It’s Janet Leigh day on Turner Classic Movies! I adore Janet Leigh, from her work in The Manchurian Candidate to Touch of Evil and my favorite movie of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, she’s one amazing lady. And of course, I’m going to use this an excuse to post Psycho videos!! There’s one below and more after the jump 
(including the infamous shower scene)
Charlton Heston died Saturday night in his home at the age of 84. Heston appeared in many epic and well known films including Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes, The Agony and the Ecstasy and his first big starring role, The Ten Commandments.
My favorite Heston movie was Orson Welles‘ Touch of Evil in which Heston actually played a Mexican. The infamous opening scene is below (it’s all ONE shot..!)
But of course Heston was more than one of the biggest actors to ever grace Hollywood, he spent the greater part a good deal of his later years not acting, but making a political presence.
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