IF THIS SHIP IS ROCKIN Mar 2, 2008
Eventually known as a showcase for Hollywood legends such as Ginger Rogers and Lana Turner - "an encyclopedia of the great names," says MacLeod - "Love Boat" is a delectable feast of '70s cheese in these early episodes, with the likes of Jaclyn Smith (radiant in a sleek Qiana gown) and Sherman Hemsley (irascible in a subtle 'fro-pe ) gaily contending with romance's foibles on the sunny seas. DVD extras are scant, but rare episode promos are a welcome addition. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Tilda Swinton's improbable Oscar journey Mar 1, 2008
But for the first time she thawed on screen in the sort of taxed maternal roles you might have seen Lana Turner play 50 years ago, or Nicole Kidman play now. "Young Adam" (2003) A friend jokes that Swinton has the face of a robotic doe. (Boston Globe)
At home: In Manhattan, skin care guru has museum-quality town house Feb 29, 2008
Well-thumbed and scrawled with (presumably) Arnaz's chicken scratch, the books boast addresses and numbers of legends long gone: Bobby Darin, Lana Turner, Steve McQueen and, of course, Lucille Ball. There's even a still-working number for the White House. (USA Today -- Life)
* Acapulco: take two Feb 28, 2008
Lana Turner had a place overlooking the water, as did John Wayne. And well before the crew of Girls Gone Wild came trolling the beaches for spring-break shenanigans, Fun in Acapulco was not just a 1963 film starring a dashing Elvis Presley but an international shorthand for glamor. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
New on DVD: 'Gangster' is a gritty American crime tale Feb 22, 2008
Portrait in Black and Madame X (1960/66, Universal, unrated, $15): You could throw a fastball with a couple of the jewels in Portrait, a trashy must-see for Lana Turner fans, or for anyone who loves watching glitzy clotheshorses. The film is a potboiler with Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart, plus Sandra Dee. (USA Today -- Life)
Carolina Theatre to host Rooney Feb 18, 2008
During the late 30s and throughout the 1940s he starred in movies with Hollywood legends Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor. He did television and stage work during the 1970s and 1980s and most recently starred in last year's movie "Night at the Museum.". (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Happy Valentine’s Day Feb 16, 2008
Paul Newman), Gregory Hines, the tap dancer, Elizabeth Taylor, also the perfume goddess, Sherman Hemsley, of All in the Family and Jeffersons fame, Garrett Morris of the old Mission Impossible series of the 1960s, Lana Turner, The Sweater Girl, who was supposed have been discovered at the drug store in Hollywood, Calif. James Dean, the original Rebel Without Cause, Zsa Zsa Gabor, of the famous Gabor sisters and Gary Coleman, of Different Strokes. (Stuttgart Daily Leader, AR)
Leo Frank exhibit Feb 9, 2008
Titles include "Murder in Harlem" (1936) by pioneer black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux; "They Won't Forget" (1937) with Claude Rains as the Frank prosecutor and a tight-sweatered Lana Turner as the teenage victim; and "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (1988), a TV movie with Jack Lemmon as Gov. John Slaton and Kevin Spacey as a fictional reporter. RELATED LINK. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
DEATH OF HOLLYWOOD Feb 7, 2008
February 7, 2008 -- 'IN HER EARLY days she had that bea tific expression characteristic of Victorian prettiness - like a sheep painted by Raphael," said James Agate of Lillie Langtry. I thought of this looking at the March "Hollywood Issue" of Vanity Fair. On its cover, there are six pastel pinkish, light greenish, pallid and faded-looking "movie stars" photographed by the celebrated Annie Leibovitz. But if you can identify more than one of these young dames, I'll be surprised. (Anne Hathaway... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Turner is getting back to normal life after brain surgery 02-03-2008 Feb 3, 2008
Lana Turner is excited about making plans for the future. Turner is recovering from brain surgery after being diagnosed with chiari malformation in August. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
* Fashion maven bows out Jan 24, 2008
"What I feel about it? I'm a little bit sad, because he is one of the greatest." Born Valentino Garavani in 1932 in Voghera, Italy, he spent much of his teenage years in the local cinema admiring leading ladies like Rita Hayworth and Lana Turner. "I was crazy about film stars," Valentino said in an interview last year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The PG's Barbara Cloud says, 'Thanks for all the wonderful moments' Jan 6, 2008
