics. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 12 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
A product of the Actor’s Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, Clift had a successful Broadway career before moving to Hollywood. Among his notable stage credits was the role of Henry in Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Like James Dean and Marlon Brando, he was one of the original method actors, calling upon past memories and experiences to inform his performances.
He came to the attention of movie audiences in 1948 with a pair of releases: Howard Hawks‘ western “Red River” and Fred Zinnemann‘s WWII drama “The Search.
A product of the Actor’s Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, Clift had a successful Broadway career before moving to Hollywood. Among his notable stage credits was the role of Henry in Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Like James Dean and Marlon Brando, he was one of the original method actors, calling upon past memories and experiences to inform his performances.
He came to the attention of movie audiences in 1948 with a pair of releases: Howard Hawks‘ western “Red River” and Fred Zinnemann‘s WWII drama “The Search.
- 10/16/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
• Brain Pickings Marilyn Monroe's unpublished poems on the anniversary of her death
• Vulture Every Tom Cruise performance ranked. Interesting and sound choices mostly though I don't understand the #1 choice at all.
• TV Line The Americans wins big at the Television Critics Awards while Killing Eve is named best new series
• Salon has a piece on MoviePass troubles that is the most sane and balanced I've read. (I'm so sick of the disdain most articles have for a subscription that has meant so much to so many people and convinced them to see more movies - only a good thing!)
• Coming Soon Patrick Stewart to lead Star Trek again
• EW Lance Bass is buying the Brady Bunch house. Wha?
• Variety... spoke too soon. Lance Bass lost the house again. And it upset about the shady dealings!
Heated Discussion Point
As you may have heard by now Chloe Moretz has dissed...
• Vulture Every Tom Cruise performance ranked. Interesting and sound choices mostly though I don't understand the #1 choice at all.
• TV Line The Americans wins big at the Television Critics Awards while Killing Eve is named best new series
• Salon has a piece on MoviePass troubles that is the most sane and balanced I've read. (I'm so sick of the disdain most articles have for a subscription that has meant so much to so many people and convinced them to see more movies - only a good thing!)
• Coming Soon Patrick Stewart to lead Star Trek again
• EW Lance Bass is buying the Brady Bunch house. Wha?
• Variety... spoke too soon. Lance Bass lost the house again. And it upset about the shady dealings!
Heated Discussion Point
As you may have heard by now Chloe Moretz has dissed...
- 8/5/2018
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
“Thru the Time Barrier, 552 years Ahead… Roaring To the Far Reaches of Titanic Terror, Crash-Landing Into the Nightmare Future!” … and as Daffy Duck says, “And it’s good, too!” Allied Artists sends CinemaScope and Technicolor on a far-out timewarp to a place where the men are silly and the women are… very female. Hugh Marlowe stars but the picture belongs to hunky Rod Taylor and leggy Nancy Gates.
World Without End
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date March 28, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shawn Smith, Lisa Montell, Christopher Dark, Booth Colman, Everett Glass.
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Makeup: Emile Lavigne
Art Direction: Dave Milton
Film Editor: Eda Warren
Original Music: Leith Stevens
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written and Directed by Edward Bernds
“CinemaScope’s first science-fiction thriller.”
First, huh? What about MGM’s CinemaScope attraction Forbidden Planet, which...
World Without End
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1956 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date March 28, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shawn Smith, Lisa Montell, Christopher Dark, Booth Colman, Everett Glass.
Cinematography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Makeup: Emile Lavigne
Art Direction: Dave Milton
Film Editor: Eda Warren
Original Music: Leith Stevens
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written and Directed by Edward Bernds
“CinemaScope’s first science-fiction thriller.”
First, huh? What about MGM’s CinemaScope attraction Forbidden Planet, which...
- 3/14/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
When Matt Bomer signed on to play Montgomery Clift in the upcoming biopic Monty Clift, he immediately felt as though his connection to the Hollywood icon was more than skin-deep. "I kind of saw myself in him," Bomer told People on the red carpet for the PaleyFest tribute to his series American Horror Story. Of course, their physical resemblance is uncanny - something even Bomer noticed long ago. "Even as a young kid - before obviously I knew anything about him, or even myself - I saw him on screen and I thought, 'Oh wow he actually looks a lot like my brother,...
- 3/21/2016
- by Scott Huver
- PEOPLE.com
When Matt Bomer signed on to play Montgomery Clift in the upcoming biopic Monty Clift, he immediately felt as though his connection to the Hollywood icon was more than skin-deep. "I kind of saw myself in him," Bomer told People on the red carpet for the PaleyFest tribute to his series American Horror Story. Of course, their physical resemblance is uncanny - something even Bomer noticed long ago. "Even as a young kid - before obviously I knew anything about him, or even myself - I saw him on screen and I thought, 'Oh wow he actually looks a lot like my brother,...
