Judy Sloane, Author at Front Row Features

In Retrospect: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’

Features Film Features By Judy Sloane|September 14, 2023 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-What would the world be like if “It’s a Wonderful Life” hadn’t been ‘born’? We would never have known George Bailey or the other inhabitants of Bedford Falls. Never had the opportunity to experience the story of a small-town businessman whose most heart [...]

In Retrospect: ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’

Features Film Features By Judy Sloane|September 10, 2023 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features The early 1950s found MGM Studios spending lavish amounts of money on such musical classics as “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Kiss Me Kate.” But in 1954 it was the low-budget, innovative production of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” that won both the critics’ and th [...]

Photos: In Retrospect: ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’

Film Features Photos Photo Gallery By Judy Sloane|September 10, 2023 |0

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Memories Of ‘The Poseidon Adventures’

Features Film Features By Judy Sloane|August 23, 2023 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-In 1937, writer Paul Gallico took a voyage on the Queen Mary. Hit by a violent storm, the ocean liner, whose builders erroneously thought it too large to capsize, almost overturned. The problem was finally overcome when stabilizers were installed. More [...]

Photos: In Retrospect: Robert Wise and Julie Harris Converge on ‘Hill House’

Film Features Photos Photo Gallery By Judy Sloane|July 28, 2023 |0

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In Retrospect: Robert Wise and Julie Harris Converge on ‘Hill House’

Features Film Features By Judy Sloane|July 28, 2023 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features Generally acknowledged by movie historians as one of the most scary ghost films ever produced, “The Haunting” was shot in Britain in the autumn of 1962 and has gone on to become a cult classic. Based on Shirley Jackson’s 1958 novel The Haunting of Hill House, the [...]

‘The Stepford Wives’ Brings Out The Knives for Katharine Ross and Bryan Forbes

Features By Judy Sloane|June 6, 2023 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-Based on Ira Levin’s best-selling Science Fiction novel, “The Stepford Wives” spotlights the sinister Men’s Association, replacing their wives with identical-looking mindless robots, and in 1975 it created a feminist uproar. The movie premiered a [...]

Photos: Rod Steiger Brings the ‘Heat Of The Night’ to Hollywood

Film Features Photos Photo Gallery By Judy Sloane|April 18, 2023 |0

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Rod Steiger Brings the ‘Heat Of The Night’ to Hollywood

Features Film Features By Judy Sloane|April 18, 2023 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD-In 1967 at the height of the Civil Rights movement in America, a thoughtful movie about the volatile relationship between a black homicide detective, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) and a white bigoted police chief, Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) swept the [...]

Photos: Cedric Is The Entertainer in ‘The Neighborhood’

Photo Gallery TV Feature Photos By Judy Sloane|April 9, 2023 |0

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