

“I was sure none of these people at the Actors Studio actually considered me an actor. I was a pretty boy, a real conventional kid who somehow had staggered into this mélange." - Paul Newman, The Extraordinary Life Of An Ordinary Man
For Montgomery Clift, there was Howard Hawks’ Red River...
For Montgomery Clift, there was Howard Hawks’ Red River...
- 1/27/2025
- by Brogan Morris
- avclub.com

Movies about Rome often bring to memory emperors, gladiators, Julius Caesar, and aristocrats. Many people also think of William Shakespeare, as the Bard himself wrote frequently on the subject in his plays. Outside of Shakespeare and adaptations of his work, Ancient Rome played a big role in massive studio movies since the early days of silent films. Some of the most renowned movies in cinema history have been set in Ancient Rome, including some of the world's earliest blockbusters with headline-grabbing budgets, such as Ben Hur's then-recording-breaking $15 million dollar production cost in 1959.
Movies set in the Roman Empire fall into the "sword and sandal" movie subgenre, though the movies set in this specific corner of the ancient world are renowned for their tendency to have massive sets and budgets to match. The increased budget brought with it big risks, but the best movies set in Ancient Rome often ended...
Movies set in the Roman Empire fall into the "sword and sandal" movie subgenre, though the movies set in this specific corner of the ancient world are renowned for their tendency to have massive sets and budgets to match. The increased budget brought with it big risks, but the best movies set in Ancient Rome often ended...
- 11/11/2024
- by Shawn S. Lealos, Lindsay Michel, Amanda Bruce
- ScreenRant


Bob Yerkes, the acrobatic stunt performer who slid down a clock tower cable for Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future and hung around the Statue of Liberty under repair for Fred Ward in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, has died. He was 92.
Yerkes died Tuesday of natural causes in Northridge, Darlene Ava Williams, a stunt performer and one of his many mentees, announced.
The amiable Yerkes, who started out in the circus and was a skilled trapeze aerialist and tightrope walker, also plummeted from a helicopter through a roof in Breakout (1975), starring Charles Bronson.
“I was getting ready for the stunt and the guy said, ‘Break a Leg!,” and I broke them both,” he recalled in a 2017 interview. He said he also broke legs while working on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Her Alibi (1989), but, in a career that spanned eight decades, that was the extent of his serious injuries.
Yerkes died Tuesday of natural causes in Northridge, Darlene Ava Williams, a stunt performer and one of his many mentees, announced.
The amiable Yerkes, who started out in the circus and was a skilled trapeze aerialist and tightrope walker, also plummeted from a helicopter through a roof in Breakout (1975), starring Charles Bronson.
“I was getting ready for the stunt and the guy said, ‘Break a Leg!,” and I broke them both,” he recalled in a 2017 interview. He said he also broke legs while working on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Her Alibi (1989), but, in a career that spanned eight decades, that was the extent of his serious injuries.
- 10/3/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News

Zeenat Aman shares her film-watching experience (Picture Credit: Instagram)
Zeenat Aman is acing her Instagram game like no other, and we all know that, don’t we? Her Instagram post looks like a box full of unheard tales from the past. In a recent social media post, the actress, known for her classic storytelling style, recounted how she secretly sneaked into theaters to watch her films without drawing attention to herself.
Zeenat Aman expressed “the magic of cinema” – her film-watching experience as an audience and later (when she became an actress). She also shared two pictures shot forty years apart and showed how her taste in movies had changed.
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Zeenat Aman wrote on Instagram, “Oh, the magic of cinema! Sunday was movie day at my boarding school in Panchgani. It was an eagerly anticipated weekly treat. We girls...
Zeenat Aman is acing her Instagram game like no other, and we all know that, don’t we? Her Instagram post looks like a box full of unheard tales from the past. In a recent social media post, the actress, known for her classic storytelling style, recounted how she secretly sneaked into theaters to watch her films without drawing attention to herself.
Zeenat Aman expressed “the magic of cinema” – her film-watching experience as an audience and later (when she became an actress). She also shared two pictures shot forty years apart and showed how her taste in movies had changed.
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Zeenat Aman wrote on Instagram, “Oh, the magic of cinema! Sunday was movie day at my boarding school in Panchgani. It was an eagerly anticipated weekly treat. We girls...
- 1/29/2024
- by Nikita Wagh
- KoiMoi

