Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda co-stars. "Charley Varrick" (1973; 10 p.m.) casts Walter Matthau against type as a Southwestern crop-dusting pilot ("Last of the Independents") with a side job: bank robber. His latest heist yields an unexpected take: a pile of laundered Mafia money. A hit man for the mob (Joe Don Baker) is ...

It had all these big Hollywood stars - Olivia de Havilland and Henry Fonda - but they taught me how to act on film. "I always tell me children, 'Use the difficulty'. They've even bought me a cushion with 'use the difficulty' on it." The iconic British star also recalled how he was turned away from a small part in a ...

“Immortal Sergeant,” starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara, at the Strand; “The Meanest Man in the World,” starring Jack Benny, at the Capitol; and “Hitler's Children,” starring Tim Holt, at the Comerford. BRIAN FULTON, library manager, oversees The Times-Tribune's expansive digital and paper ...

That woman just turned 80 years old. EIGHTY! Here's some perspective for you: that is three years older than her father, Henry Fonda, was when he died, four years older than he was when he won his only Oscar for On Golden Pond months before, and five years older than he was when he filmed it.

They only trail the Class of 1981, which featured three septuagenarians — 76-year-old Best Actor Henry Fonda (“On Golden Pond”), 74-year-old Best Actress Katharine Hepburn (“On Golden Pond”) and 77-year-old Best Supporting Actor John Gielgud (“Arthur”) — and 56-year-old Maureen Stapleton ...

It's a one-night-only stage production of the 1981 Oscar-winning film starring Jane Fonda and her father, Henry Fonda. On Golden Pond is the story of family ties, the struggles of aging and drifting apart, and, ultimately, redemption. 8 p.m. March 21 at Aventura Arts & Culture Center, 3385 NE 188th St., ...

But Fail Safe, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau, is a gripping, heartbreaking cold-war story about what happens when a series of accidents edges America toward a global nuclear disaster. Most importantly, this film is not nearly as pleased with itself as Strangelove is.

In the 1955 movie “Mister Roberts,” Henry Fonda's character is awarded the “Order of the Palm” by his men for speaking out on their behalf. In a letter to those men after his transfer, Roberts states, “I'd rather have it than the Congressional Medal of Honor.” No successful social system works on negative ...

Most people know On Golden Pond from the 1981 Oscar-winning film starring Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Dabney Coleman and Doug McKeon. But even if you have seen the film many times, there is nothing like seeing the play life on stage. Tickets range from $35 to $55 and are ...

His parents, Abby and Steve, were members at the Racquet Club; Steve played tennis with Gonzalez, and backgammon with James Garner and Henry Fonda. “If you follow the evolution of the Racquet Club,” Ken Solomon says, “Hollywood grew up around that. The greatest writers, the greatest actors, they ...

Her leading men were Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton and other legends. But only one man had her heart, and together they beat the Hollywood breakup odds, committed to each other through 65 years of marriage. "It comes in waves," Saint says of ...

CADDO PARISH, LA - On Golden Pond was also an Oscar-winning film with an original cast of Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. Thursday, March 1st, Shreveport Little Theater opens the curtain on On Golden Pond with a local cast. Each summer, retired professor Norman Thayer and his wife, Ethel ...

Sammy Contreras, 10, chose to do his presentation on actor Henry Fonda, who was born in Grand Island. Holding a colorful poster in the shape of grapes to honor Fonda's role in the 1940 film “The Grapes of Wrath” Contreras told the story of Fonda's move from Grand Island to Omaha and eventually New ...

Thompson revised the play into an Academy Award-winning movie that was released in December 1981, starring Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, and Jane Fonda. Audience members will follow retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer as they spend another summer at their home on Golden Pond.

Chase away the winter blahs and welcome the triumphant return of the Centerville Historical Museum's film series, this program spotlighting the work of superstar Henry Fonda in six representative films from his long career. All shows are at 2 p.m., Saturdays. Admission is free. (Donations gladly accepted.) ...

John Ford's “Young Mr. Lincoln,” released in 1939 and now on Blu-ray in a new 4K digital restoration from Criterion, is a prime example of American mythmaking. It can hardly be coincidental that — wearing his trademark stovepipe hat — the nation's destined savior, Abraham Lincoln (Henry Fonda, given a ...

The hilarity moves Norman Thayer away from the ways he has been portrayed elsewhere, specifically Henry Fonda's incarnation in the 1981 movie version. The bright wit draws away from Norman's sense of uselessness at turning 80. He contemplates following a want ad to put up circulars in order to feel ...

... the theater, including items from the venue's heyday. In the 1920s and 1930s, the theater hosted some of the biggest stars in vaudeville, including Jack Benny and Buddy Ebsen. In 1938, the theater hosted one of the world premiers of "Drums Along the Mohawk" with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.

I never had the good fortune of doing a show with him (We were both cast in 12 Angry Men together, him as Juror #8, the Henry Fonda part, but he dropped out of the show very early on), but I was always happy to see him and chat with him for a few minutes. He was a tremendously talented guy, always in ...

Following a year that involved a seemingly insurmountable amount of natural disasters, The Score has given first responders, firefighters and medics the bad-ass montage that they've always deserved, premiering it exclusively through Billboard today (March 8). The visuals for the song “Legend” are ...

Corrosion of Conformity and eyehategod, two of the titans of sludge-y, Southern-based hard rock returned to Los Angeles for a show at the Henry Fonda Theatre. In the opening slot New Orleans' own eyehategod played their trademark brand of patient, unapologetic metal as the crowd filled in to the venue.