Classic Hollywood
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Gone are the grainy, broken silents from the star’s Keystone years. A new DVD set showcases the birth of the Tramp.
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History glows on the screen as Paramount introduces a digital restoration of the longer, road show version of 1956’s ‘The Ten Commandments.’
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In her new autobiography, ‘Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny,’ the actress recalls her father, Danny Thomas, and his comedian cronies, and interviews today’s comics, including Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Jon Stewart.
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Tony Curtis, the 1950s matinee idol who developed into an acclaimed actor in such classics as “Some Like It Hot,” “Sweet Smell of Success” and “The Defiant Ones,” was in a reflective mood recently.
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The actress split from a movie studio and was embraced by TV before earning multiple Oscar nominations.
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A screening of ‘The Misfits’ will round out an evening devoted to the 15-time Oscar nominee.
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Oscar winner costars with friend Ellen Burstyn in ‘Lovely, Still.’
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‘A Thief Catcher,’ which features Charlie Chaplin in one of his first screen appearances, is the centerpiece of the festival.
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The ‘Brady Bunch’ star does serious as well as funny onstage in ‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore’ at the Geffen Playhouse.
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Two versions of ‘Steamboat Bill, Jr.’ and several mid-1930s gems are coming out on DVD.
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The series’ co-creator discusses Peter Falk’s raincoat and his late writing partner Richard Levinson.
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The director’s view of the complexity of human relationships will be on display.
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The Playboy founder and movie buff has long been a fan of the actor and will introduce ‘The Maltese Falcon’ at the UCLA archive event.
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Ira Resnick, a collector and seller of memorabilia, recalls the movie-theater birth of a lifelong obsession.
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He became controversial during the McCarthy era, but actors praise his craft. His films captured the emerging Method.
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‘Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward’ revisits the writer-composer-director-actor’s considerable career.
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The actor, recently honored at the Ojai Film Festival and with a new star on the Walk of Fame, has been acting in Hollywood for 60 years.
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The 90-year-old star of movies, theater and TV and the model for Snow White is the subject of an upcoming documentary, ‘Keep Dancing,’ with latest dance partner Donald Saddler.