Paul Newman apologized for his first Hollywood film, "The Silver Chalice," through ads in 1963, expressing regret for his performance. Despite Newman's attempt to discourage viewers from watching the TV broadcast of "The Silver Chalice," it unexpectedly garnered high ratings. Even after achieving great success, Paul Newman still remembered and was disappointed by the failure of "The Silver Chalice" at the beginning of his film career.
Movie star Paul Newman took out ads to apologize for his 1954 box office failure, but this publicity accidentally turned its first TV broadcast into a massive success. Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman starred in some of the greatest movies of all time during the 1960s and 1970s, with memorable on-screen roles in movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Hustler as well as notable ventures behind the camera such as directing Rachel, Rachel. However, despite how popular Newman’s films remain, the movie...
Movie star Paul Newman took out ads to apologize for his 1954 box office failure, but this publicity accidentally turned its first TV broadcast into a massive success. Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman starred in some of the greatest movies of all time during the 1960s and 1970s, with memorable on-screen roles in movies like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Hustler as well as notable ventures behind the camera such as directing Rachel, Rachel. However, despite how popular Newman’s films remain, the movie...
- 8/15/2023
- by Jordan Williams
- ScreenRant


This Mickey Spillane noir tale has its good points: star Anthony Quinn gives a solid ‘tough guy’ performance, sizing up a quartet of thrill-crazy Spillane dames that promise no end of trouble. The surprisingly clever script dares to exploit the gimmicks of both amnesia and plastic surgery — without insulting our intelligence. Peggie Castle is our new favorite in the glamour sweepstakes, and Gene Evans, Charles Coburn, Mary Ellen Kay, Shawn Smith, Barry Kelley, Jay Adler and Bruno VeSota co-star. And remember: ‘Evil to Him who Evil Thinks.’
The Long Wait 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
ClassicFlix
1954 / B&w / 1:75 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date March 21, 2023 / Available from ClassicFlix / 39.99
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay, Shawn Smith, Dolores Donlon, Barry Kelley, James Millican, Bruno VeSota, Jay Adler, John Damler, Frank Marlowe, Paul Dubov.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Art Director: Boris Leven
Film Editor: Ronald Sinclair
Editorial Supervisor Otto Ludwig...
The Long Wait 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
ClassicFlix
1954 / B&w / 1:75 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date March 21, 2023 / Available from ClassicFlix / 39.99
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay, Shawn Smith, Dolores Donlon, Barry Kelley, James Millican, Bruno VeSota, Jay Adler, John Damler, Frank Marlowe, Paul Dubov.
Cinematography: Franz Planer
Art Director: Boris Leven
Film Editor: Ronald Sinclair
Editorial Supervisor Otto Ludwig...
- 3/14/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell


