Jessie Alice “Jessica” Tandy — Jessica Tandy — born 7 June 1909 – and died 11 September 1994. She was an English stage and film actress. Possessing a great dignity tempered by the humorous sparkle in her clear blue eyes, Jessica Tandy was among the grand dames of stage and screen. Like many of her peers, [...]
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Richard Sambrook is the BBC News Director, an important and fascinating post and, happily, he keeps his blog and twitter feed going pretty regularly. On his blog, he looks back to the fall of the Berlin wall (Youtube) which he hastily had to cover. Twenty years ago today, I was sitting in the BBC’s London newsroom [...]
Playwright John Patrick Shanley referring to Tennessee Williams as a "gorgeous unstoppable beast," recounted an incident in a restaurant when he, a budding writer,...
Dragonwyck is a 1946 film directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Gene Tierney , Vincent Price , Walter Huston , Spring Byington , Anne Revere , Harry Morgan and Jessica Tandy . It's more gothic romance than horror, but it shows up in some of the horror film lists I've seen. Youtube has it online divided into 10 sections. part 1: part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 , part 7 , part 8 , part...
(PORTIONS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 2008) It would have been a damned shame if Tennessee Williams couldn't write, because I can't think of any man of letters whose family and friends provided so much rich material. Williams, who along with Eugene O'Neill sits atop the pantheon of American playwrights, drew long and hard from the deep well of tormented souls who populated his life from childhood...
By Lawrence Brewer For a long time we have used the video store as one of our main ways to access movies. The next generation it seems will be getting their movies from movie downloads, avoiding any trips to the store. You can get virtually any movie you want with a good movie download site. Here are some examples. The House on Carroll Street: McGillis just lost her job after being branded a subversive...
By Marcus Rich It wasn't that long ago that a trip to the corner video shop was the most convenient way to get a movie. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Below is a sample of some of the movies you can find using movie download sites. The Senator Was Indiscreet: Humor-playwright Kaufman's only directorial fling turns out relatively well, with Powell...
Three years after causing an uproar with her supporting nod for a 15-second appearance in the telefilm "Mrs. Harris," Ellen Burstyn won her first Emmy for a guest appearance on the drama series "Law & Order: SVU." With this victory, she becomes the 18th performer to win the acting triple crown of Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards. Though Burstyn won her Oscar ("Alice Doesn't...
Tippi Hedren from one of my favourite Hitchcock movies, The Birds ( 1963 ), looking ice-cool as ever. You might say unruffled..... A good film for spotters of genre actors, The Birds also stars Rod Taylor ( The Time Machine ), Veronica Cartwright ( Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Alien, Flight Of The Navigator, The Witches of Eastwick ) and Jessica Tandy ( ...er, Cocoon ).
By Corey Hurley Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like Blockbuster was your only option. These days you can stay at home and get movies form a movie download site. Just about any movie every made can be attained through a movie download site now. Check out these samples. The House on Carroll Street: McGillis just lost her job after being branded a subversive throughout...
The role of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" is regarded as a pinnacle for stage actresses, and Rachel Weisz is currently scaling the role's formidable heights in London to resounding acclaim. The Oscar-winning actress plays Blanche...
Williamstown, MA - Emmy-winning actor Richard Thomas returns to the Williamstown Theater Festival on Sunday, August 2nd in a one-night only special event - Blanche and Beyond, adapted by Steve Lawson from the 1945-1957 letters of Tennessee Williams. The one-man...
From The nuclear power-dresser : Barbara Judge is an extraordinary human being, particularly for those of us who struggle to iron a shirt. Apart from her flawless grooming — in a power suit with a starched ruff, she resembles a cross between Marie Antoinette and Jessica Tandy — she has more titles than most monarchs. Lady Judge, a British-American dual citizen married to philanthropist...