Charlton Heston, simply put, is the greatest leading man in film history. The charisma, dignity, grace and strength he conveyed on the silver screen define what it is to be a leading man. Heston has screen presence in biblical proportions, and its appropriate that his prime came about while Hollywood had an obsession with making epics -- the gravitas he embued in his characters made him a perfect fit in Tinsel Town's Golden Era. There has never been anyone else quite like him before or since and there may never be.
Flanagan memo: An offer and a dare from Gypsy and LashRe: Memories of Lash and Gypsy, it is Minnesota State Fair time again.
Museum to honor Wayne & sonThe Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pa., will honor actor Patrick Wayne and his late father, John "Duke" Wayne, with the Harvey Award on Oct. 23.
Hollywood embraces a new kind of heroEverywhere you look these days, beefcakes are being shown the door.
Harvey Award goes to Patrick and John WayneThe Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana will honor actor Patrick Wayne and his late father, John Wayne, with the Harvey Award on Oct. 23.
Ask the Incredible Inman | Appleseed made rerunsMy father asked me to search the Internet for a movie on the life of John (Johnny Appleseed) Chapman. He mentioned that the movie he remembered was made in the mid- to late 1950s.
News September 1: Swanni's 10 Hottest Shows In HDTV!Washington, D.C. (September 1, 2010) -- High-Definition TVs are now in more than 40 million U.S. homes and there are scores of high-def programming choices.
Lady Gaga, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth And More To Join Yoko Ono For John Lennon Tribute Concert In L.A.Because a fan paying $15,000 dollars for his 40-year-old toilet isn?t enough, Yoko Ono is throwing a two-day, all-star bash for her late husband, John Lennon, this October in Los Angeles. Set to be held at the Orpheum Theatre on October 1-2, the We Are Plastic Ono Band concerts will feature the pant-suited and blank-eyed [...]
Blu-ray Review: Hamlet (1996)Well worth adding to the either the movie or book shelf. Blu-ray Disc - Arts - Hamlet - Movies - Home Video
Richard Lester donates Beatles' 'Hard Day's Night'and 'Help' scriptsRichard Lester has donated the working scripts for The Beatles' movies "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help" to the British Film Institute.
Paradores: Expect to find variety when staying in SpainCastles fascinate Americans, probably because we don?t have any. At least, they certainly fascinate me ? a sudden sighting of a lofty tower or one of those toothy-looking crenulated battlements makes me a little crazy.
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Charlton Heston actually played President Andrew Jackson twice in unrelated films, thanks in part to their similar striking features. His first turn as Jackson came in Harry Levin's The President's Lady in 1953 and Anthony Quinn called on him to play Jackson again in the 1958 swashbuckler The Buccaneer.
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