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Farran Smith Nehme

TCM Diary: Tim Holt

By Farran Smith Nehme
August 1, 2016
High in the saddle: the Western stalwart left his mark on The Magnificent Ambersons, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Fifth Avenue Girl, but kept coming back home

TCM Diary: Hedda Hopper, Character Actor

By Farran Smith Nehme
July 6, 2016
Bigmouth strikes again: the short-lived film career of Hollywood's first lady of gossip

The High Times and Hard Fall of Carl Laemmle Jr.

By Farran Smith Nehme
May 27, 2016
Justice for junior: on the privileged and piteous life of the father of Universal horror

Too Late for Tears (1949) + Woman on the Run (1950)

By Farran Smith Nehme
May 6, 2016
Can't help it: two rescued and refurbished noirs that showcase femme fatales Lizabeth Scott and Ann Sheridan

Private Property (1960)

By Farran Smith Nehme
April 22, 2016
Plastic houses for plastic people: rediscovering Leslie Stevens's long-lost film of sexual repression, class, and murderous intent in the 'burbs

Her Man (1930)

By Farran Smith Nehme
April 7, 2016
Frankie and Johnny in Havana: Tay Garnett's nearly forgotten masterwork returns with a roiling sense of life and heart

The Face of Bette Davis

By Farran Smith Nehme
March 16, 2016
Ignore the dirty looks: the eternal appeal of one of Hollywood's most distinctive visages

Sleep, My Love (1948)

By Farran Smith Nehme
March 2, 2016
Insanity plea: Douglas Sirk's mind-games drama asks Claudette Colbert to play against type, but that's okay

A Room with a View (1985)

By Farran Smith Nehme
February 17, 2016
How soon is now: Merchant-Ivory's superb E.M. Forster adaptation celebrates the subtleties of the text and the pangs of love

Les Girls (1957)

By Farran Smith Nehme
February 3, 2016
King Cole: an under-appreciated Cukor-Kelly collaboration from the waning days of widescreen Technicolor musicals