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sister of Warren Beatty
browse Shirley MacLaine on DVD • browse books by/about Shirley MacLaine
official website • IMDb listing • Broadway credits • Wikipedia
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Martha Mansfield [29 credits, 1917-24]
including John Barrymore's 1920 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"]
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 ![tied for Best Actor Oscar for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [1931]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | Fredric March [1897-1975]
browse Fredric March on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
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Mae Marsh [1894-1968]
was born Mary Wayne Marsh in Madrid, New Mexico
browse Mae Marsh on VHS & DVD • IMDb listing [1910-64] • Wikipedia
Her book "Screen Acting" is still an important work well worth reading if you can find a copy
"Ramona" [1910] lead role at age 15
D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of A Nation" [1915]
D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" [1916]
career hiatus to raise a family
"Over The Hill" [1931]
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" [1932]
"Alice In Wonderland" [1933]
John Ford's "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940]
John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley" [1941]
John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" [1946]
John Ford's "3 Godfathers" [1948]
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Dean Martin [1917-95]
Dean Martin was famous in four areas: as a singer (especially in Las Vegas), for the Martin & Lewis
comedy films, for the Matt Helm films, and for his television appearances
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Dean Martin recordings •
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"Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" Special Platinum Edition [] /B0009CTVEA
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Strother Martin [1919-80]
browse Strother Martin on DVD •
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Vivian Martin [1893-1987]
American stage and silent film actress
IBDb listing {1901-29} •
IMDb listing {45 credits 1914-35} •
Wikipedia
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| | Lee Marvin [1924-87]
browse Lee Marvin on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
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Virginia Mayo [1920-2005]
browse Virginia Mayo on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
http://www.virginiamayo.com/
http://www.mayonet.com/virginia.htm
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Mike Mazurki [1907-90]
browse Mike Mazurki on DVD • IMDb listing •
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Joel McCrea [1905-90]
browse Joel McCrea on DVD •
Westerns/DVD •
Westerns/VHS •
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
"The Most Dangerous Game" [Selznick/R.K.O. 1932] starring Joel McCrae & Fay Wray
watch full movie [1:02:31] online at YouTube
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Steve McQueen [1930-80]
browse Steve McQueen on DVD •
Hwd Collxn video •
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
RH's U.K. Steve McQueen poster fansite
http://www.amazon.com/McQueens-Machines-Cars-Bikes-Hollywood/dp/0760328668/
"Steve McQueen: The Last Mile" video [12/2008] by DaltonWatson
watch film [6:04] online at YouTube
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Sal Mineo [1939-76]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000543/
starred in "Rebel Without A Cause" [1955]
"Sal" [indep 2011?] 
 | Chronicles the final hours of actor Sal Mineo, the failed teen star whose career was gaining momentum; details the very last day of Mineo’s life, on 12 February 1976; filmed in nine days.
Co-produced & co-written by Vince Jolivette; co-written & directed by James Franco; based on the book by Michael Gregg Michaud; starring Val Lauren {as Sal Mineo}, James Franco, Jim Parrack, Vince Jolivette, Stacey Miller DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • credits at IMDb |
Robert Mitchum [1917-97]
browse Robert Mitchum on DVD • IMDb listing •
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 | "Robert Mitchum Signature Collection" [2007]
Warner widescreen DVD [1/2007] 6 disks for $40.99 includes "Angel Face" [1952] directed by Otto Preminger; "Macao" [1952] directed by Josef von Sternberg; "Home From The Hill" [1960] directed by Vincente Minnelli; "The Sundowners" [1960] with Deborah Kerr; "The Good Guys and The Bad Guys" [1969 Western]; and "The Yakuza" [1974] co-starring Ken Takakura |
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"Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star" [1991]
M.P.I. Hollywood Collection VHS [5/94] for $14.98 |
silent movie cowboy star Tom Mix [1880-1940] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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Marilyn Monroe [1926-62]
browse Marilyn Monroe on DVD • IMDb listing [1947-62] •
Wikipedia
official Marilyn Monroe™ website
Arthur Miller [1915-2005] Page at Spirit of America
Marilyn Monroe info page
 | "Marilyn At The Movies" documentary film [indep July 2002] A detailed chronology of MarilynMonroe’s films, including original trailers from her classic movies: "Niagara" [1953], "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" [1953], "Bus Stop" [1956], "Some Like It Hot" [1959], and "The Misfits" [1961]; bonus features include vintage newsreels, interviews, and "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe" [1964] docufilm narrated by director John Huston • not listed on IMDb Delta Video color/b&w DVD [7/2002] out of prodn/used |
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" [1953]
starred in "The Seven Year Itch" [1955] directed by Billy Wilder
"Bus Stop" [1956]
starred in "Some Like It Hot" [1959] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "The Misfits" [1961] directed by John Huston
"Making The Misfits" [2002] starring Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable & John Huston
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Misfits-Arthur-Miller/dp/B00006LPEA/
"The Legend of Marilyn Monroe" [1964] docufilm narrated by director John Huston
"Blonde" miniseries [CBS-TV 2001] starring Poppy Montgomery
"Blonde" feature film [release in 2015?]
