Adam's Rib :
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
My father pointed out that this year is the 60th anniversary of the release of Adam's Rib, a movie about a married lawyer couple (played by Spencer Tracy and Katherine...
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Comprehensive chapters make up for unavoidable weaknesses
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
He was the director of many films that are very much a part of our American consciousness. He moved comfortably among film genres. He was the first choice of both producers and stars. Yet his name will probably be recognized only by die-hard film fanatics.
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Good Actors/Bad Pictures
The Glittering Eye (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
On Turner Classic Movies this morning they showed the movie Swing Your Lady which starred Humphrey Bogart. It was made in 1938, just a few years before Bogart would star in a half dozen of the greatest pictures ever made. Swing Your Lady is of such astonishing badness that it’s proof positive that [...]
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The Sun guide to the best films
The Sun (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
SUN has picked its favourite films to help you choose what to watch on telly today
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Holiday bio-books; Brando vs. Victor Fleming
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
I've been enjoying the new Victor Fleming bio by my colleague at the Baltimore Sun, Michael Sragow, Victor Fleming, An American Master. I'm not sure I buy into his thesis, that the man's man MGM contract director who "saved" The...
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Bad Day at Black Rock
"Let's Not Talk About Movies" (Free subscription) | 12/20/2008
" Bad Day at Black Rock " ( John Sturges , 1955) WWII vet John J. Macreedy ( Spencer Tracy ) steps off the train at Black Rock --the first time the train has stopped in four years. He's looking for a man named Komoko, and he is treated with an inexplicable hostility that he can't fathom and no one will explain. Macreedy, stoically --though increasingly crankily , sets out to find the man he's looking...
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Remembering Actor Van Johnson
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 12/20/2008
A tribute to the career for the legendary actor Van Johnson.
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Study Break
Life of Wiley (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
Tonight I took a break from grading and letter of recommendation writing to watch "Judgment at Nuremberg." Didn't realize it was quite so long, well worth it. I got chills listening to Spencer Tracy's closing argument at the trial, found it online to post here: ...under the stress of a national crisis, ordinary men...can delude themselves into the commission of crimes. How easily it can happen...A...
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Persuasion
Cultural Offering.com (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
Aristotle believed that the most persuasive argument is the one made where the listener believes that he drew the conclusion. Michael Wade offers great advice on how to avoid being unpersuasive : "To paraphrase Spencer Tracy, it's okay to act but don't ever let them catch you doing it."
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Angela Lansbury, set to host TCM doc about Disney, reflects on an extraordinary career
Mickey News (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
Aside from a few child stars, there aren't many actors who began their careers 65 years ago and are still working today, but that is precisely what stage, television and film legend Angela Lansbury is - and loves - doing.
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Actor Van Johnson, 92, a WWII-era heartthrob
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Van Johnson, a disarming and popular Hollywood star of 1940s musicals and comedies who later proved effective as a G.I. grunt in "Battleground" and a conflicted Naval officer in "The Caine Mutiny," has died. He was 92.
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Actor Van Johnson dead at 92
Wizbang (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
The Hollywood heartthrob could be a fine actor in dramas and comedies. The Caine Mutiny, the excellent war/courtroom drama and Henry Fonda's best friend in the original Yours, Ours, and...
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1940’s Hollywood movie star Van Johnson has died
ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
(ChattahBox) — 1940s hearthrob Van Johnson has passed on at 92. Johnson was a disarming and popular Hollywood star of 1940s musicals and comedies who later proved his chops in meatier dramas. He died Dec. 12 at Tappan Zee Manor, a senior citizens home in Nyack, N.Y. No cause of death was immediately reported. Injures from [...]
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Van Johnson DEAD
lalate news (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Van Johnson is dead. Van Johnson, star of “Battleground” and “The Caine Mutiny”, is dead at 92. Causes of death are not yet determined. Van Johnson died in Nyack, N.Y. He came to fame most in the 1940s. Films included: “State of the Union” (1948) with Spencer Tracy “Command Decision” (1948) “Battleground” (1949) “The Caine Mutiny” (1954) Van Johnson will [...]
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Golden-Era Movie Heartthrob Van Johnson Dead at 92 [Rip]
Defamer (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Back in the days before teen heartthrobs were photographed in front of baby penises at the local novelty store, Van Johnson was a wholesome young star America could stand behind. And now he's dead....
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