- 3/21/2016
- by Scott Huver
- PEOPLE.com
Edward Dmytryk's big-scale cattle empire saga sees paterfamilias Spencer Tracy drive away his sons and bull his way into a modern civil dispute that can't be resolved with force. Robert Wagner is the loyal son and Richard Widmark the resentful son impatient for Dad to cash in his chips. Fox's early CinemaScope and stereophonic sound western is a transposition of a film noir mystery thriller. Broken Lance Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1954 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 96 min. / Ship Date November 10, 2015 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado, Hugh O'Brian, Eduard Franz, Earl Holliman, E.G. Marshall, Carl Benton Reid, Philip Ober. Cinematography Joseph MacDonald Film Editor Dorothy Spencer Original Music Leigh Harline Written by Richard Murphy, Philip Yordan Produced by Sol C. Siegel Directed by Edward Dmytryk Reviewed by Glenn EricksonSome of the early 'big' westerns that aspire to epic status are...
- 11/14/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Fred Astaire ca. 1935. Fred Astaire movies: Dancing in the dark, on the ceiling on TCM Aug. 5, '15, is Fred Astaire Day on Turner Classic Movies, as TCM continues with its “Summer Under the Stars” series. Just don't expect any rare Astaire movies, as the actor-singer-dancer's star vehicles – mostly Rko or MGM productions – have been TCM staples since the early days of the cable channel in the mid-'90s. True, Fred Astaire was also featured in smaller, lesser-known fare like Byron Chudnow's The Amazing Dobermans (1976) and Yves Boisset's The Purple Taxi / Un taxi mauve (1977), but neither one can be found on the TCM schedule. (See TCM's Fred Astaire movie schedule further below.) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals Some fans never tire of watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing together. With these particular fans in mind, TCM is showing – for the nth time – nine Astaire-Rogers musicals of the '30s,...
- 8/5/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Otto Preminger’s 1960 film Exodus, which stars Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson and Lee J. Cobb, celebrates it’s 55th anniversary this year. The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles will be holding a special one-night-only showing of the 280-minute film on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Prior to the screening, actress Eva Marie Saint is scheduled to partake in a Q & A and discussion on the making of the film.
From the press release:
Exodus, based on the best-selling novel by Leon Uris about the founding of the state of Israel, was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1960 and won the Oscar for Ernest Gold's majestic, memorable score. Otto Preminger's lavish production, with a screenplay by formerly blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, was filmed on location with an all-star cast headed by Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Jill Haworth, Peter Lawford, Ralph Richardson, and Lee J. Cobb.
From the press release:
Exodus, based on the best-selling novel by Leon Uris about the founding of the state of Israel, was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1960 and won the Oscar for Ernest Gold's majestic, memorable score. Otto Preminger's lavish production, with a screenplay by formerly blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, was filmed on location with an all-star cast headed by Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Jill Haworth, Peter Lawford, Ralph Richardson, and Lee J. Cobb.
- 3/20/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Matt Bomer is set to star as one of Hollywood's most charismatic - and tormented - leading men, Montgomery Clift. The White Collar star will play the film icon in a new HBO biopic, Monty Clift. Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, who penned the 2014 feature Love Is Strange, starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, will write the script. Clift starred in such classics as The Heiress, Red River, From Here to Eternity and Judgement at Nuremberg and was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, his costar in 1951's A Place in the Sun and the 1957 Civil War epic Raintree County.
- 1/11/2015
- by Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
- PEOPLE.com
Matt Bomer is set to star as one of Hollywood's most charismatic – and tormented – leading men, Montgomery Clift.
The White Collar star will play the film icon in a new HBO biopic, Monty Clift. Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, who penned the 2014 feature Love Is Strange, starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, will write the script.
Clift starred in such classics as The Heiress, Red River, From Here to Eternity and Judgement at Nuremberg and was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, his costar in 1951's A Place in the Sun and the 1957 Civil War epic Raintree County. The biopic...
The White Collar star will play the film icon in a new HBO biopic, Monty Clift. Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, who penned the 2014 feature Love Is Strange, starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, will write the script.
Clift starred in such classics as The Heiress, Red River, From Here to Eternity and Judgement at Nuremberg and was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, his costar in 1951's A Place in the Sun and the 1957 Civil War epic Raintree County. The biopic...
- 1/11/2015
- by Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
- People.com - TV Watch
Taylor in the 1960 screen version of The Time Machine.
By Lee Pfeiffer
If the year 2014 proved to be an exceptionally cruel one in terms of the number of legendary celebrities who passed away, the new year is off to an equally depressing start with the news that Rod Taylor has passed away at age 84. Taylor, who was two days away from his 85th birthday, died suddenly from a heart attack following a dinner party at his home. He was surrounded by friends and family when the end came. Taylor was a solid leading man who came to prominence in the late 1950s. Although Australian by birth, the ruggedly handsome Taylor could effectively play Brits, Irishmen and Americans with convincing ease. He first gained attention with supporting roles in high profile, big Hollywood studio productions in the late 1950s such as "Raintree County" and "Separate Tables". His breakthrough role came in...
