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'Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood'
From the time Adolf Hitler became Germany's chancellor in 1933 to the opening salvos of World War II in 1939, about 800 actors, directors, writers, composers and producers fled Europe for the safety of America. The Third Reich's loss was Hollywood's...Tags: Marlene Dietrich, Adolf Hitler, Fred Zinnemann, Billy Wilder, Leonid Kinskey
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STAYINGIN?
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood" (CPTV, 9:30 p.m.) reminds us that Germany was way ahead in various aspects of film art until the rise of Nazism caused many of the region's finest practitioners to go the U.S.. The list includes directors Fritz...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Movies, Dancing
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'From Hitler To Hollywood' Best New Year's Offering
With the end of the year comes the flowering of the cinematic arts (or at least the films that want to win Oscars). So it's fitting that some of the biggest specials on TV this week also concern film. The most splendid of them is the New Year's Day...Tags: Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Wrigley Field, New Year's Day, Music Theater
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Francesca Hilton just has to laugh
Special to The TimesSHE IS the unknown Hilton. The un-Paris, if you will. For Francesca Hilton, there are no red carpet poses performed before shouting paparazzi, no boutique line of Francesca fragrances, no nervous Chihuahua tucked in her arms. That the 61-year-old didn'...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Movies, George Sanders, Joan Collins, Family
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'Lady Chatterley'
Times Staff WriterMOVIE REVIEWS In France's 'Lady Chatterley,' lovers cross class boundaries as their desire unfurls slowly, beautifully. Nothing sexual is forbidden to today's filmmakers, but paradoxically, that has made some things more difficult to put on screen. While...Tags: Movies, D.H. Lawrence, Cinema Industry
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When 'The King' ruled Hollywood
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...Tags: Joan Crawford, Movies, Music Theater, Claudette Colbert, Franchot Tone
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The Lingering Reek of Smell-O-Vision
Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger co-authored "Poplorica." Smith is a senior editor for West.This adapted excerpt is from "OOPS: 20 Life Lessons From the Fiascoes That Shaped America," by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger, which will be published on March 14. Copyright 2006 by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger. Published by arrangement with...Tags: Sylvia Plath, Errol Flynn, Movies, Satellite and Cable Service, Music Theater
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Cocoanut Grove Throngs Give Stars Gay Ovation
From The Times: March 1, 1940 The most glamorous of Hollywood's annual functions found a new setting last night of Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador, which probably has never before been given over to such a serious event. It was the first time in...Tags: Robert Donat, National Government, Mass Media, Norma Shearer, Spencer Tracy
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