Paul Newman is among Hollywood's most revered heavyweight actors of all time. After a half-decade spent cutting his teeth on television, Newman made his big-screen debut in the 1954 film The Silver Chalice. Over the next five decades, Newman earned a staggering 10 Oscar nominations, winning one for his acting talent, one honorary Oscar for his cinematic contributions, and another Humanitarian Oscar for his charitable work outside of the industry.
Related: 10 Best Paul Newman Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes
Newman also scored a whopping 16 Golden Globe nominations from 1957 t0 2006, winning six of them in the process. For a better idea of the man's invaluable contributions to the world of film, join us as we check out his best movie roles.
Related: 10 Best Paul Newman Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes
Newman also scored a whopping 16 Golden Globe nominations from 1957 t0 2006, winning six of them in the process. For a better idea of the man's invaluable contributions to the world of film, join us as we check out his best movie roles.
- 4/21/2020
- ScreenRant
For Robert Wise's centennial, we're looking back on a random selection of his films beyond the familiar mega-hits (The Sound of Music & West Side Story) which we are far more prone to talk about. Here's Nathaniel on the Paul Newman boxing drama...
The poster art for Robert Wise's 1956 biopic on Rocky Graziano reminds us that the more things change the more they stay the same. We're still getting taglines like "A girl can lift a fella to the skies!" (see: Theory of Everything) but Pier Angeli's role as Rocky's wife Norma in the Paul Newman boxing pic is actually fairly minor. She straightens him out primarily by giving him something consistent to hold on to in a life that's been previously totally adrift in noncommittal boxing matches for money and petty crimes. Not that his crimes were always petty, mind you, but we'll get to that in a minute.
The poster art for Robert Wise's 1956 biopic on Rocky Graziano reminds us that the more things change the more they stay the same. We're still getting taglines like "A girl can lift a fella to the skies!" (see: Theory of Everything) but Pier Angeli's role as Rocky's wife Norma in the Paul Newman boxing pic is actually fairly minor. She straightens him out primarily by giving him something consistent to hold on to in a life that's been previously totally adrift in noncommittal boxing matches for money and petty crimes. Not that his crimes were always petty, mind you, but we'll get to that in a minute.
- 9/8/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Cinelinx chooses wisely while watching the classic Holy Grail epic The Silver Chalice, Paul Newman's first film!
This Warner Archive release is a Manufacture-On-Demand (Mod) DVD. It is made to be played in "play only" DVD devices, and may not play in some DVD recorders or PC drives. This disc, however, played fine in the Toshiba DVD recorder used for this review. This title is available directly from WBShop.com by clicking here.
The Set-up
A freed slave (Paul Newman) is chosen to cast the Holy Grail in silver, but his efforts are thwarted by enemies out to claim the grail for themselves. In addition, a magician (Jack Palance) uses his magic to convince Rome he is a Christ-like Messiah. Also stars Pier Angeli, Virginia Mayo, and Lorne Greene.
Directed by Victor Saville
The Delivery
The 1954 film The Silver Chalice may not be a classic along the lines of...
This Warner Archive release is a Manufacture-On-Demand (Mod) DVD. It is made to be played in "play only" DVD devices, and may not play in some DVD recorders or PC drives. This disc, however, played fine in the Toshiba DVD recorder used for this review. This title is available directly from WBShop.com by clicking here.
The Set-up
A freed slave (Paul Newman) is chosen to cast the Holy Grail in silver, but his efforts are thwarted by enemies out to claim the grail for themselves. In addition, a magician (Jack Palance) uses his magic to convince Rome he is a Christ-like Messiah. Also stars Pier Angeli, Virginia Mayo, and Lorne Greene.
Directed by Victor Saville
The Delivery
The 1954 film The Silver Chalice may not be a classic along the lines of...
- 6/21/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
Will people like this soundtrack more than the films it's for?Hey everybody. Michael C. here. Most of the time I try to find a topical question to address in this column, or failing that a universal question that is always pressing to some degree or another. But sometimes there is that third category of utterly random questions that bubble to the surface and refuse to stop nagging me until I’ve shared them with the world. Where the minds of most people produce useful thoughts like “Let’s go walk in the sunshine” or “It’s never too early to plan for retirement!” my mind cranks out gems like “It’s crucial that we know which film to soundtrack ratio has the biggest disparity. Quickly! Stop what you’re doing and make up a list of candidate films!”
I suspect many faithful readers can relate.
So let’s call...
I suspect many faithful readers can relate.
So let’s call...
- 5/9/2013
- by Michael C.
- FilmExperience


