Classic Hollywood

"Return to Oz: Costuming the Big Adventures of 1985," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new screening series at LACMA's Bing Theater, features the work of such designers as Richard La Motte ("The Goonies"), Aggie Guerard Rodgers ("Pee-wee's Big Adventure") and Deborah L. Scott...

Walt Disney Studios was in a funk in 1959 after its expensive, lavishly animated fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" didn't awaken at the box office.

During her near-seven decade film career, Debbie Reynolds not only got to sing and dance opposite Gene Kelly in the beloved 1952 musical "Singin' in the Rain" but also partnered with Fred Astaire in the 1961 romantic comedy "The Pleasure of His Company."

Amelia Jordan Hammond was 13 when she and her family moved from El Paso to Santa Monica.

American Cinematheque will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Aero Theatre throughout 2015. The fun begins Jan. 30 with a screening of Walt Disney's groundbreaking animated feature "Fantasia," which is also celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. There will be vintage popcorn...

In screenwriter Charles Brackett's diary entry for Aug. 18, 1936, he recalls working for the first time with Billy Wilder, with whom Paramount had paired him to write the comedy "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife."

Audiences still frankly give a damn about the lavish Civil War epic "Gone With the Wind" 75 years after its release.

During their three-decade marriage, Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes had an unparalleled screen collaboration, working together 10 times before his death in 1989. Though they often acted in other directors' films, it was the indie projects written and directed by Cassavetes that won the...

He may not have the enduring popularity of Johnny Carson, but Merv Griffin's charm, wit and intelligence made the talk-show host one of the masters of the genre.

The only time Cecil B. DeMille's granddaughter saw the pioneering film director annoyed was when his body began to fail him. "He was a bull," said Cecilia DeMille Presley. "He exercised every day."