By Lee Pfeiffer
If the year 2014 proved to be an exceptionally cruel one in terms of the number of legendary celebrities who passed away, the new year is off to an equally depressing start with the news that Rod Taylor has passed away at age 84. Taylor, who was two days away from his 85th birthday, died suddenly from a heart attack following a dinner party at his home. He was surrounded by friends and family when the end came. Taylor was a solid leading man who came to prominence in the late 1950s. Although Australian by birth, the ruggedly handsome Taylor could effectively play Brits, Irishmen and Americans with convincing ease. He first gained attention with supporting roles in high profile, big Hollywood studio productions in the late 1950s such as "Raintree County" and "Separate Tables". His breakthrough role came in...
- 1/9/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
People.com is reporting that actor Rod Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 84 of natural causes.
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
- 1/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There have been few faces in cinematic history as expressive and moving as that of Montgomery Clift. His filmography might be all too brief, but he didn't waste a moment, delivering iconic turns in movies like "From Here To Eternity," "Judgment At Nuremberg," "The Search," "Terminal Station" and more. And now his own life is getting the big screen treatment. "White Collar" star Matt Bomer has been tapped to play Clift in an upcoming biopic. Christopher Lovick has penned the script, that will be directed by Larry Moss, and will tell the story of the actor, who quickly rose to become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. But he never recovered after a serious car accident during the filming of "Raintree County," one that left him with scars on his matinee idol face, and chronic pain, which he chased with alcohol and pills. And his growing dependency on drugs...
- 9/19/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The History of Aspect Ratio
In this 18-minute educational video by FilmmakerIQ, John Hess details the history of the cinematic aspect ratio, from 4:3 to 16:9, 1.85:1 to 2.39:1.
Here is a timeline of each aspect ratio as well as some notable films that utilized them.
Original Silent Film (1892) - 1.33:1
- Established by William Dickson and Thomas Edison Academy Ratio (1932) - 1.37:1
- All sound films from 1932 to 1955 were shot in Academy ratio Cinerama (1952) - 2.59:1
- This is Cinerama, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm CinemaScope (1953) - 2.35:1
- The Robe, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Seven Year Itch VistaVision (1954) - 1.85:1
- White Christmas, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest Todd-ao (1955) - 2.20:1
- Oklahoma!, Cleopatra, The Sound of Music MGM Camera 65 (1957) - 2.76:1
- Raintree County, Ben-Hur Ultra Panavision 70 (1957) - 2.76:1
- How the West Was Won, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,...
In this 18-minute educational video by FilmmakerIQ, John Hess details the history of the cinematic aspect ratio, from 4:3 to 16:9, 1.85:1 to 2.39:1.
Here is a timeline of each aspect ratio as well as some notable films that utilized them.
Original Silent Film (1892) - 1.33:1
- Established by William Dickson and Thomas Edison Academy Ratio (1932) - 1.37:1
- All sound films from 1932 to 1955 were shot in Academy ratio Cinerama (1952) - 2.59:1
- This is Cinerama, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm CinemaScope (1953) - 2.35:1
- The Robe, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Seven Year Itch VistaVision (1954) - 1.85:1
- White Christmas, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest Todd-ao (1955) - 2.20:1
- Oklahoma!, Cleopatra, The Sound of Music MGM Camera 65 (1957) - 2.76:1
- Raintree County, Ben-Hur Ultra Panavision 70 (1957) - 2.76:1
- How the West Was Won, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,...
- 7/10/2013
- Hollywonk
As I always say, you learn something new every day, even me. And I admit that I had never heard of this film until recently, and I'm really intrigued to see it. I'm referring to the 1948 Mexican film, Angelitos Negros (Back Angels), written and directed by Joselito Rodriguez, which, in effect, was Mexican cinema's addition to the, what I like to call, "mulatto angst" movies popular during the the late 1940's into the 1950's, such as Lost Boundaries, Raintree County, Pinky, Kings Go Forth, Night of the Quarter Moon and Raoul Walsh's Band of Angels (maybe the best of the "angst" lot) with Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo...
- 2/13/2013
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Turner Classic Movies' Summer Under the Stars showcases many renowned actors, and this time, part of it belongs to Eva Marie Saint.
Each August, the channel presents its festival that devotes a full day to the work of a given performer, and the actress who earned an Oscar for her movie debut opposite Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront" gets her turn Sunday, Aug. 19.
Weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz -- who has appeared with Saint at TCM-sponsored showings of "North by Northwest" in recent months -- will comment on the afternoon attractions, while Robert Osborne introduces the evening features.
"I've been doing some things for TCM, and it's been terrific," Saint tells Zap2it. "All the people involved are so good, and I'm so pleased about this [tribute]. You don't sit home every day looking at your resume, but even I was a little impressed by this list. All of the films stand on their own,...
Each August, the channel presents its festival that devotes a full day to the work of a given performer, and the actress who earned an Oscar for her movie debut opposite Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront" gets her turn Sunday, Aug. 19.
Weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz -- who has appeared with Saint at TCM-sponsored showings of "North by Northwest" in recent months -- will comment on the afternoon attractions, while Robert Osborne introduces the evening features.
"I've been doing some things for TCM, and it's been terrific," Saint tells Zap2it. "All the people involved are so good, and I'm so pleased about this [tribute]. You don't sit home every day looking at your resume, but even I was a little impressed by this list. All of the films stand on their own,...
