Claudette Colbert

Kenneth Turan's picks: 'The Smiling Lieutenant' and 'Roxanne'

2013-03-27 15:54:00

This intriguing double bill with a theme programmers call "Secret Sweeties" is a chance to see 35-millimeter versions of rarely screened films, one old and one new, with the lion's share of the proceeds going to a great cause. That would be UCLA's student...

American Cinematheque celebrates the 'Lubitsch touch'

2013-03-28 06:00:00

German-born director Ernst Lubitsch, who came to Hollywood in the 1920s, had such a deft hand with comedies that it became known as "the Lubitsch touch." The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is to celebrate "A Touch of Laughter:...

Ring in the new year with classic comedies

2012-12-27 06:00:00

The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre has the perfect antidote for holiday blues -- a series of classic comedies from the golden age of Hollywood. "Screwball Comedy Classics for the 2013 New Year" serves up 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"...

Universal Pictures salute showcases century of crowd-pleasing fare

2012-05-03 16:37:48

Hollywood finds romance in travel

2012-02-05 00:00:00

Love is always lovelier some place other than home. Well, at least in the celluloid universe. Traveling by boat, train or even bus can lead to romantic entanglements in the movies, as does visiting �ber-romantic locales such as Rome, Paris and Venice. Of...

Around Town: Edgar Wright shows his stuff and aliens attack

2011-12-08 16:36:30

Around Town: Steve McQueen, the King of Cool, rides again

2012-03-29 16:39:03

In author Betty MacDonald's footsteps

2011-09-04 00:00:00

The Betty MacDonald Farm is still everything its first owner described in her memoir "Onions in the Stew": a beautiful retreat with a breathtaking view of Puget Sound, lush fruit trees and bald eagles nesting just outside the windows. The farm in the...

Friday's Highlights: 'Whale Wars' Animal Planet

2011-08-11 21:35:44

Diane Keaton lists Pacific Palisades home at $8.5 million

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Oscar-winning actress and avid historical home restorer Diane Keaton has put her latest project on the market in Pacific Palisades at $8.5 million. Keaton spent more than two years renovating a Lloyd Wright-designed Midcentury house built for another...

Mary Cleere Haran dies at 58; cabaret-style singer

2011-02-08 00:00:00

Mary Cleere Haran, a singer, actress and writer whose performances and recordings brought new perspectives to classic American popular songs, died Saturday in Deerfield Beach, Fla. She was 58. The Broward County coroner's office confirmed that she died...

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

2009-11-09 16:32:43

The outrageous funnyman co-hosted the 28th Academy Awards in 1956 in L.A., while Claudette Colbert and writer-director Joseph Mankiewicz hosted a satellite ceremony in New York. He revisited the role in 1957 in L.A., with actress Celeste Holm serving as the East Coast host.

2012-08-02 12:01:18

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford, hosts a five-film series from July 20 to Aug. 24 called Summer Sizzle Under the Stars. The outdoor screenings of 1930s romantic comeides are on Fridays. A la carte dinner and live, free jazz begin at 6 p.m. The movies start at 8:15 p.m.

2012-07-02 00:00:00

Movie poster of the movie "Zaza," starring Claudette Colbert.

2012-06-10 21:51:00