classic 90s movies: July 2010

Tuesday 27 July 2010

Your Classic Movies Newsletter for July 27, 2010

Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of July 27, 2010.

This week: Updated tributes to Rudy Vallee, William Powell and Myrna Loy.

This coming week we celebrate birthdays for living legends Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939), Don Murray (July 31, 1929), Geoffrey Holder (Aug. 1, 1930), Peter O'Toole (Aug. 2, 1932) and Tony Bennett (Aug. 3, 1926). For more information, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays

New/Updated Features

A Tribute to Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy was a class act, from her silent film days as a vamp to her reign as Queen of Hollywood and "The Perfect Wife" in the 1930s and 1940s.
A Tribute to Myrna Loy

A Tribute to William Powell
A tribute to the suave and debonair actor who began his career playing silent villains and ended up one of the most popular actors in Hollywood, starring in one of the most beloved movie series ever made!
A Tribute to William Powell

A Tribute to Rudy Vallee
Before Frank Sinatra, and long before Elvis, there was Rudy Vallee, and his megaphone. His wife says that the girls threw their underwear on stage.
A Tribute to Rudy Vallee

A Tribute to Jason Robards
He was an actor's actor, known for his strong supporting performances on film, TV, and the stage.
A Tribute to Jason Robards

A Tribute to Stanley Kubrick
Saluting the brilliant and unconventional director of 2001 and Dr. Strangelove.
A Tribute to Stanley Kubrick

A Tribute to Natalie Wood
If Natalie hadn't drowned in November, 1981, she would have been 72 years old in July 2010. It's hard to say what we have lost in terms of great performances during the past three decades. Here's a tribute to her relatively short but sparkling career.
A Tribute to Natalie Wood

A Tribute to James Cagney
For somebody who played so many hoods and tough characters during his career, Jimmy Cagney was a truly nice guy. And a great actor.
A Tribute to James Cagney

A Tribute to Ginger Rogers
She was so much more than Fred Astaire's dancing partner, and she would have been 99 years old on July 16, 2010. A salute to the one and only Ginger.
A Tribute to Ginger Rogers

New on DVD

Our New on DVD list highlights four newly released (July 20) classics from the Warner Archive Collection: The Girl Said No (1930), Excuse My Dust (1951), If You Knew Susie (1948), and Devil's Doorway (1950). Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Louis Armstrong, John Huston, Lucille Ball and Robert Mitchum.

Brad Lang
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Tuesday 20 July 2010

Your Classic Movies Newsletter for July 20, 2010

Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of July 20, 2010.

This week: Updated tributes to Stanley Kubrick and Jason Robards.

This coming week we celebrate birthdays for living legends Gloria DeHaven (July 23, 1925), Chris Sarandon (July 24, 1942), Peter Yates (July 24, 1929) and Blake Edwards (July 26, 1922). For more information, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays

Our condolences to the family of actor James Gammon, who died this week at the age of 70.

New/Updated Features

A Tribute to Jason Robards
He was an actor's actor, known for his strong supporting performances on film, TV, and the stage.
A Tribute to Jason Robards

A Tribute to Stanley Kubrick
Saluting the brilliant and unconventional director of 2001 and Dr. Strangelove.
A Tribute to Stanley Kubrick

A Tribute to James Cagney
For somebody who played so many hoods and tough characters during his career, Jimmy Cagney was a truly nice guy. And a great actor.
A Tribute to James Cagney

A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck
Known to her friends (and there were many) as Missy, Barbara Stanwyck was one of the most talented and generous actresses who ever graced the silver screen, with a career which stretched from pre-Code days to a modern television series, and never once faltered.
A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck

A Tribute to Milton Berle
He was known to millions as "Mr. Television" at the dawn of the TV ear, but he was also a popular movie actor for over 80 years.
A Tribute to Milton Berle

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

New on DVD

Our New on DVD list for last week features two classics re-mastered for DVD from the Warner Archive Collection, plus a new Deanna Durbin collection from the TCM Vault. More new titles next time. Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Rudy Vallee, William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
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Tuesday 6 July 2010

Your Classic Movies Newsletter for July 6, 2010

Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of July 6, 2010.

This week: An updated tribute to Milton Berle.

This coming week we celebrate birthdays for living legends Brian Dennehy (July 9, 1938), Richard Roundtree (July 9, 1937), Tab Hunter (July 11, 1931) and Harrison Ford (July 13, 1942). For more information, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays

New/Updated Features

A Tribute to Milton Berle
He was known to millions as "Mr. Television" at the dawn of the TV ear, but he was also a popular movie actor for over 80 years.
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

New on DVD

This week's crop of new titles is headlined by two great film noir collections, one from Warner Bros. (Vol. 5) and the other from Columbia (Vol. II). Plus there's a new deluxe release of the Judy Garland "A Star is Born," also available on demand. We are also highlighting two more Warner Archive Collection titles that are among a dozen regular releases this week from WB. Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Barbara Stanwyck, James Cagney, Ginger Rogers, and Natalie Wood.

Brad Lang
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