There is a scene in Alexander Payne’s The Descendants after George Clooney’s Matt King waves goodbye to the last guests to leave the “party” he’s thrown to inform his close friends that his wife will never recover from her coma. Once they’re out of sight, he turns to walk back towards the house, but he’s completely shattered. His shoulders sag, his face is ashen, and every step looks like it could be his last. He crumbles to his knees, but it’s those last few tottering steps that took the wind out of me as a viewer.
- 11/21/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
Dennis Hopper: actor, artist, filmmaker, Hollywood survivor.
Just days after remembering the loss of Sydney Pollack two years ago, we awaken to mourn the loss of another Hollywood icon, Dennis Hopper, less than two weeks after his 74th birthday. Hopper had been on my short list of "dream interviews" during my tenure at Venice Magazine. When I was lucky enough to finally sit down with him in November of 2008, I was thrilled, and didn't know quite what to expect.
What I found while smoking cigars with Hopper in his Venice home-studio, was a thoughtful man with a gentle demeanor, who spoke in measured tones and loved telling stories. Gone was the wild-eyed "enfant terrible" that Hopper had made his name playing, and sometimes living. What I saw instead was a man who seemed to be at peace with himself and his life, who loved his children, art, film and new ideas.
Just days after remembering the loss of Sydney Pollack two years ago, we awaken to mourn the loss of another Hollywood icon, Dennis Hopper, less than two weeks after his 74th birthday. Hopper had been on my short list of "dream interviews" during my tenure at Venice Magazine. When I was lucky enough to finally sit down with him in November of 2008, I was thrilled, and didn't know quite what to expect.
What I found while smoking cigars with Hopper in his Venice home-studio, was a thoughtful man with a gentle demeanor, who spoke in measured tones and loved telling stories. Gone was the wild-eyed "enfant terrible" that Hopper had made his name playing, and sometimes living. What I saw instead was a man who seemed to be at peace with himself and his life, who loved his children, art, film and new ideas.
- 6/1/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Paul Newman spent four decades trying to discourage people from watching his film debut, so it's ironic "The Silver Chalice" is in the first group of his movies arriving on DVD following his death in September.
"The first time it was on TV, I took an ad out in the Los Angeles Times with a black border, apologizing for my performance in what NBC had on at 8 o'clock," Newman once said. "Of course, it backfired. People were curious and wanted to see just what I was apologizing for."
In this cheesy religious epic,...
"The first time it was on TV, I took an ad out in the Los Angeles Times with a black border, apologizing for my performance in what NBC had on at 8 o'clock," Newman once said. "Of course, it backfired. People were curious and wanted to see just what I was apologizing for."
In this cheesy religious epic,...
- 2/17/2009
- by By LOU LUMENICK
- NYPost.com
You can truly weigh the measure of someone once they're gone. In the case of Paul Newman, there has been unanimous praise for a life lived out of the spotlight, as he chose to avoid the trappings of stardom in favor of real substance. His charitable work outshone his professional achievements in the last 30 years of his life, and he no doubt preferred it that way.
Newman was not the best actor of his generation, but what he did nobody else could emulate. He had something that isn't learned or transferred or faked. Make no mistake: Paul Newman was a very talented actor, but it went beyond that, both on the screen and off.
It's rewarding to hear so much praise for his contributions to his fellow man in the days after his passing. Colleagues and admirers have been pointing to his friendship, his gentle nature, his generosity, and his involvement.
Newman was not the best actor of his generation, but what he did nobody else could emulate. He had something that isn't learned or transferred or faked. Make no mistake: Paul Newman was a very talented actor, but it went beyond that, both on the screen and off.
It's rewarding to hear so much praise for his contributions to his fellow man in the days after his passing. Colleagues and admirers have been pointing to his friendship, his gentle nature, his generosity, and his involvement.
- 9/30/2008
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Hollywood is in mourning for the passing of screen legend Paul Newman, who has lost his courageous battle cancer at the age of 83.
Most famous for his roles in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and more recently his voiceover in Pixar’s Cars, Newman had appeared in over 80 films & TV shows before announcing his retirement in 2007, stating that he felt he could no longer perform to the best of his abilities.
Newman was first seen on the big screen in 1954’s The Silver Chalice opposite Jack Palance and Virginia Mayo and his last role was on TV show Empire Falls.
He has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards over the course of his career but it was The Colour of Money in 1987 which finally brought him success when he took home the Best Actor trophy. In 1986 he was awarded an honorary Oscar recognizing his...
Most famous for his roles in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid and more recently his voiceover in Pixar’s Cars, Newman had appeared in over 80 films & TV shows before announcing his retirement in 2007, stating that he felt he could no longer perform to the best of his abilities.
Newman was first seen on the big screen in 1954’s The Silver Chalice opposite Jack Palance and Virginia Mayo and his last role was on TV show Empire Falls.
He has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards over the course of his career but it was The Colour of Money in 1987 which finally brought him success when he took home the Best Actor trophy. In 1986 he was awarded an honorary Oscar recognizing his...
- 9/29/2008
- by Neil Vagg
- Movie-moron.com
That's the hard-boiled Dragline, speaking of Cool Hand Luke.
After she read my obituary of Paul Newman, my wife Chaz asked me, "Why didn't you write more about his acting?" She was right. Why didn't I? I've been asking myself that. Maybe I was trying to tell myself something. I think it was this: I never really thought of him as an actor. I regarded him more as an embodiment, an evocation, of something. And I think that something was himself. He seemed above all a deeply good man, who freed himself to live life fully and joyfully, and used his success as a way to follow his own path, and to help others.
If Newman was that kind of person, so, too, was his wife of more than 50 years, Joanne Woodward. Too little attention was paid to her in the appreciations. They grew old and fine together. None of...
After she read my obituary of Paul Newman, my wife Chaz asked me, "Why didn't you write more about his acting?" She was right. Why didn't I? I've been asking myself that. Maybe I was trying to tell myself something. I think it was this: I never really thought of him as an actor. I regarded him more as an embodiment, an evocation, of something. And I think that something was himself. He seemed above all a deeply good man, who freed himself to live life fully and joyfully, and used his success as a way to follow his own path, and to help others.
If Newman was that kind of person, so, too, was his wife of more than 50 years, Joanne Woodward. Too little attention was paid to her in the appreciations. They grew old and fine together. None of...
- 9/29/2008
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert


