Obituaries
Mildred Dunnock, the dramatic actress etched in the American consciousness as the long-suffering and indelibly loyal wife of Willy Loman in both stage and film versions of the classic tragedy “Death of a Salesman,” has died.
July 9, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
Archives
PELVIC THRUSTS: Who’s that cocky cover boy on the February issue of L.A. Style?
Jan. 29, 1989
Movies
Platoon (KCOP Friday at 8 p.m.), Oliver Stone’s 1986 remembrance of the Vietnam War--a grunt-eye view--focuses on a near-symbolic battle between good and evil in the American forces done with passion, immediacy, realistic detail and explosive action.
Jan. 19, 1997
DVD release of the noir thriller lacks a much-needed commentary track.
Sept. 6, 2001
There’s a nifty moment that sums up the charm of James Toback’s overly slight romantic comedy “The Pick-Up Artist” (citywide).
Sept. 19, 1987
“In the Mouth of Madness” is a thinking person’s horror picture that dares to be as cerebral as it is visceral.
Feb. 3, 1995
The Z Channel has featured the three Barrymores this month, and watching them all, but especially Ethel Barrymore, made me realize with a start how long it’s been since we’ve had a forceful older presence on American movie screens with any regularity.
May 25, 1986
World & Nation
Imagine this.
Dec. 4, 1988
Elvis Presley, who died on this date in 1977 at age 42, starred in 31 scripted motion pictures beginning with 1956’s “Love Me Tender” and ending with a thud with 1969’s “Change of Habit.”
Aug. 16, 2014