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Andy Griffith

Posted on 03. Jul, 2012 by .

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Andy Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an actor, director, producer, writer, gospel singer, and an American icon. He will be most remembered for being America’s favorite sheriff on the Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) and then the country lawyer in the legal dram, Matlock (1986-1995). Mr Griffith died this morning at his home in North Carolina at the age of 86.

From Ron Howard who posted this message on Twitter: “His pursuit of excellence and the joy he took in creating served generations & shaped my life I’m forever grateful RIP Andy.”

He is a TV legend. Enjoy the photo tribute as we celebrate a wonderful career.

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Best of Audrey Hepburn

Posted on 08. Mar, 2012 by .

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Best of Audrey Hepburn: The many faces of Audrey Hepburn and best Audrey Hepburn pics throughout her career.

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Happy 100th Birthday Lucille Ball

Posted on 06. Aug, 2011 by .

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images Happy 100th Birthday Lucille BallHappy Birthday to Lucille Ball, arguably one of televisions most popular comedians ever and who starred on the most popular and universally beloved sitcoms of all time-I Love Lucy. Was she an even better movie star?  What do you think?

We still love Lucy as we celebrate what would be her 100th Birthday today.  TCM or Turner Classic Movies is also celebrating the star today with the ongoing Summer of the Stars that goes through the whole month of August showcasing each day one of many famous classic movie stars of all time.

 

She was remembered best as a dizzy redhead with show business aspirations.  It took awhile for Ball to launch her showbiz career as she did some modeling, became a “Goldwyn Girl”, and had some small roles in movies and a few major roles in B movies.beautiful lucyposetnail Happy 100th Birthday Lucille Ball

 

After marrying Desi Arnaz, she switched to MGM and received much better roles.  In 1948 she took a starring role in a radio comedy, “My Favorite Husband” in which she payed a scatter-brained wife of a banker.  The movie and Ball must have caught the eye of CBS, who later came knocking at her door wanting to turn her and the movie into a sitcom-I Love Lucy.

 

The rest is history as she became a TV pioneer and icon.  She eventually became the first woman to own her own film studio as the head of Desilu.

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For more about Lucille Ball, you can visit TCM and also view her mini biography from IMDb.

Below are links to buy the best of Lucille Ball.  You can buy the best of Lucy at a low price.  Also, there are more pictures of Lucy below. Click the pictures to view each one in full on a seperate page.

 

 

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Summer of the Stars

Posted on 02. Aug, 2011 by .

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Look for TCM to once again pump up the summer heat with the Summer of the Stars.  The Summer of the Stars features a different star every day in August.  Look for higher viewer ratings from this but also as a result of the blistering summer heat over much of the US.  This month’s schedule has your favorite classic movie stars so you can pick ahead what day you want to stay inside, cool off, get the popcorn and soda and watch your favorite movie star all day long.  Below is the short list.   Go to Classic Movie World for the complete classic movie schedule with details.  

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 • bette davis

6:00 AM The Working Man (’33)
7:30 AM Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (’05)
9:00 AM Now, Voyager (’42)
11:00 AM Bordertown (’35)
12:45 PM 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (’32)
2:15 PM Juarez (’39)
4:30 PM The Letter (’40)
6:30 PM The Petrified Forest (’36)
8:00 PM The Old Maid (’39)
10:00 PM Jezebel (’38)
12:00 AM The Corn is Green (’45)
2:00 AM The Catered Affair (“56)
3:45 AM John Paul Jones (’59)
10:15 PM Bullitt (’68)
12:15 AM Junior Bonner (’72)
2:00 AM The Reivers (’69)
4:00 AM The Cincinnati Kid (’65)


THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 • Ronald Colman
6:00 AM L ucky Partners (’40)
7:45 AM My Life with Caroline (’41)
9:15 AM The White Sister (’23)
11:30 AM Kiki (’26)
1:30 PM R affles (’30)
2:45 PM The Unholy Garden (’31)
4:15 PM Arrowsmith (’31)
6:15 PM The Prisoner of Zenda (’37)
8:00 PM A Tale of Two Cities (’35)
10:15 PM R andom Harvest (’42)
12:30 AM Her Night of Romance (’24)
1:45 AM L ost Horizon (’37)
4:00 AM The Story of Mankind (’57)


FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 • John Garfield
6:00 AM Four Daughters (’38)
7:45 AM Blackwell’s Island (’39)
9:00 AM They Made Me a Criminal (’39)
10:45 AM Dangerously They Live (’42)
12:15 PM Pride of the Marines (’45)
2:30 PM Air Force (’43)
4:45 PM Humoresque (’46)
7:00 PM The John Garfield Story (’03)
8:00 PM The Postman Always Rings Twice (’46)
10:00 PM The Breaking Point (’50)
12:00 AM We Were Strangers (’49)
2:00 AM He Ran All the Way (’51)
3:30 AM Destination Tokyo (’43)


SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 • Lucille Ball
6:00 AM DuBarry Was a Lady (’43)
8:00 AM Panama Lady (’39)
9:30 AM Without Love (’45)
11:30 AM Miss Grant Takes Richmond (’49)
1:00 PM The Fuller Brush Girl (’50)
2:30 PM The Long, Long Trailer (’54)
4:30 PM Best Foot Forward (’43)
6:15 PM Dance, Girl, Dance (’40)
8:00 PM Stage Door (’37) (also The Essentials)
9:45 PM The Big Street (’42)
11:30 PM Easy to Wed (’46)
1:30 AM L ured (’47)
3:15 AM The Affairs of Annabel (’38)
4:30 AM Annabel Takes a Tour (’38)


SunDAY, AUGUST 7 • charles laughton
6:00 AM Payment Deferred (’32)
7:30 AM The Private Life of Henry VIII (’33)
9:15 AM R embrandt (’36)
10:45 AM Sidewalks of London (’38)
12:15 PM The Bribe (’49)
2:00 PM Mutiny on the Bounty (’35)
4:30 PM Spartacus (’60)
8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (’39)
(also Essentials Jr.)
10:15 PM Hobson’s Choice (’54)
12:15 AM The Canterville Ghost (’44)
2:00 AM Stand By for Action (’42)
4:00 AM The Man from Down Under (’43)


monDAY, AUGUST 8 • Orson Welles
6:00 AM The Tartars (’61)
7:30 AM Tomorrow is Forever (’46)
9:30 AM Moby Dick (’56)
11:30 AM The V.I.P.s (’63)
1:30 PM The Stranger (’46)
3:15 PM Journey Into Fear (’42)
4:30 PM Trent’s Last Case (’53)
6:15 PM Mr. Arkadin (’62)
8:00 PM The Third Man (’49)
10:00 PM Citizen Kane (’41)
12:15 AM Touch of Evil (’58)
2:00 AM The Lady from Shanghai (’48)
4:00 AM Immortal Story (’68)


tuesDAY, AUGUST 9 • Ann Dvorak
6:00 AM Crooner (’32)
7:15 AM Sweet Music (’35)
9:00 AM Stranger in Town (’32)
10:15 AM Side Streets (’34)
11:30 AM Gentlemen are Born (’34)
1:00 PM Massacre (’34)
2:15 PM Friends of Mr. Sweeney (’34)
3:30 PM College Coach (’33)
5:00 PM The Crowd Roars (’32)
6:30 PM G-Men (’35)
8:00 PM Scarface (’32)
9:45 PM Three on a Match (’32)
11:00 PM Blind Alley (’39) (Sony pool title)
12:15 AM The Long Night (’47)
2:00 AM I Was an American Spy (’51)
3:45 AM Our Very Own (’50)


WEDNesDAY, AUGUST 10 • Shirley MacLaine
6:00 AM Two Loves (’61)
8:00 AM The Sheepman (’58)
9:45 AM Two for the Seesaw (’62)
12:00 PM The Children’s Hour (’61)
2:00 PM Irma La Douce (’63)
4:30 PM Around the World in 80 Days (’56)
8:00 PM The Apartment (’60)
10:30 PM Some Came Running (’58)
1:00 AM Ocean’s Eleven (’60)
3:30 AM The Yellow Rolls-Royce (’64)


