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Actor Van Johnson, '40s heartthrob, dies at 92
AP Drama WriterVan Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as "30 Seconds over Tokyo," ''A Guy Named Joe" and "The Caine Mutiny," died Friday of natural causes. He was 92. Johnson died at...Tags: Woody Allen, Vehicles, Spencer Tracy, Detroit, Los Angeles
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'40s Film Hearthrob Van Johnson Dies At 92
Associated PressVan Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as "30 Seconds Over Tokyo," "A Guy Named Joe" and "The Caine Mutiny," died Friday of natural causes. He was 92. Johnson died at Tappan...Tags: Vehicles, East Windsor, Celebrity Mothers, Irene Dunne, Celebrity
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La Posada Hotel in Arizona is a train stop with a history lesson
Early on a bright, clear May morning, bracing and brilliant in a way I've always associated with the American West, I stepped down from Amtrak's Southwest Chief at the trim adobe depot at Winslow, in northeastern Arizona. The rambling, Spanish-Colonial-...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Vehicles, Arizona
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UCLA Archive unearths gems in 'Unburied Treasures'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe UCLA Film & Television Archive is no small place. The Library of Congress aside, it's the biggest collection in the country, with film holdings alone numbering a staggering 85,000 titles. Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the rarities hidden in...Tags: Joel McCrea, Edna Ferber, Imperial and Royal Matters, Film Festivals, Veronica Lake
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WATCHING
1. 'It's a Wonderful Life' 7 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5 Now that this 1946 holiday classic isn't being screened around the clock anymore, it doesn't hurt to give folks a couple of chances to watch it -- especially on Christmas Eve. James Stewart is...Tags: American Idol (tv program), Boris Karloff, Christmas, James Stewart, Popular Music
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'Foreign Correspondent' Actress Laraine Day Dies at 87
New York Times News ServiceLaraine Day, a ladylike leading lady who appeared in almost two dozen MGM films from 1939 to 1945, notably as nurse Mary Lamont in the series of Dr. Kildare movies, died Saturday in Ivins, Utah. She was 87. For 13 years she was popularly called "the...Tags: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Incorporated, Joel McCrea, Family, Baseball, Lew Ayres
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Ryan Gosling's quirky film 'Lars and the Real Girl'
Special to NewsdayHaving reinvented the drug addict in "Half Nelson" and then parried with Anthony Hopkins in "Fracture," Ryan Gosling arrived on the set of "Lars and the Real Girl" and found no one would talk to him. "I thought they were being really rude," said Gosling,...Tags: Film Festivals, Jimmy Stewart, Celebrity Mothers, Gena Rowlands, Frank Capra Jr.
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Made in Maryland
Absolute Power (1997)
Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...Tags: Geena Davis, Terry Gilliam, Stephen Lang, Religious Conflicts, Court Administration
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'It's a Wonderful Life' for Jimmy Hawkins
On Christmas Eve, NBC offers its second airing of the classic "It's a Wonderful Life" this holiday season (the first was Dec. 16).
This year also marks the 1946 film's 60th anniversary, which has prompted Paramount Home Video to release a new DVD...Tags: Family, Jimmy Stewart, Los Angeles, Christmas, NBC
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1940s TV Star Robert Sterling Dies at 88
Robert Sterling, the handsome star of 1940s movies who appeared with his wife Anne Jeffreys in the television series "Topper," died Tuesday at his Brentwood home. He was 88. Sterling died of natural causes following a decade-long battle with shingles,...Tags: William S. Hart, Greta Garbo, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Celebrity
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The Shirley Temple Collection: Volume Three
Zap2It.comAs long as there has been film, there have been cute little child actors. Out of all of them, you can still mention Shirley Temple today and everyone will know exactly whom you are talking about. Yes, the singing, dancing, dimpled little box office magnet...Tags: Ansel Adams, Hattie McDaniel, Shirley Temple, Movies
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Reagan film career featured comedy, drama
Associated Press WriterRonald Reagan's boy-next-door quality as an actor brought him film roles as diverse as the victim of an evil surgeon in "King's Row" and the college professor who experiments with raising a chimpanzee in the comedy "Bedtime for Bonzo." Reagan appeared in...Tags: Unions, Film Festivals, Ronald Reagan, Baseball, Wallace Beery
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