George Cukor

Garbo! The unending saga of Hollywood's most mysterious, misunderstood star

2013-03-29 02:30:06

"SHE WAS LIKE A HORSE ON THE TRACK. Nothing, and then the bell goes, and something happens," said Hollywood cinematographer James Wong Howe about Greta Garbo. If you're like me, sometimes you roam your living quarters picking up and putting down books...

Ring in the new year with classic comedies

2012-12-27 06:00:00

The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre has the perfect antidote for holiday blues -- a series of classic comedies from the golden age of Hollywood. "Screwball Comedy Classics for the 2013 New Year" serves up 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"...

National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation

2012-12-19 05:00:00

A gripping western, a beloved holiday film, a 115-year-old movie capturing a famous boxing match, a memoir of a Holocaust survivor and a visionary science-fiction thriller in which Keanu Reeves utters the word “whoa” are among the 25 films...

Mel Brooks getting ‘American Masters’ treatment

2012-10-15 16:39:32

Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag

2012-11-07 13:30:00

Jay Cutler's contract needs to be taken care of soon, and rumors of Brian Urlacher's demise seem to have been exaggerated. How much cap space do the Bears have left for this year, and do you think one or more of these guys might be signed before the end...

Danny Kaye's centennial year -- renaissance for a renaissance man

2012-10-30 01:15:11

"I've GOT it! I've got it. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true, right?" "Right. But there's been a change. They broke the chalice from the palace." "They broke the chalice...

Marilyn -- 50 years dead but more alive than ever!

2012-08-06 21:55:08

"WHAT DO you dream?" "My dreams are too intimate to be revealed in public." "What is your nightmare?" "My nightmare is the H-bomb, what's yours?" So it went between Marilyn Monroe and writer Alan Levy, in the very last interview Marilyn gave to...

Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world. Screenwriters and producers may have...

How 'Wizard of Oz' struggled on road to fame

2012-03-02 07:53:00

Nostalgia and navel-gazing dominated the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday, including a spoof featuring Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge and others as a disgruntled focus group attending a "Wizard of Oz" test screening circa 1939. The...

Great Old Broad Series: Maureen Stapleton

2012-03-16 11:12:00

�This Sunday's 2 p.m. screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certain age remind me of some of my own favorite interviews of like-minded dames. I'll post a series of...

Saturday’s Highlights: 'Firelight' on Hallmark

2012-05-04 21:36:35

Dolores Hart: My Interview with One Special Nun

2012-02-21 11:35:00

Mother Dolores Hart, who lives a cloistered life at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethelhem, CT, will walk the red carpet Sunday� in support of the Oscar-nominated documentary, "God Is The Bigger Elvis," about her life.Here is Frank Rizzo's interview from...

Judy Holliday won a best actress Oscar as not-so-dumb-blonde Billie Dawn in this political satire directed by George Cukor.

2012-12-18 11:13:17

Celeste Holm received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress for her role as Karen Richards in the 1950 film "All About Eve." Here, from left after the 1951 Academy Awards, are Judy Holliday, Jose Ferrer, Gloria Swanson, George Cukor and Holm.

2012-07-15 14:53:00

"Gone With the Wind" didn't look like a hit in pre-production when David O. Selznick hired (then fired) George Cukor to direct it. Gary Cooper turned down the role of Rhett Butler and said, "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face."

2012-05-06 00:00:00