Announced 6/2013: Joyce Carol Oates’ "Blonde" is set to be adapted by director Andrew Dominik,
possibly starring Naomi Watts • latest info at IMDb
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Robert Montgomery [1904-81]
browse Robert Montgomery on DVD •
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REL's Robert Montgomery fansite
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Colleen Moore [1899-1988]
"Colleen Moore: A Biography of the Silent Film Star" [2012] by Jeff Codori
http://www.amazon.com/Colleen-Moore-Biography-Silent-Film/dp/0786449691/
"Why Be Good?" silent/sound feature [Warner Bros./First National]
silent version released Feb 1929, sound version released March 1929
 | One of the last silent films, from just before the industry converted fully to sound; the complete Vitaphone discs were found in 2012, and the film is being restored. The jazzy soundtrack is said to feature Jimmy Dorsey, Phil Napoleon, Eddie Lang, and others. A good girl with a wild reputation meets a handsome young man who is the son of the owner of the department store where she works; she is fired but he is smitten and invites her to a party at his parents' home that night . . . Directed by William A. Seiter; script by Carey Wilson; starring Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing, John St. Polis, Edward Martindel, Eddie Clayton, Lincoln Stedman, Louis Natheaux, Collette Merton & Dixie Gay, with Jean Harlow in a 'bit part'
restored DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • partial credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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Zero Mostel [1915-77]
browse Zero Mostel on DVD •
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on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist in the 1940s & 1950s
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| | Paul Muni [1895-1967]
browse Paul Muni on DVD • IMDb listing • Broadway credits • Wikipedia |
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J. Carrol Naish [1897-1973]
browse J. Carrol Naish on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
portrayed Charlie Chan in the 1957 television series
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Nita Naldi []
http://www.nitanaldi.com/
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Pola Negri [1894-1987]
browse Pola Negri on DVD • IMDb listing •
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DVD Collector’s Box Set Pola Negri: The Iconic Collection - The Early Films
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| | Paul Newman [1925-2008]
browse Paul Newman on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
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"The Paul Newman Collection" DVD box set [2006] Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD [1/2006] 7 disks for $43.99 contains "Somebody Up There Likes Me" [1956]; "The Left-Handed Gun" [1958] directed by Arthur Penn, based on the play by Gore Vidal; "The Young Philadelphians" [1959]; "Harper" [1966] based on a novel by Ross Macdonald; "Pocket Money" [1972] co-starring Lee Marvin; "The Mackintosh Man" [1973] directed by John Huston; and "The Drowning Pool" [1975] based on the novel by Ross Macdonald |
 | "Paul Newman: A Life" biography [2009] by Shawn Levy Three Rivers Press 8x5 pb [5/2010] for $10.88 Harmony 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2009] for $19.79 |
 | "Paul Newman Tribute Collection" DVD Box Set [2009]
Fox b&w/color DVD [9/2009] 17 disks for $65.49 contains 13 feature films on 17 disks: "The Long, Hot Summer" [1958] based on stories by William Faulkner, with Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles & Angela Lansbury; "Rally 'Round The Flag, Boys!" [1958] based on the Max Shulman novel, with Joanne Woodward & Joan Collins; "From The Terrace" [1960] based on John O'Hara's 1958 novel; "Exodus" [1960] directed by Otto Preminger; "The Hustler" [1961] with Jackie Gleason; "Adventures of A Young Man" [1962] based on stories by Ernest Hemingway; "What A Way To Go!" [1964] with Shirley MacLaine; "Hombre" [1967 Western]; "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" [1969] directed by George Roy Hill, with Robert Redford; "Towering Inferno" [1974]; "Buffalo Bill and The Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" [1976] directed by Robert Altman; "Quintet" [1979] directed by Robert Altman; "The Verdict" [1982] directed by Sidney Lumet; extras include trailers, featurettes, commentaries, photo gslleries |
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Leonard Nimoy [1931-2015]
famous as Star Trek's pointy-eared Mr. Spock, 1966-69
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia •
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| | David Niven [1910-83]
browse David Niven on DVD • IMDb listing [1932-83] • Wikipedia |
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Lloyd Nolan [1902-85]
browse Lloyd Nolan on DVD • IMDb listing •
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Mary Nolan [37 credits, 1925-33]
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silent-era star Mabel Normand [1892-1930]
browse Mabel Normand on DVD • IMDb listing [1910-27] •
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MTS's Mabel Normand fansite
http://looking-for-mabel.webs.com/
"Mabel: Hollywood's First I-Don't-Care Girl" [1992] by Betty Harper Fussell
"Mabel Normand: A Source Book To Her Life and Films" [1994] by William Thomas Sherman
"Mickey" silent comedy-drama film [1918] starring Mabel Normand /tt0009369/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_(1918_film)