I still want to be an actress, but while I never made it to a Broadway stage, I experienced theater vicariously by interviewing Ginger Rogers, Katharine Cornell, Jessica Tandy, Audrey Hepburn, Lisa Kirk, Lana Turner, Ethel Waters, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Crawford and Joan Fontaine, among others. I've had chats with many of the great entertainers of my generation: Tony Bennett, Carmen Cavallaro, Andy Williams, Hildegarde, Cyd Charisse, Phyllis Diller, Julie Newmar, Al Martino and Mary Lou Williams. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Finding a star in Ft. Davis Jan 5, 2008
The history of Hollywood is replete with remarkable tales, and sometimes fables, of how performers got their first big breaks - think Lana Turner in Schwab's Drug Store. Now add to that the kid who wound up on screen thanks to a middle-school principal and a speeding casting agent. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Lone Star state's new source of light Dec 28, 2007
27, 2007 12:00 AM NEW YORK -- The history of Hollywood is replete with remarkable tales, and sometimes fables, of how performers got their first big breaks -- think Lana Turner in Schwab's Drugstore. Now add to that the kid who wound up on screen thanks to a middle-school principal and a speeding casting agent. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
US Airways, other carriers race to upgrade in-flight entertainment Dec 24, 2007
1961: TWA shows the first feature film on a regularly scheduled commercial airline flight: By Love Possessed, starring Lana Turner and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. 1975: Braniff Airways introduces Atari video games. (AZCentral -- Business)
Read on... Dec 20, 2007
Although the original with Claudette Colbert (1934) is great, I prefer the Lana Turner 1959 version. I love it. (Variety)
Nettie J. Dore Dec 17, 2007
She was a fan of Clark Gable and his movie Gone with the Wind, Lana Turner and her movie Imitation of Life and Loretta Young and Claudette Colbert. Her proudest achievements were mothering her children and raising them all to love the Lord. (New Iberia, LA)
Continuereading Dec 12, 2007
Inside, I still think I'm Lana Turner, but I look at pictures of myself today and I think: You're fat, your face is much too big, and I hate your hair. I'm attractive for 84--but I sure as sh*t ain't attractive. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Levine: Malden musings Dec 1, 2007
He appeared with Lana Turner (and Mahalia Jackson) in Imitation of Life in 1959 and Snow White and the Three Stooges in 1961, as well as appearing on Mr. Ed, Gomer Pyle, Andy Griffith, The Man From Uncle as well as just about every other important TV show of the 1960s. What do you muse about Malden. (Malden Observer, MA)
Review: 'Rake Progress' goes Hollywood, S.F. Opera style Nov 27, 2007
After nearly a century of keeping one eye fixed on Tinseltown and its tidy moral fables - from the rise of Lana Turner to the fall of Lindsay Lohan - it sometimes feels as though Americans have no other vehicle for understanding the world and its ways. That, at least, is the impression left by director Robert Lepage's inventive but self-limiting new production of "The Rake's Progress," which opened Friday night at the San Francisco Opera. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Fat Lady sings Nov 26, 2007
A stint in rehab was followed with a stint in a London bookstore, called Books for Cooks, and there, like a plus-sized Lana Turner at the soda fountain, she was discovered by a television producer with an idea for a different kind of food show. Dickson Wright had only met the food writer Jennifer Paterson once before they taped the pilot for Two Fat Ladies in 1995, but the affinity was immediate and their onscreen charisma apparent to everyone. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Laraine Day, 87; actress and 'first lady of baseball' was featured in 1940s Dr. Kildare films Nov 12, 2007
The actress made more than four dozen films from the late 1930s to 1960, working opposite such luminaries as Ayres, Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Lana Turner, John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Joel McCrea and Kirk Douglas. In addition to the Kildare series, she demonstrated solid acting ability in such films as Alfred Hitchcock's noir "Foreign Correspondent" and her personal favorites, 1943's "Mr. Lucky" with Grant and the 1946 psychological drama "The Locket" with Mitchum. (Los Angeles Times)
