Classic Movie Characters
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Features4 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Susan Vance
Played by Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby. Can someone just throw David Huxley (Cary Grant) a bone? No, really. All the scientist wants is that...
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Features5 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Arnold Schwarzenegger is The Terminator
Before The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger was viewed as little more than a B-list barbarian. But director James Cameron helped turn his shortcomings into strengths. Not the...
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Features5 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Stanley Kowalski
Played by Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, dir. Elia Kazan) From the moment he appears onscreen—remarking that his shirt is sticking to him...
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Features5 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Darth Vader
Played by David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones in Star Wars (1977, dir. George Lucas) and two later films In 1977, moviegoers feverishly wondered:...
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Features5 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Captain Jack Sparrow played by Johnny Depp
Only an actor as eccentrically inventive as Johnny Depp could morph Errol Flynn circa Captain Blood with Keith Richards circa Exile on Main St., and add...
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Features6 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Vito Corleone played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather
In this series we are profiling some of the greatest characters ever committed to celluloid, here it is the turn of Vito Corleone played by Marlon...
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Features6 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Melanie Daniels Played by Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
Another entry in our occasional series looking at classic characters from the golden age of movies; This time it’s Tippi Hedren’s Hitchcock Blonde Melanie Daniels in...
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Features6 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Sam Spade Played by Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The character that made Bogie a star, gumshoe Sam Spade has seen more angles than a geometry professor and spotted more lies than a polygraph, but...
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Features6 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Harry Lime Played by Orson Welles in The Third Man (1949)
Complimented on dominating a film in which he appears for less than 20 minutes total, Orson Welles, with uncharacteristic modesty, told Peter Bogdanovich, “That’s the part,...
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Features8 years ago
Classic Movie Characters: Joyce Grenfell As WPC Ruby Gates in The Belles of St Trinians
One from our occasional series looking at classic film characters, here it is the incomparable Joyce Grenfell in 1950’s British comedy classic The Belles of St...
Three New “Saturday Night Live” Shows This December to End 2023 on a High
NBC has revealed the lineups for the three new Saturday Night Live episodes that will close out the year. Emma Stone...
CBS Set May 13 as Series Finale Date for “Bob (Hearts) Abishola”
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“Godfather of Harlem” Renewed for Season 4 by MGM+
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Best in Miniature Season 3 Premieres December 26 on CBC Gem
With ten incredibly gifted miniaturists from Canada and around the world returning for another season of BEST IN MINIATURE (8×60),...
BBC Announce True Crime Drama “The Gold” To Get Second Series
Popular BBC true crime drama The Gold will be back for another season on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Based...
BBC One’s “King and Conqueror” to Star James Norton & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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Varney & Co. and Kudlow Hit 21 Month Winning Streak for FOX Business Network
According to Nielsen Media Research, the top two business news shows for the month of November were FOX Business Network’s...
MTV’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” Series Return Tuesday January 9
MTV has announced the return of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, which will premiere on January 9th, 2024. The cast...
Match of the Day 2: 03/12/2023 (BBC One Sunday 3 December 2023)
Match of the Day 2: 03/12/2023 airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on BBC One What can we expect from this...
Sorry, I Didn’t Know: Desiree Burch, Nick Helm, Tez Ilyas, Sikisa (ITV1 Sunday 3 December 2023)
Sorry, I Didn’t Know: Desiree Burch, Nick Helm, Tez Ilyas, Sikisa airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on ITV1 What can...
Whale with Steve Backshall: Whales and Us (Sky Nature Sunday 3 December 2023)
Whale with Steve Backshall: Whales and Us airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on Sky Nature What can we expect from...
Survivor: Episode 12 (BBC One Sunday 3 December 2023)
Survivor: Episode 12 airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on BBC One What can we expect from this episode As the...
Caught on Dashcam: Winter Specials 2023 (Part 1) (Sky Witness Sunday 3 December 2023)
Caught on Dashcam: Winter Specials 2023 (Part 1) airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on Sky Witness What can we expect...
Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure: Episode 4 (Channel 4 Sunday 3 December 2023)
Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure: Episode 4 airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on Channel 4 What can we expect from this...
Strictly Come Dancing: Week 11 Results (BBC One Sunday 3 December 2023)
Strictly Come Dancing: Week 11 Results airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on BBC One What can we expect from this...
Gino’s Italy: Salento (ITV1 Sunday 3 December 2023)
Gino’s Italy: Salento airs Sunday 3 December 2023 on ITV1 What can we expect from this episode Riding south on...