Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of June 29, 2010.
This week: Updated tributes to Olivia de Havilland and Janet Leigh, plus our annual list of 4th of July birthdays.
This coming week, in addition to Olivia de Havilland and the July 4 birthdays shown below, we celebrate birthdays for living legends Leslie Caron (July 1, 1931), Farley Granger (July 1, 1925) and Shirley Knight (July 5, 1936). For more information, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays
Yankee Doodle Dandies: Stars both living and dead with Independence Day birthdays include Gloria Stuart (1910), George M. Cohan (1878), Louis B. Mayer (1882), George Murphy (1902), Woody Guthrie (1912), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Gina Lollabrigida (1927), Neil Simon (1927), and Karolyn Grimes (1940).
New/Updated Features
A Tribute to Janet Leigh
The actress appeared in over 60 theatrical films and TV movies, but was best known for her starring role in Hitchock's Psycho.
A Tribute to Janet Leigh
A Tribute to Olivia de Havilland
Celebrating the 94th birthday of the well-liked leading lady who is best known for a supporting role and who successfully fought the studio system in 1943.
A Tribute to Olivia de Havilland
A Tribute to Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward was born in poverty, received her first Oscar nomination after 10 years as an actress, got four more before finally winning one, then died of cancer at the age of 58. She fought every step of the way, and gave us many memorable performances.
A Tribute to Susan Hayward
A Tribute to Richard Rodgers
He wrote over forty-two Broadway musicals, first with Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein II. Nineteen were made into films which are the core of the great crop of musicals of the "golden age" in the 40s and 50s.
A Tribute to Richard Rodgers
A Tribute to Billy Wilder
A tribute to the great director of Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and many more.
A Tribute to Billy Wilder
A Tribute to Errol Flynn
He received no formal recognition from his peers during his career, and even today the Academy has yet to recognize his achievements, but this prodigal son of Hollywood was one of the original action heroes, and lived a life offscreen that was often more flamboyant than those of his famous characters.
A Tribute to Errol Flynn
A Tribute to Jeanette MacDonald
Her eight films with Nelson Eddy made the pair the biggest musical team of their era. It may have been cornball to some critics, but it was successful, popular, and well-sung cornball!
A Tribute to Jeanette MacDonald
Summer Movies
A list of classic films with the word "summer" in the title, or with summer themes, to help you find something appropriate for the season. Not just beach blanket bingo, either.
Summer Movies
A Tribute to Judy Garland
A salute to the actress and singer who starred in one of the world's most beloved films, but experienced heartbreak in her own too-short life.
A Tribute to Judy Garland
New on DVD
We have a bonanza of new releases to talk about this week, including a Tom & Jerry Anniversary Collection, three titles from Warner Archive Collection that have been newly remastered (instead of simply copied from existing prints), and two more Warner titles, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, that are among a dozen regular releases last week. Look for more new titles next time. Visit the link below for more information:New On DVD
Parting Words
Coming up next week: An updated tribute to Milton Berle.Brad Lang
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