TV Guide: Melvyn Douglas

Listing: Captains Courageous

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 9 02:00 AM TCM

Video: Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I've Fallen in Love!

TCM — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:04 -0500

Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton) doesn't object when his girlfriend Gladys (Lillian Bond) explains that she's fallen for Penderel (Melvyn Douglas) in James Whale's The Old Dark House, 1932.

Video: Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) A Madman Upstairs!

TCM — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:04 -0500

This none-too-coherent scene from The Old Dark House, 1932, features Raymond Massey, Charles Laughton and Melvyn Douglas wrestling Boris Karloff to the kitchen with support from Gloria Stuart and Lillian Bond.

Video: Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) A Cotton Frock!

TCM — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:04 -0500

Strangers waiting out a storm (including Raymond Massey, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart and Ernest Thesiger) learn about Sir William (Charles Laughton) and chorus-girl Gladys (Lillian Bond) in The Old Dark House, 1932.

Video: Hud -- (Movie Clip) Unprincipled

TCM — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:36:09 -0500

Hud (Paul Newman) and his father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) disagree over how to handle an outbreak of a cattle disease in director Martin Ritt's Hud, 1963, from a story by Larry McMurtry.

Video: Hud -- (Movie Clip) Credits

TCM — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:36:06 -0500

Opening credit sequence from director Martin Ritt's Hud, 1963, starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal, from a story by Larry McMurtry.

Video: Americanization of Emily

iTunes — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:27:26 -0500

Character Oscar-nominee James Garner ("Maverick", TV's "The Rockford Files") stars as a pacifistic American naval officer who discovers that he has been selected to become the first casualty of the Normandy invasion as part of a military PR scheme. As he deals with this, he tries to win the heart of a British widower, played by Oscar-winner Julie Andrews ("The Sound of Music," "Victor/Victoria," "Mary Poppins"). Nominated for two Academy Awards, this black romantic comedy also stars Oscar-winners Melvyn Douglas ("Being There," "Hud") and James Coburn ("The Great Escape," "Affliction"). Directed by Oscar-winner Arthur Hiller ("Love Story," "Beverly Hills Cop III"). Written by Academy Award-winner Paddy Chayefsky ("Network," "Altered States"). Selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 best American films of all time.

Video: Fast Company - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:05:19 -0500

Married book-dealers (Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice) try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller in Fast Company (1938).

Video: We Were Dancing - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:04:07 -0500

A Polish princess gives up society for the love of a gigolo in We Were Dancing (1942) starring Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas.

Video: Three Hearts for Julia - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:03:59 -0500

When wife Ann Sothern threatens him with divorce, reporter Melvyn Douglas courts her again in Three Hearts for Julia (1942).

Video: The Shining Hour - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:57 -0500

Showgirl Joan Crawford marries wealthy Melvyn Douglas then has to deal with his family in Frank Borzage's The Shining Hour (1938).

Video: I Never Sang For My Father - (Original trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:32:23 -0500

When his mother dies, a grieving son (Gene Hackman) is torn between his demanding father (Melvyn Douglas) and his need to live his own life.

Video: Hud - (Re-issue Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:32:12 -0500

Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas both won Academy Awards for their performances in Hud (1963) starring Paul Newman.

Video: Captains Courageous -- (Movie Clip) Took a Bribe

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:25:40 -0500

Harvey (Freddie Bartholemew) is conning his father (Melvyn Douglas) after fleeing school on a ruse in Captains Courageous, 1937.

Video: Too Many Husbands -- (Movie Clip) Bill, Vicky & Hank

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:08:33 -0500

Vicky (Jean Arthur) and Hank (Melvyn Douglas) have trouble telling her long-lost husband Bill (Fred MacMurray) that they're married in Too Many Husbands, 1940.

