
Results 1 - 20 of 193 in Charlton Heston
History goes to the movies: Antebellum America
... worth inspection for insights into 1950s America as opposed to 1840s America. The President's Lady (1953): Charlton Heston stars as Andrew Jackson and Susan Hayward is Mrs. Jackson. The film covers the scandal over the legality of Jackson's ... Comment?
... as Betty Hutton (the Blonde Bombshell), Dorothy Lamour (one of the most popular pin-ups of World War II), Charlton Heston (before he was Moses, Ben Hur or Will Penny), Cornel Wilde, Gloria Grahame and Lyle Bettger was easily felt. Reports of their ... Comment?
... inspire Irving Stone's wildly popular novel "The Agony and the Ecstasy," later made into a film starring Charlton Heston. As Wallace takes pains to show, citing a variety of archival sources as well as Michelangelo's surviving correspondence, it ... Comment?
What's open Christmas Day
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... on Christmas. What matters is you gotta eat, and the last thing you want is to be driving around town like Charlton Heston in The Omega Man looking for a restaurant that isn't closed. A lot of hotel restaurants like Quattro in the Four Seasons are ... Comment?
The Greatest Story Ever Told: it suffers in the retelling
... gasping, "Isn't that Joseph Schildkraut playing Nicodemus?" Some appearances still raise a giggle, including Charlton Heston as a shouty and bouffanted John the Baptist, Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate (he was cast as Kojak years after making this ... Comment?
The greatest story ever retold?
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... did happen, the staging here owes a lot more to Sergei Eisenstein than to the Bible. Temptation Bouffant ... Charlton Heston as John the Baptist. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar/Cinetext Jesus (Max von Sydow) survives the purge, and we rejoin ... Comment?
"The Confederacy's Secret Weapon"
... Gordon's death at Khartoum - recreated in that famous old cinematic chestnut with Laurence Olivier and Charlton Heston.) With photography in its infancy, Vizetelly and his drawings - converted into engravings back in Old Blighty - served the ... Comment?
Larrya s List: Blizzard-Free Edition
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... Image When you picture Michelangelo, does the image in your mind resemble Moses? Ben-Hur? In other words, Charlton Heston? Why Can't Americans Make Things? Two Words: Business School One of the themes that came up while I was profiling White House ... Comment?
Letters to Michelangelo repaint his loner image
When you picture Michelangelo, does the image in your mind resemble Moses? Ben-Hur? In other words, Charlton Heston? Heston's portrayal of Michelangelo in the classic film "The Agony and the Ecstasy" has largely shaped our collective impression of the artist. Comment?
... 1953's The Desert Rats with Richard Burton, The Wreck of the Mary Deare in 1959 with Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, and 1968's Star! with Julie Andrews. Davis also appeared on more than 100 TV shows throughout his career, including The Twilight ... Comment?
... of the personalities involved: directors, producers and actors, with the last category especially focused on Charlton Heston, whose son Fraser is interviewed in The Gigantic World of Epics, and Omar Sharif, who is also interviewed and who takes a ... Comment?
Like Epic Movies? Short on Time? Here's the Ticket
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... focused its energy on the elegant, intelligent packaging of old films. Paramount Home Video Anne Baxter and Charlton Heston in "The Ten Commandments," one of the films discussed in "The Gigantic World of Epics." Blog ArtsBeat The latest on the arts, ... Comment?
Character actor Charles Davis dies
... "Hong Kong Story" with Clark Gable and Susan Hayward, "The Wreck of the Mary Deare" with Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston,and "Star" with Julie Andrews. He made guest appearances on TV shows including "The Twilight Zone," "Night Gallery,' "Perry ... Comment?
Oscar Winner Jennifer Jones Leaves Lasting Legacy on Film
... deaf mother. #4 Ruby Gentry (1952) Jones starred as the title character in this romantic drama alongside Charlton Heston and Karl Malden. Gentry holds similarities with Pearl Chavez, Jones' character in Duel of the Sun. Both movies were directed by ... Comment?
Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 4:34 p.m. To The Editor: I feel like Charlton Heston's character, Taylor, in the ground-breaking film "Planet of the Apes." In a climactic scene, he utters the famous line: "It's a madhouse!" He is referring, of course, to the upside-down concept of ... Comment?
Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 4:34 p.m. To The Editor: I feel like Charlton Heston's character, Taylor, in the ground-breaking film "Planet of the Apes." In a climactic scene, he utters the famous line: "It's a madhouse!" He is referring, of course, to the upside-down concept of ... Comment?
Climate Change Fanatics Growing More Open about Anti-Liberty Agenda
... will die. This past weekend I watched the ridiculous science-fiction dystopian classic Soylent Green with Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson. Along with Tidwell's opinion piece, the otherwise wasted 97 minutes of my life reminded me that there's ... Comment?
Premier League: Manchester United v Aston Villa - as it happened | Scott Murray
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... U.S of Dick Cheney, ESPN is going on about how they got an old dude with a British accent that looks like Charlton Heston but is named Martin Tyler to cover the World Cup. Who is he? And should I bother listening to his commentary or just crank up ... Comment?
... Greatest Show This post from Babylon Wales is so great that I am simply and shamelessly lifting it entire. Charlton Heston's trip to Cardiff in 1952 has been well documented. He and his actress wife, Lydia Clarke, arrived from London in heavy fog ... Comment?
When laws are broken: Advent calendar Jesse Tree Day 8 ornament and activities
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... : If you have a few hours, sit down with your children and watch the classic movie The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston. Though, they embelished some parts of the story, it's still a good portrayal of how life must have been for Moses. Today's ... Comment?