TCM’s star of the day is Olivia de Havilland, and my film pick for the actress is To Each His Own, which airs today at 2:15 A.M. (EST). This wartime melodrama finds middle-aged American Josephine “Jody” Norris (Olivia de Havilland) in the midst of World War II in London as she recounts her youth during…
Olivia de Havilland July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020 Today it was announced that Olivia de Havilland, one of the last remaining stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, passed away yesterday at her home in Paris, France, where she lived since the 1950s. She had just turned 104 years old on the first day of…
Olivia de Havilland is best remembered for her iconic roles in Gone with the Wind and The Adventures of Robin Hood, along with a number of acclaimed performances throughout the 1940s. She also famously sued Warner Bros. to get out of a contract that restricted her as an actress, risking the future of her film…
Today is a very special day for fans of the golden era of Hollywood as it’s Olivia de Havilland’s 100th birthday! What makes this centennial extra special for us fans is that she’s alive to celebrate it. She’s one of my all-time favorite actresses, and overall she’s a woman I admire a lot. I love so many…
For the second and final part of my 2012 film odyssey, I’ll just be noting filmographies of actors (all from the classic Hollywood era) and directors I delved into in the past year. Films are listed in the order in which I watched them, and titles in italics are personal favorites.