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Merle Oberon films: From empress to duchess in 'Hotel.' Merle Oberon films: From starring to supporting roles Turner Classic Movies' Merle Oberon month comes to an end tonight, March 25, '16, with six movies: Désirée, Hotel, Deep in My Heart, Affectionately Yours, Berlin Express, and Night Song. Oberon's presence alone would have sufficed to make them all worth a look, but they have other qualities to recommend them as well. 'Désirée': First supporting role in two decades Directed by Henry Koster, best remembered for his Deanna Durbin musicals and the 1947 fantasy comedy The Bishop's Wife, Désirée (1954) is a sumptuous production that, thanks to its big-name cast, became a major box office hit upon its release. Marlon Brando is laughably miscast as Napoleon Bonaparte, while Jean Simmons plays the title role, the Corsican Conqueror's one-time fiancée Désirée Clary (later Queen of Sweden and Norway). In a supporting role – her...

Hattie McDaniel: Best Supporting Actress Oscar competition and missing Academy Award plaque (See previous post: “Hattie McDaniel Oscar Speech.”) Besides Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind, the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominees were Geraldine Fitzgerald for Wuthering Heights, Edna May Oliver for Drums Along the Mohawk, Maria Ouspenskaya for Love Affair, and Olivia de Havilland for Gone with the Wind. It should be noted that de Havilland, who, according to some, was not at all happy at having lost the Oscar, had much more screen time than Hattie McDaniel. In fact, de Havilland had lobbied David O. Selznick to list her as a lead actress, alongside Vivien Leigh. Selznick, however, balked, fearing that de Havilland might steal away votes from her fellow Gone with the Wind player. In the next decade, Olivia de Havilland would receive four more Academy Award nominations, all in the Best Actress category, including...

Rita Hayworth Movies Turner Classic Movies, Wednesday, August 8 6:00 Am Affectionately Yours (1941) A foreign correspondent hurries home to stop his wife from getting a divorce. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Merle Oberon, Dennis Morgan, Rita Hayworth. Black and White-88 minutes. 7:30 Am Angels Over Broadway (1940) A playwright persuades a con artist to help an embezzler go straight. Dir: Ben Hecht. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell. Black and White-79 minutes. 9:00 Am The Money Trap (1966) A cop with financial problems turns crooked. Dir: Burt Kennedy. Cast: Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, Rita Hayworth. Black and White-92 minutes. Letterbox. 10:45 Am [...]...

By Daniel Frankel

Aleen Leslie, the Writers Guild of America’s oldest living member, died at the age of 101 in Beverly Hills on Feb. 2, the guild announced Monday.

A former Pittsburgh Press columnist who talked her way onto the Universal lot in the 1930s and began writing for “The Three Stooges,” Leslie was only one of among about a dozen female screenwriters at the time.

She had 19 credited movies to her name, including "Affectionately Yours," “Father Was a Fullback,” “The Doctor Takes a Wife,” “Father Is a Bachelor” and &l...