TV Guide: Thelma Ritter

Listing: The Misfits

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:15:00 -0500

Tue Dec 1 04:15 AM TCM

Listing: Rear Window

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:15:00 -0500

Tue Dec 1 02:15 AM TCM

Listing: A Letter to Three Wives

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0500

Mon Nov 30 02:15 PM FMC

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Trailer Addict — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The story involves three married couples in a small Westchester County, New York town. The wives receive a message, just as they are about to take a group of school children on a riverboat ride and picnic, that a fourth woman has run off with one of their husbands. A series of flashbacks intimates the reasons why each wife might be the one deserted. One is Deborah (Jeanne Crain), who grew up on a farm. Her only worldliness comes from service in the Navy during World War II. She feels out of place at the social occasions that her husband Brad (Jeffrey Lynn) enjoys (and grew up in). Another is Rita (Ann Sothern), a career woman who writes sappy stories for radio soap operas. Her teacher husband George (Kirk Douglas) feels somewhat emasculated since she earns a substantial portion of the household income and is turned off by his wife giving in to demands of radio managers. The third, Lora Mae (Linda Darnell), grew up poor but succeeded in bulldozing Porter (Paul Douglas), the wealthy owne

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Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It stars James Stewart as photojournalist L.B. Jefferies, Grace Kelly as his fashion model girlfriend Lisa Carol Fremont, and Raymond Burr as the suspected killer, Lars Thorwald. The film combines its main theme of a murder mystery with a critical examination of the ethics of marriage and voyeurism.

Video: A New Kind of Love

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Paris. The perfect romantic setting for a funny, charming "opposites attract" comedy romp. Especially when the attracting opposites are Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The Oscar.-winning stars (and real-life husband and wife) play a breezy newspaper reporter and a no-nonsense fashion buyer who share a nasty case of hate at first sight. But he takes a second look when she goes from grim to glamorous in one magical afternoon at Elizabeth Arden's Beauty Salon. Will l'amour triumph! It can't miss with Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor and Maurice Chevalier lending Cupid a hand.

Video: All About Eve -- (Movie Clip) Wardrobe Women

TCM — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Margo (Bette Davis) forgets professional etiquette in accommodating starstruck Eve (Anne Baxter), alarming aide Birdie (Thelma Ritter) and leading to a revealing moment in All About Eve, 1950.

Video: All About Eve -- (Movie Clip) Margo Meets Eve

TCM — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Karen (Celeste Holm) introudces Margo (Bette Davis), Lloyd (Hugh Marlowe) and Birdie (Thelma Ritter) to Eve (Anne Baxter), who then enthralls most of them with her story in All About Eve, 1950.

Video: The Mating Season - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Thelma Ritter pretends to be a cleaning lady to get to know her son's high-society in-laws in The Mating Season (1951).