- 8/19/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Lindsay Lohan / Elizabeth Taylor Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick. Lohan, 26 next July 2, plays Elizabeth Taylor (apparently) at about the time she met Richard Burton in the early ’60s. (Though the Lohan/Taylor picture above looks like something out Richard Brooks’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with Lohan as Maggie the Panther.) Grant Bowler, best known for True Blood and the box-office and critical cataclysm Atlas Shrugged: Part I, plays Richard Burton. The makeup job looks quite impressive, helping to transform Lohan into Taylor. We’ll see — or rather, hear — if Lohan is able to reproduce Taylor’s tones as well. A tabloid queen in her heyday, Elizabeth Taylor won two Best Actress Academy Awards: Daniel Mann’s Butterfield 8, 1960; Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966. Taylor was nominated three other times: Edward Dmytryk’s Raintree County, 1957; Brooks’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,...
- 6/6/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Hollywood icon who won two Oscars among the famous faces remembered during the 84th Academy Awards ceremony
Elizabeth Taylor featured prominently in the In Memoriam section of the Academy Award ceremony currently taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf actor died in March 2011 aged 79, and was one of the most prominent figures of Hollywood glamour through the 1950s and 60s. She is especially well remembered for her multiple marriages, including two to fellow actor Richard Burton.
Taylor was originally signed as a child actress in Hollywood, making her first film at the age of 9, and eventually made her mark aged 12 in the horse-racing picture National Velvet (1944). She made a successful transition to adult roles, and by the mid-50s was finding increasing acclaim, being Oscar nominated for four years in a row for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer and Butterfield 8,...
Elizabeth Taylor featured prominently in the In Memoriam section of the Academy Award ceremony currently taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf actor died in March 2011 aged 79, and was one of the most prominent figures of Hollywood glamour through the 1950s and 60s. She is especially well remembered for her multiple marriages, including two to fellow actor Richard Burton.
Taylor was originally signed as a child actress in Hollywood, making her first film at the age of 9, and eventually made her mark aged 12 in the horse-racing picture National Velvet (1944). She made a successful transition to adult roles, and by the mid-50s was finding increasing acclaim, being Oscar nominated for four years in a row for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer and Butterfield 8,...
- 2/27/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
It's time to do some shopping, kids. After a week of semi-reasonable Golden Globe nominations (!) and the tragic downfall of The Daldry, I'm throwing away wads of cash at the Glendale Americana and never looking back. Do you think they sell the exotic headgear Elizabeth Taylor wore in Raintree County? Maybe at Zara or something? I don't know. Let's review the week and run away somewhere.
- 12/17/2011
- Movieline
Elizabeth Taylor, who died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79 last March 23 in Los Angeles, was known for wearing diamonds the size of icebergs. Well, Taylor's jewelry collection has been auctioned for a record-setting $115 million on Tuesday night at Christie's in New York.
A 33.19-carat diamond ring given her by two-time husband Richard Burton (Taylor and Burton were married and divorced twice) fetched $8.81 million. Another trinket Taylor received from Burton — a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace known as "La Peregrina" — went for $11.84 million. That's a world price record, as per an Associated Press report.
Also at the auction was a diamond bracelet Michael Jackson bought Taylor: it went for $194,500. A percentage of the proceeds from the auction will go to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, established in 1991.
Born in London in February 1932, Elizabeth Taylor appeared in more than 50 motion pictures, in addition to doing television and stage work.
A 33.19-carat diamond ring given her by two-time husband Richard Burton (Taylor and Burton were married and divorced twice) fetched $8.81 million. Another trinket Taylor received from Burton — a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace known as "La Peregrina" — went for $11.84 million. That's a world price record, as per an Associated Press report.
Also at the auction was a diamond bracelet Michael Jackson bought Taylor: it went for $194,500. A percentage of the proceeds from the auction will go to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, established in 1991.
Born in London in February 1932, Elizabeth Taylor appeared in more than 50 motion pictures, in addition to doing television and stage work.
- 12/14/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Montgomery Clift, I Confess Montgomery Clift on TCM: A Place In The Sun, The Heiress, Raintree County Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Raintree County (1957) In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint. C-173 mins, Letterbox Format. 9:00 Am Lonelyhearts (1958) A sensitive young reporter assigned to write an advice column gets caught up in his readers' lives. Dir: Vincent J. Donehue. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy. Bw-103 mins. 11:00 Am The Big Lift (1950) Two Air Force sergeants find love while flying the Berlin Airlift. Dir: George Seaton. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers. Bw-118 mins. 1:00 Pm Red River (1948) A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive. Dir: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift,...
