Alice Adams

The Reading Life: The vagaries of awards

2011-06-17 16:35:01

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Peter Gowland dies at 93; innovative glamour photographer

2010-03-28 00:00:00

Peter Gowland, whose exuberant, sun-drenched swimsuit photos and self-designed large-format cameras helped define glamour photography for six decades, has died. He was 93. Gowland died March 17 at his Pacific Palisades home of complications from...

LATFOB: Raymond Carver biographer Carol Sklenicka [Updated]

2010-04-06 16:34:07

Will Spielberg take a walk on the wild side?

2008-05-18 00:00:00

Steven Spielberg, who at 22 was hired by Universal to a long-term contract, started out his career as the teacher's pet of the Movie Brat generation. With the unveiling of his first Indiana Jones escapade in 19 years today at Cannes, he's proffering yet...

Recount confirms Hightower won Benton Harbor mayoral race

2011-11-17 16:11:00

ST. JOSEPH, MI. – James Hightower won the Benton Harbor mayor’s race Thursday night after a four-hour recount. Incumbent Wilce Cooke filed paperwork for a recount after losing to Hightower by eight votes from the November 8 election....

Drew Barrymore to co-host ‘The Essentials’ at TCM

2011-11-03 16:39:22

Mike Sragow's 115 favorite films

2010-06-02 09:04:06

This list of Mike Sragow's 115 favorite films should be considered must-viewing. Use it to update your movie rental queue. "The Adventures of Robin Hood," 1938 "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," 1939 " Alice Adams," 1935 "The Apu Trilogy," 1955-...

Hepburn's career

2002-03-08 11:00:37

On stage (on Broadway unless indicated otherwise): The Czarina (1928, Baltimore) -- debut The Torch Bearers (1928, Baltimore) The Big Pond (1928, Great Neck, N.Y.) Night Hostess (1928) These Days (1928) Holiday (1928, understudy; one performance, 1929)...

Top winners from 1935

2000-03-07 00:00:00

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Arcola Production; MGM Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY Arcola Production; MGM Victor McLaglen as Gypo Nolan...

Katharine Hepburn: 1907--2003

2003-06-30 00:00:00

Katharine Hepburn, the vibrant and indomitable rebel who became one of the American cinema's greatest actresses and most inspiring personalities--as well as a central figure in one of Hollywood's most moving love stories, with frequent co-star Spencer...

In George Steven's "Alice Adams" (1935) Katharine Hepburn is both arch and lyrical as the upwardly hopeful daughter of an unlucky clerk. With her piercing voice, knife-like posture and switchblade limbs, Hepburn is still "Hepburn.

2010-01-04 10:37:04