Mercedes McCambridge

'The Exorcist' play to star Richard Chamberlain, Brooke Shields

2012-05-17 18:21:00

The power of Christ has compelled Richard Chamberlain and Brooke Shields to take two of the lead roles in a new stage version of William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist," which is scheduled to open at the Geffen Playhouse on July 11. Chamberlain will play...

Kentucky Fiction: Robert Penn Warren was the United States' first poet laureate

2013-01-06 12:23:00

Editor’s note: “Night Rider,” 1939, by Robert Penn Warren, is the fifth in a series of book reviews about works of Kentucky fiction. No Kentucky author has been recognized by the awarding of more prestigious literary prizes than...

Bogdanovich again honors his filmmaking forebears

2007-03-28 00:00:00

There's a Tom Petty rockumentary to finish and a possible film project, The Broken Code, about a real-life scientific stink over the secrets of DNA. He appears in the upcoming films The Dukes (with Chazz Palminteri), The Fifth Patient and Humboldt...

Leaders of the pack

2006-07-12 16:01:29

Now that we've crossed the midway point of the year, it's time to start taking stock of the field for the next Academy Awards best picture race. Too early, you say? Not at all. At this point last year, remember, "Crash" had already been starting...

Movie review: 'All the King's Men'

2006-09-15 12:06:11

1 star (out of four) The actors are the least of the problems with the new version of "All the King's Men," now calcifying at a theater near you. Watching scene after scene linger and expire in this haplessly faithful version of the 1946 Robert Penn...

'All the King's Men'

2006-09-22 00:00:00

"All the King's Men" is a somber film about loss, betrayal and regret. With its emphasis on human frailty, the death of dreams and wasted potential, this celebrated story of the uses and abuses of political and personal power has a strong sense of drama...

King-Sized Collapse

2006-10-03 00:00:00

The ingredients all seemed to be there for Oscar-winning director-screenwriter Steve Zaillian. He had a cast of heavy hitters -- Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Anthony Hopkins for starters -- and a classic story in Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer...

Movie review, 'Johnny Guitar'

2002-07-11 00:00:00

"Johnny Guitar" is one of those classic westerns that has maintained its status by reinventing itself every decade since its release in 1954. Directed by Nicholas Ray ("Rebel Without A Cause"), aficienados labelit a teen opera dressed up in western gear,...

Top winners from 1949

2000-03-07 00:00:00

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark in ALL THE KING'S MEN Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia Kirk Douglas as Midge Kelly in CHAMPION Screen Plays Corporation; UA Gregory Peck as General Savage in...

Top winners from 1956

2000-03-07 00:00:00

denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Yul Brynner as The King in THE KING AND I 20th Century-Fox James Dean as Jett Rink in GIANT Giant Production; Warner Bros. Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh in LUST FOR LIFE MGM Rock Hudson as...

PENSIVE POLITICO: After making his reputation as a veteran B-movie character actor, Broderick Crawford, center right, astonished the academy with a searing performance in "All the King's Men" (1949).

2005-10-21 17:18:21

Actress Mercedes McCambridge, pictured in her role for "All the King's Men," died March 2. McCambridge, who won an Oscar for the 1949 film and later provided the raspy voice of the demon-possessed girl in ``The Exorcist was 85.

2004-03-18 07:55:34