- 8/20/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Montgomery Clift could have become a much bigger star had he turned down fewer roles in major classics (Sunset Blvd., reportedly Shane, East of Eden) and accepted fewer roles in major duds (The Big Lift, Lonelyhearts, The Defector). Clift has been a relatively frequent presence on Turner Classic Movies, but those unfamiliar with his work will be able to check him out — and compare him to fellow "'50s rebels" Marlon Brando and James Dean — on Saturday, August 20, as TCM will be presenting 11 Montgomery Clift movies as part of its "Summer Under the Stars" series. The one TCM premiere is the spy thriller The Defector (1966), which also happens to be Clift's last movie. [Montgomery Clift Movie Schedule.] My favorite Montgomery Clift performance is his quietly ambitious George Eastman in George Stevens' A Place in the Sun (1951). Though Marlon Brando's Stanley Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire (also 1951) is much better remembered today,...
- 8/20/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Clift's Big LiftIt's been too long since I preached the good news: Montgomery Clift made movies. That's it. Easy holy words to remember. Pass them on. Amen.
Saturday August 20th (tomorrow!) on TCM
6:00 am Raintree County (1957)
His troubled southern epic with bestie (and best co-star) La Liz.
9:00 am Lonelyhearts (1958)
A minor curiousity for a number of reasons (Myrna Loy!) but mostly important for being Maureen Stapleton's debut. She was Oscar nominated as a lonely wife chasing some Monty tail on the side.
11:00 am The Big Lift (1950)
Love this one (pictured left). There's something so relaxed about him here not a quality one tends to associate with his work.
1:00 pm Red River (1948)
Must- see entertaining Howard Hawks western with awesome gay coding and Monty at his all time prettiest. John Wayne don't like pretty!
3:30 pm From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953's Best Picture. A star-powered soap opera in war film's clothing.
Saturday August 20th (tomorrow!) on TCM
6:00 am Raintree County (1957)
His troubled southern epic with bestie (and best co-star) La Liz.
9:00 am Lonelyhearts (1958)
A minor curiousity for a number of reasons (Myrna Loy!) but mostly important for being Maureen Stapleton's debut. She was Oscar nominated as a lonely wife chasing some Monty tail on the side.
11:00 am The Big Lift (1950)
Love this one (pictured left). There's something so relaxed about him here not a quality one tends to associate with his work.
1:00 pm Red River (1948)
Must- see entertaining Howard Hawks western with awesome gay coding and Monty at his all time prettiest. John Wayne don't like pretty!
3:30 pm From Here to Eternity (1953)
1953's Best Picture. A star-powered soap opera in war film's clothing.
- 8/19/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Actress Debbie Reynolds has been gathering an impressive collection of Hollywood memorabilia since she was a young girl working for MGM. She always had a dream of seeing her collection displayed in a museum, but after a 2006 project went bankrupt, Reynolds has had to auction off a lot of her pieces in a large auction in Beverly Hills on Saturday (June 18).
The biggest ticket item was the beautiful white pleated dress that famously blew around Marilyn Monroe on the subway grate in "The Seven Year Itch." It was expected to fetch between $1 million and $2 million, but Reuters is reporting the dress went for $4.6 million.
Another Marilyn dress was also up for auction. The red-sequined dress Monroe wore in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" went for $1.2 million, about six times what it was expected to earn. Audrey Hepburn's "Ascot Gavotte" dress from "My Fair Lady" (pictured above) went for $3.7 million.
Here are...
The biggest ticket item was the beautiful white pleated dress that famously blew around Marilyn Monroe on the subway grate in "The Seven Year Itch." It was expected to fetch between $1 million and $2 million, but Reuters is reporting the dress went for $4.6 million.
Another Marilyn dress was also up for auction. The red-sequined dress Monroe wore in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" went for $1.2 million, about six times what it was expected to earn. Audrey Hepburn's "Ascot Gavotte" dress from "My Fair Lady" (pictured above) went for $3.7 million.
Here are...
- 6/20/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The pleated ivory dress that blew around Marilyn Monroe in an iconic scene from "The Seven Year Itch" sold for $4.6 million at a weekend auction of Hollywood costumes -- far exceeding its estimate. The so-called "subway" dress is perhaps the most recognizable in movie history. In Billy Wilder's 1955 movie, a passing train sent a draft through a grate as Monroe giddily stood above it proclaiming, "Isn't it delicious?" The William Travilla design was estimated to sell for between $1 million and $2 million, the crown jewel at a 12-hour auction of nearly 600 costumes and pieces of memorabilia being sold by actress Debbie Reynolds in Beverly Hills on Saturday. Monroe's red-sequined dress from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" went for $1.2 million. Its pre-sale estimate was $200,000 to $300,000. Audrey Hepburn's Ascot dress from "My Fair Lady," carrying the same estimate, sold for $3.7 million. The collection featured costumes worn by other Hollywood stars, from Grace Kelly,...
- 6/19/2011
- Filmicafe
With her still shocking death earlier this month, the proclamations of appreciation for the life and career of one Elizabeth Taylor are still rolling in.
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center has announced that they will be hosting a new film series, entitled Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Screening at the Walter Reade Theater from May 20-22, this will be the first retrospective of the icon’s work in NY, since her death. It will also go hand-in-hand with a photo exhibit, which will be on display from May 20-June 9, thanks to the Fslc, Kobal Collection and BigEyeGallery.com.
Tickets will be going on sale on May 5, and the series will feature such films as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and A Place In The Sun. Also screening will be Julia Misbehaves, a rare film which also happens to features the actress’ first on-screen kiss,...
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center has announced that they will be hosting a new film series, entitled Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Screening at the Walter Reade Theater from May 20-22, this will be the first retrospective of the icon’s work in NY, since her death. It will also go hand-in-hand with a photo exhibit, which will be on display from May 20-June 9, thanks to the Fslc, Kobal Collection and BigEyeGallery.com.
Tickets will be going on sale on May 5, and the series will feature such films as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and A Place In The Sun. Also screening will be Julia Misbehaves, a rare film which also happens to features the actress’ first on-screen kiss,...
- 4/29/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Film Society Of Lincoln Center announces Elizabeth: The Golden Age May 20-22
Retrospective of Elizabeth Taylor.s films will include exhibit of classic images from the film legend.s iconic life.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the details today for the upcoming film series, Elizabeth: The Golden Age which will screen at the Walter Reade Theater May 20-22. The series will mark the first retrospective of Taylor.s work in New York following her recent passing. As part of the retrospective, Fslc has teamed with The Kobal Collection and Big Eye Gallery.com to display a photo exhibit of some of the most well-known and celebrated images of the screen icon. The exhibit will be on display from May 20 . June 9.
Highlights from Elizabeth: The Golden Age include; a rare screening of Julia Misbehaves (1948), the raucous romantic comedy directed by Jack Conway, features the 16-year-old Taylor.s first on-screen...
Retrospective of Elizabeth Taylor.s films will include exhibit of classic images from the film legend.s iconic life.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the details today for the upcoming film series, Elizabeth: The Golden Age which will screen at the Walter Reade Theater May 20-22. The series will mark the first retrospective of Taylor.s work in New York following her recent passing. As part of the retrospective, Fslc has teamed with The Kobal Collection and Big Eye Gallery.com to display a photo exhibit of some of the most well-known and celebrated images of the screen icon. The exhibit will be on display from May 20 . June 9.
Highlights from Elizabeth: The Golden Age include; a rare screening of Julia Misbehaves (1948), the raucous romantic comedy directed by Jack Conway, features the 16-year-old Taylor.s first on-screen...
- 4/28/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This year and month, being the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, Turner Classic Movies will be showing, all this month, films dealing with the conflict, such as Gone with the Wind, Raintree County (the film where Elizabeth Taylor goes nuts because she thinks she’s part black – and back then, that was enough to make a white person go crazy) and Glory.
But without question, one of the most important films ever made, D.W. Griffith’s 1915 landmark 190 minute epic, Birth of a Nation, will be shown on TCM on Monday Aprill 11 at 8Pm (7Pm Central Time).
Griffith’s classic film, based on the book The Klansman, about the fall and rise of the South before, during and after the Civil War, with black people – or rather white actors in black face – as the villains, and the Kkk has the heroes who literally come to the rescue,...
But without question, one of the most important films ever made, D.W. Griffith’s 1915 landmark 190 minute epic, Birth of a Nation, will be shown on TCM on Monday Aprill 11 at 8Pm (7Pm Central Time).
Griffith’s classic film, based on the book The Klansman, about the fall and rise of the South before, during and after the Civil War, with black people – or rather white actors in black face – as the villains, and the Kkk has the heroes who literally come to the rescue,...
- 4/5/2011
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Updated through 3/26.
"Dame Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th Century's biggest movie stars, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79," reports the BBC. "The peak of her film career came in the 1950s and 1960s, with four Oscar nominations in a row from 1958 to 1961. She lost out in her first three attempts — for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly, Last Summer — but triumphed at her fourth attempt with Butterfield 8. Her second Oscar came in 1967 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, one of 12 films with [Richard] Burton. She met the actor while filming 1963's Cleopatra — which became notorious as one of the most expensive films of all time, but which also sparked one of Hollywood's greatest romances."
From the New York Times: "In a world of flickering images, Elizabeth Taylor was a constant star. First appearing on screen at the age of 9, she grew up on screen,...
"Dame Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th Century's biggest movie stars, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79," reports the BBC. "The peak of her film career came in the 1950s and 1960s, with four Oscar nominations in a row from 1958 to 1961. She lost out in her first three attempts — for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly, Last Summer — but triumphed at her fourth attempt with Butterfield 8. Her second Oscar came in 1967 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, one of 12 films with [Richard] Burton. She met the actor while filming 1963's Cleopatra — which became notorious as one of the most expensive films of all time, but which also sparked one of Hollywood's greatest romances."
From the New York Times: "In a world of flickering images, Elizabeth Taylor was a constant star. First appearing on screen at the age of 9, she grew up on screen,...
- 3/26/2011
- MUBI
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor started her film career as a child, hitting it big when she starred as a 12-year-old girl hoping to become a jockey in "National Velvet." The violet-eyed beauty went on to star in some of cinema's classics, including "Giant," "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Take a look back at her filmography, along with great quotes and trivia!
The Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies'National Velvet' (1944)
Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor...