Bay Area writers back away from keyboards in strike solidarity Nov 7, 2007
Peoples, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Unforgiven" whose credits also include "Blade Runner" and "Twelve Monkeys," has been working on a biopic about the gangland figure Johnny Stompanato, who was slain in 1958 by the daughter of his lover, Lana Turner. But the writers' strike has silenced his computer, along with those of fellow scribes for movies and TV all over the Bay Area. (San Francisco Chronicle)
* [ HARDCOVER: US ] The Hollywood stars who didn't quite shoot all the way Nov 4, 2007
Basinger lavishes fond attention on several actors, like Errol Flynn, Lana Turner, Tyrone Power, Irene Dunne and Jean Arthur, included because their careers illustrate the shortcomings of the star machine, or the ways in which a wily actor could game the system. In reality, these set pieces are full-throated appreciations, gushy yet pedantic, an odd combination. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Woman facing delicate surgery because brain too big for skull 11-04-2007 Nov 4, 2007
Watching from a hotel room in Colorado were an emotional Mike and Lana Turner of Plainview ... A Lana Turner Surgical Fund has been set up at Hale County State Bank to help pay for medical expenses. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
DVD watch: Check out the work of three 'twilight' directors Oct 30, 2007
Available solo ($15) or with '34 version ($20), it was a smash for Lana Turner and earned Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner supporting Oscar nominations ... Sirk's remake success: Dan O'Herlihy and Lana Turner in Imitation of Life. (USA Today -- Life)
IN HIS MID-90S, HE'S STILL GOT LEGS Oct 19, 2007
Martin, who made his first film in 1936, has a long string of hit movies to his credit, including "Till the Clouds Roll By," "Here Come the Girls" and "Easy To Love." His first big picture, "Ziegfeld Girl," co-starring Judy Garland and Lana Turner, came out in 1941. He's also had numerous chart-topping records, including "Begin the Beguine" (originally intended for Bing Crosby) and "There's No Tomorrow.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Jane Wyman; ex-wife of Reagan won Oscar for 'Johnny Belinda' Sep 11, 2007
Her clashes with actress Lana Turner, whom she viewed as overly demanding, led to the death of Turner's recurring character. After divorcing Reagan, she twice married and divorced film studio composer Fred Karger. (Boston Globe)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 9 Sep 9, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 9-15. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Hollywood films in Del Norte County Aug 15, 2007
The actors in the starring roles were Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young. Buildings soon were erected, keeping with the storyline. (Daily Triplicate)
'Bad' Makes For Good Viewing Aug 12, 2007
Kirk Douglas excels as a once-powerful producer seeking comeback help from former associates (Walter Pidgeon, Lana Turner, Dick Powell and Barry Sullivan), all but one of whom now despise him. Just why is revealed in flashbacks, which are the only times we see Douglas. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Full Story Jul 28, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007 Last Update: 06:35 AM EDT. INSIDE THE NYPD'S CRIME SCENE BASE. (New York Post -- Gossip)
New on DVD: 'Zodiac' has supreme stars Jul 27, 2007
Reason to acknowledge this famously campy bomb: It's the only (note the title) Lana Turner LSD movie. Due Tuesday: Nicholas Ray's all-timer They Live By Night; Lena Headey lounges while battles rage in 300; a bevy of Bluto bruises in a Popeye box set. (USA Today -- Life)
CAMPIN' IT UP Jun 24, 2007
Lana Turner "camps" it up as a pagan princess who seduces farmer Edmund Purdom away from his Jewish faith in Richard Thorpe's "The Prodigal," another expensive 1955 flop. To complete the set, they've included the Italian-made "The Colossus of Rhodes" (1961), the dubious directorial debut of Sergio Leone ("A Fistful of Dollars") starring Rory Calhoun. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Actor Lithgow to make RSC debut Jun 16, 2007