THURsDAY, AUGUST 11 • Ben Johnson
6:00 AM 3 Godfathers (’48)
8:00 AM Fort Defiance (’51)
9:30 AM Wild Stallion (’52)
11:00 AM War Drums (’57)
12:30 AM Cheyenne Autumn (’64)
3:30 PM Major Dundee (’65)
6:00 PM Junior Bonner (’72)
8:00 PM Mighty Joe Young (’49)
9:45 PM Wagon Master (’50)
11:15 PM She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (’48)
1:15 AM The Last Picture Show (’72)
3:30 AM The Wild Bunch (’69)


FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 • Claudette Colbert
6:00 AM Boom Town (’40)
8:00 AM The Secret Heart (’46)
10:00 AM The Secret Fury (’50)
11:30 AM Three Came Home (’50)
1:30 PM Parrish (’61)
4:15 PM Without Reservations (’46)
6:15 PM She Married Her Boss (’35)
8:00 PM Midnight (’39)
10:00 PM It’s a Wonderful World (’39)
11:30 PM It Happened One Night (’34)
1:30 AM Since You Went Away (’44)
4:30 AM Outpost in Malaya (’52)


SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 • James Stewa rt
6:00 AM The Last Gangster (’37)
7:30 AM The Shopworn Angel (’38)
9:00 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (’39)
11:15 AM Wife vs. Secretary (’36)
12:45 PM Vivacious Lady (’37)
2:30 PM The Shop Around the Corner (’40)
4:15 PM Bell, Book and Candle (’59)
6:15 PM The Naked Spur (’53)
8:00 PM The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (’62)
(also The Essentials)
10:15 PM No Highway In the Sky (’51)
12:00 AM Anatomy of a Murder (’59)
2:45 AM The Murder Man (’35)
4:00 AM The Stratton Story (’49)


SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 • ralph bellamy
6:00 AM Carefree (’38)
7:30 AM The Secret Six (’31)
9:00 AM Headline Shooter (’33)
10:15 AM Picture Snatcher (’60)
11:45 AM The Wedding Night (’35)
1:15 PM L et Us Live (’39)
2:30 PM Dive Bomber (’41)
4:45 PM The Professionals (’66)
6:45 PM The Wolf Man (’41)
8:00 PM His Girl Friday (’40) (also Essentials Jr.)
9:45 PM The Awful Truth (’37)
11:30 PM Sunrise at Campobello (’60)
2:00 AM The Narrow Corner (’33)
3:15 AM Girls’ School (’38)
4:30 AM West of Boradway (’31)


monDAY, AUGUST 15 • Lon Chaney
6:00 AM The Ace of Hearts (’21)
7:30 AM The Unholy Three (’30)
9:00 AM Oliver Twist (’22)
11:00 AM He Who Gets Slapped (’24)
12:15 PM The Monster (’25)
1:45 PM Tell It to the Marines (’26)
3:30 PM Mockery (’27)
4:45 PM Mr. Wu (’27)
6:30 PM L augh, Clown, Laugh (’28)
8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (’23)
10:00 PM The Phantom of the Opera (’25)
12:00 AM Unholy Three (’25)
1:30 AM The Unknown (’27)
2:30 AM West of Zanzibar (’28)
3:45 AM Where East is East (’29)
5:00 AM L ondon After Midnight (’27)


TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 • Joanne Woodward
6:00 AM Count Three and Pray (’55)
7:45 AM R ally ‘Round the Flag, Boys! (’58)
9:45 AM Paris Blues (’61)
11:30 AM Signpost to Murder (’64)
1:00 PM A Big Hand for the Little Lady (’66)
2:45 PM A Fine Madness (’66)
4:30 PM Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (’73)
6:00 PM The End (’78)
8:00 PM A Kiss Before Dying (’56)
10:00 PM The Sound and the Fury (’59)
12:00 AM R achel, Rachel (’68)
2:00 AM The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (’72)
4:00 AM The Drowning Pool (’75)


