Oscar Actors: Hoskins, Bob–British Actor (Neil Jordan’s “Mona Lisa”) Dies at 71

The first time I met Bob Hoskins was in the 1986 Cannes Film Fest, when he won Best Actor for Mona Lisa.

Gay Directors: Davies, Terence–Britain’s Greatest Living Director

Complete Retrospective of Terence Davies. A true renaissance man, Davies is an artist, filmmaker, screenwriter, novelist, actor, and narrator.

Read Part Two tomorrow

Movie Stars: Cagney, James–Auteur of his Image

James Cagney: Actor as Auteur?

Bogart: Screen Image per Raymond Chandler

The novelist and screenwriter Raymon Chandler once summarized the essence of the Bogart screen persona in the following way: “Bogart could be tough without a gun. He has a sense of humor that contains that grating undertone of contempt.”

Movie Stars: Rooney, Mickey: Actor Dies at 93

Mickey Roney, who was MGM’s biggest box office star in the late 1930s and early 1940s, died on Sunday. He was 93.