Joseph L Mankiewicz

10 Black & White Movies for People Who Won't Watch Black & White Movies

John Farr | Posted 09.27.2011

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John Farr

If I could get all those black and white haters out there to watch just ten titles -- movies that constituted absolutely essential viewing -- which would they be?

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Elizabeth Taylor: Star

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, George Segal, Paul Newman, Best Movies on DVD, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Best Movies by Farr, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Vincente Minnelli, Mike Nichols, Edward Albee, Mickey Rooney, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall, Hollywood, Entertainment News
John Farr

We have lost a national treasure. As a kid, I remember vividly Life magazine's 1972 cover of Elizabeth Taylor turning 40, and glimpsing what glamor really meant.

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In a Mostly Caucasian Oscar Year, a Tribute to Sidney Poitier

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denzel Washington, The Academy Awards, Civil Rights Movement, Gene Wilder, Stanley Kramer, Best Movies on DVD, Spike Lee, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Best Movies by Farr, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, Race, Rod Steiger, Civil Rights, Black History Month, Richard Pryor, Michael Caine, Halle Berry, Shelley Winters, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bill Cosby, Richard Widmark, Thurgood Marshall, Tony Curtis, Entertainment News
John Farr

There are some celebrities who, by virtue of what they represent and contribute beyond their talent, become something more than simply what their chosen profession would indicate.

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Blackberries Off: Ten Essential Movies For Easily Distracted Twenty-Somethings

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Farr

What if we only had a month in which to force our young adult offspring to see ten essential movies before they succumbed entirely to short-form digital content? My own personal picks.

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Mankiewicz Biographer Kenneth Geist on All About Eve (Is Joe)

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth L. Geist, George Sanders, All About Eve, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Turner Classic Film Festival, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Like Casablanca (1942), All About Eve (1950) is one of those classic films one can watch over and over again without ever tiring of it.

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TCM Classic Film Fest Debuts in NYC With Mankiewicz's All About Eve at the Ziegfeld

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

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Penelope Andrew

All About Eve (1950) was screened free to the public at the Ziegfeld Theatre last Tuesday. It kicked off Turner Classic Movies' first-ever classic film festival here in New York City.

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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George C. Scott, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, William Holden, Instant Messaging, Sterling Hayden, All About Eve, Faye Dunaway, Ernest Lehman, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Burt Lancaster, Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jenkins, George Sanders, Janus Films, Stanley Kubrick, Clifford Odets, Technology, A.O. Scott, Sidney Lumet, Humphrey Bogart, Criterion Collection, Preston Sturges, The Academy Awards, Writing, Al Pacino, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Double Indemnity, Tony Curtis, John Ford, Screenwriting, John Huston, Anne Baxter, Essential Art Films, Marcel Carne, Peter Finch, Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Walter Winchell, Bette Davis, Entertainment News
John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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