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James MacArthur: The Disney Connection
- By Leonard Maltin
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- November 2, 2010 11:23 AM
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When James MacArthur passed away last week at the age of 72, the obituaries I read emphasized his role as “Danno” on the long-running TV hit Hawaii Five-O, and understandably so…but at the same time they glossed over his career-building years at the Walt Disney studio. I was too young to see teenaged MacArthur in the live TV drama The Young Stranger and the feature film it spawned was over my head as a young moviegoer, but I vividly remember being introduced to the actor when Disney released The Light in the Forest, Third Man on the Mountain, Kidnaped, and Swiss Family Robinson. I wrote about all those films, and their significance, in my book The Disney Films, and still think Third Man on the Mountain is an—
Horror's Forgotten Man
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 29, 2010 5:00 AM
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TOD SLAUGHTER… AND OTHER HALLOWEEN DISCOVERIES
Tarzan Swings Again
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 26, 2010 5:00 AM
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Umgawa! Every generation has its own image of Tarzan, from beefy Elmo Lincoln in 1918 to Disney’s muscular animated incarnation of 1999, but for die-hard movie buffs, former Olympian Johnny Weissmuller remains the definitive Ape Man. What’s more, the films that cemented his image as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ lord of the jungle have retained a special fascination for anyone who grew up with them, when they were new in the 1930s or years later on television.
Postcards From The Road
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 21, 2010 1:00 AM
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It’s hard to take a dull picture in Yosemite—though my shot of the famous granite Half Dome poses no threat to Ansel Adams.
Another Studio Vault Opens!
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 13, 2010 4:00 AM
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Following Warner Bros.’ great success with warnerarchive.com, and Universal’s licensing of vintage titles to Movies Unlimited and Turner Classic Movies, Sony has stepped up to the plate to launch its own vintage movie line on DVD, drawing on its vast library of Columbia Pictures. The more the merrier, says I.
Just For Laughs
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 6, 2010 4:00 AM
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Imagine my surprise when, last week, I was contacted by a producer from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She told me that they were preparing an annual fundraising event called The Night of Too Many Stars, to raise money for Autism education. Launched several years ago by comedian Robert Smigel, better known to most people as the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and whose son has autism, the charity event has raised millions of dollars thanks to its airing on Comedy Central and the participation of Jon Stewart as host… not to mention a truly impressive array of stars. The producer explained to me that Smigel and Sarah Silverman had created a—
Prodding My Memory...
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 5, 2010 8:59 AM
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Gloria Stuart was no empty-headed ingénue: here she plays chess with George Sanders on the set of The Lady Escapes (1937).
Movie Crazy All Over Again
- By Leonard Maltin
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- October 2, 2010 5:00 AM
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Dooley Wilson as Sam, the movies’ most famous piano player (who couldn’t really play) in Casablanca.
Tony, Tony, Tony
- By Leonard Maltin
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- September 30, 2010 7:47 AM
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A Some Like It Hot reunion: Curtis, Lemmon, and Wilder.
Hail To Republic!
- By Leonard Maltin
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- September 29, 2010 4:00 AM
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In its heyday, Republic Pictures wasn’t taken seriously by the mainstream studios. It was a B-movie factory, and nothing more. (Erich von Stroheim referred to it as “Repulsive Pictures.”) In recent decades, enthusiasts have come to appreciate just how good Republic was at making those B movies, especially westerns and Saturday matinee serials. Their stunts and camerawork were exceptionally good, and many aficionados believe that their visual effects (created by the brothers Lydecker, Howard and Theodore) were even better than the work being done at that time by the “big boys” at MGM and Fox. Republic didn’t make movies to win awards or critical plaudits, but it certainly pleased its target audience—small-town moviegoers and kids.
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