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 • Humphrey Bogart
6:00 AM Bogart: The Untold Story (’96)
7:00 AM Bullets or Ballots (’36)
8:30 AM San Quentin (’37)
9:45 AM King of the Underworld (’39)
11:00 AM To Have and Have Not (’44)
12:45 PM The Big Sleep (’46)
2:45 PM High Sierra (’41)
4:30 PM They Drive by Night (’40)
6:15 PM In a Lonely Place (’50)
8:00 PM The Maltese Falcon (’41)
10:00 PM Sahara (’43)
12:00 AM Beat the Devil (’54)
2:00 AM The Caine Mutiny (’54)
4:15 AM Tokyo Joe (’49)


THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 • Jean Gabin
6:00 AM Gueule d’amour (’37) (aka Lady Killer)
8:00 AM R emourques (’41)
9:30 AM L e Jour se Leve (’39)
11:00 AM L ’Air de Paris (’53)
1:00 PM L eur derniere nuit (’53)
2:45 PM L e Desordre et la nuit (’58)
4:30 PM Maria Chapdelaine (’34)
6:00 PM L a Bandera (’34)
8:00 PM Pepe Le Moko (’41)
10:00 PM Grand Illusion (’37)
12:00 AM L a Bete Humaine (’38)
2:00 AM Touchez Pas au Grisby (’54)
4:00 AM Des gens sans importance (’55)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 • Debbie Reynolds
6:00 AM The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (’53)
7:15 AM I Love Melvin (’53)
8:45 AM The Tender Trap (’55)
10:45 AM Bundle of Joy (’56)
12:30 PM Tammy and the Bachelor (’57)
2:00 PM The Mating Game (’59)
3:45 PM Mary, Mary (’63)
6:00 PM It Started with a Kiss (’59)
8:00 PM The Gazebo (’59)
10:00 PM The Unsinkable Molly Brown (’64)
12:15 AM Divorce, American Style (’67)
2:15 AM Singin’ in the Rain (’52)
4:15 AM The Singing Nun (’66)


satu rDAY, AUGUST 20 • Montgomery Clift
6:00 AM R aintree County (’57)
9:00 AM L onelyhearts (’58)
11:00 AM The Big Lift (’50)
1:00 PM R ed River (’48)
3:30 PM From Here to Eternity (’53)
5:45 PM The Misfits (’61)


sunDAY, AUGUST 21 • Cary Grant
6:00 AM This is the Night (’32)
7:30 AM I’m No Angel (’33)
9:00 AM My Favorite Wife (’40)
10:30 AM The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (’47)
12:15 PM Every Girl Should be Married (’49)
1:45 PM R oom for One More (’52)
3:30 PM The Philadelphia Story (’40)
5:30 PM North by Northwest (’59)
8:00 PM Gunga Din (’39) (also Essentials Jr.)
10:15 PM Only Angels Have Wings (’39)
12:30 AM In Name Only (’39)
2:15 AM The Bishop’s Wife (’47)
4:15 AM Bringing Up Baby (’38)


monDAY, AUGUST 22 • Joan Crawfo rd
6:00 AM Forsaking All Others (’34)
7:30 AM I Live My Life (’35)
9:15 AM L ove on the Run (’36)
10:45 AM When Ladies Meet (’41)
12:45 PM Daisy Kenyon (’47)
2:30 PM Flamingo Road (’49)
4:15 PM Torch Song (’53)
6:00 PM The Story of Esther Costello (’57)
8:00 PM Possessed (’31)
9:30 PM Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Move Star (’02)
11:00 PM Mildred Pierce (’45)
1:00 AM Sadie McKee (’34)
2:45 AM The Shining Hour (’38)
4:15 AM Montana Moon (’30)


TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 • Conrad Veidt
6:00 AM Above Suspicion (’43)
7:45 AM Contraband (’40)
9:30 AM All Through the Night (’42)
11:30 AM Power (’34) (aka Jew Suss)
1:15 PM The Spy in Black (’39)
2:45 PM Whistling in the Dark (’41)
4:15 PM Escape (’40)
6:00 PM A Woman’s Face (’41)
8:00 PM Hands of Orlac (’25)
9:45 PM The Thief of Bagdad (’40)
11:45 PM Casablanca (’42)
1:45 AM Nazi Agent (’42)
3:15 AM The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (’19)
4:30 AM Dark Journey (’37)


wednESDAY, AUGUST 24 • Joan Blondell
6:00 AM The Reckless Hour (’31)
7:15 AM Big City Blues (’32)
8:30 AM Central Park (’32)
9:30 AM L awyer Man (’33)
10:45 AM Traveling Saleslady (’35)
12:00 PM Colleen (’36)
1:30 PM We’re in the Money (’35)
2:45 PM Gold Diggers of 1933 (’33)
4:30 PM Footlight Parade (’33)
6:30 PM He Was Her Man (’34)
8:00 PM Sinner’s Holiday (’30)
9:15 PM Dames (’34)
11:00 PM Stand-In (’37)
12:45 AM Cry ‘Havoc’ (’43)
2:30 AM Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (’57)
4:15 AM Kona Coast (’68)


THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 • Burt Lancaster
6:00 AM Jim Thorpe: All-American (’51)
8:00 AM His Majesty O’Keefe (’54)
10:00 AM Trapeze (’56)
12:00 PM Sweet Smell of Success (’57)
2:00 PM South Sea Women (’53)
4:00 PM Brute Force (’47)
6:00 PM A Child is Waiting (’63)
8:00 PM The Leopard (’63)
11:30 PM The Killers (’46)
1:30 AM Seven Days in May (’64)
3:45 AM Scorpio (’73)


friDAY, AUGUST 26 • Peter Lawfo rd
6:00 AM Son of Lassie (’45)
8:00 AM R ogue’s March (’53)
9:30 AM Just This Once (’52)
11:15 AM You for Me (’52)
12:30 PM Please Believe Me (’50)
2:00 PM On an Island With You (’48)
4:00 PM R oyal Wedding (’51)
6:00 PM It Happened in Brooklyn (’47)
8:00 PM Good News (’47)
10:00 PM It Should Happen to You (’54)
11:45 PM Salt and Pepper (’68)
1:30 AM Hook, Line and Sinker (’69)
3:30 AM L ittle Women (’49)


satu rDAY, AUGUST 27 • Linda Darnell
6:00 AM Zero Hour! (’57)
7:30 AM Sweet and Low-Down (’44)
9:00 AM R ise and Shine (’41)
10:45 AM Brigham Young – Frontiersman (’40)
12:45 PM Two Flags West (’50)
2:30 PM Second Chance (’53) It Happened Tomorrow (’44)
4:00 PM Blackbeard the Pirate (’52)
6:00 PM Fallen Angel (’45)
8:00 PM A Letter to Three Wives (’48) (also The Essentials)
10:00 PM Star Dust (’40)
11:30 PM Hangover Square (’45)
1:00 AM No Way Out (’50)
3:00 AM Everybody Does It (’49)
4:45 AM Day-Time Wife (’39)


sunDAY, AUGUST 28 • Carole Lombard
6:00 AM Brief Moment (’33)
7:15 AM No More Orchids (’32)
8:30 AM The Gay Bride (’34)
10:00 AM Fools for Scandal (’38)
11:30 AM L ady by Choice (’34)
1:00 PM Virtue (’32)
2:30 PM In Name Only (’39)
4:30 PM Twentieth Century (’34)
6:15 PM To Be or Not to Be (’42)
8:00 PM My Man Godfrey (’36) (also Essentials Jr.)
10:00 PM Hands Across the Table (’35)
11:30 PM Nothing Sacred (’37)
1:00 AM Mr. and Mrs. Smith (’41)
3:00 AM Vigil in the Night (’40)
4:45 AM The Racketeer (’29)