http://www.archive.org/details/Mickey1918_201305 [1:10:49]
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silent-era star Ramón Novarro [1899-1968]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1917-68] • Wikipedia
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"Ramon Novarro: The Life & Films of The First Latino Hollywood Superstar" [2001] by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen Vantage Press pb [5/2001] for $10.63 |
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"Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro" [2002] by Andre Soares St. Martin's Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2002] out of print/used |
George O'Brien [1899-1985]
"George O'Brien: A Man's Man In Hollywood" [BearManor 2010] by David W. Menefee
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Pat O'Brien [1899-1983]
browse Pat O'Brien on DVD • IMDb listing •
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Warren Oates [1928-82]
browse Warren Oates on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Warren-Oates-Wild-Screen-Classics/dp/0813125367/
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Warner Oland [1879-1938]
browse Warner Oland on DVD • IMDb listing [1912-37] •
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portrayed Charlie Chan in feature films, 1931-37
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Anita Page [1910-2008]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1925-2009] •
official website •
Wikipedia
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actor-director James Parrott [1898-1939]
known as "The Doodletwit of Screen Comedy”; brother of comedian Charley Chase [1893-1940];
also billed as Paul Parrott & Jimmie Parrott; no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1917-38] • Wikipedia
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| | Gregory Peck [1916-2003]
browse Gregory Peck on DVD • Westerns on DVD • Westerns on VHS Hwd Collxn video • IMDb listing 1944-2004] • Wikipedia |
 | "The Films of Gregory Peck" [1984] by John Griggs Citadel Press 11¼x8½ pb [4/87] out of print/used Citadel Press hardcover [1/84] out of print/used |
grandson/actor Ethan Peck
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Nehemiah Persoff [b. 1919]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1948-99] •
Wikipedia
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Magic Lantern's Mary Pickford [1892-1979] Page |
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Donald Pleasence [1919-95]
browse Donald Pleasence on DVD • IMDb listing [1948-99] •
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William Powell [1892-1984]
browse William Powell on DVD • IMDb listing •
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received 3 Oscar nominations [1935-1948]; no wins
http://www.amazon.com/William-Powell-Films-Roger-Bryant/dp/0786426020/
"The Thin Man" movie series with Myrna Loy
JS's William Powell fansite
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Marie Prevost [1898-1937]
browse Marie Prevost on DVD •
IMDb listing [120 credits, 1915-36] •
Wikipedia
Ernst Lubitsch's "The Marriage Circle" [1924]
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silent-era star Edna Purviance [1895-1958]
browse Edna Purviance on DVD •
IMDb listing [1915-52] •
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Denver Pyle [1920-97]
browse Denver Pyle on DVD •
IMDb listing [1947-97] •
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| | Anthony Quinn [1915-2001]
browse Anthony Quinn on DVD • IMDb listing [1936-2002] • Wikipedia |
official Anthony Quinn Trust website
 | "Viva Zapata!" [Fox 1952] Directed by Elia Kazan; starring Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn & Joseph Wiseman; won Best Supporting Actor Oscar (AQ), nominated for Best Script (John Steinbeck), Best Actor (Brando), Best Music, Best Art Direction b&w DVD [undated] out of prodn/used Fox b&w VHS [6/2001] out of prodn/used Verese soundtrack CD [3/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb John Steinbeck's script in book form, edited by Robert E. Morsberger Penguin 7¾x5 pb [5/93] for $12.80 |
"Zorba the Greek" [Fox 1964]
full credits from IMDb •
theme music [3min : 44sec]
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George Raft [1895-1980]
browse George Raft on DVD •
IMDb listing [1929-80] •
credits on Broadway •
Wikipedia
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silent-era star Charles Ray [1891-1943]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1911-44] • Wikipedia
'The Charlie Ray Picture Pages' fansite
![still photo from "The Busher" [1919 silent feature]](covers/TheBusher1919.jpg) | "The Busher" [Ince/Paramount May 1919] A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a team manager and given his chance in the major leagues; he returns home in disgrace, but winning a local game provides a second chance. Produced by Thomas H. Ince; directed by Jerome Storm; starring Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, Jay Morley & Otto Hoffman Kino Video DVD set [4/2007] 2 disks for $26.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia DVD also includes Babe Ruth starring in "Headin' Home" [1920 silent feature] & a dozen shorts |
