Wayne was a gentleman beneath the rough facade, and more accepting of his women than other stars. As Molly Haskell wrote, “A tender titan capable of two-fisted fury but infinitely more capable of chivalry and fatherly wisdom. Wayne was secure enough in his masculine identity to listen to women, and he could often respond to them with less vanity and more humanity than could a romantic lead.”
Oscar Artists: Bumstead, Henry–Top Designer (The Sting) Dies at 91
May 28, 2006 by
May 27–Henry Bumstead, the vet Hollywood production designer who won Oscars for “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Sting” and whose longtime association with Clint Eastwood kept him on the job, died, at 91.
Oscar Directors: Levinson, Barry–Diner, Rain Man, Bugsy
May 11, 2006 by
Barry Levinson's sensibility as a filmmaker was unmistakably shaped by his hometown, Baltimore, the setting of his personal film trilogy, Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon. Both tough and funny, the trilogy reeks with the smell of ordinary lives and gritty realism.
Oscar Actors: Lemmon, Jack–Appreciation (Two-Time Oscar Winner and Multiple Nominee)
May 11, 2006 by
In a career spanning five decades, Jack Lemmon was nominated for eight Oscars, winning two: A Supporting Oscar for playing Ensign Pulver in the comedy Mister Roberts (1955), and Best Actor Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973), in which he embodied a garment manufacturer, forced by his partner to consider arson as a way out of financial trouble. In one of Oscar's shameful chapters, Lemmon was denied Best Actor for his greatest performances, both in a Billy Wilder picture: Some Like It Hot and The Apartment.
John Wayne: From Movie Superstar to Legendary Pop Hero
May 11, 2006 by
In the 1970s, Wayne became much more than a movie superstar. He came to be regarded an American folk hero, with his off screen activities and statements getting as much publicity–at times more–as his movies.