Take a look back at her filmography, along with great quotes and trivia!
The Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies'National Velvet' (1944)
Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor...
- 3/25/2011
- Extra
We’ve lost a classic star, one that was almost too good to be true. She had brains and beauty in copious amounts, and film fans loved her every moment she was on screen. Not going to go into any of the ill will people threw upon her, this isn’t about any of that. This is about the legend Elizabeth Taylor and what she meant to us, movie lovers the world over. Of course this isn’t a definitive Top 10. This is mine, but I would love for anyone and everyone to contribute their own entries that they would pick instead.
10. Cleopatra (1963)
This was the film that introduced me to Elizabeth Taylor at a ripe young age of 5. Once she came on the screen, I was in love. Taylor was probably the earliest crush I could remember having (besides Drew Barrymore in E.T.) and I just couldn’t take my eyes off of her.
10. Cleopatra (1963)
This was the film that introduced me to Elizabeth Taylor at a ripe young age of 5. Once she came on the screen, I was in love. Taylor was probably the earliest crush I could remember having (besides Drew Barrymore in E.T.) and I just couldn’t take my eyes off of her.
- 3/25/2011
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
The life and times of Elizabeth Taylor, who will be remembered for her imperious beauty and many marriages
I had my first and final glimpse of the late Elizabeth Taylor suddenly last summer at the concert given by Julie Andrews at London's O2 centre. I was standing with a knot of other journalists by a lift, 10 minutes before the show was due to start, when the doors opened and she emerged in a wheelchair, accompanied by a nurse and a Pa. For a moment, she was at rest in the middle of us, uncertain of where she was supposed to go. Taylor had been a wheelchair user for many years, the result of accumulating infirmities and spinal disorders which had their origin in her fall from a horse during the filming of National Velvet in 1944 when she was 12 years old.
After a microsecond, we leaned away in a kind of physical shock at the recognition,...
I had my first and final glimpse of the late Elizabeth Taylor suddenly last summer at the concert given by Julie Andrews at London's O2 centre. I was standing with a knot of other journalists by a lift, 10 minutes before the show was due to start, when the doors opened and she emerged in a wheelchair, accompanied by a nurse and a Pa. For a moment, she was at rest in the middle of us, uncertain of where she was supposed to go. Taylor had been a wheelchair user for many years, the result of accumulating infirmities and spinal disorders which had their origin in her fall from a horse during the filming of National Velvet in 1944 when she was 12 years old.
After a microsecond, we leaned away in a kind of physical shock at the recognition,...
- 3/24/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
24-Hour Tribute to Include Taylor.s Academy Award®-Winning Performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), Plus Memorable Roles in Nine Films
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award®-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. Ms. Taylor died at the age of 79 at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital on March 23, 2011. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et/Pt), will include both of Taylor.s Oscar®-winning performances, with Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (Et) and Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 10 p.m. (Et).
TCM.s tribute will also feature Taylor in such memorable films as the family classics Lassie Come Home (1943) and National Velvet (1944); the delightful comedies Father of the Bride (1950) and Father.s Little Dividend (1951); the historical epic Ivanhoe (1952); and the powerful dramas Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and...
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award®-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. Ms. Taylor died at the age of 79 at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital on March 23, 2011. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et/Pt), will include both of Taylor.s Oscar®-winning performances, with Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (Et) and Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 10 p.m. (Et).
TCM.s tribute will also feature Taylor in such memorable films as the family classics Lassie Come Home (1943) and National Velvet (1944); the delightful comedies Father of the Bride (1950) and Father.s Little Dividend (1951); the historical epic Ivanhoe (1952); and the powerful dramas Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and...
- 3/24/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Child actor who became a Hollywood film star known for her dazzling beauty and her eight marriages
The film star Elizabeth Taylor, who has died of heart failure aged 79, was in the public eye from the age of 11 and remained there even decades after her last hit movie. She managed to keep people fascinated, by her incandescent beauty, her courage, her open-natured character, her self-deprecating humour, her eight marriages (two of them to the actor Richard Burton), her many brushes with death, her seesawing weight, her diamonds and her humanitarian causes, all of which often obscured the reason why she was famous in the first place – she had a tantalising screen presence, in films including A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Butterfield 8 (1961), Cleopatra (1963) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Taylor was born in Hampstead, north London, of American parents. Her mother, Sara, was...
The film star Elizabeth Taylor, who has died of heart failure aged 79, was in the public eye from the age of 11 and remained there even decades after her last hit movie. She managed to keep people fascinated, by her incandescent beauty, her courage, her open-natured character, her self-deprecating humour, her eight marriages (two of them to the actor Richard Burton), her many brushes with death, her seesawing weight, her diamonds and her humanitarian causes, all of which often obscured the reason why she was famous in the first place – she had a tantalising screen presence, in films including A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Butterfield 8 (1961), Cleopatra (1963) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Taylor was born in Hampstead, north London, of American parents. Her mother, Sara, was...
- 3/24/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has planned a special tribute for Elizabeth Taylor who just died on March 23. The network will air 24-hour movie memorial movie marathon which is set to begin on Sunday, April 10 at 6 A.M. with her 1943 movie "Lassie Come Home".