 | "Just My Luck" [indep Dec 1935] A chemist at a tire factory gets fired, but he is certain that his Durex formula for 'indestructible' rubber is a winner. Protecting his invention is hard work, what with ruthless competitors, industrial espionage, a series of 'accidents', gangsters, and a mob of rioting strikers. Produced, co-written & directed by Ray Heinz; starring Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Edward J. Nugent, Quentin Smith, 'Snub' Pollard, Lee Prather, Matthew Betz, Robert Graves, John Roche, Lillian Elliott, Paul Weigel, Henry Roquemore & Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2011] for $5.98 full credits at IMDb |
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Ronald Reagan [1911-2004]
browse Ronald Reagan on DVD • IMDb listing [1937-65] •
Wikipedia
served in the USAAF First Motion Picture Unit during World War II
U.S.A.F. Museum page on Reagan's military career
served as Governor of California, 1967-75
served as President of The United States #40, 1981-89
"Kings Row" [1942] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034946/
 | "Ronald Reagan Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2006]
Warner Home Video DVD [8/2006] 5 disks for $44.99 contains "Knute Rockne, All American" [1940] starring Pat O'Brien; "Kings Row" [1942] co-starring Ann Sheridan & Robert Cummings; "The Hasty Heart" [1949] starring Richard Todd & Patricia Neal; "Storm Warning" [1951] co-starring Ginger Rogers, Doris Day & Steve Cochran; and "The Winning Team" [1952] co-starring Doris Day & Frank Lovejoy; extras include shorts, commentary, trailers, cartoons, radio show |
Wallace Reid [1892-1923]
browse Wallace Reid on DVD • IMDb listing [1910-23] •
Wikipedia
watch Wallace Reid tribute slide show [3:52] free online on YouTube
 | "Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story" [2011] by David W. Menefee, Foreword by Robert Osborne BearManor Media 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $34.95 watch official book promo video [3:02] on YouTube |
portrayed the blacksmith in D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of A Nation" [1915]
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actor-director Burt Reynolds [1936-2018]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Reynolds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Reynolds_filmography
http://www.closerweekly.com/posts/burt-reynolds-smokey-and-the-bandit-boogie-nights-movie-guide-144432/
"The Last Producer" [2000] starring Burt Reynolds
Desperate to stay in the Hollywood game, an aging producer comes across a brilliant script that a younger executive has gotten, and will do whatever he can in order to obtain it.
"The Hollywood Sign" [2001]
Three actors whose careers are pretty much behind them (played by Tom Berenger, Rod Steiger, and Burt Reynolds) come up with a plan: they're going to pose as detectives
in an effort to steal $7 million from mobsters to finance their comeback.
"A Bunch of Amateurs" [2008] starring Burt Reynolds
A former Hollywood superstar whose career is pretty much near its end heads to Britain to play Shakespeare's King Lear, thinking that this will be a major opportunity;
instead, he discovers that his agent has lied to him and it's actually an amateur community production and the bells and whistles he was expecting simply aren't there.
Initially outraged, he gradually remembers why he became an actor in the first place.
"Not Another Not Another Movie" [2011] starring Burt Reynolds
Burt plays a filmmaker with a studio that's struggling to stay alive and is willing to do pretty much anything to get a hit.
"Dog Years" [2017] starring Burt Reynolds
Burt plays an aging movie star who forces an emotionally unstable girl (Modern Family's Ariel Winter) assigned to be his driver to take him on a tour of the landmarks of his youth.
Burt Reynolds's last film will be Quentin Tarantino’s "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" [2019]
starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio as a TV actor well past his glory and his stunt double.
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actress Debbie Reynolds [1932-2016]
mother of 'Star Wars' actress Carrie Fisher [1956-2016]
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Thelma Ritter [1902-69]
browse Thelma Ritter on DVD • IMDb listing [1947-68] •
Wikipedia
received 6 Oscar nominations [1951-1963]; no wins
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Jason Robards (Sr.) [1892-1963]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1921-63] •
Wikipedia
| | son Jason Robards, Jr. [1922-2000]
browse Jason Robards, Jr. on DVD • IMDb listing [1946-2001] • Wikipedia |
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Cliff Robertson [1923-2011]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Robertson
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| | Edward G. Robinson [1893-1973]
browse Edward G. Robinson on DVD • IMDb listing [1916-73] • Wikipedia |
MM's Edward G. Robinson fansite
Edward G. Robinson fansite by his granddaughter
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| | Ginger Rogers [1911-95]
browse Ginger Rogers on DVD • IMDb listing [1929-94] • Wikipedia |
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Mickey Rooney [1920-2014]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rooney
http://www.mickeyrooney.com/
http://www.mickeyrooney.net/
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Zelda Rubinstein [1933-2010]
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Jane Russell [1921-2011]
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William Russell [1884-1929]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Russell_(American_actor)
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Robert Ryan [1909-73]
browse Robert Ryan on DVD • IMDb listing 1940-73] •
Wikipedia
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