monDAY, AUGUST 29 • Anne Francis
6:00 AM Summer Holiday (’48)
7:45 AM So Young, So Bad (’50)
9:30 AM Battle Cry (’55)
12:00 PM Bad Day at Black Rock (’55)
1:30 PM Susan Slept Here (’54)
3:15 PM The Great American Pastime (’56)
5:00 PM Funny Girl (’68)
8:00 PM Blackboard Jungle (’55)
10:00 PM Forbidden Planet (’56)
12:00 AM Brainstorm (’65)
2:00 AM A Lion is in the Streets (’53)
4:00 AM Impasse (’69)


tuesday, AUGUST 30 • Howa rd Keel
6:00 AM Desperate Search (’53)
7:15 AM Fast Company (’53)
8:30 AM Kismet (’55)
10:30 AM R ose Marie (’54)
12:30 PM L ovely to Look At (’52)
2:30 PM Show Boat (’51)
4:30 PM Annie Get Your Gun (’50)
6:30 PM Floods of Fear (’59)
8:00 PM The Small Voice (’49) (aka The Hideout)
9:30 PM Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (’54)
11:30 PM Kiss Me Kate (’53)
1:30 AM Callaway Went Thataway (’51)
3:00 AM Pagan Love Song (’50)
4:30 AM Texas Carnival (’51)


wednesDAY, AUGUST 31 • Marlene Dietrich
6:00 AM The Monte Carlo Story (’57)
7:45 AM Knight Without Armor (’37)
9:45 AM The Lady is Willing (’42)
11:30 AM Kismet (’44)
1:15 PM Stage Fright (’50)
3:15 PM R ancho Notorious (’52)
4:45 PM Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (’01)
6:30 PM Shanghai Express (’32)
8:00 PM The Scarlet Empress (’34)
10:00 PM The Devil is a Woman (’35)
11:30 PM Manpower (’41)
1:30 AM A Foreign Affair (’48)
3:30 AM The Blue Angel (’30)

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Elizabeth Taylor, a Leading Lady

Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by .

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Elizabeth Taylor,  A Leading Lady Elizabeth Taylor 1932 2011 elizabeth taylor 20446517 550 5501 300x300 Elizabeth Taylor, a Leading Lady

An actress, a philanthropist and a Hollywood legend known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, Elizabeth Taylor – who died of congestive heart failure at age 79 on March 23 – leaves behind a legacy every bit as colorful as any of her screen roles. “Elizabeth is bigger than life,” her friend, songwriter Carol Bayer Sager, once told PEOPLE of the star. “She’s the closest thing we have in America to royalty.”

Her career in the movie industry spanned more than 70 years and she had over 50 films to her credit.

She also garnered two Academy Awards for best actress, one for her performance as a call girl in “Butterfield 8″ (in 1960) and then as the quick and bitter-tongued Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (in 1966).

In 1963, she signed a then-record $1 million contract to appear in “Cleopatra” and earned $6 million more because of delays in filming.

Mike Nichols directed Taylor in “Virginia Woolf” and considered her “one of the greatest cinema actresses.”

Taylor is also known for her love of jewels and her love of men. She was married eight times and her husbands included actor Richard Burton (twice), singer Eddie Fisher, U.S. Senator John Warner and producer Mike Todd. Her last husband was Larry Fortensky, a construction worker who she met at the Betty Ford Center where she fought her alcohol and dependency issues. That marriage later ended in divorce too.

Outside her film career, she was an avid supporter of HIV/AIDS research. Taylor was one of the first celebrities to speak about the AIDS crisis publicly and raised millions for research and treatment after her friend and actor Rock Hudson died of AIDS in 1985.

She helped establish the American Foundation for AIDS Research in 1985 and founded her own foundation in 1991, the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

Taylor also supported numerous other charities and was a successful business woman who sold perfumes and scents under her name. Her line of fragrances now includes Passion, White Diamonds and Rough Diamonds.  A portion of the profits are earmarked for her charities. To date, the fragrances have garnered her charity and AMFAR more than $120 million dollars.