Video: Tell Me A Riddle

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:56:30 -0500

Featuring Lila Kedrova and Melvyn Douglas as elderly couple Eva and David who, after forty years of a less-than-satisfying marriage, find the lost love they once had for each other as they travel to San Francisco to visit their grandchildren. Actress Lee Grant's first directorial feature, this drama is based on a novella by Tillie Olsen. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide.

Video: Woman's Face, A

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:55:48 -0500

A remake of the Swedish film of the same name (see entry 55092), MGM's A Woman's Face was reshaped into one of Joan Crawford's best vehicles. Told in flashback from the vantage point of a murder trial, the story concerns a female criminal whose face is disfigured by a hideous scar. The plastic-surgery removal of this disfigurement has profound repercussions, both positive and tragically negative. The film's multitude of subplots converge when Conrad Veidt, Joan's lover and onetime partner in crime, is murdered. Melvyn Douglas costars as the beneficent cosmetic surgeon who becomes Joan's lover, while Osa Massen appears as Douglas' vituperative wife. Making his American screen debut in the role of Veidt's father is Albert Basserman, who spoke no English and had to learn his lines phonetically. Both A Woman's Face and its Swedish predecessor were based on Il Etait Une Fois, a play by Francis de Croiset. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Murder Or Mercy

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:29:40 -0500

Made for television in 1974, a doctor (Melvyn Douglas) is accused of murdering his terminally ill wife. The defense receives a shot in the arm when a famed lawyer returns from retirement to help the case. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide.

Video: Ninotchka

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:35:58 -0500

Garbo Laughs! declared the ads for Ninotchka. In the face of dwindling foreign revenues, MGM decided to put Greta Garbo, a bigger draw in Europe than the US, in a box-office-savvy comedy, engaging the services of master farceur Ernst Lubitsch to direct. The film opens in Paris during the aftermath of the Russian revolution. A trio of Russian delegates (Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart, and Alexander Granach) are sent to Paris to sell the Imperial Jewels for ready cash. Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), who once owned the jewels, sends her boyfriend Count Leon (Melvyn Douglas) to retrieve the diamonds, and he turns the trio into full-fledged capitalists, wining and dining them all through Paris. Moscow then dispatches the humorless, doggedly loyal Comrade Ninotchka (Garbo) to retrieve both the prodigal Soviets and the gems. When Leon turns his charm on Ninotchka, she regards him coldly, informing him that love is merely a chemical reaction. Even his kisses fail to weaken her resolve. Leon finally wins her over by ta

Video: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:46:09 -0500

Fed up with crowded big-city living, advertising executive Mr. Blandings (Cary Grant) decides to seek out a big, roomy house in the country. Armed with more enthusiasm than common sense, Blandings causes many a headache for his lawyer/business manager Melvyn Douglas, who tries to keep the costs within a reasonable amount. Alas, Blandings bulls ahead on his own, first purchasing an estate on the verge of collapse, then opting to build his dream house from scratch. An unpleasant legal squabble over the fact that Blandings purchased his new property without checking with the prior owners throws even more good money after bad. The construction of the new Blandings digs is slowed down to a walk by doors and windows that don't fit, plumbing that fails to function, doorknobs that break upon contact with human flesh, temperamental workmen, and various and sundry other homeowners' nightmares (if all this sounds like the much-later Tom Hanks/Shelley Long comedy The Money Pit, it only shows to go how little has changed

Video: Ghost Story

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:14:36 -0500

This 1981 John Irvin picture constitutes an adaptation of Peter Straub's colossal, bestselling novel. The central plot -- shared by both book and film -- revolves around the four elderly members of the Chowder Society (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and John Houseman), who gather in each other's drawing rooms each winter to sip cognac and spin elaborate ghost stories. The four men also share a dark secret far more unsettling than fiction -- a secret which has literally come back to haunt them, as well as their own adult offspring. Each man is visited by a hideous specter bearing the likeness of a young woman (Alice Krige) they accidentally killed 50 years ago when spurning her mischievous sexual advances. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide.