From the New York Times archive: movies playing in Gotham on May 11, 1967: "Hombre", "The Sand Pebbles", "Alfie", "Grand Prix", "Two for the Road", "Hawaii", "Blow-Up", "Casino Royale" and "The Bible", among others. Those were the days!
If there is any doubt that Richard Burton was one of the world's great orators, just experience this marvelous clip from a testimonial event for Frank Sinatra. I became mesmerized by Burton and his inimitable speaking style when I was just seven years-old. My parents took me to see Burton and Peter O'Toole in "Becket", a talky, non-action film that greatly impressed me largely because of Burton's command of the screen. A few months later, my parents took me to see John Huston's film version of "The Night of the Iguana". Like "Becket", an adaptation of a quirky Tennessee Williams play was hardly deemed to be popular fare for a young kid, but fortunately my parents never followed the norms when it came to exposing me to a wide range of cinematic fare. Richard Burton's skills as an actor fascinated me at this early age and my enthusiasm for his work only increased over the years from his triumphant performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" through some of his lesser films, which he always elevated the quality of. I did have the pleasure of seeing him on stage in the revival of "Camelot" at Lincoln Center in the early 1980s. It was a truly a thrill to experience his work in a live theater setting.
In this beautifully written and delivered tribute to Frank Sinatra's humanitarian work, it's all there on display.
In this 1997 appearance on American comedian Conan O'Brien's chat show, Richard Harris demonstrates why he was regarded not only as a great actor but perhaps the film industry's wittiest raconteur. Here, Harris- in his inimitable style- covers his penchant for excessive drinking and the tales involve Peter O'Toole, a private detective and "MacBeth"!
In this January, 1976 episode of "The Tonight Show", Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon experience a surprise visit from John Wayne, who was about to start filming his final movie "The Shootist".
Warner Bros. provides this half-hour documentary about the making of director Ridley Scott's science fiction classic, which was considered to be a boxoffice disappointment when it opened in 1982.