According to a family statement, she was surrounded at her death by her children: Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton.

“My mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” Michael Wilding said. “Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world.”

She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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Celebrity Deaths-2010

Posted on 31. Dec, 2010 by .

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Celebrity Deaths-2010 Remembering those we lost:

Classic Movie World pays tribute to those actors we lost in 2010.  Let me know if I missed some.  I have seen list after list with many actors and directors omitted. I will add more as I get more. Happy New Year!

Dennis Hopper-Hoosiers, Apocalypse Now, Easy Rider, True Romance
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Barbara Billingsley-Leave it To Beaver

Tom Bosley-Happy Days

Stephen J. Cannell-21 Jumpstreet, A-Team

Dixie Carter-Designing Women

Jill Clayburgh-Silver Streak among many roles

Gary Coleman-Different Strokes

Robert Culp-I Spy and many more

Tony Curtis-Some Like it Hot and many more

Blake Edwards-Pink Panther

Eddie Fisher-Singer/Actortom bosley happy days 240 Celebrity Deaths 2010

John Forsythe-Dynasty, Charlie’s Angels

James Gammon-Actor

Harold Gould-The Sting

Peter Graves-Mission Impossible, Airplane

Kathryn Grayson-Kiss Me Kate, Showboat

Corey Haim-Lost Boys, Licenced to Drive

June Havoc-Gentalman’s Agreement, Can’t Stop The Music

Lena Horne-Words and Music, Boogie-Woogie Dream

Lionel Jeffries-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Camelot

Irvin Kershner-Actor/Director-Star Warsleslie nielsen 270fp122110 Celebrity Deaths 2010

Andrew Koenig-Growing Pains

Art Linkletter-Actor, Director, Misc.

James MacArthur-Hawaii Five-0, Swiss family Robinson

Simon MacCorkindale-The Sword and the Sorcerer

Kevin McCarthy-Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Rue McClanahan-Golden Girls

Sally Menke-Producer, editor, Reservoir Dogs

Patricia Neal-Breakfast at Tiffanys, The Day the Earth Stood Still

Leslie Nielsen-Airplane, Naked Gun, police Squadcorey haim 270fp122110 Celebrity Deaths 2010MV5BMjE3ODIyOTAyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTUwNjAwNA@@. V1. SX380 SY500 1 150x150 Celebrity Deaths 2010

Fess Parker-Old Yeller, Daniel Boone

Arthur Penn-Actor, Director, Producer, Bonnie and Clyde

Lynn Redgrave-many tv roles and recent moviesingrid pitt 270fp122110 150x150 Celebrity Deaths 2010

Pernell Roberts-Bonanza, Trapper John, M.D., Ride Lonesome

Jean Simmons-Guys and Dolls, Spartacus, The Big Country, Elmer Gantry

Gloria Stuart-Titantic, the Invisible Man, Gold Diggers of 1935

Erich Segal-actor,writer, Love Story

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Johnny Sheffield-Tarzan movies

Ingrid Pitt-The Wicker Man, Countess Dracula

Ronald Neame-director, producerThe Poseidon Adventure, Scrooge (1970)

Corin Redgrave-A Man For All Seasons, Excalibur

Jimmy Dean-musician, actor, tv star, Diamonds are Forever,

Dixie Carter-Designing Women

James Mitchell-All My Children, Oklahoma, The Band Wagon

Zelda Rubenstein-Poltergeist

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Patricia Neal

Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by .

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Patricia Neal Dead at 84

Classic Movie World celebrates the life of another classic movie star who has passed away-Patricia Neal.
“Actress Patricia Neal, who won an Academy Award for 1963′s ‘Hud’ and then survived several strokes, died on Sunday. She was 84. Neal had lung cancer and died surrounded by her family at her home in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard. “She faced her final illness as she had all of the many trials she endured: with indomitable grace, good humor and a great deal of her self-described stubbornness,” her family said in a statement…”continue reading exerpt at PopEater

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202092734 Patricia Neal Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life

Personally acquainted with the actress and having conducted a number of interviews with her, Shearer presents an honest and comprehensive portrait of an accomplished woman who has lived her life with determination and bravado.


