In this funny and enjoyable farce, based on an original screenplay by John Cleese and Charles Crichton, Kevin Kline, who won the supporting Oscar, steals every scene he is in due to comic timing and impressively physical performance.
Oscar Actors: Kline, Kevin–Best Supporting Actor–Background, Career, Awards (Cum Advantage, Tonys)
August 10, 2018 by
Death in Hollywood: Kidder, Margot (“Superman”)–Suicide
August 8, 2018 by
The death of actress Margot Kidder (Superman) back in May has been ruled a suicide.
Movie Stars: MacDonald, Jeanette–Actress-Singer
August 8, 2018 by
The MacDonald-Eddy team split after MacDonald’s engagement and marriage to Gene Raymond, but neither of their solo films grossed as much as the team films, and by the fall of 1937, MGM was barraged with outraged fan mail.
Oscar Actors: Robbins, Tim–Best Supporting Actor, Mystic River (2003)
August 6, 2018 by
For his part as Dave Boyle in Clint Eastwood’s 2003 critically acclaimed drama, Mystic River, he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at his first acting nomination, at the age of 44.
Oscar Directors: Walsh, Raoul–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography
August 6, 2018 by
September 12, 2022 Raoul Walsh Career Summation Occupational Inheritance: Nationality: Social Class: Race/Ethnicity: Family: brother of actor George Walsh Formal Education: Training: he was first an actor First Film: The Pseudo Prodigal (1913 short), directorial debut Breakthrough: Birth of a Nation (1915); actor. The Big Trail (1930); director First Oscar Nomination: Gap between First Film […]
