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4 hrs ago | Sunday Times

DStv Films

The Adventures Of Quentin Durward Wednesday, 19:20, TCM Robert Taylor takes the title role in this energetic swashbuckler based on Walter Scott's historical classic.

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Related Topix: Walter Scott, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Wise Guys, Danny DeVito, Harvey Keitel, Brewster McCloud

Sat May 30, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Richard Todd: Actor, War Hero

Here's an absolutely fascinating story on actor Richard Todd , who was the first man to parachute into occupied France on D-Day. Here's another story from the BBC in 2003.

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Related Topix: Richard Todd, Ronald Reagan

Tue May 26, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: Ambush

AMBUSH is a solidly made cavalry Western, with good performances and excellent use of location shooting in New Mexico.

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Related Topix: Western, Many Rivers to Cross, Comedy Movies, Saddle the Wind, Arlene Dahl, John Hodiak

Fri Apr 10, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Easter offers parade of classic movie picks

Just in time for Easter, here is a sampling of some of my favorite films for this time of year, from sword-and-sandals epics to a few grand musicals to set the tone for one of the holiest and one of the most commercial holiday weekends of the year: "Quo Vadis," With stars like Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov, what's not to like? This ...

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Related Topix: Quo Vadis, History Movies, Drama Movies, Peter Ustinov, Classical, Deborah Kerr, King of Kings, Easter Parade, Musical Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Apr 06, 2009

KTNV-TV Las Vegas

Mother claims teacher touched son inappropriately

They're accusations that've stunned the Boulder City Community: that a well-known teacher, soccer coach, and former police officer touched young boys inappropriately and recorded some of the acts.

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Related Topix: Boulder City, NV, Henderson, NV

Sun Mar 29, 2009

Free Republic

The Man Who Fought the Hollywood Reds

Once upon a time, there was a conservative anticommunist Hollywood, proudly standing up for America.

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Fri Mar 27, 2009

DVD Verdict

Quo Vadis

Before 300 Before Gladiator Before Ben Hur There was Quo Vadis . The epic has a long and proud tradition, telling the stories of great men on doing great deeds.

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Related Topix: Drama, Quo Vadis, History Movies, Arts, Literature, Classical, Peter Ustinov

Tue Mar 17, 2009

The Corner

Biblical Epics on Blu-Ray

Heads up, conservative film fans: Today sees the Blu-Ray debut of two of the all-time great Christian movies, Quo Vadis and The Robe .

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Related Topix: Drama, Quo Vadis, History Movies, The Robe, Richard Burton, R-N-B, Victor Mature, Deborah Kerr

Clover Herald

'Quo Vadis,' 'The Robe' lead latest Blu-ray releases

A pair of biblical-inspired epics - "Quo Vadis" and "The Robe" - lead this week's release of Blu-ray titles.

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Related Topix: Drama, Quo Vadis, The Robe, History Movies, Classical, Peter Ustinov, Oscars, Seven Pounds

Mon Mar 16, 2009

DVD Talk

Waterloo Bridge

Beautifully simple and heartfelt. Warner Bros. has released MGM's 1940 Waterloo Bridge , the hyper-romantic remake of the earlier 1931 filmed version .

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Related Topix: War Movies, Drama, Waterloo Bridge, Gone with the Wind, Vivien Leigh, Quo Vadis, History Movies, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England

Wed Feb 11, 2009

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

dOc Press Release: Quo Vadis

The quintessential historical spectacle! - Entertainment Weekly Quo Vadis Now on Blu-ray Hi-Def March 17 from Warner Home Video Burbank, Calif.

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Related Topix: Quo Vadis, History Movies, Drama, Entertainment, Television, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Classical

DVD Verdict

Waterloo Bridge

Myra and Roy meet on London's Waterloo Bridge during a WWI air raid. They immediately fall in love.

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Related Topix: War Movies, Drama, Waterloo Bridge, Vivien Leigh, Arts, Ballet

Fri Jan 23, 2009

The Daily Page

Wilmington on DVD: Magnificent Obsession, George Wallace, Max Payne, The Express, and City of Ember

Wilmington on DVD: Magnificent Obsession , George Wallace , Max Payne , The Express , and City of Ember Mike Wilmington on Friday 01/23/2009 12:00 pm PICKS OF THE WEEK Magnificent Obsession U.S.; Douglas Sirk, ...

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Related Topix: George Wallace, Drama, Biography Movies, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Irene Dunne, Alabama

Tue Jan 20, 2009

New York Post

Different Visions, Same 'obsession'

HUNKY heartthrobs of two dif ferent generations - Robert Taylor and Rock Hudson - both had career breakthroughs in different versions of "Magnificent Obsession." The 1936 original, co-starring Irene Dunne and ...

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Related Topix: All That Heaven Allows, Drama, Rock Hudson, Irene Dunne, Jane Wyman, Imitation of Life, Movies, Entertainment

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Coming to DVD: Waterloo Bridge

It's a great month for Robert Taylor fans: on January 20 his 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION will be released as an "extra" in Criterion's release of the Douglas Sirk remake.

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Related Topix: War Movies, Drama, Waterloo Bridge, Sport, A Yank at Oxford, That Hamilton Woman, Music!, History Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Adventure, Vivien Leigh

Thu Jan 01, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: High Wall

Robert Taylor's first scene in HIGH WALL finds him driving at a breakneck pace with the eyes-wide-open corpse of a woman seated next to him.

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Related Topix: Film Noir, High Wall, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Western, Many Rivers to Cross, Saddle the Wind, Above and Beyond, Flight Command, War Movies, Drama, Biography Movies, Action

Wed Dec 24, 2008

SFGate

F. Scott Fitzgerald on film

"Poor Scott Fitzgerald," as Hemingway famously called him, wasn't poor at all, of course: Two of his novels are considered defining works of American literature; his three "Crack-up" essays, originally ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arts, Literature, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Wed Dec 10, 2008

Metroactive

DVD Review: 'Quo Vadis'

To lure audiences back to the movie palaces, the industry experimented with spectacle, producing a decade's worth of biblical/Roman epics, until Cleopatra broke the bank.

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Related Topix: Drama, Quo Vadis, History Movies

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