Joan Blondell News

"You're aces," says Edward G. Robinson to Joan Blondell in the course of "Bullets or Ballots," a 1936 crime melodrama from Warner Bros.

Several of the Alice comedies were released on DVD in the Disney Treasures Disney Rareties set.

Film from the pioneer of US independent cinema, John Cassavetes: his dramatic 1997 tale of a fading actress trying to keep going Performers Myrtle Gordon : Gena Rowlands Maurice Adams : John Cassavetes Manny Victor : Ben Gazzara Sarah Goode : Joan Blondell David Samuels : Paul Stewart Dorothy Victor : Zohra Lampert Nancy Stein : Laura Johnson Gus ...

Joan Blondell is on hand to help with the wisecracks. Fri., Aug. 7, 4 p.m.; Sat., Aug.

As part of "Art Deco August," which spotlights Newport's deco architecture and history, the Art Deco Film Festival will showcase eight different programs of classic movies from the 20's and 30's and more modern films set during the era.

Kelly Choi hosts "Top Chef Masters" at 10 p.m. on Bravo. REPOSSESSED! - Hoping to strengthen his business, JAM Recovery, Larry Pittman struggles to track down and deliver a coveted Lexus he's been chasing for more than a year, then fools a deadbeat Jeep owner into revealing where the vehicle is stashed.

Earlier this evening I enjoyed watching an MGM "B" musical, TWO GIRLS ON BROADWAY, which starred Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, and George Murphy.