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When photo archivist Michael Ochs brokered a deal to offload his sprawling collection of 20th century iconography to Getty Images in 2007, neither seller nor buyer knew absolutely everything that was included in the transaction. Ochs had a decades-long reputation as the ultimate source of rock ‘n’ roll imagery, but his collection, at the time of its sale, included 3 million vintage prints, proof sheets and negatives. Many hadn’t been seen in decades, and others, presumably, never at all — particularly some shots of Old Hollywood, obtained in countless acquisitions over the decades that built up the Michael Ochs Archive.

“The Earl Leaf collection alone was over 100,000 negatives,” Ochs says of the late beatnik photographer, who shot many unknowns (Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood) before they blew up and Leaf went on to become the house photographer for The Beach Boys.

Getty has scanned, edited, captioned and digitized nearly 400,000 images from the collection since the acquisition,...

Jack Kehoe, a character actor whose 50-year career was highlighted by appearances in Serpico, The Sting, The Untouchables, Car Wash and Warren Beatty’s Reds, died Jan. 14 at age 85. The Hollywood Hills resident had suffered a debilitating stroke in 2015.

Kehoe’s family announced his death today.

Kehoe made his Broadway debut in 1963 as a supporting player in Edward Albee’s The Ballad of the Sad Cafe starring Colleen Dewhurst, and would appear on Broadway again in 1977’s The Basic Training of Pavel Hummel starring Al Pacino.

The role in Pavel would be his second opposite Pacino: Kehoe appeared as a crooked cop in 1973’s Serpico, the first in a string of high-profile movies throughout the 1970s and ’80s that would include Melvin and Howard, The Sting (as the con man called The Erie Kid), Reds, Car Wash, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, The Star Chamber, The Untouchables and Midnight Run,...

Alice Drummond, an actress who starred in several CBS soap operas and performed regularly on Broadway in the 1960s and '70s, has died. She was 88.

Character actress June Gable, a friend of Drummond's, said her death was caused by complications from a fall she suffered two months prior, according to The New York Times.

Drummond made numerous appearances on TV sitcoms and Broadway shows (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, You Can't Take It With You) before venturing into film. She starred as Nurse Jackson on the 1967 series Dark Shadows and had regular roles on CBS...

Coming to theater on April 3rd is the film Effie Gray.

The film explores the fascinating, true story of the relationship between Victorian England’s greatest mind, John Ruskin, and his teenage bride, Euphemia “Effie” Gray, who leaves him for the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais.

Effie Gray is the first original screenplay written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Emma Thompson. In this impeccably crafted period drama, Thompson delicately and incisively probes the marital politics of the Victorian Era, and beyond.

Dakota Fanning stars as Effie Gray Ruskin. The cast includes Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Tom Sturridge, David Suchet, Greg Wise, Claudia Cardinale, James Fox, Sir Derek Jacobi and Robbie Coltrane.

The film is produced by Andreas Roald (Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time) and Donald Rosenfeld (Malick’s Tree Of Life and Voyage Of Time).

Producer Donald Rosenfeld spent 1987 to 1998 as President of Merchant Ivory Productions, in charge of the financing...

Jena Malone ("Donnie Darko," "Sucker Punch") has been cast to play Southern gothic writer Carson McCullers in the biopic "Lonely Hunter" at Full Moon Films says Risky Biz Blog.

The story will span 35 years in McCullers' life including her bouts of illness, torrid marriages, and the escapism she found in her work. Famed figures who were a part of her life include her best friend Tennessee Williams, her protégé Truman Capote, and her roommate Gypsy Rose Lee.

McCullers penned such classic novels as "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," "Reflections in a Golden Eye," "The Member of the Wedding" and the short story collection "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe", most of which were set in the American South and dealt with outcasts and those feeling spiritually bereft.

Deborah Kampmeier will direct and will produce alongside Troy Johanson and Blair Breard. Shooting kicks off in Spring next year.

Deborah Kampmeier ("Hounddog") will direct "Lonely Hunter", a biopic on the life of Southern scribe Carson McCullers at Fork Films reports Variety.

The story chronicles McCullers from her teenage years to her death in 1967 at age 50. Along with the author, who penned such works as "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe", characters include such historical figures as her friend Tennessee Williams, protege Truman Capote, roommate Gypsy Rose Lee and Broadway collaborator Ethel Waters

Sarah Schulman is adapting the script from her own 2002 Off Broadway play "Carson McCullers (Historically Inaccurate)". Abigail Disney will produce.

Hollywood talent scout Shirley Rich, who cast Sean Penn, Tom Cruise and Judd Hirsch early in their careers, has died. She was 87.

Rich, who worked in casting for Rodgers and Hammerstein and MGM and famed Broadway producer/director Harold Prince, died of natural causes on 28 December.

She also ran her own agency for three decades, Shirley Rich Casting.

Rich placed Hirsch in 1973 film Serpico and cast Penn and Cruise as military cadets in 1981 film Taps. She also cast actors James Spader, Edward Norton, Rod Steiger and Sada Thompson early in their careers.

On Broadway, she cast shows including South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, The Kind and I, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Sly Fox, among others. On film, she scouted talent for Saturday Night Fever, Three Days of the Condor, Kramer vs. Kramer and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.

Rich is survived by her husband, Lewis M. Krohn, a son, Steven, and a daughter, Lisa.