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Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of April 19, 2011.

This week: Updated tributes to Anthony Quinn, Jack Nicholson, Shirley Temple and Shirley MacLaine.

This week, in addition to Nicholson, Temple and MacLaine, we celebrate birthdays for living legends Charles Grodin (April 21, 1935), Barbra Streisand (April 24, 1942), Al Pacino (April 25, 1940), and Carol Burnett (April 26, 1933). 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 Shirley MacLaine
A salute to the indomitable Ms. MacLaine. The 5-time Oscar nominee, who won for Terms of Endearment in 1983, is a favorite among classic movie fans for films like The Apartment (1960), Irma La Douce (1963), and Some Came Running (1958).
A Tribute to Shirley MacLaine

A Tribute to Shirley Temple
America's most beloved child star grew up to be an ambassador and a businesswoman, but before that she was Dimples and Curly Top.
A Tribute to Shirley Temple

A Tribute to Jack Nicholson
A living legend if ever there was one, Jack is one of the younger members of the classic actors club, an 11-time Oscar nominee who appeared in a number of 60s and 70s classics and continues to entertain us in the 21st century.
A Tribute to Jack Nicholson

A Tribute to Anthony Quinn
The Oscar-winning Mexican-born actor was known for his robust portrayals of characters of varied ethnicities, including one particularly memorable Greek named Zorba.
A Tribute to Anthony Quinn

Easter & Passover Movies
Here's a rundown on some of the movies you'll be coming across on TV during this Holiday season.
Easter & Passover Movies

A Tribute to William Holden
The Golden Boy achieved stardom almost overnight, and was voted #25 on the American Film Institute greatest actors list. Three Oscar nominations are proof that he deserved his fame.
A Tribute to William Holden

A Tribute to Charlie Chaplin
He was the first movie star millionaire, the biggest star of the silent film era, and an astute businessman who made sure that he would not be forgotten. He hasn't been.
A Tribute to Charlie Chaplin

A Tribute to Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger was a tough-minded Method actor who appeared in over 120 films. With all those movies, he was never accused of sleep-walking through a role.
A Tribute to Rod Steiger

A Tribute to Spencer Tracy
He was one of the most respected actors in Hollywood and the first to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars.
A Tribute to Spencer Tracy

A Tribute to Gregory Peck
We stand in tribute to the star of To Kill a Mockingbird, who played some of the best heroes in the movies.
A Tribute to Gregory Peck

New on DVD

This week's new DVD releases are led by a TV compilation: Car 54, Where Are You? The Complete First Season (1961-62), plus two big movie collections: "Stanley Kubrick: Limited Edition Collection" on Blu-ray and "Tracy & Hepburn: The Definitive Collection." The Captive City (1952) is just one of several new releases from MGM, and A Study In Terror (1965) and A Song To Remember (1945) are two of dozens of Columbia Classics now available from the Warner Archive Collection. Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: An updated tribute to Glenn Ford, plus our annual salute to Mothers Day.

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
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