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WBD065716 Patricia Neal Fountainhead, The

The hero of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead is Howard Roark (Gary Cooper), a fiercely independent architect obviously patterned after Frank Lloyd Wright. Rather than compromise his ideals, Roark takes menial work as a quarryman to finance his projects. He falls in love with heiress Dominique (Patricia Neal), but ends the relationship when he has the opportunity to construct buildings according to his own wishes. Dominique marries a newspaper tycoon (Raymond Massey) who at first conducts a vitriolic campaign against the radical Roark, but eventually becomes his strongest supporter. Upon being given a public-housing contract on the proviso that his plans not be changed in any way, Roark is aghast to learn that his designs will be radically altered. Roark sneaks into the unfinished structure at night, makes certain no one else is around, and dynamites the project into oblivion. At his trial, Roark acts as his own defense, delivering an eloquent paean to individuality. He is acquitted, while the newspaper tycoon, upset that he could offer Roark no help during the trial, kills himself. This clears the way for a final clinch between Roark and Dominique on the skeleton of his latest building project.


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Other Movies at CMW with Patriai Neal:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Day The Earth Stood Still

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Ingrid Bergman

Posted on 06. Aug, 2010 by .

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Ingrid Bergman is featured all day on TCM Friday, August 6th. Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress noted for her starring roles in American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is best remembered for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942), a World War II drama co-starring Humphrey Bogart.51. Ingrid Bergman 254x267 Ingrid Bergman

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Dennis Hopper Tribute

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by .

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Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute To Actor-Director-Screenwriter Dennis Hopper Tuesday, June 8

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Turner Classic Movies to Pay Tribute To Actor-Director-Screenwriter Dennis Hopper Tuesday, June 8

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will dedicate its Tuesday, June 8, primetime and overnight lineup to celebrating the life and career of OscarÒ-nominated actor-director-screenwriter Dennis Hopper, who passed away May 29 at the age of 74. The night’s collection will feature his film debut in the memorable teen drama Rebel Without a Cause (1955), as well as his groundbreaking film Easy Rider (1969). The following is a complete schedule:

Tuesday, June 8

8 p.m. (ET) The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) – Dennis Hopper co-stars with John Wayne and Dean Martin in this rowdy Western about the sons of a frontier woman determined to learn why their mother died penniless.

10:15 p.m. True Grit (1969) – Hopper found himself in the presence of “The Duke” once again with this Western about an aged marshal who helps a girl find her father’s killer. John Wayne earned an OscarÒ for his performance.

12:30 a.m. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) – Hopper made his film debut as one of the rebellious youngsters in Nicholas Ray’s searing portrait of teen angst. James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo star.

2:30 a.m. Easy Rider (1969) – Hopper became one of the most iconic figures of his generation with this groundbreaking film about a trio of societal dropouts heading to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Not only did he direct and star in the film, he also earned an Oscar nomination for his work on the screenplay with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern. Jack Nicholson and Karen Black co-star.

4:15 a.m. Night Tide (1963) – Hopper stars as a lonely sailor who falls in love with a mysterious woman who plays a mermaid on the Santa Monica pier. Linda Lawson co-stars in this unique, dreamy drama written and directed by Curtis Harrington

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Robert Taylor Movies

Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by .

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Right now and through tomorrow, check out Robert Taylor movies on TCM-Turner Classic Movies such as Conspirator, Time Square Lady, Devil’s Doorway, and Small Town Girl.

Taylor made many movies from the 30′s through the 60′s. Toward the end of his career, he ended up mostly in television. He took over the narrator position of Ronald Reagan in Death Valley Days when Reagan began his political career. Robert  Taylor continued this role until his death in 1969 when he died of lung cancer at the age of 57.

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