classic 90s movies: Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, and Audrey Hepburn

Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of May 3, 2011.

This week: Updated tributes to Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, and Audrey Hepburn.

This week we celebrate birthdays for living legends Albert Finney (May 9, 1936) and Glenda Jackson (May 9, 1936) - born on the same day in the U.K.! 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 Fred Astaire
A tribute to one of the greatest hoofers in classic film history, not to mention one of the greatest jazz singers ever, and an Oscar-winning actor to boot.
A Tribute to Fred Astaire

A Tribute to Gary Cooper
The former silent movie extra and Western star was once the highest-paid person in America. So popular was he that when the studio wanted a new name for a fellow named Archie Leach, they just reversed Gary Cooper's initials and came up with "Cary Grant."
A Tribute to Gary Cooper

A Tribute to Orson Welles
We celebrate the 95th anniversary of the birth of the "boy genius" who created arguably the greatest film ever made, but never again reached quite the same heights during the rest of his nevertheless varied and interesting career.
A Tribute to Orson Welles

A Tribute to Tyrone Power
The third member of a four-generation family of actors with the same name, he was one of the most popular stars of his generation, but died much too young.
A Tribute to Tyrone Power

A Tribute to Audrey Hepburn
Perhaps the most universally beloved of all classic Hollywood actresses, Audrey was also the epitome of class right to the very end.
A Tribute to Audrey Hepburn

Moms in the Movies
Our annual Mother's Day article - a time to look at how classic Hollywood treated the subject of motherhood. It's a mixed bag, it seems. For every Stella Dallas, there's a Mommie Dearest.
Moms in the Movies

A Tribute to Glenn Ford
Though he retired more than a decade ago, and passed away in 2006, the durable star of Gilda still has many loyal fans. And there's a new biography by his son Peter!
A Tribute to Glenn Ford

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

New on DVD

This week's new DVD releases include Marlowe (1969), Because They're Young (1960), Strictly Dynamite (1934), and a complete 8-movie set of the "Mexican Spitfire" films starring Lupe Velez. Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Katharine Hepburn, Eddie Cantor, Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Sullivan.

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
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