Raoul Walsh

They don't make westerns like they used to; in fact they pretty much don't make them at all anymore. Which makes a pair of new DVD releases especially welcome to fans of the genre. Riding up from the distant past is "George O'Brien," a collection of...

In the early sound era, especially between 1930 and mid-1934, Hollywood movies enjoyed a freedom of expression — salacious, violent, often outrageous expression — we know today as the pre-Code era. The film industry's self-appointed watchdog...

In the 1970s and early '80s, a Walter Hill movie had a very good chance of being very good. And very different from the previous Walter Hill movie. In Hill's directorial feature debut "Hard Times" (1975), Charles Bronson plays a taciturn bare-knuckle...

SUNDAY Ransom Riggs: The author of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" will sign copies of his debut young-adult novel. Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. 2 p.m. Free. (818) 556-6660. Bill Sharpsteen: The author of "The Docks"...

There’s a lot to admire in J.J. Abrams’ new film, “Super 8,” starting with the spirited relationship between Joe (Joel Courtney) and Charles (Riley Griffiths), the teen filmmaking buddies whose interactions illustrate the emotional...

Many good things are coming your way this weekend. Television unites to raise awareness with the fundraiser Stand Up to Cancer, which will play across many channels at 8 tonight. The celebrities taking part include Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney, Sally...

TWISTER: The teams return for a new season with new vehicles to bring them even closer to the action on 'Storm Chasers Greatest Storms' at 8 p.m. on Discovery. SERIES Desperate Housewives: Bree (Marcia Cross) comes to the rescue as......

Photograph by Ray Graham / Los Angeles Times Here???s a little bonus: A certain film star???s funeral. See if you can identify the (not very) mysterious pallbearers. Update: As most people realized, this is Errol Flynn's funeral. Curiously enough,...

Susan King is the Hero Complex specialist on classic Hollywood, and today she looks back at the long history of American popcorn films set in the Middle East -- and their complicated legacy. Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are together......

Eight decades ago, audiences around the world flocked to see the remarkable stunts, supreme athleticism, swarthy good looks and boundless charm of Douglas Fairbanks in a series of lavish swashbuckling adventures including "The Mark of Zorro," " Robin...

David Chase and HBO are teaming up once again, this time to tell the story of Hollywood's early days. Chase, who created "The Sopranos," will write and executive produce a miniseries called "A Ribbon of Dreams," about the growth of the movie industry...