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Classic Hollywood: The best war films from American cinema
War films have always been a staple of cinema — providing the inspiration for some of the greatest and most honored films ever.
During the silent era there were D.W. Griffith's controversial "The Birth of a Nation" (1915), King Vidor's "The Big...Tags: U.S. Army, World War I (1914-1918), Kirk Douglas, Defense, Human Interest
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Maxine Cooper Gomberg dies at 84; actress in the film noir classic 'Kiss Me Deadly'
Maxine Cooper Gomberg, an actress best known for playing the secretary in the 1955 film noir classic "Kiss Me Deadly," has died. She was 84.
Gomberg, who also was a social activist, died of natural causes April 4 at her Los Angeles home, her family said....Tags: Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Celebrities, General Electric Company, Movies, Howard Fast
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Mystery Photo
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo Update: This is Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields in a photo stamped July 8, 1923. Their lives were made into the 1952 film “Somebody Loves Me” with Betty Hutton and Ralph Meeker. Aug. 17, 1959: Benny Fields dies at the... -
Paul Newman: A Legend Dies At 83
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTPaul Newman was a stage actor who became a movie star. A sex symbol who celebrated 50 years of marriage with his second wife. A grieving father who turned to philanthropy after the death of his only son. A citizen activist who campaigned for liberal...Tags: Lee Strasberg, Sidney Poitier, Literature, Humphrey Bogart, Folklore and Mythology
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Movie review: 'Paths of Glory'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC4 stars (out of 4) Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory," now being reprised in a brand-new print at the Music Box Theatre, is a great anti-war film that has lost none of its power since its release in 1957, when Kubrick was 29 and his legendary career...Tags: Ingmar Bergman, James Robert Thompson, Theater, Documentary (genre), Music Theater
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Mike Hammer Creator Spillane Dies
Zap2It.comMickey Spillane, whose Mike Hammer private eye novels generated a post-World War II storm of literary criticism for their level of sex and violence and made Spillane one of the bestselling authors of the 20th century, died today. He was 88. Spillane, who...Tags: Cartoons, Crimes, U.S. Army, Fishing, Defense
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5 films that celebrate soldiers and bonding in battle
1. AIR FORCE (Howard Hawks; 1943) 4 stars The single most nerve-racking of all WWII movie flights is probably the voyage of the crew of the Boeing B-17 bomber Mary Ann on Dec. 7, 1941, in Howard Hawks' ace flagwaver. We're rarely off the plane; we...Tags: Lloyd Bridges, U.S. Army, Mark Hamill, Lee Marvin, U.S. Navy
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