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Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of April 12, 2011.

This week: Updated tributes to Rod Steiger, Charlie Chaplin and William Holden, plus our annual salute to Easter and Passover movies.

This week we celebrate birthdays for living legends Julie Christie (April 14, 1941), Bradford Dillman (April 14, 1930), Gloria Jean Schoonover (April 14, 1926), Claudia Cardinale (April 15, 1938), Edie Adams (April 16, 1927), James Drury (April 18, 1934), Robert Hooks (April 18, 1937), Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922), Hayley Mills (Apirl 18, 1946), Elinor Donahue (April 19, 1937), and Hugh O'Brian (April 19, 1925). For more information about birthdays for classic movie people living and dead, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays

Our condolences to the families of director Director Sidney Lumet, who died last week at the age of 86, and actor Farley Granger, who passed away earlier at the age of 85.

New/Updated Features

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

Classic Baseball Movies
From Joe E. Brown's clowning around to the lyrical Field of Dreams, Hollywood has long had a love affair with baseball. Here's a suggested watching list in honor of the opening of the baseball season.
Classic Baseball Movies

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

A Tribute to Bette Davis
Often brilliant, sometimes annoying, but always fighting the good fight, Bette Davis was one of the greatest stars in Hollywood, as ten Best Actress Oscar nominations will attest.
A Tribute to Bette Davis

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

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 have just added several dozen new titles, so be sure to visit soon!
Check out the complete list.

New on DVD

We've just added three more new titles to last week's list, including a Blu-Ray release of Fiddler on the Roof, and two more titles from the Warner Archive Collection: Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) and Merry Andrew (1958). Last week we added 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). Look for more new titles later this week. Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Anthony Quinn, Jack Nicholson, Shirley Temple and Shirley MacLaine.

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
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