Franchot Tone

ONE of the most surprising albums to emerge this year from the nooks and crannies of the Los Angeles music scene is largely the work of two guys you'd be surprised work together at all. "Dos," the debut from the Culver City Dub Collective, grew from a...

Jane Wyatt, a three-time Emmy Award-winner for her portrayal of the patient, understanding housewife and mother on the classic 1950s family situation comedy "Father Knows Best," has died. She was 96. Wyatt, whose acting career spanned stage, screen and...

Clark Gable:The Signature Collection (Warner Home Video, $60 for the set; $15-$20 each) Dancing LadyClark Gable was the "King of Hollywood" in the 1930s and 1940s. One of the screen's most enduring icons, he oozed sex appeal and charm, and he sported the...

When the film industry set up camp in Los Angeles in 1909, migrating actors from the East looked around for nightlife action in Hollywood and found a scene that was largely a big snooze. Downtown, the city's social hub, teemed with burlesque halls, and...

Are you having a few film buffs over for an Oscar party? Would you like to impress them with your uncanny knowledge of Oscar trivia? Here are a few fun facts about the annual ceremony to sprinkle in amid the overdone musical numbers and the nominees for...

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