Paul Newman, who combined Method training with matinee idol looks to become the personification of the cool '60s rebel in such iconic roles as the reckless Hud, the defiant Cool Hand Luke and the hotshot Butch Cassidy, died Friday. Surrounded by friends and family, including his wife, Joanne Woodward, the actor and philanthropist passed away at his farmhouse home near Wesport, Conn., after a long battle with cancer. He was 83.
In a film career that spanned nearly six decades, Newman received seven Oscar nominations before he was finally presented with an Honorary Oscar in 1986 "in recognition of his many and memorable and compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft."
But then he pulled out a trump card of his own, winning the best actor Academy Award the following year for "The Color of Money," in which he reprised the role of pool shark Fast Eddie Felsen,...
In a film career that spanned nearly six decades, Newman received seven Oscar nominations before he was finally presented with an Honorary Oscar in 1986 "in recognition of his many and memorable and compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft."
But then he pulled out a trump card of his own, winning the best actor Academy Award the following year for "The Color of Money," in which he reprised the role of pool shark Fast Eddie Felsen,...
- 9/27/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday and Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Newman, a screen hero for more than half a century and the head of a philanthropic food empire for the past 25 years, has died, it was announced Saturday. He was 83. Surrounded by his family and close friends at his farmhouse near Westport, Conn., Newman succumbed Friday after a long battle with cancer, according to a statement from publicist Jeff Sanderson. Famed for his intense blue eyes, his love of car racing and one of the coolest demeanors ever to heat up the silver screen, Newman was nominated for Oscars ten times. But perhaps his proudest accomplishment, besides his 50-year marriage to actress Joanne Woodward,...
- 9/27/2008
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Paul Newman, a screen hero for more than half a century and the head of a philanthropic food empire for the past 25 years, has died, it was announced Saturday. He was 83. Surrounded by his family and close friends at his farmhouse near Westport, Conn., Newman succumbed Friday after a long battle with cancer, according to a statement from publicist Jeff Sanderson. Famed for his intense blue eyes, his love of car racing and one of the coolest demeanors ever to heat up the silver screen, Newman was nominated for Oscars ten times. But perhaps his proudest accomplishment, besides his 50-year marriage to actress Joanne Woodward,...
- 9/27/2008
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
On the 26th day of January in 1925, the world was given a gift they wouldn't realize for another 29 years or more. His first film The Silver Chalice (1954) was not critically well received, but two years later, he portrayed boxer, Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me. That performance gained him respect. Of course then we all know he would go on to bring unforgettable characters to life in films such as Cool Hand Luke (my personal favorite) , Can on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Long Hot Summer, The Towering Inferno a...
- 9/27/2008
- MoviesOnline.ca
Paul Newman has responded obliquely to a number of published reports that say he is gravely ill with cancer, while a longtime business associate and friend of the star has confirmed that the 83-year-old screen hero is battling the disease. While not specifying the type of cancer, writer A.E. Hotchner, a founding partner in Newman's Own salad dressing company, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Newman first informed him about the health battle 18 months ago. On Tuesday, Newman's spokesman in Los Angeles, Jeff Sanderson, told Reuters and other media outlets: "Newman says he's doing nicely."Without elaborating, Sanderson added: "He says he's doing nicely,...
- 6/11/2008
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Actress Virginia Mayo Dies at 84
Actress Virginia Mayo, a former chorus girl who made good as a movie star in the 40s and 50s in such movies as The Best Years of Our Lives and White Heat, died Monday at a nursing home in Thousand Oaks, CA of pneumonia and heart failure; she was 84. The former vaudevillian actress, often described as having the quintessential "peaches and cream" complexion, started her career under the watchful eye of Samuel Goldwyn, who cast her in a small part in the 1943 film Jack London, which starred her soon-to-be-husband Michael O'Shea, whom she married four years later. The "Goldwyn Girl" soon found herself to be a leading lady, opposite Bob Hope no less, in the 1944 film The Princess and the Pirate. Roles in numerous other light comedies followed, primarily opposite comedian Danny Kaye, with whom she appeared in four films, including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Though known mainly for her comedic talents, Mayo was also adept at drama, and turned in an acclaimed dramatic performance in 1946's The Best Years of Our Lives as the unfaithful wife of Dana Andrews. Moving from MGM to Warner Bros. in the late 40s, Mayo scored another dramatic hit as the wife of James Cagney in the crime drama White Heat. She continued in a wide range of roles throughout the 40s and 50s in movies such as The Flame and the Arrow, Captain Horatio Hornblower, She's Working Her Way Through College, and The Silver Chalice, opposite Paul Newman in his film debut. She retired as the 60s approached, appearing only in a handful of films and rarely, if ever, doing television work. Mayo was married to O'Shea until his death in 1973, and she is survived by their daughter and three grandsons. --Prepared by IMDb staff...
- 1/18/2005
- WENN
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