Longines Chronoscope Interviews, 1951, v.9: Dean Rusk, Representative Clarence Brown
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
looking for a film chalk full of favorites? clarence brown (garbo's favorite) directed this tale of upper class gal meets and falls for lower class gambler in 1931's 'a free soul.' everyone gets pretty beat up while learning lessons the hard way but above the gaming tables, in a chic little hideaway, clark and norma play cat and mouse with plenty chemistry. her clothes that barely stay on her frame,...
SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Clarence Brown grew up in the South, and once witnessed a lynching. The bulk of his career had nothing to do with this experience — swank vehicles for MGM leading ladies, executed with more than the usual panache. But in 1949, he broke totally from the style he’d developed, and addressed directly a subject that [...]
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Henry Gibson passed away last Monday at age 73. Current television viewers probably remember him from his role as Judge Clarence Brown on Boston Legal, but Baby Boomers will always picture him holding a large flower and reciting poetry on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Laugh-In was a rapid-fire sketch comedy show that was “must see TV” [...]
Seraphic Secret (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Earlier this week we published a profile of Hollywood star Esther Ralston . So beautiful was Esther, she was dubbed The American Venus , after the film of the same name in which she starred. Sadly, Esther had a weakness for bad men and her career was seriously derailed by three failed marriages to: an emotionally unstable gambler, an emotionally unstable drunk, and an emotionally unstable ladies man....
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Beloved American comedy actor HENRY GIBSON has died, aged 73.The TV and film star lost his battle with cancer and passed away at his home in Malibu, California on...
Yikes! (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
From Laugh-In to Boston Legal , Who didn't love the many faces of Henry Gibson? I know I did. Sadly, Gibson died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73. There it is again ... cancer ... I hate cancer. Gibson's breakthrough came in 1968 when he was cast as a member of the original ensemble of NBC's top-rated "Laugh-In," on which he performed for three seasons....
Stupid Celebrities Gossip (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Henry Gibson, the comic character actor best known for reciting offbeat poetry on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” has died at the age of 73. Read more on Henry Gibson’s death below. Gibson’s son, James, said his father died Monday at his home in Malibu after a short battle with cancer. Henry Gibson served in the Air Force, [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
LOS ANGELES — Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known for his role reciting offbeat poetry on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73. Gibson's son, James, said Gibson died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. After serving in the Air Force and studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gibson – born James Bateman...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known for his role reciting offbeat poetry on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73.
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known for his role reciting offbeat poetry on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Two men were charged today in the Saturday shooting of two people in Independence. Kenneth Porchia, of Independence, and Clarence Brown, of Kansas City, were charged with aggravated assault and armed criminal action for shooting two people on Concord Circle, according to Officer Tom Gentry of the Independence Police Department.
US Official Tabloid Gossip (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
Related searches: Grapes of Wrath, advise and consent movie, henry fonda, dust bowl, john steinbeck, the wrong man On Saturday, August 1, 8:00 PM TCM will air producer Darryl Zanuck's and director John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath . Over half a century later, we tend to forget the minor miracle that conservative prewar Hollywood produced a powerful and radical film that according to author John Steinbeck...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Monday, June 15 Clarence Brown 6 a.m. Anna Karenina (1935) 8 a.m. Anna Christie (1930) 9:45 a.m. Wife vs. Secretary (1936) 11:15 a.m. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) 1:30 p.m. Angels in the Outfield (1951) 3:30 p.m. National Velvet (1944) 5:45 p.m. The Yearling (1946) Elia Kazan 8 p.m. Elia Kazan: A Director’s Journey (1995) 9:30 p.m. On the Waterfront (1954) 11:30 p.m. East of Eden (1955) 1:30...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
TCM lists 15 overlooked directors - UPI.com : "Turner Classic Movies this week unveiled its list of 15 of what is says are some of the most overlooked classic Hollywood directors. The list includes stylish visionary Frank Borzage, who helmed 'Seventh Heaven,' sci-fi director Jack Arnold, whose credits include 'The Incredible Shrinking Man,' the prolific Allan Dwan, who headed up 'Sands of Iwo...
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 04/27/2009
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is the dystopian novel you’ve never read. Or maybe you have read it. I don’t know. I had not heard of it until I found it on a recommended reading list of Russian novels, and then a former student of mine learned of my planned trip to Russia and loaned me [...]
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