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Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of March 29, 2011.

This week: Updated tributes to Debbie Reynolds, Alec Guinness, Marlon Brando, and Doris Day.

This week, in addition to Debbie Reynolds and Doris Day, we celebrate birthdays for living legends John Astin (March 30, 1930), Warren Beatty (March 30, 1937), Richard Dysart (March 30, 1929), Shirley Jones (March 31, 1934), Ali MacGraw (April 1, 1939), Jane Powell (April 1, 1928). For more information about birthdays for classic movie people living and dead, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays

New/Updated Features

A Tribute to Doris Day
Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff had some tough breaks, but on screen she was almost always sunny and bright, and gave us many memorable moments and songs. A Tribute to Doris Day

A Tribute to Marlon Brando
He had eight Oscar nominations and at least an equal number of roles that were universally panned. He influenced a generation of actors. We salute the man who many believe was America's greatest actor. A Tribute to Marlon Brando

A Tribute to Alec Guinness
You may know him as Obi-Wan Kenobi, but when it came to pure acting, the force was always with him. One of the all-time greats. A Tribute to Alec Guinness

A Tribute to Debbie Reynolds
A love letter to the perky, energetic, and most of all talented Ms. Reynolds, who continues to entertain us both on stage and with her wonderful collection of film memorabilia. A Tribute to Debbie Reynolds

Elizabeth Taylor Dead at 79
She was a movie star in every sense of the word. She left us just after her 79th birthday celebrated last month. There was only one "Liz," and we will miss her!
A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

A Tribute to Gloria Swanson
She was once the highest-paid and most popular actress in America, but today she is remembered primarily for playing a character much like herself, in one of the most popular movies of all time. A Tribute to Gloria Swanson

A Tribute to Joan Crawford
Though modern audiences may know her mostly from her later, more unsympathetic roles, Joan Crawford was at one time the leading actress in Hollywood, and was voted #10 on the AFI list of all-time favorite actresses. A Tribute to Joan Crawford

A Tribute to Jerry Lewis
Looking back on the career of a comic genius, who made people laugh all over the world, made them cry every Labor Day, won every award except an Oscar, and stirred up plenty of controversy while doing all of it.
A Tribute to Jerry Lewis.

A Tribute to John Garfield
If there was ever an actor who has not received his fair share of attention from latter-day movie audiences, it's John Garfield, who died too young and never got the recognition he deserved.
A Tribute to John Garfield

A Tribute to Jean Harlow
The original Blonde Bombshell died tragically at the age of 26, after only a decade of movie appearances, leaving her fans wanting more. Here's as much as there is.
A Tribute to Jean Harlow

Please Visit the Classic Movies DVD Store
Classic films on commercial DVD, mostly from the Warner Archive Collection, priced at up to 25% off the usual retail price. These are almost all one-of-a-kind titles at this point (ie., we only have one copy of most of them), so be sure to order soon. We will be adding more new titles within 24 hours, so be sure to visit soon!
Check out the complete list.

New on DVD

Here are five new titles just released by the Warner Archive Collection that are all at the top of classic movie fans' want lists: Little Nellie Kelly (1922), The Unfinished Dance (1947), While the City Sleeps (1956-Remastered), The Age of Innocence (1934), and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956-Remastered). Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Bette Davis, Gregory Peck and Spencer Tracy - all sharing the same birthday!

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
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