Rooney, who has appeared opposite the likes of Judy Garland and Lana Turner, will star as Baron Hardup in Cinderella alongside Les Dennis, former Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton, her husband Andy Scott Lee and ex-Emmerdale actor Dale Meeks. Rooney's wife, Jan, will play the Fairy Godmother in the pantomime which opens on 8 December. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Camden celebrates 50th anniversary of filming of 'Peyton Place' Jun 9, 2007
The movie - starring Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Arthur Kennedy and Russ Tamblyn - was nominated for nine Oscars (it didn't win any) and spawned a 1960s television soap opera series. Throughout June of 1957, Glenna Drinkwater pedaled around Camden on her bike to watch the movie being made in hopes of catching a glimpse of Hollywood stars. (Concord Monitor)
Best and worst Jun 4, 2007
I was told that Lana Turner was stunning ... My friend, I am much too young to have been allowed the pure pleasure of gazing with my very eyes at the lovely Lana Turner. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Catch a fallen star, if you can Jun 3, 2007
Certain movie buffs have compared her night-owl ways to those of Lana Turner, whose impromptu Vegas weddings used to drive MGM to distraction in the 1940s ... Lana Turner When Turner's father was murdered in 1931 her mother moved with her ten-year-old daughter to LA. By the age of 16, Lana was making her name as an actress. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
'RGX Girl' Rachel Specter Wants To Be Known For More Than Body-Spray Ads May 23, 2007
It came for Lana Turner after she was discovered in a soda shop. Paris Hilton shot up to the A-list (or at least the cover of the tabloids) thanks to a sex tape. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Bardot on Cannes, celebrity, career May 22, 2007
On board, the commandant received Leslie Caron, Lana Turner, Gary Cooper, Kirk Douglas and lots of others for a party. Totally unknown and very intimidated, I hid behind Vadim when the commandant greeted me and shouted to the crew in the middle of the bridge, "That's Brigitte!" Not knowing how to answer, I said, "Hello, men!" Everyone went crazy. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Miriam Toews: from author to actress May 13, 2007
To the list of unlikely places where the gods of stardom have discovered their angels - the soda fountain at Schwab's Drugs (Lana Turner), a New York pizza parlour (Natalie Portman) - it seems we must now add the back-flap book photo. For that's where the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas stumbled upon the bestselling Canadian author Miriam Toews, seeing in her visage staring out from a copy of A Complicated Kindness something mournful and broken and perfect for his new film. (Globe and Mail)
Landry's 'Milkman' delivers lusty laughs May 5, 2007
"Indemnity" star Barbara Stanwyck was subtle by comparison, and Lana Turner downright bland in "Postman." Striking panting poses, back arched against the proscenium, or seductively twitching her skirt as she paces and plots, Champayne's Maxine is the ultimate femme fatale, for whom multiple murders are mere foreplay. Tony's beloved Mama -- auteur Landry himself, beehived, be-moled, and pretty much limited to a vocabulary of "Prego," with some choice exceptions -- is clearly living on borrowed... (Boston Globe -- Living)
DVD watch: 'Crime Novels' from 1930s, '40s go digital Apr 17, 2007
John Garfield is well cast opposite Lana Turner (a career role) ... Blowsy: John Garfield falls for a married Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice. (USA Today -- Life)
Viva Las Legos Mar 18, 2007
Hollywood and Vine may not have been the actual site of the legendary Schwab's drugstore, and movie star Lana Turner may not even have been discovered there. But before Tinseltown went to seed, the fabled intersection harbored film magnates' financial headquarters and the night clubs, theaters and restaurants where silver-screen royalty unwound. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Coming attractions Mar 16, 2007
With Lana Turner as a stepmom on an involuntary LSD trip, The Big Cube (1969) easily qualifies as a cult and camp movie. This summer, movie buffs can dive into Cult Camp Classics Collections, four new DVD box sets of B-movies given the A-list home video treatment. (USA Today -- Life)
More of this story Feb 15, 2007
Casa Malibu is also said to have been a secret escape for Hollywood icon Lana Turner. According to legend, the actress checked into the hotel for a day, but liked the place so much she ended up staying a year. (Malibu Times, CA)
