Great Gillian Hall, The: Oscar Winner Jessica Lange Shines (Again) as Aging Actress

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Oscar Artists: Tennessee Williams–Auteur, Vision

Tennessee Williams’s last major Broadway play, “The Night of the Iguana” played in 1961. The text explores with both raw humor and acute sensitivity themes that are at the center of all of his works: the spiritual solitude that cages all men and women; the battering that those with a tender sensibility will always endure […]

Women Directors: Weber, Lois–Pioneering Filmmakers in Silent Era

Lois Weber is considered to be the preeminent female director working in and outside the studio system.

Death in Hollywood: Towne, Robert–Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies at 89

Towne also received Oscar nominations for The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975), representing his most famous work.

Movie Genres: Bacall, Lauren–Noir Femme Fatales

Film noir isn’t defined simply by the elements of crime or the atmosphere, it’s also defined by the actors who bring it to life, many of whom were staples in the genre throughout the 1940s and 1950s.