"Butterfield 8" (1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), which landed Oscar kudos for Taylor, will also be aired at 8 P.M. and 10 P.M. respectively. The special tribute will also feature the 79-year-old actress in spy drama "Conspirator" (1949) which marked her first adult role.
Other films included in the line-up are "Lassie Come Home" (1943), "National Velvet" (1944), "Father of the Bride" (1950), "Father's Little Dividend" (1951), historical epic "Ivanhoe" (1952), "Giant" (1956), "Raintree County" (1957), and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958).
Beside TCM, Bio Channel and ABC also take part in remembering the late actress. The former will take a two-hour intimate look at the private life of Taylor on "Bio Remembers: Elizabeth Taylor" on Thursday,...
"Butterfield 8" (1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), which landed Oscar kudos for Taylor, will also be aired at 8 P.M. and 10 P.M. respectively. The special tribute will also feature the 79-year-old actress in spy drama "Conspirator" (1949) which marked her first adult role.
Other films included in the line-up are "Lassie Come Home" (1943), "National Velvet" (1944), "Father of the Bride" (1950), "Father's Little Dividend" (1951), historical epic "Ivanhoe" (1952), "Giant" (1956), "Raintree County" (1957), and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958).
Beside TCM, Bio Channel and ABC also take part in remembering the late actress. The former will take a two-hour intimate look at the private life of Taylor on "Bio Remembers: Elizabeth Taylor" on Thursday,...
- 3/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
NPR: 'Laughter And Reflections' With Carol Burnett
"Being the good sport she is," Burnett remembers, [Elizabeth] Taylor hid from Burnett until her cameo [on All My Children]. "The cameras kept rolling, and her belly laugh and my expletive — bleeped — went to the air exactly as taped."
Elizabeth Taylor special, marathon set
TV will be filled with Elizabeth Taylor memories and tributes over the next few days.
The Biography Channel and TCM are the first to announce special programs.
Bio Remembers: Elizabeth Taylor is scheduled for Thursday from 8-10 p.m.
TCM will air a 24-hour Liz Taylor film marathon starting at 6 a.m. Sunday with Lassie Come Home.
National Velvet follows at 7:30 a.m.
Conspirator is next at 10 a.m.
Father of the Bride is set for 11:30 a.m.
Father’s Little Dividend rolls at 1:15 p.m.
Raintree County starts at 2:45 p.m.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof goes at 6 p.
"Being the good sport she is," Burnett remembers, [Elizabeth] Taylor hid from Burnett until her cameo [on All My Children]. "The cameras kept rolling, and her belly laugh and my expletive — bleeped — went to the air exactly as taped."
Elizabeth Taylor special, marathon set
TV will be filled with Elizabeth Taylor memories and tributes over the next few days.
The Biography Channel and TCM are the first to announce special programs.
Bio Remembers: Elizabeth Taylor is scheduled for Thursday from 8-10 p.m.
TCM will air a 24-hour Liz Taylor film marathon starting at 6 a.m. Sunday with Lassie Come Home.
National Velvet follows at 7:30 a.m.
Conspirator is next at 10 a.m.
Father of the Bride is set for 11:30 a.m.
Father’s Little Dividend rolls at 1:15 p.m.
Raintree County starts at 2:45 p.m.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof goes at 6 p.
- 3/24/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Earlier today screen legend Elizabeth Taylor passed away due to congestive heart failure. She was 79. People deal with death in different ways. If you’re one of those people who needs to wallow in good memories afterward, or it you are just woefully undereducated when it comes to the career of the late actress, then TCM is putting on a marathon of Taylor movies that should be essential viewing. The marathon will begin April 10th, starting at 6 am Et, and it is set to run for a full 24 hours. Over the course of the marathon many of Taylor’s best remembered performances will be aired, including the two that won her Oscar statues, her sexy portrayal of femme fatale Gloria Wandrous in BUtterfield 8, and her tortured performance as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The marathon in tribute of the great actress will run as follows: 6:00 a.m...
- 3/23/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Actress Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most respected and most recognized names to grace the Silver Screen. Lately she's been in the news often as her rapidly declining health became apparent to the public eye, and early Wednesday morning the iconic actress passed away at the age of 79. Taylor's cause of death was congestive heart failure, which she was first diagnosed with in 2004, and she was surrounded by her family at the time of her passing.
She started out young in the business, nabbing her first role at ten years of age in 1942's There's One Born Every Minute, and made her first big wave in 1944's National Velvet. She went on to appearances in Little Women (1949), Father of the Bride (1950), Giant (1956), and her first three Oscar nominations in Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959).
After these many great films, Taylor moved into...
She started out young in the business, nabbing her first role at ten years of age in 1942's There's One Born Every Minute, and made her first big wave in 1944's National Velvet. She went on to appearances in Little Women (1949), Father of the Bride (1950), Giant (1956), and her first three Oscar nominations in Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959).
After these many great films, Taylor moved into...
- 3/23/2011
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
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