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The solid film and tv actor — Brooklyn-born John Saxon — died July 25 at the age of 83. The story of how he got to Hollywood, and groomed as yet another darkly handsome Fifties heart throb, brings us to one Henry Willson. Who he? Willson, a wealthy Easterner who came to Hollywood to scout […]
MGM tried it with the 1953 musical Kiss Me Kate. Warners added it to Alfred Hitchcock’s production of 1954’s Dial M for Murder. Last week in our discussion of 3D films we forgot to mention some BIG titles. That’s possibly because although several A films were shot in 3D, by the time of their release the […]
He is a classic movie icon. World famous. Legendary. He is the best and most important actor in the history of the cinema, writes British critic David Thomson. But how much do you really know about him? Well, let’s see if we can stump you. But let’s get one thing out of the way first. […]