Irene Dunne News

SCREENING ROOM With his beautiful voice, bedroom eyes and passionate demeanor, Charles Boyer was the epitome of the romantic Frenchman -- in fact, he was the inspiration for the beloved Looney Tunes character ...

This is adored by millions around the world, so why should anyone argue with that? Director Nora Ephron's biggest hit, Sleepless in Seattle , is inspired by Leo McCarey's , an elegant remake of his earlier Love ... via The Age

Just what was it about the 1930s and 1940s that lent itself so well to screwball comedy? Well, I guess if that question had an easy answer, we wouldn't have had to suffer through movies like I Love Trouble or ... via DigitallyOBSESSED.com

Do you like movies? Is your idea of a good time drenching yourself in popcorn butter, snuggling up to a loved one and watching Saw IV? Do you know who starred in the first Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Do ... via Star-Press

The Waccamaw Library will present a lecture and showing of the 1939 film "Love Affair" starring Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne tonight at 7 p.m. David Zinman, author of "50 Classic Motion Pictures," will lecture ... via Myrtle Beach Online

Did romance exist before the movies? I suppose it must have, but you have to admit that Hollywood perfected it with sophisticated women and beautiful men trading witty dialogue while overcoming artificial ... via Art Voice

Reviewed by Donna Bowman January 23rd, 2008 In 1957, director Leo McCarey was on the last legs of his storied career. via A.V. Club

Well, this being the anniversary of the birth of one of my favorite leading men, debonair Cary Grant, I decided to listen to a Lux Radio Theater production of "The Awful Truth," which was broadcast on the ... via Broadcastellan

Valentine's Day might be a few weeks away still, but hopeless romantics will be able to get a jump-start on their favorite holiday with the help of several classic films making their way to DVD this week in ... via Los Angeles Times

Movies Repeat CC G Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her relatives. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Published 12:00 am PST Thursday, January 3, 2008 Story appeared in SOUTH PLACER ROSEVILLE section, Page G2 * TWO WIVES TOO MANY The Silver Screen Classic movie series presents the 1940 comedy of errors "My ... via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Q : I remember watching the 4 o'clock movie when I was a kid and seeing this one movie called ''Money Doesn't Grow on Trees,'' where they had a tree producing money, but when the money got old, it crumbled like ... via Ohio.com

Post Xmas doldrums have hit the tube big time, here's what's worth watching tonight: 7:00pm BBC World News BBCA - BBC will exclusively cover Benazir Bhutto's assassination and turmoil in Pakistan, aka "shit ... via LAist

“It's a very intimate screening”

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY The Starlight Studio's Hollywood Golden Era screening and lecture series may be one of the best kept secrets in Tinseltown. via Los Angeles Times

Prior to 1934, movies were a lot racier than they were from 1934 to 1954. Unwed mothers, sex outside of marriage and other controversial subjects were broached upon in earlier films. via Associated Content

Every time it comes around, HBO's "The Wire" is hailed by critics as TV's best cop show, even as it's generally ignored by audiences already overbooked with their scripted TV fare. via Hartford Courant

Time for the annual compendium "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007" . And, as usual, the show announced an incomplete list of honorees. via Hartford Courant

“I took my work seriously. Everything I did had a purpose. It wasn't just a superficial acting job for the moment. It was tremendously important to me . . . but . . . I knew all along that acting was not everything there was.”

Hollywood produced terrific actresses in its Golden Age. The most celebrated were Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis, but Barbara Stanwyck keeps gaining stature. Maybe Irene Dunne will receive a boost next.

TCM has chosen Dunne as Star of the Month for December and will screen her films on Thursdays. Here are five reasons Dunne deserves rediscovery.

1. Her comic timing. She demonstrates it best in 1936's Theodora Goes Wild and 1937's The Awful Truth, which TCM presents Dec. 20.

In the new book The Star Machine, Jeanine Basinger salutes Dunne's comedic skill by calling her 'the female Cary Grant.' Read more

“She was established in musicals, melodrama and high comedy -- that versatility had few rivals”

Hollywood produced terrific actresses in its Golden Age. The most celebrated were Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis, but others were exemplary. via The TV Guy