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Leonard Maltin writes an appreciation of Elizabeth Taylor, the 1994 recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. |
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Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Cricket,
was probably
the best known/least known performer in show
business history |
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Stars (old and new) in recent sightings include
Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman |
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Leonard tells about a marvelous side of the lovable
cowboy sidekick Gabby Hayes that few
of us could have ever guessed |
How could anyone not fall in love with Nancy
Carroll? Leonard
is no exception. See
his photo collection of this fiery startlet of the
30s. |
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More of Leonard's great snapshots,
including one with Nia Vardalos, who just earned an Oscar nomination
for her screenplay of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. |
1996 - Legendary Hollywood director William
Wellman is celebrated in a documentary produced by his son... while Leonard
discovers some of his rarest early films. |
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1996 - Moviegoing at Walt Disney World:
Great affects and great actors combined to create the magic |
MIRACLE REVISITED: A trip back
in time with Anne Bancroft, recalling one of her greatest performances |
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Great Christmas stills from yesteryear. |
SPECIAL EFFECTS MASTER: Leonard profiles the man who helped King
Kong climb the Empire State Building, and showed Orson Welles how to
bring Charles Foster Kane's snow globe to life. |
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1996: A visit to the Warner Bros.
Museum, part of the living history of a great studio lot. |
More great photos from Leonard's personal archive: Directors – Old
And New such as Michael Mann, George Sidney and Pedro Almodovar. |
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1992 Leonard discusses
some of his favorite movie pet peeves in
this 1992 column. |
1996 – Prowling the bunkers of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
where the Library of Congress keeps the nitrate
negatives for thousands of American films. |
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See some great photos of leading
ladies including Noel Neill who is best remembered as Superman's girlfriend,
Lois Lane.
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1996 – Mary Poppins, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure
Island, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, and The Black
Hole all have master artist Peter
Ellenshaw in common. |
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1997 - This is Cinerama! Leonard
makes a pilgrimage to Dayton, Ohio to fulfill a lifelong dream: seeing
Cinerama!
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1996 – A visit to Buster Keaton's birthplace sparks memories of
the Great Stone Face...and an appreciation
of those who celebrate his genius. |
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See some neat snapshots of yesteryear's
movie houses--from Hollywood to Halifax. |
BRING BACK B MOVIES
1997 – Watching 1940s "program pictures" with Lon Chaney
Jr. transports our critic back to a time when every movie didn't have
to be a blockbuster.
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Star-studded snapshots: a reunion
of MGM stars... three men who made Disney magic... and Mrs. Buster Keaton
creates one of her husband's famous pork-pie hats. |
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A NEW LOOK AT OLD FILMS
1997 – While some film classics such as Kiss Me Deadly and The
Big Sleep are eventually resurrected on DVD, Leonard finds that
the inventory of American film is, in sum, a shambles.
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JAMES STEWART REMEMBERED
1997 – Leonard fondly recalls one particular day – the
day he spent working with Jimmy Stewart on a birthday tribute to the
great director Frank Capra
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Some great snap shots of Jack Lemmon
and his poodle Chloe, animators Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, and this
old movie theatre in Cooperstown, New York. |
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Delectable old stills of Ronald
Colman on the set of The Talk of the Town and heartthrob
Thelma Todd posing for a New Years 1932 publicity photo |
MY LIFE WITH OSCAR March,
2001 – While no honor in pop culture rivals the Academy
Awards for history or continuity, Leonard finds courtesy suffering body
blows during his two-hour stint greeting celebrities amid the press |
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TURNING BACK THE CLOCK WITH REPUBLIC'S SWEETHEARTS
November, 1998 – The leading ladies who starred in Republic Pictures'
serials and westerns take Leonard on a stroll down memory lane
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