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A tribute to the great director of Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and many more.

He received no formal recognition from his peers during his career, and even today the Academy has yet to recognize his achievements, but this prodigal son of Hollywood was one of the original action heroes, and lived a life offscreen that was often more flamboyant than those of his famous characters.

Her eight films with Nelson Eddy made the pair the biggest musical team of their era. It may have been cornball to some critics, but it was successful, popular, and well-sung cornball!

A list of classic films with the word "summer" in the title, or with summer themes, to help you find something appropriate for the season. Not just beach blanket bingo, either.

An updated salute to the actress and singer who starred in one of the world's most beloved films, but experienced heartbreak in her own too-short life.

He began life as a Jewish boy named Bernie Schwartz, a tough kid from the Bronx, and ended up with the name Anthony Curtis, appearing on film opposite the likes of Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Burt Lancaster, and Henry Fonda, and, incidentally, outliving them all. Happy birthday, Tony!

The American Film Institute (AFI) broadcast its 11th annual program -- this time choosing the top 10 movies in 10 different genres, such as science fiction, mystery, epics, etc. -- in a three-hour television event shown on CBS on June 17, 2008. Now updated to include the ten lists as chosen by the AFI.

We offer an updated and expanded tribute to Marilyn Monroe on what would have been her 82nd birthday. One of the most consistently popular sections of this site.

He went from B-movie actor to TV star to spaghetti western star to Oscar-nominated director and living legend, constantly reinventing himself along the way.

>We celebrated the centennial birthday of one of America's greatest entertainers on May 29th, 2003, and two months later he passed away. We revisit the tribute on what would have been his 105th birthday.

Celebrating Father's Day with a collection of films about your Dad, my Dad, and a few people who should probably never have been allowed to reproduce!

Although known primarily as the star of numerous gothic horror films, Vincent Price was also an accomplished art historian, writer, and gourmet chef.

A tribute to the beloved "B" movie, western, and war film star who became an American patriotic icon.

Affectionately dubbed "Sir Larry" by his many fans, Laurence Olivier is widely recognized as the greatest English-speaking actor who ever lived.

No event in world history has inspired more movies than World War II. Here are the ones you can't afford to miss, in honor of Memorial Day 2008.

Though best known as the actress who played Jane in a half-dozen Tarzan movies, Maureen O'Sullivan had a film career that included many roles in which she was fully dressed!

Of all the actors who ever appeared on the screen, Jimmy Stewart seemed least like an actor. It wasn't that he couldn't act, but that he rarely seemed to be acting at all. Here's a salute to everybody's favorite Everyman on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Very few directors have had words coined from their names to describe their style. "Capra-esque" is one of them.

Henry Fonda was one of the most believable actors in Hollywood. There was a time when he probably could have been elected President; after all, he played the role better than some of the guys who had the job!

Though he retired more than a decade ago, and passed away in 2006, the durable star of "Gilda" still has many loyal fans.